Darling View Thoroughbreds has entered 40 yearlings for the 2026 Perth Magic Millions and a much bigger draft will see its stocks rise exponentially after offering 28 lots earlier this year.
Darling View finished second to Yarradale Stud on the turnover table in February. Its Champion stallion Playing God is always a huge factor and three of the four top-priced yearlings were for breeders who patronized him at Mundijong.
Ridgeport Farm’s colt by Champion Australian Stallion Zoustar prevented Playing God making a clean sweep of the leader board at the Swan Valley Sale. The irony of that statistic wasn’t lost on Darling View because its 2026 consignment includes the first-crop of Zoustar’s Group 2 winning stallion Lightsaber.
“It’s exciting to be showcasing our first yearlings by Lightsaber,” Darling View Stud Manager Brent Atwell said this week. “And the reports we’ve been receiving from breeders about their yearlings have been very positive.
“Zoustar and his sons have taken off since we purchased Lightsaber. We’ve got plenty of Danehill-line horses in WA, so I was looking for that out-cross and Zoustar was obviously a champion in his own right.”
Zoustar (Northern Meteor) had sired 33 black-type winners when Darling View bought Lightsaber in January 2023 and that has since exploded to 69 black-type winners with his Group 1 winners into double-figures.
Trainer Peter Moody also believes Lightsaber will make the grade as a stallion. “He was a Group 2 winner at two and was dreadfully unlucky not to have won the Group 1 Australian Guineas at three due to having a very awkward preparation. I think he will be a nice horse wherever he stands at stud.”
Zoustar’s reputation as a sire of sires continues to flourish with sons like Widden Stud resident Zousain leading the way via his Group winners Amelita (VRC Red Roses Stakes) and Drifting (ATC Magic Night Stakes).
“I thought the first foals by Zousain were outstanding at all the weanling sales I attended back in 2022,” Atwell recalled. “Lightsaber is siring similar types so we’re on our way.”
Darling View Thoroughbreds stands Lightsaber for $6,600 alongside Playing God ($49,500) and Splintex ($7,700). Service fees (inc GST). For bookings or more information, contact Brent Atwell on 0408 648 100 or brent@darlingviewthoroughbreds.com.au
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