A Group I winner in Hong Kong and a three-quarter brother to four time G1 winning $5million earner Lady Shenandoah, young Aquis sire Stronger is one of the best credentialed sires in Queensland and has made his presence felt at the recent Australian 2YOs in training sales.
Stronger was the leading sire by aggregate at the Magic Millions Horses in Training Sale on the Gold Coast with nine youngsters selling for $644,000 at an average price of $71,556.
His top seller was presented by Kenmore Lodge and the flashy chestnut colt from Urban Jewel put his name in lights when breezing in 10.37 seconds and was duly snapped by Amy Feng for $280,000.
He is the first foal of Urban Jewel a placed Capitalist mare from stakes-winner Urban Groove.
Also providing a great result was another Kenmore Lodge consigned colt from Whitsunday Dreams that sold to Chinzorig Gantumur, Mongolia for $115,000, while a colt from Dawn Moon made $70,000 for McKinnon Racing & Breaking when bought by Doyle Racing.
At the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale in Sydney, Blake Ryan Racing smashed it out of the park with their Stronger colt from Pichon that made $270,000 when bought by Eric Koh.
He was a savvy pinhook success having been sourced from the Noble Bend Farm draft at Magic Millions Book 2 for $100,000 by Blake Ryan.
Stronger is one of only three Group I winning sons of outstanding sire Not a Single Doubt at stud in Australia and the other two are Extreme Choice (service fee $385,000) and Farnan (service fee $77,000).
Stronger has had good opportunity to date covered 317 mares in his first three years at stud and is priced to please at Aquis this spring at $8,800 with the upside of his first 2YOs to start racing this season.
