News - RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS)
Six weeks out from the Magic Millions 2yo Classic, and if bookmakers are right, a serious threat has not appeared to Written Tycoon’s Gimcrack Stakes winner Coolangatta.
Newgate Farm’s young gun Russian Revolution has had a flurry of runners at the trials in recent weeks and sired two impressive heat winners on Tuesday morning in Sydney and Brisbane.
At this time of year there is great interest in the progeny of first season sires stepping out at the trials so Breednet are tracking them and producing a weekly report which features seven first season sires with trial winners in the pipeline and one sire in particular that has generated a cloud of smoke.
Video footage of Friday’s Seymour breeze ups – a key lead-up to next month’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale – is now available for viewing on the Inglis website.
First season sires have dominated proceedings in the juvenile division this year with Extreme Choice and Capitalist battling it out to be overall Champion 2YO Sire, so the release of 2022 Golden Slipper nominations this week has us investigating to see what the next wave of freshman sires will look like in terms of opportunity to win the world’s richest juvenile race.
Newgate Farm have three of the Top 10 most represented sires with entries for the 2022 Golden Slipper to be run at Rosehill next March.
A colt purchased for just $18,000 at last year’s Great Southern Weanling Sale – held online due to Covid – has topped today’s second and final day of the HTBA May Yearling Sale at Riverside.
Newgate have announced their service fees for 2021 following a break-out season for their young stallion roster with a significant increase for Golden Slipper winning sire Capitalist.
Newgate Farm is excited to announce a substantial cash incentive for buyers at all 2021 Magic Millions and Inglis Yearling Sale Series sales that purchase a horse by our impressive first crop sire Russian Revolution.
Newgate Farm’s young gun Russian Revolution covered 226 top class mares last spring and among them was revered blue hen Mica’s Pride, who has delighted everyone at Segenhoe Stud with the arrival of a gorgeous bay filly.
There's been plenty of excitement at Newgate Farm this week with the arrival of the first foal for our electrifying dual Group I winning sprinter Russian Revolution.
Speculation on the racing future of last Saturday’s Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate winner Russian Revolution has been ended with an announcement from Newgate Farm heralding his retirement.
A mare perhaps more famous for being kidnapped is responsible for two feature winners in Australia this weekend.
Hollywood handsome colt Russian Revolution emulated his champion sire Snitzel by winning Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield.
Co-trainer Paul Snowden is happy to focus on Group I races with Russian Revolution and not dwell on being without a spot in the Everest at the moment.
Moonee Valley hosted a busy morning of gallops on Monday ahead the Moir Stakes meeting on Friday night.
Russian Revolution will be one of the headline horses at a trackwork session at Moonee Valley in preparation for the Group I Moir Stakes.
With just over a month until October 14, The Everest jigsaw is starting to take shape but there are many horses still vying for a place in the field.
I didn’t even bet in the race so I’m speaking from a totally neutral corner when I shake my head at the decision to uphold the last race protest at Rosehill and I’m also putting a line through a few of The Everest aspirants as having little or no hope in this week’s edition of The Armchair Punter.
China Horse Club’s striking Snitzel colt Russian Revolution stamped himself a star of the future when downing Golden Rose winner Astern and Golden Slipper winner Capitalist in the Group II Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick back in October last year and while his old rivals are currently covering their first book of mares, Russian Revolution continues to cover himself in glory on the racetrack.