Tooheys New Golden Slipper (G1) Winner Vancouver will move to Victoria next season.
Eddie Hirsch has signed an agreement with Coolmore to purchase the championship racehorse, an undefeated pony and the male of eight bet winners from three races of the age range, to aid him in the running. Breeding Woodside Park Stud later this year.
Vancouver — the undefeated 2-year-old dominated 2014-15, who won the discs of NSW Thoroughbred Breeder, Canonbury Stakes (G3), UNSW Todman Stakes (G2) and Gai Waterhouse Coach Slippers — will participate Foxwedge , Rich Enuffand Tosen Stardom in the Hirsch stud list for 2022.
Woodside Park Stud’s Mark Dodemaide confirmed last night that ‘s son Medaglia d’Oro is on its way to the Tylden-based ranch after Hirsch completed negotiations for a full acquisition of the growing 10-year-old stallion. Vancouver retired to Coolmore Australia in 2016 as a winner of four of the five his races started.
“We have a son of Tycoon writes the son of Fastnet Rock and Deep Impact, and so a son of Medaglia d’Oro in Vancouver is another good choice for Woodside,” said Dodemaide.
“For the scheme (Victoria Owners and Breeders Incentive Scheme), to take advantage of VOBIS you need to be up and running, so you think being a Slipper winner and champion At 2 years old, he should fit that bill, but I also believe that my descendants will continue to improve when they are 3 and 4 years old.
“I’m confident that the best is yet to come from Vancouver.”
A longtime owner/raider, Melbourne-based Hirsch, his first foray into stallions was acquiring Foxwedge from Newgate Farms in 2019 and relocating him to Victoria to stand at Woodside Park Stud, after which is owned and operated by Mark Rowsthorn.
Hirsch then purchased Woodside Park Stud last year and appointed longtime Inglis employee Dodemaide to help oversee the stallion’s operations.
Foxwedge has insured more than 100 mares over the past two years, for a fee of AU$11,000 (GST included).
Dodemaide said: “Eddie really enjoyed having Foxwedge in Victoria, so it was the same situation, except this pony arrived a year earlier (his oldest descendants are 4-year-olds). .
“There will be a few talented Vancouvers going around with horses like Vangelic and Overpass who are able to compete in good races in the fall.
“We’ve been trying to provide value for money to breeders with the three stallions we stood for last year and we’ll try to do the same with Vancouver.”
A service fee for Vancouver, who costs AU$22,000 (including GST) at Coolmore in 2021, and for his new Woodside Park stablemates will be announced at a later date.
Unlike the deal that saw another Coolmore stallion in Rubick moved to rival Victoria’s Swettenham Stud farm last year in which shareholders retain substantial equity in the horse, Vancouver is wholly owned by Hirsch, providing breeders with certainty sure about Vancouver’s future in the southern state.
Vancouver is no exception to the staked Mare Skating team (Danehill) who also produced group 1 winning mares Juste Momente and winners are listed Captain Coltish . His second skater smash (At Talaq) won the Doncaster (G1) and Winfield Classic (G1) (now known as Coolmore Classic) handicaps.
Hirsch said: “(Vancouver) is a rare commodity, winning all four 2-year-olds starting at black level, culminating in a devastating Golden Slipper win. I believe he would be the ideal man. for Victoria’s VOBIS scheme.”
There are eight stake winners so far, including winner Keeneland Goldenchain (G2) and dual ranked Vangelic Group 1 winner, recent winner Expressway Stakes (G2) Overpass, second place winner 2 in South Africa create satisfactionand talent Night raidVancouver also enjoyed success after two seasons of reversing America, where he stood at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud.
From its two plants bred by the United States, Vancouver selected the 2nd place winner Madone and the winners of the US list Battle Bling and He’spregold . From the first 71 4-year-old seasonal runners in the Northern Hemisphere, he selected 50 individual winners.
2nd place winner Madone comes from the first US-bred plant in Vancouver
So far, at this year’s sale of the Magic Millions Gold Coast and Inglis Classic, Vancouver’s fourth pentagrams have sold for up to AU$450,000.
“Vancouver has definitely worked with Danehill blood. Vancouver’s group 2 winner is Overpass Outperform and Excel mare; Yaletown out of a Darci Brahma mare; Mount Pleasant is no longer a Fastnet Rock mare,” said Dodemaide.
“So obviously, you’ll be looking at sending the daughters of Exceed And Excel, Darci Brahma and Fastnet Rock. I’ll also look at the mares of Foxwedge , Magnus , Casino Prince , Snitzel , Not a single doubt and Epaulette among others.
“Medaglia d’Oro also loves Distorted humor mare too — group 1 winner Sixty gold, Elate and New money honey get rid of the comical Distorted mares — but it’s getting harder and harder to find that bloodline in Australia.
“However, the mare of More than ready Street Cry, Dehere, and Bernardini also combine well with Vancouver. “
