News - ZOUSTAR (AUS)
The latest chapter in the story of Widden Stud’s star producer Solar Charged played out at Inglis Easter on Monday when her colt by Zoustar sold for $850,000, then her champion daughter Sunlight made a splash when her Wootton Bassett (GB) colt sold for $1.4million and at the Randwick trials her 2YO daughter Clean Energy was an impressive winner.
Widden Stud’s exceptional stallion Zoustar was the star on Day 1 of the Easter Yearling Sale, providing the top two lots and four of the top six on a day where blue chip fillies rose to the fore.
It was a stellar day of trade for Widden Stud on Sunday at Inglis Easter with Zoustar producing four of the top six lots sold and Widden had the honour of selling the session topper with the stunning filly from Group I winner Prompt Response fetching $2.2million to the bid of James Harron Bloodstock.
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has his first million dollar yearling sold at Inglis Easter 2024 with Segenhoe Stud’s colt from Fundamentalist selling for $1.9million to the bid of Tom Magnier.
A determined winner of the Group III ATC Breeder's Plate on debut last spring, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Espionage missed a run in the Golden Slipper when his prizemoney total left him just outside the final field, but he made amends when making light of the heavy ground at Randwick on Saturday to win the $250,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).
An expensive Zoustar filly that wins at her third start by a couple of lengths is always an interesting horse, but when the race is over 2000m and she has a half-sister to be offered at Inglis Easter it becomes a One to Watch!
Kandinsky Abstract was the most expensive yearling in Australia in 2022 when sold by Widden Stud for $3million at Inglis Easter and the Zoustar colt posted his second win at Warwick Farm on Easter Monday.
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar is in overdrive as we head through the autumn and sired six winners on Saturday including a stakes double with quality mare Olentia winning the Group II ATC Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill followed later in the day by Celsius Star, who claimed his first Black Type win in the $140,000 Listed Harcourts Hills Railway Stakes (1100m) at Oakbank in South
Chris Waller and Star Thoroughbreds have had some outstanding mares over the years and Zoustar mare Olentia is on her way to adding to that list after taking out the $300,000 Group II ATC Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Platinum Jubilee, arguably Australia's best bred three-year-old filly, will attract global bloodstock attention when she goes under the hammer at May's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.
Breednet is the only place where you can see distance sire tables that highlight the merits of stallions according to the distance aptitude of their progeny which pits apples against apples rather than apples against oranges.
Zoustar had a productive Saturday with two new stakes-winners starting with two year-old colt Growing Empire, winner of the Listed MVRC Moonee Valley Pearl and followed later in the day in Adelaide by four year-old mare Climbing Star, who took out the Listed SAJC Matrice Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar racked up a milestone on Saturday at Moonee Valley posting his 50th stakes-winner when talented colt Growing Empire scored a stylish victory in the Listed MVRC Valley Pearl (1200m) carrying the Yulong colours.
The $1million Group I ATC Coolmore Classic (1500m) is one of the real blue ribbon races a mare can win with the honour roll littered with champions such as Sunline and Winx with talented four year-old Zoustar mare Zougotcha adding her name to the list at Rosehill on Saturday.
The were four heats for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning with unraced winners by Zoustar and Too Darn Hot (GB), plus an eye-catching place-getter for Yes Yes Yes.
The $165,000 Listed Canberra Guineas (1400m) produced a thrilling finish with the favourite Port Lockroy edged out by up and coming Zoustar gelding Xidaki.
Winless since capturing the Listed Summer Scorcher at Ascot three years ago, Indian Pacific jumped straight to the front and never looked back to land the Listed Entry Education Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
A spring campaign that never really got off the ground was banished to history when quality Group I Zoustar mare Zougotcha burst back to top form to end the winning fun of Lady Laguna in the $300,000 Group II ATC Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Habana turned in an uncharacteristically below-par effort at his most recent outing and Lance Noble is understandably prepared to give the five-year-old the benefit of the doubt and move on.
Ex-pat Kiwi Jamie Richards made his presence felt early in the piece on Day One at Karaka as he and Bloodstock Agent Andrew Williams went to $725,000 to purchase Lot 55, a Zoustar colt from the I Am Invincible mare Evalina consigned from the Elsdon Park draft.