Sure Thing Captain. His half brother will be offered in the Melbourne APG sale.
Premium vendors Lauriston Bloodstock will offer a half brother to Eureka finalists Ripp and Sure Thing Captain who could be a sale topper at the 2025 APG Melbourne Yearling Sale on February 2.
But they also will offer four outstanding fillies from elite filly families that should have buyers lining up to check out the draft at the Inglis sales complex at Oaklands Junction.
Anne and Bill Anderson’s prestigious breeding program has produced some of the best pacers to race in Australia in the past decade.
Lauriston Bloodstock alumni include superstar mare Ladies In Red, Hunter Cup winner Honolua Bay, Chariots Of Fire winners Poster Boy and Maffioso and Victoria Derby victor Our Little General.
They have also produced a swag of juvenile classic winners, including 2YO Breeders Crown final winners Hurricane Harley (1.50.5, $726K) and Follow The Stars (1.53.8, $707K), dual Breeders Crown final winner Speak No Evil (1.50.9, $354K) and 2YO APG filly final winners Musical Delight (1.53.1, $248K) and Queen Of Pop (1.55.6, $204K).
The Musical Delight colt (Lot 27) is by boom sire Huntsville, who has sired 82 winners of more than $4 million in stakes from one Australian crop of racing age.
The colt is a half brother to Ripp (1.50.4, $287K), Sure Thing Captain (1.52.1, $225K) and smart mare Beach Music (1.54.5, $153K).
Ripp and Beach Music are by Somebeachsomewhere, the sire of Huntsville, and Sure Thing Captain is by Captain Treacherous, a son of Somebeachsomewhere – so the cross definitely work well.
Mrs Anderson said all five yearlings were excellent quality but the youngsters from Group 1 winning mares Musical Delight and Queen Of Pop would attract plenty of attention.
Queen Of Pop’s filly (Lot 42) by King Of Swing is a half sister to NSW Oaks winner Just Hope (1.52.5, $376K) and Bathurst Gold Crown winner Chart Topper (1.52.6, $102K).
“We bred both mares. They are half sisters. Musical Delight won the (2YO fillies) APG final (in 2012) and Queen Of Pop won the same race two years later.
“The colt is an outstanding type, and the filly is from the first crop of (three-time Miracle Mile winner) King Of Swing. I think there will be quite a bit of interest in his first crop of yearlings.”
Lot 39, a filly by much loved sire American Ideal from Queen of the Pacific winner mare Pistol Abbey (1.55.6, $253K), is from a family littered with Group 1 winning fillies.
Pistol Abbey was a smart youngster but really came of age as a 4YO, winning the Queen of the Pacific (G1) and the Vicbred mares final.
Her dam Art Princess won heats of the Bathhurst Gold Tiara, APG classic and NSW Sires Stakes before being placed in the Breeders Challenge final and Breeders Crown final as a 3YO.
Third dam The Kindly One won the Bathhurst Gold Tiara.
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