A value purchase endorsed by the astute buying power of DGR’s Duncan Ramage and the formidable training combination of Anthony & Sam Freedman. This colt is from the first crop of dual Champion Miler Circus Maximus, from an impeccably related mare by Champion Broodmare Sire O’Reilly.
Trained by Anthony & Sam Freedman, Flemington & Pinecliff.
Purchased for enormous value at $95,000 from one of New Zealand’s leading studs, Haunui Farm, this colt is a strong and robust son of first crop sire Circus Maximus, a multiple Group 1 winner and Champion 3YO Miler in France and Champion Older Male Miler in Ireland.
By one of the world’s most renowned sire-of-sires in Galileo, Circus Maximus has all the credentials to be a successful stallion at stud.
This colt is out of O’Maille, a young mare by Champion Sire and legendary Champion Broodmare Sire O’Reilly and hails from a top New Zealand family, with his dam being a half-sister to Group 2 winner Needle And Thread and Listed winner/multiple Group 1 placegetter Savile Road.
These combined credentials also caught the eye of the 2023 Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup-winning training combo of Anthony & Sam Freedman, who requested to be in the purchase.
Anthony’s expertise as a trainer and a strategist has been well-known to Duncan for decades, and he was happy to combine here with a colt purchased at exceptional value.
Ownership opportunities are available to race him with DGR and leading trainers Anthony & Sam Freedman. 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
“A robust, good moving son of first crop sire Circus Maximus who was a Champion himself by Ireland’s best sire and sire-of-sires, Galileo, out of a mare by Champion Broodmare Sire O’Reilly. These combined credentials also caught the eye of the 2023 Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup-winning training combo of Anthony & Sam Freedman, who requested to be in the purchase.”