Since the start of the 2020 racing season, Sledmere Stud graduates have won 27 stakes events and have been stakes-placed a further 46 times. Furthermore, graduates have won six Group 1 events and featured in the top three placings in elite races on 13 occasions.
Since the start of the 2020 racing season, Sledmere Stud are the vendors of an average of seven stakes wins per season.
Sledmere Stud have sold five individual Group 1 winners since the commencement of the 2020 season with four of those occurring in the 2022/23 season.
Over 23 per cent of Sledmere Stud’s stakes-winning graduates are stakes winning 2-year-olds.
Three of the 17 stakes winners since 2020 were sold as weanlings for an average price of $110,000.
Not only are Sledmere Stud graduates well-performed, but they can also be secured at a reasonable price with the average yearling costing approximately $180,000.
Over this year’s spring carnival, Sledmere Stud were the proud vendors of the winners of four stakes events which included a thrilling victory with Ozzmosis (Zoustar) in the G1 Coolmore Stud S. on Derby Day. This season’s run of solid form comes as no fluke for Catriona and Royston Murphy’s Scone-based nursery, given their consignment have maintained an average of seven stakes wins every season for the past four years. Sledmere’s best season for stakes wins over this period came in 2020/21 which was largely thanks to Dame Giselle (I Am Invincible) who landed the first three legs of the lucrative Darley Princess Series. While the 2020/21 racing season was successful by total stakes wins, last season was an incredible period for the farm having been represented by four individual Group 1 winners including G1 Randwick Guineas winner Communist (Russian Revolution) and G1 Empire Rose S. winner Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}).
| Trumbull | Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | 2017 | $65,000 |
| Icebath | Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Communist | Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | 2021 | $160,000 |
| Arkansaw Kid | Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | 2022 | $190,000 |
| Veight | Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | 2022 | $220,000 |
| Dirty Work | Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale | 2018 | $800,000 |
| Dame Giselle | Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale | 2019 | $500,000 |
| Extreme Flight | Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale | 2020 | $340,000 |
| Sebonack | Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale | 2021 | $260,000 |
| Snapdancer | Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale | 2018 | $180,000 |
| Yes Baby Yes | Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale | 2019 | $120,000 |
| Revolutionary Miss | Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale | 2021 | $195,000 |
| Little Brose | Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Ozzmosis | Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale | 2022 | $250,000 |
| Pancho | Magic Millions National Weanling Sale | 2017 | $150,000 |
| Equation | Magic Millions National Weanling Sale | 2018 | $110,000 |
| Giannis | Magic Millions National Weanling Sale | 2019 | $67,500 |
Table: Sledmere Stud's stakes-winning graduates since 2020
It will be music to the ears of buyers that stakes-winning Sledmere Stud graduates don’t cost a fortune with the average purchase price of their 17 stakes winners hovering at a modest $230,000. G3 Sydney S. winner Trumbull (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}) is the cheapest Sledmere Stud stakes-winning graduate having set back O’Gorman Racing just $65,000 at the 2017 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, while Widden Stud’s Group 2-winning stallion Dirty Work was the most expensive having fetched $800,000 at the 2018 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The average purchase price of a Sledmere Stud Group 1-winning graduate is $178,000 with the most expensive being this year’s G1 Coolmore Stud S. winner Ozzmosis who fetched $250,000 at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale.
Sledmere Stud’s 2022 yearling sales crop features four individual stakes winners including Group 1-winning duo Ozzmosis and Little Brose (Per Incanto {USA}) as well as stakes winners Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel {Ire}) and Veight (Grunt {NZ}). The Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and Inglis Classic Yearling Sale have been the vendor’s most successful site with five stakes winners hailing from each sale. While the stud is predominantly a seller of yearlings, Sledmere Stud is no one-dimensional outfit with three of it’s stakes-winning graduates sold as weanlings. Stakes-winning graduates Giannis (Flying Artie), Equation (Press Statement) and Pancho (Dissident) were all sold at successive editions of the Magic Millions National Weanling sale for an average price of $110,000.
Gallery: Sledmere Stud's Group 1-winning graduates since 2020
Over 23 per cent of the farm’s stakes-winning graduates earnt black-type status as 2-year-olds with this year’s G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Little Brose headlining the group. Other juvenile stakes-winning graduates of the farm include G2 VRC Sires' Produce S. winner Veight, G2 Blue Diamond Prelude winner Revolutionary Miss (Russian Revolution) and G3 Chairman’s S. winner Sebonack (Capitalist).
Represented by Australia’s most exciting stallion prospect in Ozzmosis among a host of stakes-performed graduates yet to hit their straps, Sledmere Stud look to be in for yet another bumper season. With 24 yearlings set to be offered at January’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, buyers are spoilt for choice to find their next stakes winner at the Sledmere Stud consignment.
