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So You Think (NZ)

2006 High Chaparral (Sadler's Wells) x Triassic (Tights)
Stands at Deceased

10-time Gr.1 winner and the best son of HIGH CHAPARRAL.

The sire of top-class performers THINK ABOUT IT, THINK IT OVER, PALAISIPAN, QUICK THINKER, KNIGHTS ORDER, COGNITO, NIMALEE, YOU WAHNG etc.

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Latest News

One to Watch – Ballarat

This So You Think filly bolted away to win by seven on Friday and is a half-sister to Cool Archie, who will run as favourite in the Group I BRC JJ Atkins on Saturday.

Karaka Book 1 - Pinhook Winners

The NZB National Yearling Sale Book 1 was held earlier this week and as always there are a good selection of Australian bred yearlings offered that are pinhooked from various sales here and we’re taking a look at the most profitable and you can also check out the full list of all that were offered.

One to Watch – Benalla

There aren’t many grey horses by So You Think, but we saw one win on debut at Benalla on Tuesday and the horse he beat is a half-brother to boom filly Learning to Fly.

One to Watch – Seymour

Anthony and Sam Freedman produced an interesting first starter at Seymour on Thursday for So You Think and he duly saluted as a short priced favourite.

Think About It The Latest Inglis G1 Success Story

Up-and-coming star Think About It (So You Think) surged into favouritism for the $3m Stradbroke Handicap with a dominant victory in today’s G1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm.

$460,000 So You Think Colt Headed to The West

As we head into the afternoon on Monday, So You Think is setting the pace at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale with a quality colt from Danalicious secured by Belmont Bloodstock for $460,000 on behalf of West Australian owner breeder Bob Peters.

Current Runners Accepted

Monday, November 24
Albury Race 1 - 1000m Maiden
Belnera (ex: Most Secretive) Tnr: Peter J Morgan Rdr: Carly Frater
Tuesday, November 25
Ararat Race 3 - 1300m Maiden
Thinkimacelebrity (ex: Celebrities Choice) Tnr: Simon Zahra Rdr: Ryan Houston
Ararat Race 5 - 2200m Restricted 56
Sanika (ex: Lovani) Tnr: Simon Ryan Rdr: Will Gordon
Ararat Race 6 - 1600m Benchmark 56
Thinxzo (ex: Snapchat Girl) Tnr: Danny O'Brien Rdr: Liam Riordan
Ararat Race 6 - 1600m Benchmark 56
Vegas Jack (ex: Tears Of Joy) Tnr: Craig Conron Rdr: Neil Farley
Tamworth Race 1 - 2100m Class 1
Daddy's Girl (ex: Hard Go Jo) Tnr: Kris Lees Rdr: Benjamin Osmond
Tamworth Race 1 - 2100m Class 1
Think Of One (ex: Manhattan Mam) Tnr: Tracey Bartley Rdr: Andrew Gibbons
Tamworth Race 4 - 1000m Class 2
Tomoe Gozen (ex: Manhattan Tempest) Tnr: Michelle Fleming Rdr: Scott Sweedman
Tamworth Race 5 - 1200m Maiden
Think Pi (ex: Pumpkin Pie) Tnr: Troy O'Neile Rdr: Mikayla Weir
Other Nominations ▼
Wednesday, November 26
Gawler Race 2 - 1700m Restricted 56 0
Think Tank (ex: Amalgamate)
Tnr: Matthew Seyers
Geelong Race 1 - 1414m Maiden 0
Imponderable (ex: Urban Rocket)
Tnr: A and S Freedman
Geelong Race 3 - 1314m Maiden 0
Imponderable (ex: Urban Rocket)
Tnr: A and S Freedman
Satirica (ex: Satirical Lady)
Tnr: Amy McDonald
Thinkimacelebrity (ex: Celebrities Choice)
Tnr: Simon Zahra
Geelong Race 6 - 2418m Benchmark 62 0
Wise Legend (ex: Hidden Strings)
Tnr: Dan O'Sullivan
Geelong Race 7 - 1514m Benchmark 66 0
Yes I Know (ex: Gibraltar Storm)
Tnr: A and S Freedman
Thinking Gold (ex: Belongs In Lights)
Tnr: P and K Moody and Coleman
Itsukushima (ex: Barchetta)
Tnr: Ben, Will and Jd Hayes
Lethal Thoughts (ex: St Remy)
Tnr: Ciaron Maher
Mercurial Lady (ex: Aware)
Tnr: P and K Moody and Coleman
Geelong Race 8 - 1214m Benchmark 74 0
Mercurial Lady (ex: Aware)
Tnr: P and K Moody and Coleman
Geraldton Race 5 - 1407m BenchMark 70+ 0
Cavallo Red (ex: Princess Rouge)
Tnr: S and J Casey
Geraldton Race 7 - 1609m Class 2 0
Cavallo Red (ex: Princess Rouge)
Tnr: S and J Casey
Ipswich Race 1 - 1700m Benchmark 70 0
Power Ace (ex: Power O'raylee)
Tnr: Tony Gollan
Ipswich Race 3 - 1350m Benchmark 65 0
Too Many Thoughts (ex: Amarela)
Tnr: Mark Currie
Wyong Race 1 - 2100m Benchmark 68 0
Subarctic (ex: Mount Omei)
Tnr: Matthew Smith
Wyong Race 5 - 1000m Maiden 0
Mind Bender (ex: Circus)
Tnr: Joseph Pride
Thursday, November 27
Albany Race 4 - 1600m BenchMark 58+ 0
No Second Thoughts (ex: No Doubt Ma'am)
Tnr: Ashleigh Woollett
Hawkesbury Race 3 - 1800m Benchmark 64 0
Think We're There (ex: Nowheretosomewhere)
Tnr: Jason Deamer
Hawkesbury Race 7 - 1300m Maiden 0
Brainiac (ex: Kimblewick)
Tnr: Brad Widdup
Hawkesbury Race 8 - 1300m Maiden 0
Bright Promise (ex: Without Exception)
Tnr: Amanda Turner
Tinklejazz (ex: Fullazz)
Tnr: Annabel and Rob Archibald
Rockhampton Race 4 - 1600m Benchmark 55 0
Chaparral Chase (ex: Mrs Gardenia)
Tnr: Sileas Green
Rockhampton Race 5 - 1300m Restricted 55 0
Fancy Legend (ex: Maxima)
Tnr: Leaonie Horstman
Saturday, December 6
Ascot Race 2 - 1800m Open Gr1
Diamond Scene (ex: Jewelled)
Tnr: Michael Grantham
Opportunistic (ex: I'm Feeling Lucky)
Tnr: Michael Grantham
Saturday, December 13
Opportunistic (ex: I'm Feeling Lucky)
Tnr: Michael Grantham

Sales

AUSTRALIA

Sold
Average
Median
Top
2025
71
$155,943.66
$100,000
$1,150,000
2024
79
$165,860.76
$150,000
$550,000

Top Sales

2023 ex Personal(AUS)
$1,150,000
2023 ex Spanish Whisper(AUS)
$650,000
2023 ex Formality(AUS)
$500,000
2023 ex Merited(AUS)
$420,000
2023 ex Salina(AUS)
$350,000

Australia Yearling Stats

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NEW ZEALAND

Sold
Average
Median
Top
2025
7
$115,000
$110,000
$240,000
2024
6
$219,166.67
$217,500
$400,000

Top Sales

2023 ex Invincible Star(AUS)
$310,000
2023 ex Buccellati(NZ)
$240,000
2023 ex Fair Isle(NZ)
$120,000
2023 ex Lagertha(AUS)
$110,000
2023 ex Koonoomoo(AUS)
$110,000

New Zealand Yearling Stats

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Pedigree Table

Click Here for Five Generation Pedigree
High Chaparral (IRE) 1999
Triassic (NZ) 1990
Sadler's Wells (USA) 1981
Kasora (IRE) 1993
Tights (USA) 1981
Astral Row (NZ) 1979
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1975
Fairy Bridge (USA) 1975
Darshaan (GB) 1982
Kozana (GB) 1982
Nijinsky II (CAN) 1971
Dancealot (USA) 1971
Long Row (GB) 1970
Pak Bun Bay (AUS) 1970
Natalma: 4s x5d
Nearctic: 4s x5d
Northern Dancer: 3s x4d

Runners Today

Albury
Race 1 Belnera 5m ex: Most Secretive
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Yesterday's Results

2nd Beaudesert: Aunty Rene 5m ex Don't Blink
2nd Canberra: Liyah's Girl 4m ex Delectable Dora
2nd Hobart: Fast Thinker 9g ex Up And Up
2nd Kilmore: Itsukushima 6g ex Barchetta
3rd Beaudesert: Pensiero 4m ex Dancer's Tale
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Australasian Distance Performance

All
Winners
Short <= 1200m
44%
19.5% - (395)
Sprint 1201m - 1400m
24%
29.3% - (592)
Mile 1401m - 1600m
15%
25.3% - (511)
Mid 1601m - 2000m
10%
17% - (344)
Stay 2001m - 2400m
5.5%
7.2% - (145)
Long 2400m+
1.5%
1.8% - (36)

Top Nicks

Zabeel
30 wnrs , (7 sw) Think It Over
Redoute's Choice
50 wnrs , (6 sw) Fasika
Fastnet Rock
30 wnrs , (3 sw) Palaisipan
Testa Rossa
9 wnrs , (3 sw) Getta Good Feeling
Danehill
23 wnrs , (2 sw) Northwest Passage
Flying Spur
22 wnrs , (2 sw) Think About It
Exceed And Excel
10 wnrs , (2 sw) Perfect Thought
Casino Prince
5 wnrs , (2 sw) Street Gossip
Tale Of The Cat
5 wnrs , (2 sw) So You Win
Star Way
3 wnrs , (2 sw) La Diosa

Race Record

At 2
1st - Freeway Hotel Artarmon Hcp (1400)
At 3
1st - Tatts Cox Plate (2040) Gr.1
1st - Gloaming Stakes (1800) Gr.3
2nd - Emirates Stakes (1600) Gr.1
2nd - Jim Beam Ming Dynasty Qlty (1400) LR
At 4
1st - W S Cox Plate (2040) Gr.1
1st - Underwood Stakes (1800) Gr.1
1st - Yalumba Stakes (2000) Gr.1
1st - Mackinnon Stakes (2000) Gr.1
1st - Tattersalls Gold Cup (1600) Gr.1
1st - Coral-Eclipse (1600) Gr.1
1st - N Z Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400) Gr.2
2nd - Prince of Wales's Stakes (1600) Gr.1
3rd - Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200) Gr.1
At 5
1st - Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes (2000) Gr.1
1st - Tattersalls Gold Cup (1600) Gr.1
1st - 150th Anniversary of Prince of Wales's Stakes (1600) Gr.1
1st - High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes (1800) Gr.3
2nd - Qipco Champion Stakes (1600) Gr.1
4th - Dubai World Cup Sponsored By Emirates Airline (2000) Gr.1
4th - Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe (2400) Gr.1

Stud MediaMore Media

3-state city treble for So You Think highlighted by Diamond Scene’s winning return in Group 3 Eurythmic
3-state city treble for So You Think highlighted by Diamond Scene’s winning return in Group 3 Eurythmic
So You Think filly Getta Good Feeling breaks maiden in style with Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes thriller
Stakes winner #65 for So You Think as Oh Diamond Lil captures Group 3 Tibbie
Melbourne Cup ticket booked as So You Think’s Revelare dominates in Archer Stakes
So You Think 3YO Opportunistic makes it 3 from 3 and successive stakes victories with Belmont Guineas score
Stakes winner #62 for So You Think as You Wahng captures Group 1 Queensland Oaks
2nd Champagne success for So You Think as 2YO Do You Just adds black type at Ellerslie
Off to the Dance … So You Think’s Punch Lunch captures Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup
So You Think rising star Thedoctoroflove captures Avondale Guineas thriller
Win #11 and $1.3 million in stakes as So You Think’s Gentleman Roy captures Group 2 PB Lawrence
3rd win at elite level for Think It Over as So You Think star captures Group 1 Verry Elleegant
Another stakes winner for So You Think as Saint Alice wins Kaimai Stakes thriller
So You Think continues the climb as superstar Think About It wins $20 million Everest
A lot to think about as Think About It franks Everest claims with Group 2 Premiere blinder
$6.7 million in stakes as So You Think’s multiple Group 1 winner Think It Over captures inaugural $1m 7 Stakes at Randwick
So You Think notches up 54th stakes winner as Banana Queen rules in Group 3 Tibbie Stakes
11th Group 1 winner for So You Think as Palaisipan captures Tatt’s Tiara
2 Group 1s on end as So You Think’s Think About It captures $3 million Stradbroke
10 Group winners for So You Think as Think About It captures Kingsford Smith
Stakes winner #53 as So You Think’s Thought Provoking captures Centaurea Stakes
Party time for So You Think as Party Princess provides stakes winner #52 in Adelaide Guineas
7 from 8 as Think About It has too much firepower in Takeover Target
Saturday stakes double for So You Think as Right You Are takes out Mornington Cup
So You Think filly Street Gossip is Oaks bound following victory in Princess Stakes
50th stakes winner for So You Think as Asathought captures Riverton Cup
2 state stakes double for So You Think as Think About It adds a Group 3 Liverpool City Cup at Randwick
Right way to Think! Right You Are captures Victoria Gold Cup at Sandown
So You Think colt Cut On a Dime resumes with thriller at Randwick
Perfect start to Derby Day with So You Think's Perfect Thought capturing Group 3 Carbine Club
Another stakes winner for So You Think as Gentleman Roy captures Group 3 Sandown Stakes
So You Think goes 1-2 in Group 2 Golden Pendant with Nimalee edging out Palaisipan
So You Think’s Sydney Cup winner Knights Order adds Group 2 Chelmsford to the tally
Amazing season for So You Think continues with Sandown double : highlighted by Proscenium Arch’s dominant debut
Simply Majestic! Another stakes winner for So You Think as Majestic Colour rules in Group 3 Winx Guineas
PALAISIPAN WINS GROUP 2 DANE RIPPER STAKES
RISING STAR – SO YOU THINK 2YO POLITICAL DEBATE WINS LISTED PHOENIX THRILLER
HAIL A NEW STAR … SO YOU THINK’S ILLATION MAKES IT 3 FROM 3 IN ADELAIDE GUINEAS
STAKES DOUBLE - SWS #39 & #40 - AS SO YOU THINK'S REGARDSMAREE ADDS ANNIVERSARY TO CV
PEEK AT THE FUTURE WITH ILLATION REMAINING UNBEATEN IN LISTED NITSCHKE
GROUP 1 #1 - KNIGHTS ORDER CAPTURES $2 MILLION SYDNEY CUP …
GROUP 1 #2 - THINK IT OVER WINS $4 MILLION QUEEN ELIZABETH …
& GROUP 1 # 3 - NIMALEE IS ($1 MILLION) QUEEN OF THE TURF!
MAKES YOU THINK! THINK IT OVER ADDS ANOTHER GROUP SUCCESS WITH APOLLO SCORE
SO YOU WIN WITH SO YOU THINK! STAKES WINNER #38 FOR SO YOU THINK AS SO YOU WIN CAPTURES JANUARY CUP
SO YOU THINK GIVES BOB PETERS 10TH PERTH CUP WITH MIDNIGHT BLUE
3 IN A ROW FOR PURE DEVOTION AT ASCOT AS SO YOU THINK NOTCHES UP 5 WINNERS ON SATURDAY (10 WINNERS IN LAST WEEK)
MIDNIGHT BLUE LEADS HOME SO YOU THINK QUINELLA IN ASCOT GOLD CUP
PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT AS THINK IT OVER MAKES IT 4 FROM LAST 5 IN $750K ROSEHILL GOLD CUP
TIME TO THINK - SUCCESSIVE GROUP 3 CRAVEN PLATES FOR THINK IT OVER
STAKES WINNER #36 FOR SO YOU THINK AS DIRTY THOUGHTS WINS G3 NORTHWOOD PLUME
THINK IT OVER CLIMBS ANOTHER (GROUP 2) HILL
BUDDIES 'CELEBRATE' IN HONG KONG AS SO YOU THINK LANDS WEEKEND GROUP DOUBLE
STAKES WINNER #34 AS SO YOU ASSUME WINS STOCKS
GROUP 1 WINNER THINK IT OVER ADDS GROUP 2 CHELMSFORD TO RESUME

Fee History

2024-$77,000 , 2023-$99,000 , 2022-$93,500 , 2021-$77,000 , 2020-$38,500 , 2019-$38,500 , 2018-$44,000 , 2017-$60,500 , 2016-$49,500 , 2015-$49,500 , 2014-$55,000 , 2013-$66,000 , 2012-$66,000

Sons of High Chaparral at Stud in Australasia

Ace High , Alpine Eagle , Contributer , Dundeel , Redwood , Tivaci , Toronado , Wayed Zain , Wrote

Grandsons of Sadler's Wells at Stud in Australasia

Adelaide , Armory , Cape Of Good Hope , Churchill , Circus Maximus , Hi World , Johannes Vermeer , Universal Ruler