News - TRAPEZE ARTIST (AUS)
The highest-priced Trapeze Artist yearling in 2023, Spywire was a $520,000 purchase for Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Group 1 Bloodstock from the Widden draft at Magic Millions last year and he will start amongst the top chances in next week’s $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic after a cavalier win in the $150,000 Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Trapeze Artist is riding high as the leading second crop sire by earnings and winners with an exciting new winner at Cranbourne on Friday in the shape of Trapeze Warrior, who was an $850,000 Magic Millions purchase and is his highest priced yearling to date.
Trapeze Artist posted his 20th winner of the season on Wednesday with Star Thoroughbreds celebrating the first win at Eagle Farm for promising filly Leitzel, who has a full sister headed to Magic Millions 2024..
Widden Stud’s Trapeze Artist is the leading second crop sire by winners and earnings and he also gave us a One to Watch on Sunday with an impressive maiden winner in the Star Thoroughbreds colours at Hawkesbury.
Tumbling was an impressive debut winner at Ballarat back in March before finishing fourth to Libertad in the Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes and he made a winning return at Canterbury on Friday night.
The Clayton Douglas-trained Gallant Prince kept the ball rolling for Trapeze Artist in a competitive 1400m maiden for 3yos at Pakenham on Thursday, with connections of the first three across the line taking plenty of encouragement.
Seven 2-year-olds made their career debuts in the Toyota Forklifts Maiden Hcp (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Wednesday, and the Trapeze Artist colt Spywire put them to the sword.
The second season sires list has become super interesting as we work through spring with Group I winners for Harry Angel (IRE) and Trapeze Artist, who added a new maiden winner to his tally at Newcastle on Monday to lead his peers by earnings and share the lead by winners.
A $500,000 Inglis Easter purchase for De Burgh Equine / William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA) / Glen Hill Farm from the Lime Country Thoroughbreds draft, Worth Avenue became the 11th winner this season for Trapeze Artist when saluting at Muswellbrook on Monday in the colours of US bloodstock investor Craig Bernick.
The Gary Portelli-trained Trapeze Artist colt Flying Trapeze kept the winning run going for his sire when scoring a stylish win at Randwick on Wednesday breaking the course record for 1400m on the Kensington track.
There was just one heat for juveniles at Hawkesbury, but it featured the full sister to champion three year-old colt Trapeze Artist, who is basking in the glory of siring Griff to win the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas on Saturday.
It was a series of ‘firsts’ when exciting colt Griff (Trapeze Artist) led his rivals a merry dance to score an all-the-way win in today’s stallion-making G1 Caulfield Guineas.
Widden Stud’s Trapeze Artist has his first Group I winner and it only seems fitting that the Widden Stud bred and sold colt Griff would achieve the feat scoring an exciting win in the $3million Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on Saturday.
Trapeze Artist will have a Group I runner this weekend when Griff contests the MRC Caulfield Guineas and he also had a most promising debut winner at Kyneton on Thursday.
Widden young gun Trapeze Artist kept his momentum going with a new winner at Moonee Valley last night in Reprisal, while evergreen Widden stalwart Star Witness had a five winner Friday with unbeaten mare Frilled putting the icing on the cake with her first metro victory also at the Valley.
Short-priced favourite Colleano looked in dire straits when the debutant Quickstar entered the fray in the straight, but the son of Trapeze Artist rallied to break his maiden at start two on the Pakenham Synthetic on Wednesday.
Stakes racing over the weekend so far has seen a reshuffle of the second season sires with Widden Stud’s Trapeze Artist now leading the way by earnings just ahead of Kooringal Stud’s Prized Icon.
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Griff stamped his credentials for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas when scoring a stylish victory in the Group II MVRC Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Griff put himself in the picture for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas when capturing the Listed VRC Exford Plate (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday to become the first stakes-winner for Widden Stud’s promising young sire Trapeze Artist.
The first of the annual Widden Stud NSW stallion parades was held on Thursday with Antony and Katie Thompson welcoming guests to the ‘Valley of Champions’ for a sensational lunch, warm hospitality and of course the presentation of stallions including exciting newcomer Jacquinot, with all sires available for Hypothetical matings.