Newhaven Park will present a big draft of 37 at Magic Millions with first season sires expected to play a prominent role in their success, while a couple of glamour fillies filly by Zoustar and Capitalist loom as showstoppers.
The Kelly family have been breeding superior horses since their purchase of Newhaven Park at Boorowa in the 1920’s and the current star performers bred/ raised or sold on the farm are ensuring the future is every bit as bright as the past.
Recent star performers raised/ bred or sold by Newhaven Park include Group I ATC Golden Rose winning colt In the Congo, dual Group I winner Shout the Bar and outstanding Group I winning 3YO filly Odeum, the star trio backed up by the likes of Kissonallforcheeks, The Inferno, Lavish Girl, He’s Xceptional, Tycoonist, Lunar Impact, Yao Dash, Robodira, The Harrovian, Xtravagant Star and Group I placed colt Brosnan.
The draft this year has a couple of obvious highlights and one of those is Lot 108, a Zoustar filly from Members Joy, that was bought at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale last year for $750,000 by Cloverfield Bloodstock making her the highest priced weanling sold in Australia in 2022.
She is a half-sister to multiple Group II winner Pure Elation from stakes-winning Hussonet (USA) mare Members Joy, who has had three foals to race and all are winners.
Zoustar has gone from strength to strength in the latter part of 2022 siring European Champion 2YO Filly Lezoo and Darley Princess Series and Group I ATC Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha.
“We thought the Members Joy filly was a lovely weanling and she has had a trouble free prep and developed exactly as we would have hoped and gone right ahead,” said John Kelly.
“We couldn’t be happier with her.”
Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Odeum was a star of the Newhaven draft at Magic Millions in 2019 selling to Sheamus Mills Bloodstock for $420,000 and her three-quarter sister by Capitalist from Movie will be offered as Lot 155.
Stakes-placed Movie is also the dam of $1.1million earning stakes-winner Goodfella, so she has done a great job at stud so far and this filly can enhance her record further.
John Kelly is seeing many similarities between the filly and her three-quarter sister Odeum, who retired with earnings just shy of $1million and was covered by I Am Invincible last spring in her first season at stud.
“This filly is very much like Odeum. She has her personality, and an excellent constitution,” Kelly revealed.
“She’s been a lovely horse since the day she was born and we’re very excited to offer her to the market.”
Click here to see the full draft with additional highlights below:
Lot 409 Colt Microphone x South of France (USA), by Quality Road
From the first crop of Champion 2YO Colt and Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes winner Microphone. First foal of brilliant Aqueduct juvenile stakes-winner South of France by champion US sire Quality Road.
Lot 635 Filly So You Think x Aware, by Tale of the Cat (USA)
Dam has had three foals to race and all are winners and she is a winning daughter of outstanding G2 winner Media, who also placed in four G1 races including the Golden Slipper.
Lot 729 Colt Pierata x Classic Charlotte (USA), by In Summation
From the first crop of $5.8million earning Group I winner Pierata. Third foal of a winning half-sister to US G2 winner Chapel Royal from a US family that has achieved great success in Australia producing Group -winners Gypsy Diamond, Toorak Affair and Financial Tycoon.
Lot 802 Blue Point (IRE) x Down the Hatch, by Flying Spur
From the first crop of European champion Sprinter and Royal Ascot hero Blue Point. From a metro winning half-sister to the dam of G1 Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth and G1 placed G2 winner Wild Planet.
See the draft at Stable G 3- 26, 31- 34.
