News - COOL ARCHIE (AUS)
Cool Aza Beel was one of the most brilliant juveniles of his generation, combining elite speed, toughness and professionalism throughout an outstanding two-year-old season.
When Savabeel passed away last week at Waikato Stud, we lost a genuinely outstanding sire and his legacy is something to be valued and preserved for the future.
Newhaven Park have confirmed fees on their roster of four stallions for 2026 which includes exciting newcomer Cool Archie, who this time last year blazed an undefeated trail through the Brisbane Winter Carnival.
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.
Arguably the best juvenile last season with five brilliant wins culminating with the G1 BRC JJ Atkins, the Chris and Corey Munce trained Cool Archie has been officially retired with a stud career now in the pipeline.
The highly anticipated return to the races for exciting colt Cool Archie has been put on ice with co-trainer Chris Munce revealing the colt has an issue.
The Queensland winter carnival reached a crescendo at Eagle Farm on Saturday with two newly minted Group I winners in War Machine (NZ) and Cool Archie, who had something very interesting in common that may well be a sign of the times and a pointer to the future.
Recording a thoroughly deserving elite level victory off the back of his sensational form this time in, Chris and Corey Munce’s 2yo Cool Aza Beel colt Cool Archie took his campaign to five straight wins, capturing the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) in style.
This So You Think filly bolted away to win by seven on Friday and is a half-sister to Cool Archie, who will run as favourite in the Group I BRC JJ Atkins on Saturday.
A passion for pedigrees and thoroughbreds is often one that lasts a lifetime and so it has been for one of the co-breeders of Bravery, who contacted me this week following our earlier and very well read story on current 2YO star Cool Archie.
With no two-year-old currently performing better in Queensland, the Chirs and Corey Munce trained Cool Archie continued his outstanding form, taking out the $1m Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), his third consecutive black type victory.
Birthday boy Chris Munce was experiencing a stellar day at Doomben on Saturday adding Cool Archie’s Group 2 BTC Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) victory to his earlier victory of Brookhaven in the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) the race prior.
Newhaven Park’s Cool Aza Beel produced his first stakes winner when two-year-old colt Cool Archie won the Listed Dalrello Stakes (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Cool Aza Beel’s promising son Cool Archie was already stakes placed but threw off the maiden tag emphatically at Doomben on Wednesday with better races beckoning over the winter.