Widden Stud’s new recruit Cogburn has arrived in the Hunter Valley with Widden producing vision of his arrival and first parades.
Standing in partnership with Winstar Farm, Cogburn was acclaimed the fastest horse in the world following his win in the Group I Jaipur Stakes at Saratoga on the turf over five and a half furlongs when he set a North American and world record time of 59.8 seconds.
The turf factor being interesting from an Australian point of view given his trainer Steve Asmussen’s comment after he won the Group I Breeders Cup Turf.
"He's an absolutely different horse since being switched to the turf.”.
“We moved him to the turf because I didn't feel that he had met his potential the way that he had trained. He'd run solid on the dirt, but we expected better from him. Then, we moved him to the turf, gave him a freshening and he's come back an absolute monster.”
Cogburn will stand his first southern hemisphere season at Widden at a fee of $27,500.
