Ole Kirk Primed for Premier

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Friday Feb 28

Vinery Stud have enjoyed a dream start to the stud career of Ole Kirk, whose story started back at Inglis Premier in 2019 when he fetched $675,000 for Gilgai Farm and six years on this exciting young stallion has 11 yearlings to be offered and four of them are presented by Vinery.

Ole Kirk is a rising star for Vinery Stud.

A Champion 3YO Colt by Written Tycoon, Ole Kirk is sitting at the top of the Austrralian First Season Sires List with his two winners from eight starters to date being Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner King Kirk and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’ Ole.

Ole Kirk is writing the next chapter of success for the famed Helsinge family that has also produced undefeated World Champion Sprinter Black Caviar and Champion 3YO All Too Hard with one of the yearlings in the Vinery draft line bred to this most revered of Australian broodmares.

Lot 144 is the second foal of stakes-placed All Too Hard mare Divanation, the only stakes horse among six winners from triple Melbourne Cup winner and two time Australian Horse of the Year Makybe Diva (GB).

Ole Kirk colt from Divanation.

This stylish bay colt has a 3 x 3 double cross of Helsinge, which will excite the pedigree gurus and the first foal of Divanation is a filly by Ole Kirk, that has been retained by her breeders to race.

This colt has bloodlines that don’t just produce Group I winners, they produce champions!

Click here for the full Vinery draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 37 Colt I Am Invincible x Antelope, by Not a Single Doubt

By champion sire I Am Invincible. Half-brother to a winner and is fourth foal of a winning full sister to dual Group I winner Miracles of Life – MRC Blue Diamond Stakes and SAJC Robert Sangster Classic.

Lot 156 Colt Snitzel x Ellerslie Lace (Fr), by Siyouni

By champion sire Snitzel. First foal of a stakes-placed daughter of champion French sire Siyouni from European Black Type family featuring Group I winner Turtle Bowl.

Lot 303 Filly Farnan x Manasari, by More Than Ready (USA)

From the second crop of Golden Slipper winner Farnan, who has already sired four winners including $1million ATC Golden Gift winner North England. Half-sister to metro winner Indian Jewel from a winning half-sister to Aussie bred Japanese Group III winner Fiano Romano and to the dam of US Group II winner Ain’t Easy.

Lot 460 Filly Ole Kirk x Sheezdashing, by Myboycharlie (IRE)

Second foal of Group I placed Sheezdashing, a grand-daughter of stakes-winner Dashing Granada, the grand-dam of Group I winner Instant Celebrity and Group winners Happy Healthy and Generalife.

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