Baystone graduates
Baystone Farm is proving to be one of Australia’s leading traders in the ’Ready-to-Run’ or ‘Breeze-Up’ market — as it is widely known — and currently has an impressive number of very prominent gallopers as examples on the home front as well as offshore.
Domestic racetrack performers ‘breezed’ and sold by Baystone Farm as 2-year-old racing stock include:-
BITTERCREEK (by Snitzel): Winner at 2 in 2023-24, $446,250, BRC Spirit of Boom Classic-Gr.2, 2d BRC JJ Atkins-Gr.1, MVRC Valley Pearl S.-LR, 3d VRC Talindert S.-LR, 4th BRC Sires' Produce S.-Gr.2
EPIMELES (by Dundeel [NZ]): 2 wins at 2 in 2023-24, $141,475, VRC Anzac Day S.-LR, MRC Sportsbet 2YO H.
AARDVARK (by Capitalist): Winner at 2 in 2023-24, $127,950, VRC Talindert S.-LR, 3d MRC Debutant S.-LR.
Other notable performers presently in training also to have come through the Baystone Farm system include DOLPHIN SKIN (NZ) (2 wins, VRC Gibson-Carmichael Stks.-lR), INVINCIBLE SHIELD (4 wins & $146,750 from 7 starts) and LOTUS TOWER (2 wins from 2 starts; sold to Hong Kong) and CYCLONE COCO (Winner at 2).
“Hats off to Dean Harvey and Troy [Corstens] because they purchased him [Aardvark] as a yearling and we actually bought this horse after watching his trials and jump outs. We bought into the horse before his first start… ”
Baystone Farm’s profile in Hong Kong is also growing by the season
A select number of high quality additions to the HKJC racing ranks have quickly given Baystone Farm an imprint in Hong Kong. Fantastic Treasure, a relatively recent HKJC Champion Griffin, is one such example, while the 2023/24 season witnessed the emergence of Call Me Glorious — a three-time winner in his maiden campaign expected to go on to bigger and better things in the current Hong Kong racing year.