The excitement when this filly went through the ring was palpable. Bidding was intense, so we were absolutely thrilled to be the one’s with the knockout bid. It didn’t take very long for our clients to jump in and 40% was snapped up within hours.
At this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale we made it our goal to target quality, early running types with good pedigrees and this filly gets a massive tick in all 3 of those areas. By the undisputed Champion, Snitzel, one of the most influential sires of our generation for speed and success, especially in his juveniles, this filly also boasts close lineage to one of Sout Africa’s best sprinting families.
She was a $550k purchase and there is no ‘buyers regret” whatsoever. She looks the real deal. Physically she’s as perfect as you’d expect and mentally, she is a tough girl who wasn’t fazed by anything in what can by a harrowing assignment being at the sales complex for so long.
Gai and Adrian are experts in getting the best out of young horses. 8 Golden Slippers is testament to that and this filly will be part of their future “A Team”, no doubt.
Sire
A world-class 10% Stakeswinners/Runners strike rate, outstanding success as a sire of 58 stakes-winning juveniles and the robustness & versatility that puts his progeny in Australia’s best 2YO, 3YO, sprint & mile races.
That’s why Snitzel continues to make a spectacular impact on Australian racing & breeding, setting new benchmarks of performance as an elite sire and a big-race stallion par excellence.
Two Golden Slippers, four Guineas, two Golden Roses, a pair of Everests, the Cox Plate, All Aged, Flight Stakes & Coolmore Stud Stakes, an Inglis Sires’ trifecta, two Magic Millions 2YO Classics and most of Australia’s big sprints all feature on Snitzel’s progeny record.
That record is headed by Champion 3YO Colt Trapeze Artist, Champion Sprinter Redzel, Champion 2YO Estijaab and 18 other Group 1 winners, including the brilliant 2024 Coolmore Stud S. G1 winner Switzerland.
Four General, four 2YO & two 3YO Sire Premierships, 27 Group 1 victories, 12 category Champions, 5 Inglis Easter Sale-toppers & 60 million-dollar yearlings are top-of-the-mountain achievements already on Snitzel’s record.
But with an average of 23 stakes wins every season since 2016/17 and 19 stakeswinners already from his latest 3 crops of racing age, there is no slowing down for Snitzel, with 11 stakeswinners including G1 winners Lady Shenandoah & Switzerland in the first 4 months of 2024/25. Plus he has more than 300 sons & daughters bred on six-figure fees and yet to run from his 2022-2024 crops.
And just like his sire, the legendary Redoute’s Choice, Snitzel is rapidly creating his own legacy, through 16 stakes-siring sons (inc. 6 Group 1 sires), and his broodmare daughters, already the source of 37 stakeswinners, including 2024 Group 1 winners Private Life, Captured By Love, Celestial Legend, Pinstriped & Velocious.
Dam
All That Jazz is the unraced daughter of one of South Africa’s best sprinters, Val De Ra, a 3 x Gr.1 winner, a Gr.2 winner and twice successful in Listed company. She also won twice at 2 and is the dam of 3 to race for 2 winners, incl. Listed winner, MIss Frankel. This filly is bred on the same cross as Gai and Adrian’s Gr.1 winning Stallion, In The Congo.
Trainer
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott have been in partnership since 2016. They have been a dominating force in the Australian thoroughbred industry ever since.
The story of Tulloch Lodge began in 1941 when TJ Smith, Gai’s father, received his training licence. During the next fifty years, Tulloch Lodge produced some of the best horses ever to run in Australia, including the legendary Kingston Town and Tulloch.
TJ became the most successful trainer of Group 1 winners in Australia, training a record 282 winners at the highest level, and receiving 33 consecutive trainers’ premierships. In 1992, TJ handed the reins to his daughter Gai, who has become a racing sensation in her own right and has steered Tulloch Lodge to new heights in the 21st century.
Following in her father’s footsteps, Gai has trained 160 Group 1 winners, including eight Golden Slippers. To date, Gai & Adrian have collectively trained 26 Group 1 winners.
Nominations
This filly is eligible for the lucrative BOBS Bonus scheme, $5 million Golden Slipper, $1 million Golden Rose, $2 million Blue Diamond, $200,000 Blue Sapphire and the Magic Millions Race Series.
Costings
Share Price Includes – Purchase Price, Nominations and Bonus Schemes, Agistment, Breaking In, X-Rays & Clinical Examination, Scoping and Mortality Insurance is covered up to the 31st January 2026.
Ongoing Expenses and MMF: The Ongoing Expenses consist of a $77 flat Monthly Management Fee (MMF) per owner, regardless of share percentage. The remainder of the fees are the Ongoing Expenses for the horse billed monthly, in arrears, which are split between the owners based on their percentage held. The following are estimated total monthly costs based on averages, as the Ongoing Expenses for the horse do vary depending on the current whereabouts of the horse i.e. training, spelling etc. The following amounts include both the $77 MMF and the average Ongoing Expenses combined:
2.5% – $162 estimated total monthly cost
5% – $247 estimated total monthly cost
10% – $417 estimated total monthly cost
Your first monthly invoice is due on the 28th February 2025 (or the next business day if the 28th falls on a weekend or public holiday).
