Goldin Farms Newsletter

Goldin Farms January 2017 Newsletter

17 February 2017

2017 underway with new management structure in place
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The 2017 year has commenced with the next phase of Goldin Farms’ ongoing development well underway.

Goldin Farms has implemented significant changes to our Angaston management structure and made two very notable additions to our senior personnel due, in part, to the fact that over 40 Akeed Mofeed (GB) home-breds are about to embark on their racing career and join prominent racing stables in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

Of the team members already well established in the Goldin Farms set-up, Andrew Perryman has recently assumed the newly created position of General Manager and Brett Campbell is now operating in the capacity of Bloodstock & Racing Manager. Joining Andrew and Brett at the helm of the operation’s management structure is Gerry St John, who was recently recruited from overseas to become the new Stud Manager.

Goldin Farms is absolutely delighted to have secured Gerry for this key position, as he brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience gained at some of the most revered thoroughbred nurseries in the world. His 20-year career has seen him undertake a variety of positions in Germany (Gestut Romerhof), North America (Lanes End Farm) and Ireland, though it is his distinguished service for Coolmore Stud — in Ireland and Australia — for which he is undoubtedly best known.

Gerry’s association with Coolmore traces back two decades and includes first-hand involvement with the stellar stud careers of such equine luminaries as Sadler’s Wells, Danehill and the world’s leading stallion, Galileo. It was Gerry who acted as the exclusive stallion man for Danehill throughout his incomparable stud career, and who personally managed the intensive care unit for Galileo for three months following his extensive colic surgery.

Gerry’s impressive CV also includes the management of quarantine, logistics and transportation of Coolmore stallions to all corners of the thoroughbred world (including Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Japan) when acting as point of contact for the international operation and the equine shipping companies involved.

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It is also with great pleasure that we welcome Jennifer St John into our new structure. Jennifer brings with her experience of working for Ascot Racecourse in the UK and 12 years with Coolmore Stud in Australia and Ireland.  Joining our office administration team, her primary role is to support Brett Campbell as Racing Secretary for Goldin Farms.

Needless to say, Goldin Farms extends a warm welcome to Gerry and Jennifer, two broadly experienced individuals who further enhance our highly regarded Angaston team.

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Special place for Sweet Varden in Goldin Farms history

Sweet Varden earned herself a special place in Goldin Farms history when becoming our first home-bred and -raced winner in Australia late-on in 2016. A 3-year-old daughter of Jimmy Choux trained by Tony McEvoy, the improving filly broke through for her maiden victory on the November 5 program staged at Morphettville in Adelaide during a campaign in which she also later placed in metropolitan Melbourne.

A highly-consistent individual with further scope for improvement, Sweet Varden has now faced the starter on eight occasions for one win and four placings. Last seen finishing a creditable fifth in a 1200-metre at Flemington on December 10, the Goldin Farms filly has since enjoyed a short let-up before returning to the McEvoy stable in readiness for the remainder of her exciting 3-year-old season.

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FOR SALE IN 2017…  the quality
first-crop yearlings of Goldin Farms foundation stallion Akeed Mofeed.

The first yearling drafts of AKEED MOFEED head to the sales in 2017. Look out for the quality progeny of this world-class son of Dubawi to be offered this year, beginning with the Inglis Melbourne Premier and Magic Millions Adelaide yearling sales

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First Akeed Mofeed yearling draft set for Oaklands Junction

The first consignment of Akeed Mofeed (GB) yearlings heads to the 2017 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale to be staged at Oaklands Junction on February 26, 27 & 28 and March 1. Victoria’s leading bloodstock auction is set to see two colts from our foundation stallion’s first-foal crop offered for sale in a tremendously exciting development for everyone associated with Goldin Farms.

Somewhat fittingly, Goldin Farms’ good neighbour Cornerstone Stud will have the honour of presenting the first Akeed Mofeed yearling at public auction in the form of a bay colt ex Vintage Salon catalogued as Lot 309. The fourth living foal of an Adelaide metropolitan winning daughter of Royal Academy (USA), second-dam of the youngster is the Group 3 SAJC Port Adelaide Cup winner Vestey. Also featuring on the page is the name of Legally Bay, a former high-class racemare now responsible for Group winning progeny and prized yearlings — no fewer than four of which have been sold for between $350,000 and $520,000 in very recent years.

Basinghall Farm of Nagambie, Victoria, is vendor of the second Akeed Mofeed colt to be offered at the 2017 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. Catalogued as Lot 416, this particular youngster is a half-brother to the Listed SAJC Birthday Cup winner Centurytwentyone (by Urgent Request*). Second-dam in this instance is Profundidad (Chi), an imported Group 1 winner in Chile whose first foal in Australia was the 18-time Sydney winner Chile Dapper.

Only a small contingent of Akeed Mofeed’s first crop are expected to be available for purchase during the 2017 yearling sale series, due essentially to the fact that all home-breds have been retained to race by Goldin Farms. Obviously, we encourage prospective buyers to take a close look at the brace of quality colts Cornerstone Stud and Basinghall Farm have to offer and wish our good clients the very best of luck with their respective Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale drafts.

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Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale draft

The Goldin Farms sales team is already looking forward to its return to the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale in March to present another quality draft of youngsters by an impressive selection of outside stallions.

Comprising two colts and four fillies by six different sires, our team fully expects the 2017 consignment to uphold the heady standards set by Goldin Farms in its first two visits to the Morphettville sales venue.

The stud’s inaugural visit in 2015 saw Goldlin Farms represented by the sale’s co-highest priced lot. A smart son of Smart Missile proved to be our only offering to go under the hammer and made $220,000. Twelve months later Goldin Farms topped the 2016 renewal of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale auction with a Sebring filly [pictured above] that sold to leading Victorian trainer Michael Kent for $230,000.

This year’s line-up features colts by Smart Missile and Medaglia d’Oro, and fillies by Sepoy, Denman, Stryker and Sebring. Pre-sale inspections can be arrangement by contacting the stud office on (08) 8564 2116, or by visiting us at the Morphettville Sales complex from March 10 onwards.

This year’s Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale is scheduled for March 13-15.