20/10/2023 Astern / Stomp Colt
Presenting our Astern Colt from Inglis Premier. A big strong horse with plenty of presence, already 50% sold at this point as very reasonably priced for the family you are buying into.
Astern is a horse who created a big impression from the get-go, winning two of his first three starts including the Gr.2 Silver Slipper Stakes and the Gr.3 Kindergarten Stakes, Astern was even better at three adding to his resume the Gr.2 Run To The Rose and the Gr.1 Golden Rose.
At stud he has proven to be a reliable source of classy winners with 14 stakes winners - including the Gr.1 gallopers Golden Mile and Affaire A Suivre - amongst his 229 winners. Another 14 of his progeny are stakes placed and another 30 are metropolitan winners.
Those statistics give you a great chance of having some fun racing an Astern with 26% of his winners being at least city class!
Astern's pedigree is full of Frizette family influence and he picks up strongly on strains of that famed matriarch's most successful descendant Mr Prospector to whom this colt's well related dam Stomp is line-bred 3 X 5.
Mr Prospector hails from the same Myrtlewood branch of the Frizette family as Lomond, dam sire of Astern's dam sire Exceed And Excel. Of Astern's 14 stakes winners, 11 are out of mares with Mr Prospector strains including the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile.
As a bonus Stomp is by Congrats whose famous grandsire Seattle Slew is a half-brother to Lomond - providing for a 6 X 5 cross of the wonderful mare My Charmer another three of Astern's stakes winners are line-bred to her.
As are the likes of Gold Trip and Thunder Snow - Gr.1 Melbourne Cup and Gr.1 Dubai World Cup (twice) winners.
A colt with plenty of pedigree oomph this fellow has even more going for him, being a member of one of Australia's classiest families.
His winning dam Stomp (by Congrats who is excelling as a broodmare sire with his seven Gr.1 winners including the unbeaten last start Galaxy winner Private Harry) is an exciting young broodmare whose first two foals are both showing plenty of ability.
Her first foal, the three-year-old Hot Stomper has been in the placings at her last two starts with a win close whilst her second, the two-year-old Hey Jessie has impressed with a recent jump-out win at Flemington and a trial win at Caulfield which you can view in the videos below.
Stomp is one of the five winners for the More Than Ready (star broodmare sire of 195 stakes winners including 26 Gr.1 horses) mare Champagne Run whose Gr.3 winning daughter Flying Evelyn was served by I Am Invincible last spring.
Also dam of the Gr.3 placed Cristal Eyes and the very talented last start Moonee Valley winning four-year-old Sparkling, Champagne Run is one of the seven winners (from as many foals) for the wonderful filly Bollinger - winner of five her eight starts including the the Gr.1 Coolmore Classic.
Bollinger also produced the Group winners Friesan Fire and Villermont and she is a half-sister to the Gr.3 winning juveniles Sheraton and Mannington with her dam being Bint Marscay... winner of the Gr.1 Golden Slipper Stakes, the Gr.2 Magic Night Stakes, the Gr.2 Chirnside Stakes and the Listed Kindergarten Stakes.
Bint Marscay has proven to be a great influence - ancestress of the stakes winners Benicio (Gr.1 VRC Derby), Romneya, Roheryn, Always Allison, Rosa Imperial, Off Trail and Rosental whilst her Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes winning dam Eau D'Etoile by Sir Tristram produced another two Gr.1 winners... Filante (the two time Gr.1 W.S Cox Plate runner-up who won the Epsom Handicap and the Caulfield Stakes) and Kenny's Best Pal (Australian Guineas).
Stella Cadente and Grail Seeker are also big race winners from a family that just keeps on giving!
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David & Emma-Lee Browne
