First Time Mums 2023

Mark Smith - Sunday Dec 24

After thrilling us on the racetrack, these mares are celebrating Christmas with their first foals.

Away Game (Snitzel x Elusive Wonder by Elusive Quality)

Away Game (image Grant Courtney)

Race Record: five wins, seven seconds, four thirds, from 26 starts $3,755,675: Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes, and Magic Millions 2yo Classic.

The $4,000,000 National Broodmare sale-topper and runner-up in the Golden Slipper, Oakleigh Plate and Sangster Stakes, Away Game had a filly by Written Tycoon on August 15.

Colette (Hallowed Crown x Libretto by Singspiel)

Race Record: eight wins and five seconds from 25 starts $7,138,055”  Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks, Group 1 VRC Empire Rose Stakes, Group II ATC Apollo Stakes, Group II MRC Tristarc Stakes.

After replenishing the Godolphin coffers by over $7 million, Colette earned a date with Dubawi (IRE) at Dalham Hall Stud. The dual Group 1 winner foaled a colt on September 10.

Hungry Heart (Frankel x Harlech by Pivotal)

Race Record: four wins, four seconds, and a third from 21 starts $1,758,575: Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks, Group 1 ATC Vinery Stud  Stakes. Group II ATC Sweet Embrace Stakes, Group II ATC Phar Lap Stakes.

Yulong’s dual Group 1 winning daughter of Frankel foaled a Written Tycoon colt on August 19.

Krone (Eurozone x Soft Landing by Al Maher)

Race Record: six wins, five seconds, and five thirds from 31 starts $1,474,050: Group 1  ATC Coolmore Classic, Group II ATC Guy Walter Stakes.

A $30,000 weanling and $60,000 yearling, Roll The Dice Racing purchased Krone for $120,000 at the Gold Coast 2YOs In Training Sale and did much better than doubling her purchase price on the track.

The overachieving daughter of Eurozone foaled an I Am Invincible colt on July 28.

Lighthouse (USA) (Mizzen Mast x More Hopingby North Light)

Race Record: eight wins, five seconds, and a third from 19 starts $1,396,557: Group 1 ATC Coolmore Classic, Listed VRC Chester Manifold Stakes.

Runner-up in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes and Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes, Lighthouse (USA) was a $1,700,000 purchase by Dermot Farrington Bloodstock on behalf of Kia Ora Stud at the National Broodmare Sale.

The daughter of Mizzen Mast foaled a Farnan colt on October 22.

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Odeum (Written Tycoon x Movie by Red Ransom)

Race Record: three wins and three seconds from 12 starts $980,350: Group 1 MRC One Thousand Guineas.

A $420,000 yearling purchase for Sheamus Mills Bloodstock, Odeum foaled an I Am Invincible colt on September 9.

Personal (Fastnet Rock x Personify by Galileo)

Race Record: to wins, six seconds, and two thirds from 14 starts $1,251,300: Group 1 VRC Oaks.

A $640,000 yearling, Personal added to her classic triumph with placings in the Australasian Oaks, Thousand Guineas and Blue Diamond Stakes.

The daughter of Fastnet Rock had a So You Think filly on September 13.

Probabeel (Savabeel x Far Fetched by Pins)

Race Record: 13 wins and eight seconds from 29 starts $4,358,978: Group 1 ATC Epsom Handicap, Group 1 ATC Surround Stakes, Group 1 MRC Caulfield Stakes, Group 1 MRC Futurity Stakes.

A $380,000 purchase for David Ellis from the Waikato Stud draft at the 2018 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale, Cambridge Stud’s mighty warrior Probabeel foaled an Almanzor (FR) filly on September 5.

Shout The Bar (Not A Single Doubt x Drinks All Round by O’Reilly)

Race Record: five wins, a second and a third from 19 starts  $1,344,075: Group 1 ATC Vinery Stud Stakes, Group 1 VRC Empire Rose Stakes, Group II VRC Empire Rose Stakes.

A $200,000 yearling, Shout The Bar was a $2,700,000 purchase for Tom Magnier at the Inglis Chairman's Sale.

The dual Group 1 winning daughter of Not A Single Doubt foaled a Home Affairs colt on August 22.

Tofane (Ocean Park x Baggy Green by Galileo)

Race Record: eight wins, five seconds, four thirds, from 31 starts $3,692,470: Group 1 ATC All-Aged Stakes, Group 1 BRC Stradbroke Handicap, Tatt's QLD Tattersall's Tiara, Group 1 MRC CF Orr Stakes.

A $3,100,000 purchase for Yulong at the National Broodmare Sale, Tofane had a Written Tycoon filly on November 14.

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