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Charge Forward
Red Ransom (USA) - Sydney's Dream, by Bletchingly. Bay 2001 15.3hh
2011 fee: $33,000 inc GST
Overview
TRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN SPEED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
$33,000 INC. GST
Updated to 25 January 2012
From only 153 runners in his first 4 crops
• 6 winners of 10 Group & two Listed Races and 5 other Stakes performers
• 5 of 11 stakes performers have won or placed at Group 1 level
• G1 winners RESPONSE & HEADWAY, both from his first crop of only 69 foals
• Dual Group winner & G1-placed SHRAPNEL
• Dual G3 winner SOLAR CHARGED
• G3 winner & G1-placed SABRAGE
• SW & G1-placed FORT LINCOLN
• Champion Australian First Season Sire, 2009
• Champion NZ Sire of 2YOs, 2011
2011/12 Season
• In Australia: SABRAGE (MRC Norman Robinson S. G3; 3rd, VRC Victoria Derby G1 & MVRC Bill Stutt S. G2) & Response (3rd VRC Gilgai S. G2, VRC Linlithgow S. G2 & MRC Tristarc S. G2)
• 2YO Cavalry Rose, the impressive debut winner of the $250,000 Inglis Classic at Rosehill, 21 January
• In Australia: 3YO Draw Forward (3 city wins), city winners Forward Love & From the Vault
and promising winners Beckon, Easy Lager & Red Rain
• In Hong Kong: 3YO Best Eleven has won his last two starts from the Tony Cruz stable
• In Singapore: 3YO Rush is 2-from-4 for owner Bernard Lee & trainer Michael Freedman
• In New Zealand: Gaston (6 wins) and stakes-placed Andromache (stylish winner at Pukekohe, 21 January
2010/11 Season
• In Australia: $2.1 million prizemoney & 3 Group winners
• In Australia: RESPONSE (MRC Sir Rupert Clarke S. G1, SAJC Robert Sangster S. G1), SHRAPNEL (SAJC Yallambee Classic G2, 3rd VRC Ascot Vale S. G1) & SOLAR CHARGED (MRC Thoroughbred Club S. G3)
• In Australia: Group-placed Simply Put, stakes-placed 2YO Light Touch & multiple city winner Limerock
• In Australia: promising juveniles Sabrage, Swerte Bella, Lady Be Great, Universal Bolt & Sonic Blast
• In New Zealand: FORT LINCOLN, Karaka Million LR, 2nd, ARC Diamond S. G1
• In New Zealand: stakes-placed Andromache & multiple winner Gaston
• In Singapore: Rush, debut 2YO winner & 2nd, Magic Millions Juvenile Championship Sgp-3
On the Track
THE FASTEST COLT IN GOLDEN SLIPPER HISTORY
Under the guidance of his astute trainer John O’Shea, Charge Forward took the honours of leading 2YO colt of his generation with a rating of a 110 in the Australia/New Zealand Official Classifications for the 2003-04 Season. This made him the highest weighted 2YO entire since 1997, rating above the likes of Fastnet Rock, Viscount, Choisir and Bel Esprit.
Charge Forward achieved his rating by winning the Breeders' Plate LR, where he defeated the record-breaking champion, Dance Hero, the Todman Slipper Trial G2 and finishing a short-neck second to Dance Hero in the race record time of 1:08.60 in the Golden Slipper Stakes G1. In fact, Charge Forward himself broke the previous race record making him the fastest colt in Golden Slipper history.
GROUP 1 WINNER AS A 3YO
As a 3YO, Charge Forward displayed class and brilliance through his spring and autumn campaigns. In the spring he boasted a win over Fastnet Rock, Dance Hero and Savabeel in the San Domenico Stakes G2. He closed his racing career in the autumn with a great win over the older horses in the time honoured AJC The Galaxy G1 – a race also won by the outstanding stallions Snippets, Luskin Star and Bletchingly.
In the Ring
ALL BUT ONE OF CHARGE FORWARD'S STAKESWINNERS ARE SALE GRADUATES
Yearling Sale Statistics, 2008-2011
• 55 Charge Forward yearlings have made $100,000 or more
• 34 have sold for $150,000 or more
• 11 have made more than $250,000
• Top price: $500,000 for the colt ex Chatelaine, 2010
• Charge Forward's Stakeswinners purchased as yearlings include: G1 HEADWAY (bought for $175,000), G1 RESPONSE ($50,000), G2 SHRAPNEL ($450,000), G3 SABRAGE ($200,000) & SW FORT LINCOLN ($NZ100,000
Charge Forward yearlings in 2011
• Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale
Average: $122,000 (10 sold)
Top Price: colt ex Portrayal, Arrowfield/Peter Devitt, $325,000
• Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
Average: $159,286 (7 sold)
Top Price: colt ex Redoute's Fever, Arrowfield/Gai Waterhouse, $240,000
• NZ Premier Sale
Average: $NZ183,333 (3 sold)
Top Price: colt ex Belle Toujours, Curraghmore/Rosemont, $NZ300,000