News - OLE KIRK (AUS)

The Lindsay Park boys struck again at Flemington on Cup Day when undefeated Ole Kirk colt Ranarsson made it three wins in a row when taking out the $200,000 Listed VRC Amanda Elliott Stakes (1400m).

Featured in several Juvenile Trial Watch stories last season, Ole Kirk colt Punxsutawney Phil was a Breednet One to Watch when winning on debut at Scone last month, before scoring at his second start Kembla and on Wednesday he made it three wins in as many starts at Randwick.

A new Australian juvenile season is off and running with two Group races at Randwick on Saturday and a Listed race at Flemington, so let’s check out these brand new stakes-winners by Trapeze Artist, Ole Kirk and Snitzel, worth noting two are from daughters of Fastnet Rock

An Ole Kirk filly built like a colt, the Michael Freedman trained Shraddha was a dominant debut winner at Randwick on Saturday in the $250,000 Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes (1000m).

Jamie Beatson had to dig deeper than intended to secure a son of Ole Kirk last year, but topping up his budget proved to be a wise and lucrative move.

Te Akau Racing unleashed one of their leading candidates for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton in November when System Of Play made short work of his rivals at Ellerslie on Saturday.

With consecutive second placed efforts at his past two starts, Ciaron Maher’s 3yo Ole Kirk colt Scarole gave nothing else a chance once he found the front, pulling clear in the run to the line for a decisive victory at Sandown on Wednesday.

The first day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival holds fond memories for recently crowned Champion New Zealand Trainer Sam Bergerson, and he is hoping to create some more when he heads to Hastings on Saturday.

Featured in several Juvenile Trial Watch stories this Ole Kirk colt has been catching our eye for a while now for his talent, but also his name which is probably in part why he started so short at Scone on Tuesday when making his debut.

Grahame Begg is very good at nurturing a talented filly towards Black Type and it looks like he has a good candidate by Ole Kirk that won in a canter on Monday as a short priced favourite at Ballarat.

The annual Vinery Stud stallion parades last weekend are always a highlight on the Hunter Valley stud tour given their famed breakfast is the perfect way to start a long day of looking at horses and this year’s stallion roster is a ripper.

Coming off a third last start in the Listed VRC Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m), Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s Ole Kirk 2yo colt Ko Phangan appreciated the drop in class to break his maiden over 1800m at Flemington on Saturday.

Busy morning at the trials on Friday at Warwick Farm with eight heats won by two year-olds that included some interesting unraced youngsters including the full sister to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’Ole and Chanterelle could not have been more impressive.

Fourth on debut at Warwick Farm behind the smart Helldeeva, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Ole Kirk filly continued her upward spiral, breaking her maiden in fine style over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

There were six heats at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday morning won by juveniles that included youngsters by first season sires Home Affairs and Acrobat, plus the unraced sister to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’ Ole.

Second to eventual G1 winner Panova during the Spring, the Phillip Stokes trained Regal Award has form around some handy performers, and now the 3yo son of Ole Kirk has secured his place in the $3m G1 BRC Stradbroke Handicap field with victory in Saturday’s $300,000 G3 BRC Fred Best Classic (1400m).

Attunga Stud were given the task of preparing 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’ Ole for the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and she may be packing her bags for Japan after being purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.5million.

The Magic Millions Weanling Sale is often seen as a pinhooker’s paradise, but it was an end user that purchased the Ole Kirk filly from Oxford Angel for $400,000.

Following the recent announcement of the consolidation of the Kia Ora stallions into the Vinery roster, Vinery is pleased to unveil a strengthened and bolstered line-up for 2026.

Four heats were won at the Randwick trials on Tuesday morning by juveniles that included a couple of unraced  youngsters and one with a name that will make a lot of people that weren’t born this century back him!