Woodside Park
Woodside Park is a world-class thoroughbred operation in Victoria, standing some of the nation's most promising and proven stallions : Celestial Legend, Benbatl, Shalaa, Foxwedge, Rich Enuff, Delaware and 2024 Dubai World Cup winner Laurel River. With its highly experienced team and state of the art facilities, Woodside Park Stud is a first-class breeding operation.
95 Central Road , Tylden, VIC, 3444markd@woodsideparkstud.com.au
www.woodsideparkstud.com.au
03 5424 8166
Stallions standing at Woodside Park
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The second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale is underway and setting the pace is a colt by champion sire Into Mischief that sold for US$3.7million to MV Magnier/ White Birch Farm.
Two days after Woodside Park’s Rich Enuff sired a new 2YO stakes-winner in Neveu, the brilliant son of Written Tycoon gave us another talented 2YO debut winner at Pakenham on Monday.
Stepping up to 1400m for the first time off the back of a last start third over 1200m, the Jon O’Connor trained Neveu was simply too strong in the run to the line, winning the $150,000 G3 SAJC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.
Identifying a sireline on the rise and getting on board is what separates the truly elite studs from the also rans and sometimes success appears where you may not expect to find it.
It’s been a history making week in North America for champion sire Into Mischief, who sired his 200th stakes winner when brilliant 3YO Deep Flame won the Group III Churchill Downs Maxfield Stakes (7f) and the colt is also his 100th Group winner with the victory making his sire the first in America to break US$250 million in progeny earnings.
A promising new juvenile winner at Ballarat on Tuesday for the Patrick Payne stable highlights a value sire that has had a pretty good season giving us four stakes-winners, plus a further three stakes-placed.
There are not a lot of stallions standing at a fee of $13,200 to go to this spring that have sired FOUR stakes-winners this season.
A model of consistency, Tom Charlton’s Shalaa (IRE) gelding Bev's Nine recorded his sixth win from just eight starts, taking out the $200,000 Listed Ortensia Stakes (1100m) on the second day of the two-day Scone carnival, becoming the 24th stakes winner for his sire.
Anybody that follows pedigree trends in Australian Group I racing can see that the stallion now exerting a huge influence at the elite level through his myriad of sire sons and daughters is the 2002 Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry (IRE).
Some of the best stables in the country had runners in the $200,000 Listed Wagga Gold Cup (2000m) on Friday that offered Big Dance eligibility to the winner, but they came up short behind the country galloper Bianco Vilano.
The team at Woodside Park Stud were surely over the moon as Welwal (GB) dominated his rivals to win the G3 ATC Doncaster Prelude (1500m), only to have Roselyn’s Star deliver victory in the G3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) in the very next race on the Rosehill card, giving stallion Shalaa (IRE) a race to race, G3 double.
Some of the best stables in the country had runners in the $200,000 Listed Albury Gold Cup (2000m) on Friday that offered Big Dance eligibility to the winner, but they all came up short behind the local entry Bianco Vilano.
Woodside Park Stud in Victoria were thinking outside the square when they decided to stand globetrotting Group I winning Dubawi stallion Benbatl (GB), who shuttles from Japan and he posted his first stakes-winner over the weekend in Japan.
While he may forever race in the shadow of his half-brother and $12.8m earner Private Eye, the Joe Pride trained Shalaa gelding King’s Secret stepped up to black type racing for the first time in his career, winning the Listed Canterbury Sprint (1200m) on New Year’s day.
Arguably in need of the run when a first-up third, Joe Pride’s consistent sprinter King’s Secret (Shalaa) appeared a class above his rivals on Saturday with black type races now on the horizon for the half-brother to $12.8m earner Private Eye.
The Bjorn Baker trained Shalaa (IRE) filly Swordplay has a wing on every foot and she dazzled at the Gold Coast on Friday night when showing brilliant gate speed to lead throughout and win the $125,000 Evergreen Turf GC 1000 (1000m).
Down to a field of just five, Bjorn Baker’s 3yo Shalaa (IRE) filly Swordplay showed brilliant speed throughout to pull clear and win the Hawaii Five O @ Vinery Stud Handicap (1000m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday by more than three and a half lengths.
If you need your mare in-foal this season, first season sire Celestial Legend is currently striking at over 87% fertility.
One of Victoria’s best value sires, Woodside Park based Rich Enuff closed out Oaks Day at Flemington win a new stakes-winner when his tenacious daughter Stokke repelled some serious challengers to win the Listed VRC Century Stakes (1000m).
Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.