John North and his team at Bowness Stud have achieved an enviable record for producing Group I performers from their family run thoroughbred nursery at Young on the South West Slopes of NSW and their 2022 Magic Millions draft is packed with the potential of more G1 stars to come.
In recent years, Bowness Stud drafts have produced Champion 3YO and four time Group I winner Trapeze Artist, super talented Group I winning half-sisters Youngstar and Funstar as well as the 2021 SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Media Award, not to mention Group and stakes-winners Chapada, Paradee and Indian Pacific.
Bowness Stud will present 13 yearlings at the Gold Coast with the first seven to be offered in Book 1 and they include Lot 300, the half-brother to Media Award by exciting young sire Brave Smash (Jpn).
This well made bay colt is from the first crop of Japanese bred brilliant sprinter Brave Smash, who won two Group I sprints in Australia and was twice placed in the Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap.
His dam Music Media is a winning daughter of champion sire More Than Ready (USA) from stakes-winner Harley Ma and the next dam is by Golden Slipper winner Star Watch, so it’s a pedigree packed with diverse speed influences.
Also to be offered by Bowness Stud in Book 1 are the following and click to see the full draft:
Lot 3 Colt Extreme Choice x Egyptian Melody, by Exceed and Excel
One of only five colts in the sale by boom sire Extreme Choice and is a three-quarter brother-in-blood to the very promising Extreme Choice filly Swerving, who won on debut at Geelong in December, read about her here. This colt is the third foal of a placed daughter of US G2 winner Sherine (USA).
Lot 35 Colt Impending x Fascinating, by Choisir
From the second crop of Lonhro’s G1 winning son Impending and is the third foal of a winning sister to juvenile SW Choistar.
Lot 291 Colt Frosted (USA) x Mountain Dew, by Snowland
By the sire of G3 winner Ingratiating and SW Cloudy. Half-brother to Brisbane metro winner Good Soize from metro winning daughter of G2 winner Basra.
Lot 373 Colt Churchill (IRE) x Pink Rocks, by Fastnet Rock
From the second crop of Galileo’s champion miler Churchill and is the second foal of unraced Pink Rocks, a grand-daughter of G3 winner Milanova, a full sister to G1 winner and G1 sire Holy Roman Emperor.
Lot 468 Filly Flying Artie x Sadler’s Wish, by Not a Single Doubt
By the sire of G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius. Third foal of seven time metro winner Sadler’s Wish, a half-sister to stakes-placed Silk and Money.
Lot 592 Colt Harry Angel (IRE) x Sweetwater, by Starcraft
From the first crop of Harry Angel, the Champion 3YO Sprinter in Europe in 2017. Second foal of placed daughter of stakes-placed Flowerchild, a three-quarter sister to G2 winner Wild Rain from the family of Australian Horse of the Year Northerly.
See the Bowness draft at Stable Z 16 – 22 from Wednesday morning.
