Exceptionally well-related colt from the first SH crop by 5-time G1 winner Shalaa. This colt is the first foal out of the High Chaparral mare Methyar and was purchased for A$180,000 from Arrowfield Stud’s Magic Millions Yearling draft.
Trained by Chris Anderson
An exceptional colt from the first crop of Southern Hemisphere yearlings by two-year-old Group One winner Shalaa.
This colt is the first foal out of the young High Chaparral mare Methyar who is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Al Jazi and stakes performer Rime a Rien.
This colt’s sire Shalaa was a magnificent racehorse, winning six of his eight career starts, including five at Group level. By sire of sires Invincible Spirit, Shalaa shuttles to Australia’s iconic stallion making farm Arrowfield Stud from his Northern Hemisphere base at Al Shaqab.
DGR Thoroughbred Services have had an incredible amount of fun racing horses with trainer Chris Anderson. Four yearlings were purchased in 2018; all four have run, three have won, and two have been prominent in major Group and million-dollar races, including Profit and Ballistic Boy.
He is expected to be another sharp sort for the Chris Anderson stable and was very well priced in the Magic Millions market.
This colt has now been names Shalaa King.
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 really caught my eye at the sale. He looks to be a sharp type of colt that should get up and go.”