(Octagonal - Shadea (Straight Strike))
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- 1998, 16.1hh. Australian bred and a full brother to Australian Grade 1 winner Niello. Trained by John Hawke for his Woodland Stud owners. Won 2 of his 5 starts as a juvenile including a 5.5f Grade 3 event.
- At 3yo won all 7 out his races including the 1,600m Grade 1 Caulfield Guineas. Also won four Grade 2 races that year at 6f to 7f. Successful in 9 of his 13 outings as a 4yo including five Grade 1s of which two were around 8f and the others at 2,000m (equivalent to 10f). As a 5yo won 8 of his 10 starts adding a further five Grade 1 victories ranging from 1,400m to 2,000m (7f to 10f). Career Record of 26 wins and 5 places from 35 starts including 11 wins at Grade 1 level and 9 at Grade 2.
- Has had a successful Stud career in Australia standing at Darley's Kelvinside Stud in New South Wales. Stood at a fee of AS$100,000 at the 2012 peak and advertised at AS$88,000 in 2014. Has been Champion Sire in Australia and set a record with 160 individual winners in the 2013-14 season (testament to the scale of the Racing & Breeding Industries in Australia which is much larger than in Britain). Shuttled to stand at Darley's Jonabell Stud in Kentucky in 2012-14 at $30,000. 27 Yearlings sold in the US in 2014, of 47 catalogued, for an Average of 35,305gns and a Median at 26,965gns. First 2yos bred to the Northern Hemisphere breeding season timing will be running in 2015.