News - OLE KIRK (AUS)

Vinery Stud is on the threshold of an exciting new era with its young, up and coming Group 1-winning stallions Ole Kirk and Exceedance.

Ole Kirk was the star three year-old colt of the 2020 spring carnival winning both the Group I ATC Golden Rose and Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas and this powerhouse son of Written Tycoon is producing some outstanding first foals for Vinery Stud.

Champion Group 1 sprinter-miler Ole Kirk will head Vinery Stud’s roster at a $55,000 (inc GST) service fee in 2022.

As a full sister to undefeated world champion sprinter Black Caviar, a lot was probably expected of Naturale, but that success has come in the breeding barn rather than on the racetrack.

Vinery Stud have announced that Ole Kirk, one of the most sought-after stud prospects in the country, will join their stallion roster at the conclusion of his racing career.

Forty minutes after Arrowfield Stud’s new recruit Written Tycoon celebrated the win of Odeum in the $1,000,000 Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m), Written Tycoon’s  Ole Kirk proved unstoppable in the $2,000,000 Group 1 Neds Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

There was some concern for the champion Queenslander Rothfire when he was led back to scale after he struggled into fourth in Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose at Rosehill, which proved a triumph for the Hawkes stable and the top two lots at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

The Listed VRC Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington has been won by some very good horses over the years including All Too Hard, who is a close relation of this year’s winner Ole Kirk.