“This is a very stylish animal. I was so impressed with how he got around the sales complex and I’m a big fan of the sire because his progeny really train on.” – Joe Pride

• Stylish colt from a family that has produced an abundance of stakes horses despite them being by non-commercial stallions like STRATUM STAR, TURFFONTEIN, RED DAZZLER, EXCELLENT ART, FOXWEDGE, FIORENTE & IMPENDING (all stand for a service fee less than $10k)

• By Cox Plate winning stallion SHAMUS AWARD – one of the most versatile sires in Australia with top class stayers like INCENTIVISE & DUAIS, tough milers like MR QUICKIE & BRUTALITY (trained by Joe Pride), sharp sprinters like SWATS THAT & WILLAIDOW as well as Proven/Pride stakes winner THE BLACK CLOUD

• SHAMUS AWARD also throws immense durability into this stock – 15.1% of his offspring have had at least 30 race starts, compared with leading sire ZOUSTAR (11.5%)

• The only SHAMUS AWARD relative on the page is Group 1 performer ANOTHER AWARD – who, like this colt, is out of an ENCOSTA DE LAGO sireline mare & was raised at Willow Grove Stud

• Joe Pride’s highly promising mare BIG RED TEQUILA is another shining example of the SHAMUS AWARD x ENCOSTA DE LAGO sireline cross

• Inbred to blue hen mare SHANTHA’S CHOICE, a pedigree trait shared by Group 1 performed stallions JACQUINOT, GROWING EMPIRE & SCHWARZ, as well as recent stakes winners FIREBALL, ALIBABA, RUBI’S CHOICE & STARDOM