Half Yours proved last year that an Australian breeder can produce an elite stayer capable of winning a Melbourne Cup right here in our own country and you don't need to spend a fortune to do it.
Lovatsville has set Gold Trip’s service fee at $5,500 (incl. GST) for the 2026 season — down from $8,800 — opening one of the best performed racehorses currently at stud to a far wider book of mares.
With 4 of the last 7 winners of the Melbourne Cup being bred in Australasia and the 3 year-old Oaks and Derby’s being predominantly won by locally bred horses, Gold Trip’s performance, physique and pedigree make him an unbelievable value for money proposition when looking to breed a Classic winner.
For four consecutive seasons, Gold Trip held a place inside the world’s top 120 horses on the official rankings — earned in the deepest weight-for-age and middle-distance company on offer in Europe and Australia. At three he was fourth in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, beaten less than a length and a half behind Sottsass, In Swoop and Persian King. At four, carrying 58 kg, he ran the Group 1 winner Mare Australis to a length and a half in the Prix Ganay and was beaten a nose into third in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.
With Ciaron Maher and David Eustace he then did something only one other horse has managed in the modern Australian record: contested the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in two consecutive years, winning, placing or running honestly in every one. The previous horse was Rising Fast — in the 1950s. His Turnbull Stakes win at Flemington — beating Romantic Warrior by more than three lengths at weight-for-age over the Classic distance — stands among the most striking WFA performances of the decade.
From a deep Aga Khan family and out of a Dubai Destination mare, Gold Trip has received great support from a number of the nation’s top breeders and trainers like Australian Bloodstock, Ciaron Maher Racing, Merricks Station, Seymour Bloodstock, Wentwood Grange, Surf Coast Racing, Sullivan Bloodstock, Noel Greenhalgh, Valiant Stud, Barton Racing, Limerick Lane, Mangalore Park, Archie Alexander, Thompson Creek Thoroughbreds, Matthew Smith Racing, Paul Preusker, Nigel & Meredith Berry, Lakewood’s Racing, Munetos Racing, Lindsey Caminiti, MB Thoroughbreds, Robbie Laing, Aaron Purcell, Peter Newsom, Tzaferis Racing, John Simmons, Colmar Lodge, and Chris & Katrina Anderson.
Bookings are now open for the 2026 season at $5,500 (incl. GST) and can be made by calling or emailing Sam White of Lovatsville on 0408 123 428 or sam@lovatsville.com
