Members of Riversdale's 2024 Classic draft have ended up in strong stables across the country, the likes of Chris Waller, Gary Portelli, Simon Miller, Joe Pride, Matthew Dunn, Mark Walker and Tony and Calvin McEvoy training their graduates. Their 2025 draft is bound to prove just as popular with a range of lovely yearlings by proven and up-and coming stallions.
Lot 184 - Harry Angel x Elite Dane (Dane Shadow) (bay filly)
Bred on the same successful Harry Angel/Danehill (USA) cross as Tom Kitten and another four of her up-and-coming sire's 17 stakes winners, she is out of a Grafton winner whose first two foals to race are already winners.
Her 3-year-old Roses Imminente (Impending) is showing considerable promise, winning two of her first three starts whilst her 2-year-old Elite Boom (Spirit Of Boom) is a member of the Tony Gollan stable.
Elite Dane is a half-sister to the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes and G3 Up & Coming Stakes runner-up Voilier (Beneteau) out of a half-sister to the Group 2 gallopers Utzon (Nothin' Leica Dane) and Miss Zoe (Zoffany {USA}).
Lot 215 - Zousain x Fern (High Chaparral) (bay filly)
Boasting crosses of the influential mares Fairy Bridge (USA) (Bold Reason {USA}), Rolls (USA) (Mr Prospector {USA}), Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}) and Rough Shod (GB) (Gold Bridge {Fr}), she is out of a Moonee Valley-winning half-sister to the dual stakes winner Milton Park (Written Tycoon).
Her Listed-winning grandam Gawne (Flying Spur), a half-sister to the G1 Railway Stakes winner Great Shot (Magnus), is also grandam of the Listed-winning sprinter Legionnaire (Stratum) and this is the family of the durable stakes winners Democracy Manifest (Flying Artie) and Casino Dancer (Casino Prince).
Lot 219 - Pride Of Dubai x Filters (Dundeel) (chestnut filly)
Bred on the same Pride Of Dubai/High Chaparral (Ire) cross as the Group 1 galloper Desert Lightning (NZ), she is the second foal for a half-sister to the tough Listed winner Royal Rada (Haradasun), winner of 10 of his 54 starts.
We all know how good the Pride Of Dubai fillies are and this lass hails from a terrific fillies family, one represented at the highest level by Triscay (Marscay), Alizee (Sepoy), Demerger (Saithor {USA}) and La Baraka (Euclase).
Lot 249 - Hellbent x Glamarama (Zoustar) (bay/brown colt)
Hellbent's Group 1 winners Magic Time and Benedetta are both out of mares whose dams are members of the Danehill (USA) sire line, the same way in which this imposing colt is bred.
He is the third foal for a mare who won at debut and her 2-year-old Pacific Glamour (North Pacific) has been trialling nicely for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable.
A half-sister to the stakes-placed city winner Enzed Girl (NZ) (Stravinsky {USA}), Glamarama is a granddaughter of the dual Group-winning juvenile Tennessee Morn (Bletchingly) whose 10 winners include the dual Group 1-winning sprinter Malaguerra. This prolific "Tennessee" family just keeps churning out the winners!
Lot 282 - Pierata x Heaven Or Hell (Fighting Sun) (brown filly)
She is the first live foal for a winning daughter of the imported stakes placegetter Multiple Wins (USA) (Sea Salute {USA}), also grandam of the Singapore Champion 2YO Super One.
She hails from a prolific international black-type family with her relations including the big race winners Fasliyev (USA), Les Arcs (USA) (Arch {USA}), Desert Wine (USA), Menifee (USA), Marketsegmentation (USA) (American Pharoah {USA}), Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Roly Poly (USA) (War Front {USA}), U S Navy Flag (USA) and Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo).
Her pedigree brings together the close relations Flying Spur and Encosta De Lago as well as the three-quarter brothers Sadler's Wells (USA), Fairy King (USA) and Nureyev (USA) along with their relations Geiger Counter (USA) and Northern Meteor.
Lot 345 - Star Turn x Just Meille (Lonhro) (bay colt)
His winning dam has already produced two winners and she is a half-sister to the city winning dam of the multiple stakes winner Testashadow (Testa Rossa) from the family of the high-class racehorse and stallion Zoustar.
The great Nureyev (USA) is duplicated in this pedigree and Star Turn boasts a great strike rate with that cross with 21 (72.4 per cent) of the 29 runners being winners including his recent stakes winner Prairie Flower.
Lot 353 - North Pacific x Kiss Moon (Malibu Moon) (brown filly)
By a promising young stallion out of a well-credentialled imported mare, she has the great Malibu Moon (USA) as her dam sire and what a great job his daughters are doing with their 98 stakes winners including 11 Group 1 winners.
The first three runners bred on this I Am Invincible/Malibu Moon cross are winners including the G2 Stan Fox Stakes winner Colada by North Pacific's sire Brazen Beau.
A Group 3 winner successful on six occasions from 21 starts, Kiss Moon has three winners amongst her first four foals and the is plenty to come for her 3-year-old daughter Savagery Vibe (Brutal {NZ}) who bolted in at debut prior to two very nice runs in stakes company last spring.
A daughter of another very good race mare in Kiss The Devil (USA) (Kris S}), also a Group 3 winner of six races, Kiss Moon hails from the same female line as I Am Invincible and his line excels with this sort of pedigree.
Lot 460: Profiteer x Mrs Vanderbilt (Host) (bay filly)
A half-sister to four winners including the city winner Love Squirrels (Eurozone) who won six of her 19 starts, this filly from the first crop of a well-regarded son of Capitalist boasts a lovely cross of the stakes-winning high-class broodmare Khairunissa (GB) (Prince Bio {Fr}).
Bred on the same Written Tycoon/Hussonet (USA) cross as the G1 Stradbroke Handicap winner Tyzone (one which boasts a 70.3 per cent strike rate), she is a descendant of the prolific matriarch Russ-Marie (USA) (Nasrullah {Ire}); ancestress of 37 Group 1 winners.
Topliners from this branch of that family include Rebel Raider, Mossfun (Mossman), A Little Kiss (NZ) (Sackford {USA}), Able One (NZ) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Rising Romance (NZ) (Ekraar {USA}) and Yearning (Snitzel).
Lot 490 - Pride Of Dubai x Oh Barbie (Choisir) (bay colt)
A Pride Of Dubai/Sadler's Wells cross provides for the duplication of the influential matriarch Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}) and that is the pedigree on offer here.
And it is a cross that is working, one which has provided Pride Of Dubai with 11 of his stakes winners including his Group 1 sons Dubai Honour (Ire) and Desert Lightning (NZ).
Out of a half-sister to the Group 3-placed Hong Kong galloper Jun Gong (Spinning World {USA}) and related to a Hong Kong stakes winner in Flying Blue (Piccolo {GB}), this colt hails from an in-form family with his relations including this season's stakes winner Grinzinger Belle (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}).
Lot 717 - Brutal x The Iron Maiden (Any Given Saturday) (bay colt)
They don't come more aptly named than this colt's terrific dam, The Iron Maiden as tough and as sound as they come; racing 126 times over eight seasons and winning 12 races with a further 29 placings on her record!
She is a half-sister to the stakes-placed juvenile winner Jennifer Ann from a family known for producing classy and durable gallopers; such as the G1 Easter Handicap winner Albany Reunion (Fastnet Rock) and the Group winners Royal Discretion (Royal Academy {USA}), Sun City and Vezalay (Shamardal {USA}).
Lot 802 - Hellbent x Zouriana (Zoustar) (bay filly)
Her dam, a $400,000 yearling, displayed ability as does her first foal Spartus (Capitalist), who won a Randwick trial prior to showing pace and running nicely at debut.
By a reliable and classy stallion, this filly has the great Zoustar as her dam sire and what a start he has made to that part of his career; amongst his first 12 winners being three stakes winners!
The city-placed Zouriana is a full sister to the multiple city winner Multinational (Zoustar) out of a metropolitan-winning daughter of the imported stakes winner Ivy League (Ire) (Doyoun {Ire}) whose son Cornell (Elusive Quality {USA}) won at Listed level.
