Chance to share in a ready to race Stayer for a small outlay.

[Chief Stipe]

 

ST VINCENTS GARDEN

 

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ~ IN TRAINING

Offered by Te Akau

 

 

We’re thrilled to share a terrific new opportunity for our owners who love staying types with real potential - we’ve just secured a talented and lightly raced stayer for our Australian stable, and we believe he could be a real gem.

Introducing St Vincents Garden, a five-year-old son of the legendary Camelot, who we purchased this week for A$100,000 from the Inglis Digital sale - the vendors have a significant number of imported horses (targeting the Melbourne Cup) and this sale is part of their normal dispersal.

This quality gelding has already shown his talent on both sides of the world. In the UK, he was a 2400m winner before placing third in the Listed Vinnie Roe Stakes (2800m) and finishing a highly credible sixth in the Gr. 2 Queen’s Vase (2800m) at Royal Ascot - one of the most prestigious staying races for 3YOs in Europe.

He is currently in training and two of his most recent runs have caught our attention - finishing fourth over 2400m at Bendigo, and again fourth at Royal Randwick last weekend in a very competitive A$160,000 race. It’s worth noting he’s still eligible for Benchmark 64 grade, which gives us an ideal platform to start building momentum with him.

Trainer Mark Walker is delighted St Vincents Garden will join our Victorian stable:

“I think he was great value, considering he ran fourth in a very good race last Saturday in Sydney. He’s a lovely bodied horse with a terrific temperament - straightforward and genuine. These types of staying horses can take a little time to settle into the Australian way of life, but we have tremendous training facilities to vary his work, including the sand hill tracks at Cranbourne, and I can see him really thriving.

“He had very good form in Ireland before coming to Australia, being lightly raced with just 13 starts. The intention is to keep him in training, race him over the next three to four months, and then we will give him a nice spell.

“He’s the type of horse we can target races from 2000m - 3200m and he certainly has the pedigree to appreciate these longer distances. He is still eligible for Benchmark 64 races and I feel that once we get a win with him, he will just continue to grow in confidence.“

Pedigree-wise, he’s outstanding - by Camelot, a triple Group One-winning Champion who is one of the world’s top stamina sires. Crowned European Champion Three-Year-Old, Camelot won the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and Irish Derby, and in turn is by European Champion Three-Year-Old Montjeu (Sadler’s Wells), who also won the Irish Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe among six Group One wins.

St Vincents Garden's dam Mona Brown is by proven broodmare sire Dylan Thomas (himself by Danehill), whose progeny have won nearly 2000 races, including 93 stakes' wins and 14 Group One's. She has left four winners and is a full sister to Group One winner Pether's Moon who won the Group One Coronation Cup at Epsom in Great Britain. He won four other stakes' races in the UK and Europe and recorded a further six black type placings before going on to stand at stud. 

St Vincents Garden ticks all the boxes: international form, terrific bloodlines, lightly raced (only 13 starts), and physically a very nice horse. We genuinely believe he’s the kind of staying talent that you can have a lot of fun with and he can be a real contender as we head into winter and spring racing in Melbourne.

The share costs are as follows:

10% share: $11,200 + GST

5% share: $5,600 + GST

2.5% share: $2,800 + GST

Shares are selling quickly already with 40% already snapped up. Please email me now to secure your share as he will be racing soon. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’d like more information, we’d love you to be part of Vinnie's (our stable name for him) team!

Warm regards and enjoy his video!

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[curious]

Are there any races for him in Victoria in the next few months? I can't see any prospective programme for him.

[Chief Stipe]

25 minutes ago, curious said:

Are there any races for him in Victoria in the next few months? I can't see any prospective programme for him.

What no BM64 grade races?

[curious]

1 hour ago, curious said:

Are there any races for him in Victoria in the next few months? I can't see any prospective programme for him.

@ 2400 +?

Just can't see where they've outlined that.

Edited yesterday at 07:09 AM by curious

[Chief Stipe]

Just now, curious said:

@ 2400 +?

Why does it have to be 2400?

[curious]

Looks like that's what suits but even beyond 2000? He's only performed at 2400+ though.

Where's the proposed programme?

 

Edited yesterday at 07:15 AM by curious

[Chief Stipe]

18 minutes ago, curious said:

Looks like that's what suits but even beyond 2000? He's only performed at 2400+ though.

Where's the proposed programme?

 

If you are seriously interested then call Te Akau.  Otherwise are yo7 suggesting you are a better trainer than Mark Walker?

[curious]

Not at all, but I might be better at assessing ability based on performance. I love this type of horse but he hasn't won a race in 2 years and that was a 2400 maiden. Not sure why you put it up here.

[Chief Stipe]

34 minutes ago, curious said:

Not at all, but I might be better at assessing ability based on performance. I love this type of horse but he hasn't won a race in 2 years and that was a 2400 maiden. Not sure why you put it up here.

Ok you are better at assessing ability on performance.  Cool.

Why shouldn't I put it up here?  A bit of non-toxic positivity.

It's a low cost entry into owning a horse and appeals to some people.

Other NZ  trainers are spending 4 or 5 times that amount on these types of horses.

[curious]

Well if it were me, and he showed up on Gavelhouse say, I'd be keen, Probably get him vetted and try to buy but I doubt I'd go to 5 figures, let alone 6.

It's your site, you can do what you like.

[Chief Stipe]

52 minutes ago, curious said:

It's your site, you can do what you like.

Geez no special privileges - anyone can start a Topic if they wish.  I realise for a while you couldn't do that elsewhere but never a problem here.

 

53 minutes ago, curious said:

Well if it were me, and he showed up on Gavelhouse say, I'd be keen, Probably get him vetted and try to buy but I doubt I'd go to 5 figures, let alone 6.

Each to their own.  I wonder what Llyod Williams and James Packer paid for him originally.

[Special Agent]

Maybe Mark Walker thinks trained differently he can be invigorated.

[Freda]

10 hours ago, Special Agent said:

Maybe Mark Walker thinks trained differently he can be invigorated.

Certainly,  the 'Aus' factor can sharpen up some of these imports, most recently Vauban worthy of notice.  But this horse is already under an Australian regime.  More time to adjust may be helpful?

Like Curious,  I love this type of horse but hard to place I'd imagine. 

Impossible here, just as well he isn't over this side.

The bastion of the staying and classic horse doesn't want them any more.

[Huey]

Is he the kind of horse who could win a Karaka Million, then a Diamond Stakes then head to Riccarton run in the 2000 Guineas ,then target the Derby , followed by the Qld Derby then the Cox Plate?