Western Winter
The legacy of the late, great Western Winter continues to grow. Yearlings of the deceased stallion were in great demand at last weekend’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.
Looking at Western Winter’s statistics, this is hardly surprising. Every single crop sired by Western Winter has produced at least one stakes winner – with his latest star coming in the shape of uber promising 2yo, Kingvoldt. Prior to that, Western Winter’s crops produced up to 10 stakes winners per crop.
He also had the ability to sire major Grade One winners – with ten of his crops of racing age having produced at least one Grade One winner. However, it was as a broodmare sire that Western Winter succeeded this weekend.
He is the damsire of Gr1 SA Nursery heroine Carry On Alice (the second Grade One winner produced by a daughter of Western Winter), as well as Gr2 Gold Bowl victress Magic Smoke.
It was an impressive double – especially considering that varying distances of each race. The SA Nursery is run over 1160m, while the Gold Bowl is contested at the marathon trip of 3200m. Western Winter daughters have performed well with a number of different sires.
His daughters have produced stakes winners to all of Jet Master, Var, Captain Al, Fort Wood, Victory Moon and the US based sire Hat Trick, to name but a few.
