Cover image courtesy of Tayler Strong (Race Images)
A filly described by her trainer as a “cool wee horse”, Glamour Extreme (Extreme Warrior) notched up a fourth winner from nine runners for her sire when beating 13 rivals to win on debut at Oamaru on Sunday.
The excitement over the win reached both sides of the Tasman, with the Rosemont Stud team keen to celebrate another forward step in the career of a stallion they believe has the makings of a real star.
A real professional
Kerri Spence, the bloodstock agent who sourced Glamour Extreme, did not have to pay much for the filly when securing her for just $6000 at the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale from Twin Hills Stud.
The price tag somewhat belies her pedigree; dam Pure Glamour (Tale Of The Cat {USA}) was a multiple metropolitan winner and a half-sister to G1 Railway Stakes winner Elite Belle (Canny Lad), G2 Perth Cup winner Mississippi Delta (High Chaparral {Ire}), and dual Listed winner Battle Emblem (Second Empire {Ire}). The family also features G2 Western Australian Guineas winner Clueless Angel (Oratorio).
The filly has well surpassed that value already with her ability, something that went unrecognised when she passed in at the New Zealand National Yearling Sale last year.
Glamour Extreme as a yearling | Image courtesy of New Zealand Bloodstock
Spence took the filly south and offered a 50% share in her to young trainer Ebony Turner, who accepted the deal. Coming towards the end of her fourth season as a trainer, it didn’t take long for Turner to realise she might have something very smart on her hands.
“Kerri bought her in Australia and she got broken in up north,” Turner said after Glamour Extreme’s win on Sunday. “Kerry offered me 50% in her and I said yes.
“She has come up so quickly and she is so professional, so I thought we would run her as a 2-year-old and see how we get on and she has come along in leaps and bounds in the last couple of months.”
“She (Glamour Extreme) has come along in leaps and bounds in the last couple of months.” - Ebony Turner
Impressing in two jump-outs, the filly was set for the races and rose to the occasion when asked to lift with 500 metres left to run. Taken out wide in search of better footing by jockey Rohan Mudhoo, Glamour Extreme bounded away with the win over Spill It (NZ) (Noverre {NZ}).
“I am rapt,” Turner said. “She is a cool wee horse. I am proud of what she has done and how fast those wee legs can go.
“She had a jump out at Invercargill a couple of months ago and she won that with a leg in the air. She had another jump out at Wingatui just over a month ago and she went down by a nose under a hold.”
Ebony Turner | Image courtesy of Tayler Strong (Race Images)
It was the kind of performance that had Turner excited for it all to come together on raceday.
“I was pretty confident, I knew she had ability,” she said, and indicated the filly could be aimed a lot higher as she turned three.
“Off that run, I am pretty confident that she (Glamour Extreme) will give them a wee shake at stakes level.” - Ebony Turner
“Off that run, I am pretty confident that she will give them a wee shake at stakes level. There are a lot of nice 3-year-old races coming up and I am not against having a nudge at the Guineas.”
It’s all relative
“We couldn't be more excited about how Extreme Warrior has started,” said Rosemont Stud’s Ryan McEvoy, reflecting on the son of Extreme Choice’s first season with runners. “It’s all relative to the numbers he has on the ground, compared to his counterparts this season as well.”
“We couldn't be more excited about how Extreme Warrior has started.” - Ryan McEvoy
It is no secret that Extreme Warrior’s fertility is like that of his father - in fact, in both of their first seasons, father and son covered similar sized books for 48 and 47 live foals respectively. Of the three sons of Extreme Choice to have their first 2-year-olds this season, he had the fewest to fly his flag on the track.
Nevertheless, those runners have come. Six of the nine runners from Extreme Warrior’s first crop made their debut before Christmas, and their number included Listed Merson Cooper Stakes winner Eternal Warrior and city winner Blandford Baron. While he wasn’t a winner, Half Pipe was one of those six, and he knocked off his maiden win in style in early July.
Glamour Extreme is her sire’s sole runner in New Zealand, and she has struck at the first time of asking.
Eternal Warrior | Image courtesy of The Image Is Everything
At the same point in his career, Extreme Choice had 16 runners on the track for five winners, three at stakes level. Extreme Warrior himself had been twice stakes-placed without yet breaking through. Given Extreme Choice started at a higher price point, being a G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner, it has given the Rosemont team plenty to feel good about.
“He couldn't have made much more of an impression this season,” said McEvoy. “Eternal Warrior’s form has really stood up since, given he was third in the Blue Diamond Prelude when the Golden Slipper winner was second.”
“He (Extreme Warrior) couldn't have made much more of an impression this season.” - Ryan McEvoy
Eternal Warrior bumped into Guest House (Home Affairs) again in the Blue Diamond, where he ran sixth by two lengths behind Streisand (Magnus). Guest House was third ahead of his date with the Slipper.
“We were very disappointed, along with the connections no doubt, that he had his setback before the Slipper and couldn’t take his place,” McEvoy said. “I know a lot of good judges and form analysts had him right there as one of the horses to beat in the Slipper.
“But nonetheless, it’s part of the evidence that Extreme Warrior is going to be a really good stallion for us. Half Pipe has been impressive at the trials and his win the other day was a pretty effortless kill, and this filly in New Zealand was really eye-catching.
“It’s part of the evidence that Extreme Warrior is going to be a really good stallion for us.” - Ryan McEvoy
“There’s a few that have just trialled or jumped out that have indicated a higher level of ability as well. It’s got us pretty pumped.”
Ryan McEvoy | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The market has noticed as well, with Extreme Warrior’s top-priced yearling of 2026 - a colt out of Last Jedi (Starcraft {NZ}) - selling for $220,000 to Archibald Racing, Stallion Match, and Mitchell Bloodstock (FBAA) at the Gold Coast. Another colt, out of Who's Zooming Who (Sepoy), matched that price when selling at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to Lloyd Kennewell Racing, Group One Bloodstock, and SP Bloodstock. It’s a serious step up from his 2025 high water mark of $160,000.
Maintaining momentum
As young stallions enter their fifth season, it is encouraging to have the results on the track and in the sales ring to keep you going, as sires seek to ride out the low tide of their third and fourth seasons where breeders are more cautious to tread. A late surge in interest in the 2025 season after the exploits of Eternal Warrior will see Extreme Warrior welcome a bigger fourth crop of foals than his third, and the Rosemont team are keen to keep the momentum in 2026.
“It is very exciting to consider how much promise he has as a young stallion,” McEvoy said. “From our perspective, and the perspective of our shareholders, we are really going to double down on him. We will be sending him 40 of our own mares this season, and it will be his best book so far from a quality perspective.”
“We will be sending him (Extreme Warrior) 40 of our own mares this season, and it will be his best book so far from a quality perspective.” - Ryan McEvoy
It will not just be bigger numbers coming Extreme Warrior’s way in 2026, but also a steep increase in quality as the stallion’s fee rises to $22,000 inc GST from $13,200 inc GST last year.
Extreme Warrior | Standing at Rosemont Stud
“There will be a large number of stakes-winning mares in his book this year,” McEvoy shared. “We have gone to the market and bought some really nice mares to give to him. We bought a lovely No Nay Never mare at the Gold Coast called Fragile Love, that we kept in training up there and she was an impressive winner for Tony Gollan last week.
“She’s a good looking mare with a lot of talent, and by a stallion that has worked with Extreme Warrior already, as he’s the damsire of Eternal Warrior.”
Fragile Love (No Nay Never {USA}) added win number six to her record at Eagle Farm on July 15. The rising 6-year-old was a $220,000 purchase for Rosemont from the draft of Newington Farm Premium Consignment at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.
Her Group-performed dam Leather’n’lace (Street Cry {Ire}) is a half-sister to the stakes winners Big Chill (Flying Artie), Hard Stride (Street Sense {USA}), and Utah Saints (God’s Own), as well as being closing related to Asfoora (Flying Artie).
Fragile Love | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
McEvoy confirmed a few other mares that were intended for Extreme Warrior’s book, including G1 South Australian Oaks winner Small Minds (Canny Lad), dam of stakes winners Sneaky Five (Fastnet Rock) and Beautiful Mind (So You Think {NZ}), dual Listed winner Celebrity Girl (Starcraft {NZ}), dam of G1 Robert Sangster Stakes victress Instant Celebrity (Not A Single Doubt), and Group 3-winning Divine Quality (Sepoy), dam of Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes winner Summer Flame (Written Tycoon).
Four-time Group winner Spanish Reef (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and dual Group 3 winner Jamaican Rain (Manhattan Rain) had also been circled for a date with Extreme Warrior.
“He (Extreme Warrior) will be getting some proper quality mares this year. He’s earned it now.” - Ryan McEvoy
“He will be getting some proper quality mares this year,” McEvoy said. “He’s earned it now. He is Extreme Choice’s highest rated 3-year-old son, he’s always had a lot of X-factor about him, and we were able to secure him during his 2-year-old year and enjoy the rest of the ride with him into his stud career.”
The X-factor
While that has come with challenges, ultimately the underlying, unwavering belief is that Extreme Warrior is worth it.
“There has been some challenges with him, sure, but clearly he has also inherited a bit of the X-factor as well from his father,” McEvoy said.
“Clearly he (Extreme Warrior) has also inherited a bit of the X-factor as well from his father.” - Ryan McEvoy
And Rosemont is no stranger to a challenge, having resurrected Starspangledbanner’s fertility in his time at the stud. The lessons utilised then have come in handy to set Extreme Warrior up for 2026.
“We have worked on him to get him ready to fire in the shed this year,” McEvoy said. “He’s in a fitness program now and things are looking good six weeks out from the season. We are looking forward to standing him again in 2026.
“Extreme Choice looks like he is going to be a stallion of incredible influence, so to have his best-rated 3-year-old son in Victoria carrying his flame makes us very proud.”
