Newhaven Park will present 40 yearlings at Magic Millions making them one of the larger vendors at the sale and two of the yearlings they sold in 2024 are well placed on the order of entry to take their place in the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic in two weeks time.
Owned and run by the Kelly family at Boorowa in NSW, Newhaven Park is a farm steeped in history with a Hall of Fame featuring Golden Slipper winners such as Burst and Prowl and champions including Research, Encounter and Grand Armee, but if you’re only as good as what is on the track right now, the future is set to deliver more of the same.
Undefeated star on the rise Autumn Glow was foaled and raised at Newhaven and sold as weanling for $600,000 before topping the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale at $1.8million and going on to join the Chris Waller stable.
A Group II winner at her third start before missing the Group I ATC Flight Stakes due to injury, Autumn Glow is on the comeback trail and looms as the filly to follow in 2025.
$1million earner and multiple Group winner Encap has been another flagbearer for Newhaven Park in 2024, while four year-old gelding Gold Bullion landed his first stakes win in the Listed BRC Members Mile just before Christmas and heads to the $500,000 The Wave (1800) this Saturday as favourite.
Adding to the success of Newhaven Park graduates in 2024 have been Nadal, who won the recent $1million The Meteorite at Cranbourne and has overall earnings topping $677,000 and progressive gelding Maharba, who won a Group III at Flemington and finished his campaign with a gallant and somewhat unlucky second in the $1million Group I WATC Winterbottom Stakes in Perth.
Promising two year-olds Cool Archie (Cool Aza Beel ) and The Playwright (Written By) finished second and third behind Magic Millions favourite Icarian Dream in the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes and the Newhaven Park sold pair are both on track for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and both have siblings in the 2025 draft.
Cool Archie has a full sister to be offered as Lot 1103 and The Playwright has a half-sister by Xtravagant to be offered as Lot 1397.
Newhaven Park are presenting a diverse draft featuring the progeny of 18 different sires including the farm’s own stallions Xtravagant (11) and Cool Aza Beel (9), whose oldest progeny are two year-olds and in addition to Cool Archie, he is also the sire of two time Kiwi winner Cool as a Rene and stakes-placed Cobra Club.
Click here for the full draft and highlights are below:
Lot 64 Colt Cool Aza Beel (NZ) x Vanderlune, by Written Tycoon
From the second crop of Cool Aza Beel and is half-brother to a winner from a winning half-sister to Group III winner Testashadow fro the family of champion sire Zoustar.
Lot 106 Filly Stay Inside x Yes To The Dress, by Congrats (USA)
From the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside. Third foal of speedy imported juvenile stakes-winner Yes to the Dress from a family of US juvenile stakes-winners.
Lot 281 Colt Pinatubo (IRE) x Compete, by Spirit of Boom
From the first crop of Champion European 2YO Pinatubo. First foal of unraced daughter of Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Invest with next dam Group I ATC Flight Stakes winner Unearthly.
Lot 360 Filly Xtravagant (NZ) x Ends In Tears, by Snitzel
Full sister to Group II MRC Angus Armanasco stakes winner Lavish Girl, a winner of over $450,000.
Lot 649 Filly Ole Kirk x Medic, by Snitzel
From the second crop of Ole Kirk, already the sire of SW’s King Kirk and O’ Ole. Second foal of a placed sister to Golden Slipper winner Estijaab and Group III winner Remarque and is bred on similar Written Tycoon x Snitzel cross that has produced Group I winners Private Life, Captured by Love and Velocious.
Lot 689 Colt Xtravagant (NZ) x Moshki, by Moshe
Full brother to Group II placed Nadal, winner of the recent $1million The Meteorite at Cranbourne with overall earnings topping $677,000 and is from stakes-winner Moshki.
