Few sires used at stud in Victoria have had a better year with progeny on the racetrack than Written Tycoon, a sire whose 2015-16
Australian earnings jumped above $9 million, when his 4-year-old gelded son Music Magnate took out the $750,000 Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1350m) on this historic Brisbane track on Saturday May 28.
These earnings, a Victorian record, have been swelled to over $11million by the successes of twenty of his progeny competing in either New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia or Hong Kong.Through to the end of May his statistics for the year included 131 winners (120 Aust), 51 others placed, 212 race wins (195 Aust) and $11,078,080 ($9,223,659 Aust).
In the national statistics, he is third on the Champion Sires list by money, winners and wins and is unbeatable by earnings in the race for the Champion Australian juvenile title.
His black type contributors in 2015-16 have included eight stakes winners (four at two including one in New Zealand) and four others stakes placed. Group1 winners during the year have been the 2-year-olds Capitalist (dam by Fusaichi Pegasus (USA); four wins, $3,508,700, won ATC Golden Slipper, Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic, Wyong Magic Millions Classic, ATC Breeders’ Plate), Luna Rossa (More Than Ready (USA); won Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes) and Doomben10,000 winner Music Magnate.
A good prospect for more glory in the $1.5million Stradbroke on rebuilt Eagle Farm on June 11, Music Magnate had not won above Group 3 before, but had indicated that he is an emerging star in the current racing year with three successive wins in Sydney and a tenacious second in the Luskin Star at Scone (May 14) since late September.Trained by Kiwi Bjorn Baker (Warwick) for a tribe of excited owners, he has a career record of six wins,four seconds, a third and $825,000 from 12 starts.
Music Magnate was foaled in New Zealand for NZ Holdings Ltd, but is the product of the mating in Victoria at Eliza Park of Todman Slipper Trial Stakes winner Written Tycoon, a showy chestnut by the Last Tycoon Australian 1200m record holder Iglesia, with Concert Girl, a non-winner by Coolmore shuttled Danehill Dancer (Ire).
A half-sister to Marrok, winner of the Group 2 Wellington Guineas, and Appeal Process, a South African Group 3 sprint winner, Concert Girl is from Review, an unraced daughter of Chalayer, a top performer up to 2800m by the Luskin Star sire Covetous. In the first three in 14 events, Chalayer included in her efforts wins in the AJC St Leger,Adrian Knox, seconds in the AJC Sydney Cup, STC Kingston Town – twice, thirds VRC Victoria Oaks, STC Canterbury Guineas and MVRC Moonee Valley Cup.
Inbred 4x3 to Star Kingdom, Chalayer was out of Plady King, an unraced Planet Kingdom mare out of Lindsay (Ire), an unplaced half-sister to Gypsy Moss (GB), a Mossborough mare who won five races in Australia for the Foysters of Gooree Park, Mudgee NSW, including the Queensland Tattersall’s Cup and AJC Narwee Handicap. She split champions Divide and Rule and Black Onyx in finishing second in the 1970 Stradbroke.
A relation of 1954 English Derby winner and influential sire Never Say Die, Gypsy Moss became a major matriarch. Foyster matings to Planet Kingdom produced Our Planet (won Queensland Derby, Grand Prix, second AJC Derby) and Gypsy Kingdom (won AJC Warwick Stakes, second AJC Doncaster, STC George Ryder).
Also, u sing Planet Kingdom and Ideal Image, a Vain mare who didn’t earn in only two starts,the Foyster’s bred Ideal Planet, winner of nine races, including the Doomben 10,000, and second in the VRC Newmarket, AJC Galaxy and MVRC William Reid.
Retired to the stallion yards at Eliza Park in 2007 on a fee of $8,750 (including GST), but moved several years ago to the Woodside Park Stud at Tylden in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges territory,Music Magnate’s sire Written Tycoon has had books of 177 and 184 in the last two seasons. He is facing up to another big book in the 2016 season, one for which his fee has been lifted to $49,500 (inc GST).
Brian Russell
