It was with that line, a description of earthworms, that i knew i was going to thoroughly enjoy the stud book. With the emergence of young champion sires sebring, star witness. Tom hales loss was widdens gain on that monday in august 1890 at yuilles melbourne newmarket sales, when james thompson gave 670 guineas for the black son of prince charlie. View the horse profile of widden valley including all the information you need like statistics, upcoming races, form guides, latest news and previous results. The two forms of thoroughbred horseracing in australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in victoria and south australia. The widden stakes is an australian turf club group 3 thoroughbred horse race, for two year. She was later installed as a broodmare at the thompson family widden stud in the widden. The horse in australia is a comprehensive new book htat examines the central role the horse has played in austeralian history since its arrival with the first fleet. When the forerunner of the australian stud book started in 1878, the thompsons registered three blood mares in it, soon adding more. Leading businessman, horse breeder and owner gerry harvey has had peter totally reconstruct parts of his baramul stud in the widden valley and the results are reported to be amazing, lifting the productivity and sustainability of its resources.
Widden also runs a large herd of cattle, produces pastures and crops for fodder making it an ideal place for students to gain work. Welcome to, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. A dominant group 1 winning 2yo of the blue diamond stakes. Later, sevencard stud became more common, both in casinos and in home games. Widden stud would have felt the loss of its longtime resident stallion stratum, who died after suffering a heart attack in his paddock earlier this stud season. This was about 33% of all the recorded widdens in the usa. Owning a stud has been a pipe dream since i started in the industry as a work experience kid back in 2002 and we are fortunate to have that opportunity this year thanks to our good friend troy. Denise, lea, bruce, john and joan legget, and i had the most enjoyable day at widden studs open day a fortnight ago. Services offered by weatherbys to racehorse owners and breeders, trainers, and racecourses. Inglis bloodstock 2019 sydney classic yearling sale. Ian ibbett in his excellent online series of the history of ajc derbies kings of the. Its predominant use has always been for producing heat energy. Widden stud australia pty ltd denman, widden valley, nsw.
Telemon thoroughbreds, 100 oaky creek road, innisplain 2020. Baramul stud was founded in 1940 by sydney solicitor alf ellison, or a. Widden stud widden stud is a very historic property located in the hunter valley near denman. He sired group one winners including the 1993 golden slipper winner bint marscay, ajc oaks winners triscay and circles of gold, ajc galaxy winner jetball and multiple group 1 winner march hare. Star producer sets all time magic millions record magic. Ellison earlier had his mares at the widden stud nearby. It was developed on land known as joes paddock, that had previously produced some good early horses. Woodside park studs banner stallion written tycoon has just written his own major piece of australian racing history. The stud book is the second novel from portland oregon author monica drake.
A number of international sires stand at widen that produces a crop of some of australias best foals each year. Thanks to the extraordinary run of success his progeny have had on racetracks all over the country in recent months he has earned a place in the record books as the highest stakes money earning stallion in victorian history. Zoustar now shuttling between widden stud and tweenhills uk in a brief 8 start career to date zoustar has won 6 of 8 races with feature victories in the group 1 golden rose and group 1 coolmore stakes as well as the group 2 brc sires produce stakes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the stud book. The widden family name was found in the usa, the uk, and canada between 1840 and 1920. Widden stud is a name synonymous with champion sires marscay, vain, bletchingly, todman, and general nediym brilliant, tough, speed oriented horses that left a. Connect with widden stud australia pty ltd at denman, widden valley, nsw. It is believed this is the highest price at magic millions ever recorded for a. The race is named after widden stud, where many of australias champion. It was during this time that valais changed hands, in april 1924, as part of an arrowfield stud dispersal, attracting a then record bid of 14,000 guineas. Stud poker variants using four cards were popular as of the american revolutionary war.
It was the basic energy source that fueled the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th. Salehiptype name, sex, yob pedigreecover sire consignorbuyer price status. The future of widden stud being the source of champion stallions looks assured. Sebring, zoustar, star witness, your song, shamus award, nicconi, stratum star, outreach. Zoustar team urge ambitious british breeders to wake up. Coal mining, extraction of coal deposits from the surface of earth and from underground. Its sad to leave telemon stud after setting up such a wonderful farm for some wonderful people in dan and rae fletcher. Those foundation mares began great thoroughbred families and one of the worlds great studs.
Widden was established in the same decade as both the melbourne cup and, the iconic australian brand, arnotts. Widden stud via denman is one and the thompson family, who have been major players in the pastoral industry breeding classy racehorses have. In 1840 there was 1 widden family living in illinois. It is said to be the valley rolf boldrewood in his book robbery under. Widden stud is a name synonymous with champion sires marscay, vain. Spendthrift farm has joined gainesway farm, lanes end farm, widden stud, and more in welcoming our graduates to their prestigious rosters. Many thanks must go to antony and katie thompson and all their staff for hospitality second to none. Widden studs stallions have given the famous nsw breeding nursery one of its most pleasing seasons in its 150year history. You can view widden stud and the widden valley on my website by.
However, the first sire of importance to stand at the stud was lochiel. Widden valley racehorse profile, stats, form guide, news. Map directions to widden valley rd widden, nsw 2328. It is a testament to our system that from our small classes, wicked strong is the seventh stallion we have retired to one of the worlds top farms. The story of widden begins with john thompson, a forward thinking. The most widden families were found in the uk in 1891. Story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers editorially handpicked childrens books every 1, 2, or 3 months at 40% off list price. It is as old as the ajcs land grant at randwick and older than australian test cricket, which started in 1877, and has evolved to be at the top of its game. Lochiel went on to win five titles as australian champion sire. Selecting success widden stud is a name synonymous with champion sires marscay, vain, bletchingly, todman, and general nediym brilliant, tough, speed oriented horses that left a legacy of greatness for generations to come. Fivecard stud first appeared during the american civil war when the game was much played among soldiers on both sides, and became very popular. Peter andrews, expert with farming secrets peter andrews. Illinois and 2 other states had the highest population of widden families in 1840. Hinton, to kill a mockingbird by harper lee, the giver by lois lowry, macbeth by william shakespeare.
If you dont already know who she is, trust me, you will. By one of australias most noted sources of speed and precocity written tycoon. Then set up a personal list of libraries from your profile page by clicking on your user name at the top right of any screen. Find everything you need to know about horse racing at. When auctioneer grant burns dropped his gavel it was new zealand based bloodstock agents michael wallace and bruce perry who held the bid and wrote their names into the magic millions history books. Smith stakes at eagle farm champion first season sire in australia. History of the general stud book maintained and published by weatherbys since 1791. Widden enjoy success at first classic at riverside. With a sire, grandsire and greatgrandsire who have all written their names in australian breeding history trapeze artist has a lot to live up to. Now widden is celebrating 150 years in the same family. Herbert thompson, member of the widden stud thompson family dynasty, was the new owner and valais headed to. His dam, rainbeam, won four races, including the stc silver slipper stakes and the ajc widden stakes. Widden stud is a name synonymous with champion sires marscay, vain, bletchingly, todman, and general nediym brilliant, tough, speed oriented horses that left a legacy of greatness for generations to come. Make sure you dont miss a thing widden valley does by adding this race horse to your racenet blackbook.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Widden stud widden valley, denman, new south wales 2328 rated 4. In the story of australian bloodstock breeding during the first half of the twentieth century, one man and one stud stand supreme. A yearling colt by written tycoon made history at the magic millions gold coast yearling sale last week. And thats saying something, considering that history stretches back longer than most breeding farms not just in australia but the world. In order to set up a list of libraries that you have access to, you must first login or sign up.