The first crop of Newgate stallion Super One will be eagerly anticipated in the upcoming sales season by the man who bought the speedster as a yearling and oversaw his unbeaten 2-year-old campaign in Singapore.
Michael Freedman paid $190,000 for the son of I Am Invincible at the 2014 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale and having inspected a few of his yearlings in the past fortnight, is considering investing in the next generation when 16 of them come up at the same sale next month.
Michael Freedman
"I'd have no qualms in putting my hand up for one on what I saw last week," Freedman told TDN AusNZ. "I think for a horse with his first crop, I was pretty happy with them. I thought I saw some very nice fillies and colts. He obviously covered a decent number of mares, so he’ll get his chance."
"I'd have no qualms in putting my hand up for one on what I saw last week." - Trainer of Super One, Michael Freedman
Freedman, who has recently returned from Hong Kong and has formed a training partnership with Edward O'Rourke, will be given extra incentive to put in a bid for one of Super One's first crop with Newgate announcing a $250,000 incentive for buyers.
Newgate stallion, Super One
Under the scheme, any of the buyers of Super One's first crop at the Inglis or Magic Millions Sales who wins either the Magic Millions 2YO Classic or the Inglis Millennium in 2020 will receive a $250,000 bonus payment.
Rewarding the buyers
Newgate's Managing Director Henry Field said the bonus was designed to reward those who put their faith in Super One.
"It's a nice thing to be able to reward someone for backing Super One." - Newgate's Managing Director, Henry Field
"We feel that the people who are buying the horses who are putting their money on the line, taking a lot of risk, especially when they are syndicators, are entitled to be rewarded when one wins one of those 2-year old races," Field said.
Super One x Flying First Class filly, bred by Ashleigh Thoroughbreds
"It's a nice thing to be able to reward someone for backing Super One. His stock are so precocious and fast looking that I would be very surprised if he doesn’t have representatives in those early races, those Inglis Millennium and Magic Millions type races."
Speed and toughness
The one word that both Field and Freedman continually refer to when discussing Super One is 'speed', especially as a 2-year-old where he swept through his first four races in Singapore unbeaten by a combined margin of 16 lengths.
"He had great speed, he had a great attitude and he was an easy horse to train." - Michael Freedman
"He was an extremely fast 2-year-old," Freedman said. "A couple of the Aussie boys that rode him up there, Corey Brown and Craig Newitt, said had he been racing in Australia as a 2-year-old, he'd have been right up there with some of the sharper ones."
"He had great speed, he had a great attitude and he was an easy horse to train."
Watch: Super One winning the Juvenile Championship
The other asset Freedman said Super One had was his durability, a characteristic which he felt he'd stamp his progeny with .
"I think if anything, he'd breed a bit of toughness into them. That was one thing about him, he was a really tough 2-year old. He'd cop any amount of work you wanted to give him and was a good doer in the stable. Apart from his blinding speed, that was one of his best assets," he said.
"They need to have that good temperament and a bit of toughness about them as 2-year-olds."
Strong sales representation
Super One is completing his third season at Newgate, where he stands for $11,000 (inc GST). 16 of his first crop have been catalogued at Magic Millions, 21 at the Inglis Classic Sale and three in the Melbourne Premier Sale.
"They are not going to be expensive horses, but they are going to be quick horses. I'm sure they will be very buyable and they will be precocious." - Henry Field
"Given the blend of the fact he was off a relatively low stud fee and he was incredibly fast, it’s ideal to get good enough representation in those sales," Field said.
Super One 's first yearlings are expected to make a strong impression at the 2019 sales
And he is expecting them to make a strong impression, not only in the sales ring, but also when they hit the track the following season, especially with the $250,000 bonus in play.
"They are not going to be expensive horses, but they are going to be quick horses. I'm sure they will be very buyable and they will be precocious," he said.
"They look like they will be fast 2-year-olds, like he was, and we want them up and going and hopefully the bonus will encourage the buyers to achieve that."
