News - GRAFF (AUS)
Considered the consolation final for those that weren’t selected for the TAB Everest, Kelly Schweida’s Queensland visitor Grafterburners came up trumps on Saturday, securing his first group victory by winning the $2m G2 ATC Sydney Stakes (1200m).
On a day when Golden Slipper winning sire Shinzo was making headlines when his yearling half-brother sold for US$1.1million at Keeneland September, a four year-old mare by Graff from his female family cast off maiden status with a facile win at Wellington.
The curtain is coming down on an amazingly successful season for Sydney based syndicators Darby Racing and their owners, who have enjoyed G1 success thanks to Caballus and the thrill of Royal Ascot with Overpass and the Darby colours today racked up a winning treble at Kembla.
In a welcome addition to the Queensland breeding ranks, G1 sprinter Graff will relocate to Eureka Stud commencing with the 2026 breeding season.
Exciting colt Grafterburners (Graff) emerged as a potential superstar with a slashing victory in $3m Magic Millions Sunlight (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday night.
Group 1 targets await emerging sprinter Grafterburners after a brilliant win in Saturday night’s $3 million TAB Magic Millions Sunlight (1100m) at the Gold Coast.
Going three straight this time in and securing his first black type victory, the Listed BRC Gold Edition Plate (1200m) victory by Kelly Schweida’s 3yo Graff colt Grafterburners further enhanced his chances leading into the $3m TAB Magic Millions Sunlight Classic (1100m).
When a stallion (who is standing at a fraction of his esteemed peers 2025 fees) leads the 2025 2yo Australian General Sires list by Winners to Runners, what if anything is this signalling to breeders?
Kitchwin Hills announce that promising first season sire Graff, will stand at a retained fee of $9900 inc gst in 2025.
The $30,000 Starmarker Plate (1000m) at Muswellbrook on Friday for the two year-olds produced a new winner for Graff with the Peter Snowden trained colt Telling saluting as a short priced favourite.
Promising two-year-old colt Grafterburners put his sire Graff into the top five on the First Season Sires list with a dominant win in the $500,000 Aquis QTIS Jewel (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Standing at Kitchwin Hills, brilliantly fast Group II winning sprinter Graff is on the board with his first winner after the well named colt Grafterburners produced a dazzling last to first win at Ipswich on Wednesday.
Proven sires did dominate at the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, but there was also a spectacular response to Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB), who was a runaway leader in the first season sire division and produced the sale-topping filly from Avantage that sold for $2.1million, but it wasn’t all about him, so let’s look a little closer at this cohort of young guns.
As we move towards November, getting your mare in foal promptly becomes a high priority for commercial breeders, so choosing a stallion with high fertility can be a big plus, particularly when you are rolling the dice on an up and coming third crop sire.
It’s been a while since I made the trek to Kitchwin Hills but it was well worth the effort with Mick Malone and his team proud to present a couple of superbly turned out stallions that have much to recommend.
Join us at Kitchwin Hills for an unforgettable experience at our 2023 Stallion Parades, taking place from Friday, August 25th, until Sunday, August 27th and test your mares ahead of time with a Hypothetical mating to Graff and Dubious.
Kitchwin Hills have announced fees for Graff and Dubious for 2023.
The team at Kitchwin Hills can’t hide their enthusiasm for the first foals by gun sprinter Graff, whose excellent fertility and ability to produce strong athletic types makes him an outstanding choice for a late season mating.
He didn’t win the Golden Rose, but he did finish a close third to The Autumn Sun and Zousain and Graff has some stunning foals being born this season which are delighting their owners.
Kitchwin Hills have confirmed fees for their two young stallions Sooboog and Graff, who will have his first foals born this spring.