Cover image courtesy of Rosemont Stud
In an attempt to boost the quality of their ever-growing broodmare band, Rosemont Stud has been active at this week’s Tattersalls December Mares' Sale in Newmarket, purchasing two lots for 49,000 gns (AU$93,639) and 27,000 gns (AU$51,597).
The Victorian-based farm’s first purchase was Marietta Robusti (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}), who is a half-sister to the stakes-winning son of Choisir, Three Sea Captains (Ire).
While Choisir has now been pensioned from stud duties, his son Starspangledbanner is owned by Rosemont with Coolmore and Ryan McEvoy, General Manager of Bloodstock, said he is a likely suitor for the mare.
“Obviously we’re part-owners in Starspangledbanner with Coolmore and we’ve got some nominations to him up in the Northern Hemisphere so we’ve been looking for a couple of nice mares for him,” McEvoy told TDN AusNZ.
“It was pleasing to pick up a nice mare like her and given she is a half to a stakes winner by Choisir, that was a good little result.”
Marietta Robusti (Ire)
Rosemont’s second purchase came late on the second day of the Sale as they secured Promise Of Success (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in conjunction with David Redvers Bloodstock, who is a half-sister to Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s impressive 2-year-old trial winner Summerbeel (NZ) (Savabeel).
“She’s a Dansili mare from the family of Galileo,” McEvoy said. “Interestingly she is a half to a 2-year-old filly that Gai produced at the trials last week called Summerbeel.
“We liked the look of that trial and we’d like to think she’s a filly that can potentially achieve some black type. She was a little play with Hannah Wall and David Redvers Bloodstock.”
McEvoy said she is likely to remain in Europe to race for another season to try and boost her CV before heading down to stud in Australia.
Watch: Promise Of Success (GB) parade
“She has placed and we’ll likely keep her in work with a view to win some races,” he said. “Our homework suggests that she has certainly got the ability to be winning races so we’ll give her another spin, but ultimately she’ll come down to Australia and we’ll determine a stallion for her.
“We do have a share in Savabeel so she potentially might be a mare for him if this 2-year-old can do the job.”
Boosting the band
It was only a few weeks ago that Rosemont paid $410,000 to purchase Small Minds, the dam of their talented 2-year-old Sneaky Five (Fastnet Rock) and McEvoy said that like any breeding operation, they are always looking to boost their broodmare stocks.
“We’ve got a lot of broodmares at home but we’re certainly looking to add to the quality,” he said. “It’s like any major breeder, we’re always looking at trimming the bottom and adding to the top so that’s really a never-ending cycle.
“Small Minds is the dam of two stakes winners from her first three to race so I think those sort of mares a quite unique.
“Small Minds is the dam of two stakes winners from her first three to race so I think those sort of mares a quite unique." - Ryan McEvoy
“She’s a Canny Lad mare, she’s basically free of Danehill, so we can send her to anything and given what we know of Sneaky Five and the sentimental factor in racing her and the upside that she represents, we’re rapt to have a bit more exposure with that family through the dam.
“She’s a gorgeous mare who is in foal to Grunt, we’ll give some thought as to where we send her in the spring and we’re excited about potentially breeding another couple of fillies out of her in the next few years as well, to most likely keep and retain and race in the system.”
Small Minds
Rosemont is also home to a select stallion roster and McEvoy said they will be active during the upcoming yearling season to find quality stock to race and hopefully, one day join the breeding operation as a broodmare or sire.
“We’ll be relatively active in the yearling market next year with both colts and fillies,” he continued. “We’re always open to adding to the quality of our racing team, it’s a major aspect of the business.
“Certainly Nigel (Austin) is a really passionate racing enthusiast so we’re really keen to add to the quality in our stable. We don’t have a specific view but we’re just always open to the right filly and colt that presents itself as value and that we can add to our system.”
