It’s been hard to miss the extraordinary run of autumn success for horses carrying the Vinery Stud V brand and the next generation of stars from this elite Hunter Vallery nursery are on show this week ahead of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The Vinery Stud nursery has a long and proud history for producing elite winners and the current star graduates are an impressive group featuring horses such as G1 winners Sepals and Lara Antipova, plus star 3YO’s Sixties, Sass Appeal and Legacy Bound, Doncaster contender Cristal Clear and G3 Canberra Black Opal Stakes winner Music Time.
By the farm’s evergreen sire All Too Hard, Music Time nearly pulled off the fairytale result in the Group I ATC Golden Slipper Stakes when finishing a brave third for Canberra trainer Gratz Vella, who bought him from the Inglis Classic Vinery draft for just $45,000.
With three wins and a third from five starts and over $600,000 in the bank, Music Time has already exceeded all expectations and if there is one thing we know about an All Too Hard, it’s that they get better and better with age!
Ole Kirk is the young gun at Vinery and as the reigning Champion First Season Sire from 2025 has continued in a similar vein this year with his star performer the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Ole Dancer as well as stakes-winners Legacy Bound and Aerodrome.
Click here for the full Vinery draft which includes five by Ole Kirk with highlights below:
Lot 18 Filly I Am Invincible x Pinocchio, by Encosta de Lago
Half-sister to Everest winner and $9.3million earner CLASSIQUE LEGEND and Group 2 winner AETHERO. Her full sister is three-time winner I Am Famous who was purchased for $2million at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. She is also closely related to Champion 3YO RACING TO WIN and Stakes winner PURREALIST.
Lot 61 Filly Ole Kirk x Sanaya, by More Than Ready (USA)
Full sister to multiple Stakes winner and Group winning 2YO LEGACY BOUND who was also third in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes this season. Sanaya is a daughter of the great broodmare sire More Than Ready and Gr.2 winner ASTRODAME.
Lot 88 Filly Ole Kirk x Sheezdashing, by Myboycharlie (IRE)
Third foal from G1 placed Sheezdashing, a grand-daughter of stakes winner and producer DASHING GRANADA, making this filly closely related to stakes winner CELEBRITY GIRL and G1 winner INSTANT CELEBRITY. Her full-sister is a 2YO named Ole Spirit who is in work with Bjorn Baker after being purchased for $220,000 as a yearling.
Lot 94 Filly I Am Invincible x Sierra Sue (NZ), by Darci Brahma
Second foal out of SIERRA SUE, winner of $1.7million with highlight wins in G1 MRC Futurity Stakes and Sir Rupert Clark Stakes. Her full sister is a 2YO filly named Tira Missuey who was purchased for $850,000 at last year’s Easter Yearling Sale by Dean Hawthorne and is now in work with Clayton Douglas. She is also closely related to G1 winner FASHION PLATE, G3 winner MISS BIGLY and SW MR. CANDY BAR.
Lot 284 Colt Ole Kirk x Ellerslie Lace (IRE), by Siyouni
Second foal from stakes performed Siyouni mare Ellerslie Lace, a full sister to stakes horse Baha Mar and closely related to G1 winner TURTLE BOWL. His half-brother, a 2YO colt by Snitzel named Saint Etienne is in work with John O’Shea and Tom Charlton.
Lot 396 Colt Ole Kirk x Lonyx, by Lonhro
Half-brother to a juvenile winner from a winning sibling to G3 winners Sexy Eyes, SW Tina Melina and to the dam of G3 winner ASPECT and SW BROWN BEN. The current 2YO from Lonyx is Why So Hard (g All Too Hard), who has been placed in his only trial jumpout to date for Team Hawkes.
