Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes winner Cool Archie has been secured for stud duties by Newhaven Park and will commence his stallion career at his birthplace later this year.
Stud principal John Kelly confirmed that negotiations for his purchase had concluded in recent days and that he was in the process of syndicating the exciting stud prospect with lifetime shares to be put on the market in the week leading up to the 2026 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale — at which Cool Archie’s full-brother is to be offered by Newhaven Park as Lot 225.
A first-crop son of Newhaven Park’s emerging resident sire Cool Aza Beel (NZ), Cool Archie proved to be a sensation during last year’s Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Trained by father and son team Chris and Corey Munce for his very popular principal owner Max Whitby, the paternal grandson of multiple champion sire Savabeel went on a rampaging sequence of five straight juvenile successes, beginning with a 2YO Maiden win over 1200m at Eagle Farm and then culminating in his conclusive one-and-a-quarter length victory in the Group 1 JJ Atkins over 1600m.
Along the way, Cool Archie also claimed the Listed Dalrello Stakes over 1000m, the Group 2 Champagne Classic back over 1200m, and the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce over 1400m, giving him the ‘full house’ of 2-year-old features staged during the Eagle Farm-Doomben focal point of the Brisbane racing year.
Significantly, in going back-to-back in the BRC Sires’ Produce and JJ Atkins Stakes, Cool Archie emulated the feat of Broadsiding the previous season, the Godolphin home-bred and raced colt then subsequently commencing stud duties in 2025 at a fee of $66,000 (inc. GST).
In the process of being prepared for his return to racing last December, Cool Archie suffered a career ending injury in winning an Ipswich open barrier trial over 1000m at the dismay of the Munce stable and all of his connections.
Cool Archie retires to stud the winner of five of his nine career starts, having also shown his precocity in placing second in the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m) as a pre-Christmas 2-year-old.
In making the development public, John Kelly said that the farm was delighted to have secured Cool Archie for stud duties and everyone associated with Newhaven Park was looking forward to welcoming him ‘home’.
“There have been very few 2-year-olds capable of putting together five wins in succession, four of those being long established Queensland stakes races, and for me it is one of his major selling points,” Kelly remarked.
“His win in the JJ Atkins obviously made him a potential stallion prospect, and we didn’t hesitate to show our interest when it was confirmed that his racing career had unfortunately concluded prematurely.
“The manner of his winning streak was one of the highlights of the 2024/25 racing season, and the strength of his performances is stacking up strongly through the likes of Grafterburners — who he comfortably defeated on three occasions — and Torque To Be Sure franking the form with their respective Magic Millions Sunlight Plate and Magic Millions 3YO Guineas wins.”
In addition to Broadsiding, Cool Archie follows the likes of The Autumn Sun, Darci Brahma, Show a Heart, Mossman and, significantly, past Newhaven Park stallions Zeditave and Luskin Star as JJ Atkins Stakes winners to enter into stud duty, all six of the aforementioned sires having been responsible for Group 1 winning progeny — including a Golden Slipper winner. It’s a point not lost on Kelly.
“Zeditave and Luskin Star were both winners of the JJ Atkins Stakes, or the QTC Channel Nine Stakes and the QTC Marlboro Stakes as it was in their respective day, and what tremendous stallions they proved to be for Newhaven Park and the Kelly family. We have every confidence in Cool Archie finding his own place in the celebrated history of our farm, and we can only hope he’ll ultimately make a similar impact as his JJ Atkins Stakes winning predecessors.”
As previously stated, Cool Archie is in the process of being syndicated for stallion duties with lifetime shares available.
For any further information please contact John Kelly on +61 412 654 620.
