Duncan and highly esteemed Warwick Farm-based trainer Matthew Smith joined forces on day two of selling at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale to secure a classic/staying style of colt from the first crop by Group 1-winning 3YO D’Argento.
Trained by Matthew Smith, Warwick Farm.
Hailing from the first crop by G1 Rosehill Guineas winner D’Argento (So You Think), this colt impressed Duncan, who likened him to many of the successful classic and staying horses he has bought for the legendary Bart Cummings.
Offered as Lot 322, he was purchased for $230,000 from Bowness Stud and is out of Saggiatore, a two-time winning Galileo mare.
There is plenty of depth to his pedigree with his dam being a half-sister to stakes winner Export Gold (the dam of stakes winners Dubawi Gold and Forest Gold), plus stakes winner Follow Gold, the dam of Group 1-winning sprinter Driefontein.
He is a half-brother to three winners, including 4-time winner The Bohemian, 3-time winner Classique and sprint winner Italian Princess.
His damsire Galileo has well and truly stamped himself as a potent broodmare sire with his daughters producing 44 individual Group 1 winners, including The Autumn Sun, Ghaiyyath, Tofane, Saxon Warrior, Unforgotten etc.
Limited ownership opportunities are available to race him with DGR and highly respected Group 1 trainer Matthew Smith. Get in touch with Duncan for more information.
An outstanding filly by leading New Zealand sire Per Incanto from Winter Sky (IRE), an Invincible Spirit half-sister to Transfers, the dam of Group 1 winner Tom Kitten and stakes winners Va Via and Promotions. This filly was bred and raised at one of New Zealand’s very best nurseries, Little Avondale, a stud famed for producing 41 individual Group 1 winners.
By leading 2yo sire Extreme Choice from the multiple Group winner Istanford (USA), this filly was raised at the top Golden Slipper-producing nursery of Newgate Farm and will get every opportunity of success under the guidance of Anthony Cummings, the trainer of her sire’s best daughter and DGR’s up-and-coming 2yo Group placegetter Extreme Diva.
In the make and shape of his leading sire, So You Think, this colt is from the 3yo stakes performer Valley Sweetheart. Hailing from a front-running family, he represented great buying very early on at Inglis Classic and is a type that is destined to follow in the footsteps of So You Think’s best progeny.
With loads of natural muscle, strength and a top pedigree on her side, this filly was a compelling buy for DGR’s Duncan Ramage. By the Group-winning Invincible Spirit stallion Ancient Spirit, she is from an impeccably related mare from one of New Zealand’s most distinguished nurseries.
A beautifully bred filly by exciting freshman So You Think stallion Peltzer. Her Not a Single Doubt dam was unbeaten as a juvenile and is already doing an excellent job at stud, producing a stakes-winning 2yo in Lord Cosmos.
Duncan's Comments
“This colt presents in the style of a Bart Cummings classic staying prospect, so am pleased to combine with Bart’s former foreman Matthew Smith to see if we can replicate our mentor’s success.”