2022 Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale

Lot: 546

Type: Racehorse Filly/Mare
Vendor: Willow Park Stud, Scone, NSW
Name: Twig (AUS)
Sire: Shooting to Win (AUS)
Dam: Thrill (NZ)
Colour: Bay
Sex: Mare
DOB: 16 August 2017
Bonus Schemes:
COB: AUS
Buyer: This lot was withdrawn

Significant Pedigree Updates

Subject Horse: Twig (2017.f. by Shooting to Win-Thrill, by Flying Spur-Stella Livia).
2nd Canberra RC Geralds Racing H.
2nd Murrumbidgee TC Adam Hagan Memorial H.
From the same family as FESTIVAL DANCER (2018.f. by Choisir-Festival Princess, by Barathea-Uliana).
4th ATC (Randwick) James HB Carr S. Gr.3

No photo available

Account of WILLOW PARK STUD, Scone, NSW.

Lot 546 (100% GST)                 TWIG                       Stable R 16

Bay mare                   (Branded : nr sh; 3 over 7 off sh)            Foaled in 2017

 

Sire

SHOOTING TO WIN

2011

Northern Meteor

Encosta de Lago

Fairy King

Explosive

Fappiano

Listen Here

Elusive Quality

Gone West

Announce

Military Plume

Dam

THRILL (NZ)

2011

Flying Spur

Danehill

Danzig

Rolls

Mr. Prospector

Stella Livia

Titus Livius

Machiavellian

Sombreffe

Polish Precedent

 

SHOOTING TO WIN (AUS) (Chestnut 2011-Stud 2015). 4 wins-2 at 2, MRC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.1. Sire of 229 rnrs, 136 wnrs, inc. SW Mascarpone (Otaki Maori RC WFA S., Gr.1), Extra Time, Ms Catherine, Tailleur, Kubrick, SP Dom to Shoot, Victorem, Shotmaker, Fatale Femme, Charleton Eddie, Majestic Shot, Good and Proper, Intrepidacious, Mystery Shot and of Picarones, Shooting for Gold, Eclair Breeze, Hillaby, Squid Game, etc.

 

1st dam

THRILL, by Flying Spur. Winner at 2 at 1200m in NZ. Half-sister to STAR OF THE SEAS, SPIETH. Dam of 3 foals, 2 to race, both winners, inc:-

Hillaby (f. by Shooting to Win). 2 wins at 2 at 1000m, 1200m in 2020-21, WRC Courtesy Ford Group One Countdown S.

2nd dam

STELLA LIVIA, by Titus Livius. 2 wins at 1150m, 1400m in NZ. Three-quarter-sister to Archers Road, half-sister to RANSOM O'WAR, Madame Cerito, Sommorell (dam of INVERLEIGH). Dam of 7 foals, all raced, 6 winners, inc:-

STAR OF THE SEAS (Ocean Park). 8 wins 1100m to 1600m, $1,405,750, to 2020-21, VRC Blamey S., Gr.2, ATC Maurice McCarten H., Gr.3, Racing to Win H., Jim Cassidy Hall of Fame H., 2d ATC Doncaster H., Gr.1, Winx S., Gr.1, George Main S., Gr.1, 3d ATC Epsom H., Gr.1, Tramway S., Gr.2, 4th ATC Tramway S., Gr.2, Expressway S., Gr.2.

SPIETH (Thorn Park). 5 wins-4 in succession-at 1100m, 1200m, $626,600, City Tatt's RC Lightning H., L, VRC Goulburn Murray H., ATC Merman & Sydeston H., Pakenham RC Burdens Plumbtec P., 2d VRC Darley Classic, Gr.1, Lightning S., Gr.1, NSW Tatt's RC Concorde S., Gr.3. Sire.

Travancore. 5 wins 1150m to 1600m, $320,625, ATC TAB H., Turf Club H.

3rd dam

SOMBREFFE, by Polish Precedent. Winner at 7f in GB. Sister to Sonata (dam of REGAL SOLO), three-quarter-sister to RUSSIAN BOND, SNAADEE, Somersham, half-sister to CRISTOFORI, CROSSOVER, Beau Monde, Somerset. Dam of 14 foals, 12 to race, 10 winners, inc:-

RANSOM O'WAR (Red Ransom). Horse of the Year & Champion 3YO in Germany in 2003 (Int.). 3 wins-1 at 2-at 1600m, 2000m, £215,624 in GB and Germany, Munich Grosser Preis Dallmayr Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, Gr.1, Grosser Muller Brot Preis, Gr.2, 2d Deutsches Derby, Gr.1. Sire.

Madame Cerito (Diesis). 2 wins at 1m, 9f, 3d Leopardstown Silken Glider S., L, 4th Leopardstown One Thousand Guineas Trial, Gr.3. Grandam of-

RAJANI (Siyouni). 3 wins at 1600m, 1800m, Chantilly Prix Le Fabuleux, L, Prix du Beauvaisis, Prix du Passage.

Uliana. Winner at 1¼m, 3d Curragh Betdaq Fillies S. Grandam of-

FESTIVAL DANCER (Choisir). 4 wins in succession at 1600m, $193,495, in 2021-22, Newcastle JC Spring S., Gr.3, 3d MRC Sandown Guineas, Gr.2.

Sommorell. Unraced. Dam of 3 winners-

INVERLEIGH (Excelebration). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 5¾f, 6f, Navan Committed S., L, 2d Leopardstown Ballycorus S., Gr.3.

Race Record : 2 wins at 1400m, 1600m in 2021-22.

 

 

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