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Communist adds to Group 1 graduate tally
For the second consecutive Saturday a high-class graduate — foaled, raised and sold — of Sledmere Stud recorded a Group 1 success in one of the most coveted events on the domestic racing calendar when Communist (by Russian Revolution) landed the $1 million, Group 1,...

Blue Diamond 1st & 3rd for Sledmere graduates
The 2023 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will be assigned a special chapter in the 100-plus year history of Sledmere Stud in light of Victoria’s premier juvenile contest becoming a major triumph for the farm. Represented by not one but two graduates, the contest...

Teamwork translates into Classic’s 2nd biggest aggregate
The 2023 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale witnessed the Sledmere Stud team successfully meet the demands of a 40-plus horse consignment and a full week of parades out at Riverside Stables, Warwick Farm. After the dust had settled following the auction, our collective...

Job done at #MMGC23
The 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale witnessed a thoroughly professional performance by the Sledmere Stud sales team when maintaining the very high standards we’ve set ourselves in recent years. With 10 members of our 17-Lot consignment by first season...

More spring carnival 2YO success for Class of 2020
For the second time this Spring a feature 2-year-old race staged in Melbourne was won by a Sledmere Stud sales graduate raced out of the pre-eminent Lindsay Park training establishment of the Hayes family. Saturday’s time honoured $175,000, Listed, Merson Cooper...

Icebath meets her date with destiny
Sledmere Stud sales graduate Icebath (NZ) finally met her date with destiny at Flemington on Day One of the 2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival when scoring a remarkable victory in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m). One of the most talented racemares in training for the...

New Kid on the block
There was much to celebrate at Sledmere Stud over the weekend following the running of the $500,000 Inglis Banner (RL) at Moonee Valley last Saturday which saw the victory of farm graduate Arkansaw Kid at his first career start. The very first runner for Darley...

Graduates feature at first official 2YO trials
Sydney’s first official 2-year-old barrier trials of the 2022/23 racing season provided a glowing endorsement of Sledmere Stud with three of the 10 heat winners having been foaled, reared and raised on the farm during their all-important formative period. A...

Second Group 1 win for Sledmere sales graduate
Sledmere Stud sales graduate Snapdancer recorded her second win at Group 1 level when leading from start-to-finish in the $1 million Magic Millions Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Winner of the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes towards the backend of her pervious...

First foal of season 2022
The first foal of the 2022 domestic breeding season has arrived at Sledmere Stud to commence a very busy few months ahead. Born on the last day of July, our foaling team welcomed into the world a daughter of Widden Stud’s four-time Group 1 winner Trapeze Artist...