Another Straight Charge? Twin Hills Weanlings on Show

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Friday May 3

Twin Hills Stud are expecting to be busy this week at Riverside Stables with a draft of 16 for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale that features youngsters by hot sires such as Wootton Bassett (GB) and Too Darn Hot (GB), whose service fee this year has risen to $110,000.

Twin Hills graduate Straight Charge wins the G2 Silver Slipper - image Steve Hart

Twin Hills have had great success selling at this sale offering a Written By colt from Matryoshka in 2022 that sold to Paul Moroney Bloodstock / Pegasus Bloodstock for $160,000.

He was re-offered at Magic Millions selling for $270,000 to Yulong and has proven an immediate success racing as Straight Charge. Narrowly beaten on debut in the Group III ATC Breeders Plate, he won the Group II ATC Silver Slipper and was a brave sixth in the Golden Slipper ending his juvenile season with earnings just shy of $500,000.

Currently the leading first season sire in Australia by earnings and winners, Too Darn Hot has put the foundations in place for a very successful stud career and his weanlings are sure to be in demand from both pinhookers and end users alike.

Too Darn Hot (GB) filly from Bahahaa, click to see her page.

Lot 322 is a lovely dark bay Too Darn Hot filly and is the first foal of Bahahaa, a winning grand-daughter of Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Danelagh, the dam of Group I winners Vengeance of Rain and Dizelle, who produced Group I VRC Oaks winner Pinot.

There is much anticipation surrounding the first Australian bred two year-olds by Wootton Bassett and if results measure up to expectation his stocks could be well and truly on the rise next year.

Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Amirata, click to see his page.

Lot 309 is a Wootton Bassett colt from Group III winning Nadeem mare Ammirata, who has had three foals to race and all are winners.

Click here to see the full Twin Hills draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 17 Colt Peltzer x Izzajewel, by Hinchinbrook

From the second crop of Twin Hills young So You Think stallion Peltzer, whose first yearlings have sold for up to $220,000. Third foal of an unraced three-quarter sister to Group II winner Ninth Legion and half-sister to Group II winner Tsaritsa.

Lot 186 Colt Star Turn x Shaky Isles(NZ), by Shocking

By well proven Group I sire Star Turn who has a very high 73.6% winner to runner strike rate. Half-brother to two winners from an unraced three-quarter sister to Group II winner Surprise Baby from Group II winner Miss Tessla.

Lot 303 Colt Captivant x Alla Breve, by Snitzel

From the first crop of Group I winning juvenile Captivant. First foal of unraced daughter of Group II winner Capella with third dam Group III winner Limerick. Bred on successful Capitalist (sire of Captivant) x Snitzel cross that has produced 20 winners from 23 runners including Group winners Marine One, Cannonball and SW Profiteer.

Lot 414 Colt Tiger of Malay x Flying Amelia, by Flying Artie

From the first crop of Group II winning sprinter Tiger of Malay, a son of boom sire Extreme Choice. First foal of a placed half-sister to stakes-placed Rule the World and fourth dam Money Begets Money is a Group III placed sister to blue hen Mica’s Pride, the dam of Group I winners Criterion and Comin’ Through.

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