Charge Forward
Red Ransom (USA) - Sydney's Dream, by Bletchingly. Bay 2001 15.3hh
2013 Fee: $22,000 inc. GST
Overview
PROVEN PURE SOURCE OF PRECOCIOUS AUSTRALIAN SPEED
2013 FEE: $22,000 INC. GST
Updated to 6 May 2013 - with 5 crops of racing age
CHARGE FORWARD has made a serious impact on Australian racing with 5 stakeswinners this season: 3YO fillies URBAN GROOVE & CAVALRY ROSE, 2YO colts DIRECT CHARGE & CRACK A ROADIE and 2YO filly ASSAIL. Sale-ring results have followed suit, with 14 ANZ Major Sale yearlings selling for an average price of $128,214, and Shadwell Australia paying a top price of $240,000 for the filly from Ribe.
Seven of Charge Forward's 11 stakeswinners have achieved that status as 2YOs but like him, they don't stop there. Seven of his sons & daughters have also won black type races beyond their juvenile seasons, including HEADWAY & RESPONSE who claimed Group 1 success at three & four.
The most remarkable feature of CHARGE FORWARD's record is that it's compiled without the advantage of large foal crops. He has produced 23 (10.2%) stakes performers from 224 runners - fewer than half the number of runners fielded by some of his rival 5th crop sires.
And he's outcross magic for mares by Danehill and his sons, responsible for 26 per cent of his named foals, but almost 60 per cent of his stakes performers.
IN AUSTRALIA, 2012/13
• 53 winners, $2.4 million prizemoney
• 7th on the Australian 2YO Sires' list with $701,940 prizemoney & 3 SW.
• 2YO DIRECT CHARGE (VRC Maribyrnong Plate G3)
• 3YO CAVALRY ROSE (MRC Thoroughbred Club S. G3)
• 2YO CRACK A ROADIE (MVRC Inglis Banner S. (R) LR; 2nd, VRC Maribyrnong P. G3)
• 3YO URBAN GROOVE (ATC Reginald Allen Quality LR - at her 2nd start; 4th, ATC Flight S. G1)
• 2YO ASSAIL (Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic (R) LR)
• 3YO Bradman (Won $150,000 Bendigo Guineas; 3rd, ATC Carbine Club S. G3)
• 3YO Road Trippin' (Won $50,000 Albury Guineas; 2nd, SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas LR)
• 2YO Stakes Performers Dream Forward & Moroccan Rose
• Promising 3YOs include Balaclava Lady (Caulfield winner; also 4th, MVRC Moonee Valley Fillies Classic. G2), Charge Account (2 wins in Sydney), Almighty Charge, Boltarmour, Dream Chaser, Fob Dubai, Greenwich Girl, Perfect Scout, Phantom Queen & Star Charge
OFFSHORE, 2012/13
• In Hong Kong: 4YO Best Eleven (3rd, HKJC Centenary Sprint Cup HK-1)
• In New Zealand: Group-placed 2YO winner Zaragoza (3rd, Taranaki 2YO Classic G3, Counties Challenge S. LR)
LIFETIME & WORLDWIDE STATISTICS
• 11 winners of 12 Group & 5 Listed Races
• 12 other Stakes Performers
• 7 of his 11 Stakeswinners have won black type races at two: HEADWAY, SHRAPNEL, SOLAR CHARGED, DIRECT CHARGE, ASSAIL, CRACK A ROADIE & FORT LINCOLN
• 6 of his Stakes Performers have won or placed at Group 1 level: HEADWAY, RESPONSE, SHRAPNEL, SABRAGE, FORT LINCOLN & Best Eleven
• Lifetime progeny earnings of $11 million+
• 60% Winners/Runners
• Champion Australian First Season Sire, 2009 - by earnings
• Champion NZ Sire of 2YOs, 2011
2011/12 SEASON - 48 winners inc. 7 Stakes performers from only 123 runners worldwide
• In Australia: SABRAGE (MRC Norman Robinson S. G3; 2nd, SAJC South Australian Derby G1; 3rd, VRC Victoria Derby G1); Response (3rd, VRC Gilgai S. G2, VRC Linlithgow S. G2 & MRC Tristarc S. G2); Road Trippin' (3rd, VRC Sires' Produce S. G2); Cavalry Rose (ATC Inglis Bonus Classic; 2nd, ATC Magic Night S. G2); Draw Forward (3 wins & 3rd, SAJC Redelva S. LR)
• In Hong Kong: Best Eleven (6 wins, 3rd HKJC Sha Tin Vase HK-3)
• In Singapore: Rush (2 wins)
• In New Zealand: Fort Lincoln (3rd, ARC Karaka 3YO Mile LR)
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 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 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 with victories in the Breeders' Plate LR, where he defeated the record-breaking champion, Dance Hero, and the Todman Slipper Trial G2. He then ran a short-neck second to Dance Hero in the race record time of 1:08.60 in the Golden Slipper Stakes G1 - defeating Alinghi & Fastnet Rock. 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
Charge Forward returned as a 3YO to confirm his abundant class and brilliance through 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 superlative defeat of the older horses in the illustrious 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, 2008-2012
• 66 Charge Forward yearlings have made $100,000 or more
• 38 have sold for $150,000 or more
• 13 have made more than $250,000
• Top price: $520,000 for the filly ex Rosa's Spur, 2012
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)
G3 CAVALRY ROSE ($85,000)
G3 DIRECT CHARGE ($105,000)
SW URBAN GROOVE ($240,000)
SW FORT LINCOLN ($NZ100,000)
SW CRACK A ROADIE ($40,000)
SW ASSAIL ($40,000)
Charge Forward yearlings in 2013
• Inglis Australian Easter Sale, Session 1
Average: $171,250 (4 sold)
Top Price: filly ex Ribe, Arrowfield/Shadwell Australia, $240,000
• Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, Sessions 1-4
Average: $108,889 (9 sold)
Top Price: colt ex Midnight Joy, Turangga Farm/Moody Racing, $210,000