News - WRITTEN BY (AUS)
Written Tycoon’s Group I Blue Diamond winning son Written By has broken the ice for his first winner and it was a super impressive winner trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.
The first official two year-old trials at Randwick each spring are always packed with anticipation and Widden Stud young gun Trapeze Artist made his mark with a heat winner and three place-getters, while champion sire Zoustar delivered a winning double.
Three heats for juveniles run at Deagon in Queensland on Tuesday morning produced two winners for Raheen Stud’s promising young sire Heroic Valour and an interesting Written By colt prepared by champion trainer Lee Freedman.
Official two year-old trials are just around the corner with two 600m jump outs at Cranbourne on Monday morning showcasing some lovely babies from the Busuttin and Young stable with heat winners by Widden Stud sires Written By and Zoustar.
Our next chapter in the Price Point series of stories looks at a group of a dozen stallions that includes four first season horses and the stallion that has sired more 2YO winners this season than any other.
The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale this week provided encouraging results for a number of first season sires with Lean Mean Machine repeating his success at Inglis Classic where he led the first season sire averages for three or more sold.
The most represented first season sire at Inglis Premier starting this Sunday is Yulong based Grunt (NZ), so if you’ve been impressed with the stock of this dual Group I winning son of O’Reilly at earlier sales then you need to hot foot it to Oaklands where 27 will be offered for sale.
It’s another sale and another chance to take stock of the progeny of an exciting raft of first season sires with the top three for Inglis Classic by representation being Harry Angel (IRE) (23), Written By (21) and Trapeze Artist (18).
The record breaking Magic Millions Book 1 Yearling Sale proved the perfect showcase for first season sires and so many achieved great results from the bargain priced sires right up to the elite.
The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.
The legacy of our revered champion sire Northern Meteor lives on at Widden Stud this spring with the arrival the first foals by Zousain, the Group I placed Group II winning son of our current flagship sire Zoustar.
Famed Widden Stud had the enviable task this season of launching the careers of the Champion Australian 2yo colt of his generation and the Champion Australian 3yo and are thrilled to announce both new recruits Written By (Written Tycoon) and Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) are proving every bit as effective in the barn as they were on the track.
Widden Stud is delighted to announce Group I winner and Champion 2YO Colt Written By has retired to join our stallion roster this spring.
Living up to his reputation as a foolproof racehorse, Written By jumped to the front and made every post a winner in Wednesday’s $350,000 Group III Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Boom Written Tycoon colt Written By didn’t disappoint his fans when he returned to the track with a successful start to his spring campaign over 1000 metres at Caulfield on Saturday.
With just 24 hours before the running of the $3,500,000 Golden Slipper at Rosehill Gardens, Written By’s trainer Grahame Begg must be reflecting on how his life has come full-circle since one of his darkest days thirteen years ago.
The margin may have been smaller than supporters had hoped for but Written By kept his unbeaten record intact with a fighting win in Saturday’s $175,000 Group III Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) and top him off for next week’s big dance, the $3,500,000 Golden Slipper over the same track and distance.
A dominant win in the Group I Blue Diamond Stakes has major studs circling Written By.
Group I ability – tick, by a leading sire – tick, speed to burn – tick, female pedigree – tick, this colt is now on every stud master’s hit list.
Saturday’s $1,500,000 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield was considered one of the most open in years however the Grahame Begg trained Written By put them to the sword.