Art Major will go down in history as the richest and best performer from the legendary sire Artsplace, and much like his sire, he has proven to be as huge a success at stud as he was on the racetrack. His dominance in this country was again on display in 2022.
A champion sire, he has produced the winners of more than $190-million dollars worldwide. After 14 years of stud duties shared with Blue Chip Farms in New York, he now stands here in Australia full time.
His North American offspring include a trio of impressive World Champions: 2014 “Horse of the Year” JK Shesalady, $2-million winner Art Official, Hypnotic Blue Chip and JK Endofanera . He has been the leading money-winning sire of 2-year-old pacers seven times and has sired the fastest pacer ever to race here, My Field Marshal 1:46.9 winner of $1,403,342.
Art Major’s daughters are now producing some serious winners, the standout as 2019 “2-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year,” Tall Dark Stranger.
A magnificent dark bay individual standing 15.3 hands, Tall Dark Stranger was destined for greatness from the day he was named. A $330,000 yearling purchase from the Lexington Selected Sale and was considered to be the premier pacing colt offered in 2018. His race record speaks for itself – Tall Dark Stranger captured many of the sport’s classic and grand circuit events winning 6 consecutive races at 2 and 8 straight at 3.
Tall Dark Stranger was a true champion in every sense of the word displaying true grit, determination and heart each time he stepped onto the racetrack. He is only the second male pacer in 35 years to receive a Dan Patch Award at age 2 and return to be Horse of the Year at 3.
While most followers of Harness Racing would understand the massive impact Art Major has had on the sport both here and in the Northern Hemisphere, one APG QLD breeder has excelled with their choice of broodmare sire for Art Major. This lot 14 has the potential to win some very serious races in the future.
Lot 14- Art Major – Presidents Doll – Presidential Ball. This spectacular looking filly will have followers of the “Golden Cross” licking their lips. Art Major’s best performer to date is JK Endofanera winner of $2,140,101 and his fourth best ever filly JK Shesalady $972,730 are out of a Presidential Ball mare. With average earnings in NA at $142,011 and an incredible 40% of all offspring of racing age on this cross have won north of $100,000 . These numbers are incredible and it has the potential to set this striking filly up for a wonderful and extremely exciting future.
To take advantage of the massive $150,000 “Pot Of Gold final”, this exciting prospect Lot 14 is just 1 of 36 yearlings that will have the chance to compete in this guaranteed race series.
In addition, Lot 14 is eligible for the QBRED for life bonuses shown below,
- $14,00 QBRED ‘First Win’ Bonus;
- $7,500 QBRED ‘Second Win’ Bonus;
- $3,000 QBRED ‘Third Win’ Bonus (State-bred Qbred’s only):
- $1,000 QBRED Cash bonuses (on all races <$4,500);
Lot 14 also has the opportunity to win the following Triad races:
| 2 Year Olds for each sex (1660m) $150,000 Final, |
| 3 Year Olds for each sex (2138m) $153,000 Final, |
| 4 Year Olds for each sex (2138m) $76,500 Final |
Lot 14 is a “must buy lot ” and should be definitely on the list of astute buyers chasing the “Ultimate Success In Harness Racing Ownership”.
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