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Lovatsville New Recruit a Headturner

Tara Madgwick - Sunday Aug 16

Breednet hit the road last week for the Victorian stallion parades and photographer Grant Courtney took some great images at several of the big parades including Lovatsville, home to five stallions offering an affordable mix of speed and stamina.

Champion sire Zoustar had two of the most popular first season sires in Victopria last spring in Growing Empire and Schwarz with Sam White and his team at Lovatsville following the trend with Espionage, pictured below.

Winner of the Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes and Breeders Plate, Espionage is from the family of last season’s Group I winning colt Campione D’Italia and stands at the modest fee of $11,000.

Gold Trip (Fr)

Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip (Fr) is always a crowd pleaser.

Move to Strike

The first G1 winning 2YO by I Am Invincible, Move to Strike has his first foals arriving this spring and mares in foal to him include the dam of last Saturday’s brilliant winner of the Listed MRC Regal Roller Stakes Shadhavar.

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Fierce Impact (Jpn)

Fierce Impact (Jpn) is a triple G1 winner and a promising sire of winners.

Generation

Generation is a speed son of Snitzel with his first yearlings to be sold in 2027.

All images courtesy of Grant Courtney - Pao Ma Photos.

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