Widden Stud

Zoustar has had some lovely yearlings on offer this week at Magic Millions National and again produced the highlight horse on the second and final day of the sale when his filly from Hell or Highwater sold for $260,000. Offered during the supplementary catalogue by Riverstone Lodge, the filly is fourth foal of her dam, […]

With less than two months of the racing season to play out the list of sires to make the century club for posting 100 winners in a season has stretched out to 17 sires, with 16 of them active this season and while Zoustar heads the list, our value sire Nicconi has also made his […]

The Magic Millions National Yearling Sale kicked off on Tuesday with three of the top four lots in the opening session sired by Zoustar. Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis was back at the Gold Coast after selling their star mare Imperatriz for $6.6million last week and he was quick to reinvest paying $400,000 for the […]

The last of the five mares offered at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with a positive test to Australia’s champion sire I Am Invincible was sold on Thursday with Witherspoon selling for $1.2million to David Redvers/ Widden Stud. Offered in the Newgate Consignment, Group III placed Exceed and Excel mare Witherspoon had already been […]

A last start winner of the Group III ATC PJ Bell Stakes, quality three year-old Trapeze Artist filly Facile was an appealing entry  for the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale as a breeding and racing proposition and sold for $700,000 on Tuesday. Originally a $420,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Widden Stud for Ryan & Alexiou […]

Widden Stud and partners were active at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday signing for five lovely young mares off the track in Sicilian (I Am Invincible), I’mLovin’Ya (Capitalist), Aitch Two Oh (Headwater), Pure Paradise (Capitalist)and Aditi (Exceed and Excel). The most expensive of the group at $900,000 was Group III placed I […]

Race performance is one thing and pedigree another, but when you put them together in a neatly wrapped package like Platinum Jubilee you get serious fiscal fireworks with the Zoustar filly selling for $3.5million at the Magic Millions National Sale on Tuesday. Platinum Jubilee goes to @CoolmoreAus for $3.5 million in the @mmsnippets National Broodmare […]

Widden Stud’s champion sire was the leading sire by average at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale and his best result came with a quality colt from Miss Canada that sold for $350,000. Consigned by Milburn Creek and purchased by North, the colt is the first foal of Group II placed Exceed and Excel mare […]

Blue-blood Zoustar filly Clean Energy has clearly inherited more than a splattering of her sibling’s ability, keeping her record perfect at two for two while opening her stakes account in  Saturday’s Listed City Property Services Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) at Doomben. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly showed wet ground was no problem when […]

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has been a powerhouse of winners and stakes-winners this year and has made his presence felt in North America where his talented colt King of Gosford won the $100,500 Listed Desert Code Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday. The three year-old colt had six starts in Ireland last year for […]