Beautiful Crown (USA) will make a fresh start in the Hunter Valley this spring.
The BOBS trailblazer has been based at Patinack Farm and will now join Arlington (Red Ransom) on the Lincoln Farm roster for 2013.
Beautiful Crown is a syndicated son of Danzig sire Chief’s Crown and is part-owned and managed by former Alanbridge Stud proprietor Andrew Bowcock. He is a proven stallion with 448 individual winners to his credit at a 68% strike-rate.
Bowcock is a third generation studmaster – the family had owned Alabama Stud in Scone since the 1940s – until Andrew and his wife Lasca bought Beautiful Crown and established Alanbridge Stud in 1999.
When high-flyer Nathan Tinkler purchased the property, Beautiful Crown became foundation sire under the stud’s new name of Patinack Farm and stood there for four seasons.
“Beautiful Crown is a proven source for anyone that wants to bred a 2YO winner,” Bowcock said this week. “And the BOBS prizemoney is a definite bonus – he won the BOBS premiership four years in a row!”
First-crop colt Tom Coureuse kick-started Beautiful Crown’s stud career with an early win at Rosehill in addition to black-type placings in the G1 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes, G3 Blue Diamond Preview and LR Canonbury Stakes.
Class fillies Bella Corona (Keith Mackay Hcp) and Our Joan Of Arc (Gimcrack Stakes) also weighed in with Listed 2YO victories at Randwick.
His $1.50 million earner In Top Swing won at Randwick as a December 2YO before returning the following season for career-defining victories in the $1 million Golden Rose and G1 Caulfield Guineas.
Lincoln Farm owner Nick Posa is looking forward to working with Beautiful Crown. “His fertility was always above 90% during those Alanbridge years and, by the look of him, I reckon there’s another five solid books in him at stud.
“Arlington was going to be our only stallion this year after the Ready’s Image syndicate made a disappointing late decision not to send him down from Kentucky,” Posa explained. “When Bowie rang up and said Beautiful Crown was available, I jumped at the chance to stand him.”
Beautiful Crown’s service fee is priced on application and Posa can be contacted for more details on 0417 903 578.
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