News - ZOUSTAR (AUS)
Australia’s reigning champion sprinter Joliestar will get her third crack at an Everest next week with Chris Waller Racing announcing the six year-old Zoustar mare as their contender for this year’s race.
A share in reigning Champion Stallion Zoustar has topped the Inglis Digital April (Late) Online Sale, selling today for $850,000.
Talented mare Coeur Volante (Proisir) will visit reigning Champion Sire Zoustar after selling for $500,000 in today’s Spring Boutique Sale on Inglis Digital.
The highest priced yearling by champion sire Zoustar sold in 2024 when fetching $2.2million at Inglis Easter, Plaintiff made her debut in a fillies maiden at Rosehill on Wednesday and came away with a stylish victory.
All 2YO heats this morning run at Randwick over 850m with these trials the key factor in deciding fields for the Group III ATC Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes in two weeks time.
The Group III Prix des Chenes (1600m) at Chantilly in France overnight produced a new stakes-winner for reigning champion Australian sire Zoustar with talented two year-old Oceans Four claiming his first Black Type win.
In a market dominated by off the track fillies and race mares at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, proven producer Enbihaar proved a hot and timely item and was duly snapped up for $1.6 million in foal to champion sire Zoustar.
Group I winning I Am Invincible mare Marabi was the obvious star attraction in the Magic Millions Virtual August Sale and sold accordingly with Arrowfield Stud placing the winning bid of $2.4million.
A beautiful filly by Zoustar topped Day Two of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale capping a massive couple of weeks of selling on the Gold Coast.
Southern Highlands based Milburn Creek got in the million dollar groove on Tuesday with a Zoustar filly from Sexy Eyes knocked down to Japanese buyer Katsumi Yoshida for $1million.
Chris Waller already has one superstar Zoustar filly in his stable in G1 Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha and he may have another with Kazou running up to her brilliant trials to score a facile debut victory at Randwick on Wednesday.
After a big Saturday of stakes racing, Zoustar still holds the top slot on the Australian General Sires List by earnings and he featured on Sunday with a debut winner that could be considered a bargain buy given the soaring stocks of his sire.
Heat 10 – colts – Tarabeau – 51.94 seconds
The Canterbury trials for Friday were switched to Warwick Farm to be run on the polytrack and the juveniles were out in force with eight heats won by two year-olds including an I Am Invincible filly shooting to become the tenth winner from her blue hen dam.
A massive set of 20 trials at Randwick on the polytrack were run on Friday morning featuring 11 heats won by juveniles including a royally bred Zoustar colt that won by nine, a Churchill (IRE) colt that has class 3YO written all over him and an unraced Snitzel filly from THE family.
The $500,000 BRC Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday carried plenty of prizemoney although no Black Type, but still attracted a quality field of mares with victory going to 4YO Zoustar mare Kiku, a full sister to Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap winner Zoutori.
Winner of the Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic back in March, promising Zoustar colt Twin Stars confirmed his potential with a determined victory in the Group III SAJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday earning a trip to Brisbane.
In Australia, we know just how good the progeny of Zoustar can be, but for the European market he’s an unknown with his first crop of NH bred two year-olds to race this year and some high profile results at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale this week have given cause for optimism.
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has been super popular at the top end of the market at Inglis Easter with numerous youngsters selling for upwards of $900,000 including the most expensive filly sold on Monday and he cracked it for a seven figure sale with the colt from One More Honey.
Pouring rain and a heavy 10 track proved no hurdle for talented Zoustar filly Zougotcha at Canterbury on Wednesday when she made a winning debut for the Chris Waller stable.