At the Inglis Sales in Melbourne
our second purchase was one of the specific horses we came to Melbourne to purchase.
Whilst many participants concentrate on winning 2yo speed races
we concentrate on buying young horses to aim at the high profile Classic Races such as the Guineas, Derbies, Cups and a Plate.
We targeted Lot 115 as soon as we pulled him out of the box for inspection. He matched his magnificent pedigree page and we were determined to buy him.
He has a Melbourne Cup pedigree like no other ever before him with a champion trainer whose trained the winner of the 2013 Melbourne Cup !
Our spectacular Colt is:
Our COLT By: AMERICAIN x PARIS TRYST - The Dam is the second daughter of LET'S ELOPE
Our Colt
AMERICAIN
By 2010 MELBOURNE CUP winner AMERICAIN
LET'S ELOPE
From the second daughter of 1991 MELBOURNE CUP winner LET'S ELOPE
With MELBOURNE CUP winning trainer GAI WATERHOUSE
but wait ..... there's more !
These 3 superstars above are more than just MELBOURNE CUP winners !
AMERICAIN was the WORLD CHAMPION Stayer in Europe, Australia and France in 2010 and Champion Stayer in France in 2011.
11 wins -1 at 2- 1400m to 3200m and $5,907,671 inc in Australia the VRC Melbourne Cup Gr1, MRC Zipping Classic Gr2, MVRC Drake International Gr2., Geelong Cup Gr2, 2nd ATC BMW s., Gr1, 3rd VRC Australian Cup Gr1, 4th VRC Melbourne Cup Gr1, MRC Caulfield Cup Gr1.
LET'S ELOPE is the dam of PARIS TRYST (by Fusaichi Pegasus - her 2nd daughter) who is the dam of our Colt.
LET'S ELOPE was Joint Champion 4yo+ and Australian Horse of the Year.
11 wins 1400m to 3200m and $3,219,292 including VRC Melbourne Cup Gr1, LKS Mackinnon S., Gr1, VATC Caulfield Cup Gr1, VRC Turnbull S., Gr2, VATC Orr S., Gr2, St George S., Gr2, Manawatu RC CENTAINE S., Gr3.
Dam of 6 foals to race - 6 winners inc
OUTBACK JOE - 5 wins 2000m to 3200m inc SAJC Adelaide Cup Gr2, VRC Bagot H., LR.
USTINOV - 2 wins -1 at 2- 1200m to 2040m inc MVRC AAMI Vase Gr2, 2nd AJC Champagne S., Gr1, VATC Caulfield Guineas Gr, 3rd VRC Australian Cup Gr1, MRC Yalumba S., Gr1
COURT COURTING - 4 wins 1900m to 2400m, 2nd WATC Towton Cup LR., 4th AJC Summer Cup Gr3, Werribee Cup LR.
YES I WILL - Winner at 1318m, 3rd Maisons-Laffite Prix Herod S., LR.
Grand-dam of LET'S MAKE ADEAL 4 wins 1600m to 2520mVRC Bart Cummings H., Gr3, etc.
Gai with Fiorente - She's hoping lightning will strike twice and she can win the Melb cup with our colt
GAI WATERHOUSE won the Melbourne Cup with Fiorente.
GAI is a HALL OF FAME Champion Trainer
Daisy Hill (vendor of the Colt we purchased) had 3 of his youngsters feature in the Blue Riband Session with Lot 115, the obvious pedigree standout. A near black colt from Paris Tryst, an unraced half-sister to Group 2 winners Outback Joe and Ustinov from the Australian Horse of the Year, LET'S ELOPE - herself a Melbourne Cup Winner.
After a bidding duel with several groups it got down to a bidding war between Dynamic Syndications buying the Colt to race in Australia and a team of Asian buyers wanting to take the Colt overseas. We had valued the Colt between $150,000 - $160,000 so we still had some ammunition when the war was won to our bid of $130,000 + GST.
ABOUT THE SIRE
AMERICAIN waved good-bye to his rivals in the 2010 Melbourne Cup
Americain is an American-bred French trained thoroughbred racehorse. The six-year-old stayer won the 150th Melbourne Cup in 2010, ridden by Gérald Mossé, trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre and owned by Melbourne businessmen Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford.
Americain was purchased in February 2010 by Ryan and Bamford after his 2009 season included a Group 2 win in France and a failed campaign in the United States. He headed into the Melbourne Cup with four consecutive wins, including the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay at his last start in France before heading to Australia, and the Group 3 Geelong Cup at his first Australian start. He won the Melbourne Cup by 2 1⁄2 lengths, beating Maluckyday into second and champion Australian and short-priced favourite So You Think into third. He was the first French-trained horse to win the Melbourne Cup.
Americain
Americain followed up his Melbourne Cup win by running third in the Hong Kong Vase. Returning in 2011, his four runs in France in preparation for his
Melbourne Cup defence yielded only one win. However, on return to Australia, he won the Moonee Valley Cup, which made him favourite for the Melbourne Cup despite his 58 kg topweight. He ran fourth in the 2011 Melbourne Cup.
At Stud
In 2013, leading Victorian nursery Swettenham Stud took a bold decision to add Melbourne Cup hero Americain (USA) to their stallion roster and three years on the globe-trotting Group I winner with the movie star looks is the most represented first season sire at the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
A supremely talented stayer by one of the world’s best sires in Dynaformer, Americain was warmly greeted by Victorian breeders covering 155 mares in his debut season. Impressive first foals have grown into eye-catching yearlings and with 26 of his best youngsters accepted into Victoria’s flagship yearling sale it’s obvious what the auction house thinks of Americain.
Now it’s time for the buyers to judge!
Daisy Hill Breeding and Investments presented a draft of nine Americain yearlings offered across Premier I, the Blue Riband and Session II.
All of them are from mares hand-picked for Americain who came to Australia as a Melbourne Cup prospect.
Our Colt is the MOST EXPENSIVE by the sire and you can see why ! He's a sensational individual !
5% Shares are $11,350 inc GST and include ALL COSTS to 1 September 2016.
FULL OWNERS PRIVILEGES including Raceday TICKETING and YOUR NAME in the RACEBOOK
If you wish to find out more about how to become involved with this wonderful Colt
Contact Adam Watt on (02) 9587 1511 or 0409 464 378.
