| Media Release April 21, 2008 |
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Magali Farms and Lindsay Park Stud form partnership to shuttle Good Journey
Magali Farms and Lindsay Park Stud have entered a partnership that will see proven young sire Good Journey (Nureyev – Chimes of Freedom) shuttle between California and South Australia.
The Grade 1 winning son of Nureyev will re-commence his Southern Hemisphere duties at Lindsay Park Stud in the upcoming 2008 stud season.
With his oldest progeny now 3YO’s, Good Journey has already produced Group One winner Grand Journey and Group Two winner Sound Journey.
Good Journey was purchased in 2006 by Magali Farms and partners, GM Thoroughbreds and Leatherman Racing.
“Our partnership will see Good Journey shuttle between our farms for as long as he is fit and fertile and we look forward to providing him with every opportunity to build upon this most impressive start to his stud career,” explained Magali Farms Owner Rich Sulpizio.
Lindsay Park Stud boss Sam Hayes was delighted to have secured Good Journey in partnership with the team at Magali Farms.
“In developing a roster of commercial stallions we could not have hoped for a better credentialed addition than Good Journey and to be doing so in partnership with Magali Farms is an added bonus.
Good Journey will stand for $18,000 inc. GST at Lindsay Park Stud in 2008.
Good Journey's daughter Grand Journey established herself as one of the dominant 3-year-old fillies in Australia Sunday with a hard-fought victory in the Group 1 $460,900 Schweppes WATC Derby at Ascot.
The Australian publication Breednet reported the event as follows: "In the space of a week, Grand Journey completed the classic double following her comfortable win in the Group 3 West Australian Oaks. She becomes the third filly in the last eight years to complete the double."
She is reported to be pointing for the Group 1 AJC Australian Oaks April 30 at Royal Randwick.
Jockey William Pike roused Grand Journey with about 600 meters remaining in the 2,400-meter (11.93-furlong) race and she got the jump on favorite Yuro, who closed with a rush but was unable to overtake the winner, who prevailed by a long head.
With five wins, three seconds, and two thirds in 17 career starts, Grand Journey has amassed earnings of $558,476.
Grand Journey is one of two group winners from Good Journey's first crop, which also includes Group 2 winner Sound Journey.
Good Journey began his stud career in Australia, where he stood four seasons before moving to California for the 2007 breeding season. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--April 8.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Good Journey's first Australian foals, nearing the end of their 3-year-old season, are creating a sparkling record for their departed sire, now standing in California.
He collected his second group stakes winner in little more than a month Saturday when favored Grand Journey scored a front-running two-length victory in the Group 3 $250,000 ($231,510US) West Australian Oaks at Ascot racecourse in Perth.
She moved into that elite company to join Sound Journey, who captured the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes in late February.
Grand Journey now has four wins and five placings from 16 starts for earnings of $292,850 ($228,807US). In her last start before the Oaks, she captured the ungraded Natasha Stakes, also at Ascot.
Bred in Australia by L. E. King and trained by David Birdeoake, Grand Journey is owned by a partnership. She was ridden in the Oaks by William Pike.
Good Journey, a Grade 1 stakes winner of $1,733,058 in the U. S. and Canada, has nine winners from that crop, the first of four that he sired in Australia before departing for California.
He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--March 31.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Paced most recently by the achievements of Good Journey's runners in Australia, Magali Farms sires are continuing to find success.
Three Magali sires were in the news on a single day Monday when a daughter of Good Journey won a stakes race in Australia, a daughter of Lit de Justice placed in a stakes race at Santa Anita, and a son of Atticus placed in a stakes race at Turfway Park.
They didn't make this week's news, but runners by another Magali Farms sire, Decarchy, are continuing to race with the ability that earned him the California freshman sire championship of 2007.
Good Journey entered the stud in Australia and sired four crops there before coming to California for the 2007 breeding season. He has nine winners from his first Australian crop, two of them stakes winners.
His first Australian stakes winner was Sound Journey (Grade 2 Top Cut Alister Clark Stakes), and Grand Journey became his second when she captured the Natasha Stakes at Ascot in Perth.
The 3-year-old scored by 4 1/2 lengths in the $70,387 event at 2,200 meters--about 1 3/8 miles--to increase her career earnings to $127,526.
On the same day at Santa Anita, Justice Is Brief became Lit de Justice's 30th stakes horse by finishing a closing second in the $125,000-added Irish O'Brien Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course.
Always in a challenging position, Justice Is Brief closed stoutly and was gaining on the winner at the finish, winding up just a three-quarter length back.
In 16 career starts, the 4-year-old has earned $80,641 with one win, five seconds, and a third. She was bred in California by Magali Ventures, LLC, and is owned by her breeder in partnership with Owners Stables and Victor Racing, and CNG Racing Stables. She's trained by Doug O'Neill and ridden in the Irish O'Brien by Tyler Baze.
On the same day at Turfway Park, Atticus's veteran son Atticus Kristy increased his career earnings to $573,482 with a second-place finish in the $50,000 St. Patricks Day Handicap at six furlongs.
Although he never could threaten the winner, the 7-year-old came on strong in the stretch to wrest second place from the early leader in the race.
In 43 starts over six seasons, he's had 10 wins, eight seconds, and 10 thirds. He's won three stakes, including the Grade 3 Shakertown Handicap at Keeneland, and placed in eight others, three of them graded.
He was bred in Kentucky by Centaur Farms, Inc., and is owned by his breeder and Dan Lynch. He's trained by Merrill Scherer and was ridden in Monday's race by Brian Hernandez, Jr.
Good Journey, Lit de Justice, and Atticus all stand at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--March 19.
The victory of Good Journey's son Sound Journey in a weekend Group 2 stakes race in Australia is drawing expressions of regret that he was allowed to move to the United States.
The New South Wales Racing and Breeding News reported with the following analytical article (edited slightly to omit irrelevant sections):
"Two sires who were unwanted by the higher echelon of Australian breeders when they briefly shuttled to Victoria are now two of the best in America. On 2008 fees of $300,000, the equal highest in America, and $125,000 respectively, they are the Mr. Prospector grandsons Distorted Humour (by Forty Niner) and Mr. Greeley (by Gone West).
"Their neglect here is recalled again following the win in the $176,000 ($191,030US) Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday of the Mick Price trained gelding Sound Journey. He is not by either of these sires, but by another, Good Journey, who like them could leave egg on the faces of Australian breeders by becoming a prominent sire in America, a country in which he had earlier proved a class racehorse. He won or placed in 15 of 16 career starts, including in seven wins, one of them a Group 1 event and three others Group 2s, and among minor placings a third in the Breeders' Cup Mile.
"A son of Nureyev and the Private Account (by Damascus) mare Chimes of Freedom, the best 3-year-old filly miler in Europe in 1990 and from the same exalted family as Redoute's Choice, Good Journey had four seasons at the Johnson's Ealing Park Stud at Euroa, 2003 (27 mares), 2004 (44), 2005 (47) and 2006 (22). He returned to America at the close of 2006 and is now welcoming his first foals in that region from use on $7,500 at Magali Farms in California.
"Good Journey's oldest Australian progeny are 3-year-olds and nine out of 17 starters have been successful. The best of them has been Sound Journey, now winner of four of five starts, including the Alister Clark, his first stakes success, but another is Grand Journey, a filly now racing in the west following 11 starts in Victoria, including a win at Wangaratta and two seconds and a third in Melbourne. Her first two outings in her new region have resulted in a win by 1.3 lengths at Bunbury and a sixth from an outside barrier in Saturday's 16 runner $176,000 Group 3 Western Australian Champion Fillies Stakes over the same distance as the Alister Clark.
"The winner of four of his five career starts, Sound Journey more than trebles his earnings to over $136,450. A rare bargain indeed considering he cost just $6,000 at the 2006 Inglis March Thoroughbred Sale Mixed sale. At the same sale his dam, Written By Sound, was purchased for just $4,000, carrying a full brother to the Alister Clark Stakes winner.
"Written by Sound, like Good Journey, was owned by the troubled Written Bloodstock syndicate.
"A daughter of O’Reilly, Written by Sound did not race. She is out of the stakes-placed Golden Sound (Kreisler), whose dam is a three-quarter sister to the dam of Adelaide Cup (G1) winner Cronus (Zabeel) and Group 2 winner Pravda (Zabeel).
"Good Journey covered 27 mares in 2003, 44 (2004), 47 (2005) and 22 in 2006. He was exported to the U.S. last November and is standing the current season at Magali Farms, California for a fee of $7,500.
"On pedigree and performance, Good Journey has plenty to recommend him.
"On the racetrack Good Journey hit the board in 15 of his 16 career starts and was a top-class performer on turf. His career highlight came in the Grade 1 Atto Mile at Woodbine, while he also captured Grade 2 Firecracker Stakes at Churchill Downs and was twice successful in the Grade 2 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park.
"Bred by the Niarchos family’s Flaxman Holdings, Good Journey is a son of two champions, the influential stallion Nureyev and the Coronation stakes (G1) winner Chimes Of Freedom (Private Account). He is a half-brother to three stakes winners including the champion sprinter Aldebarren (Mr Prospector).
"Chimes Of Freedom is a daughter of the champion Irish 2yo filly Aviance (Northfields), the dam of Independent Stallions multiple Grade 1 winner Denon (Pleasant Colony) and the stakes-winning filly Imperfect Circle, the dam of Coolmore’s Champion miler Spinning World, like Good Journey a son of Nureyev.
"It is yet another branch of influential matriarch Best In Show."--February 20.
Good Journey, who has sent out a steady parade of winners from his first crop to reach racing age, climbed the next rung on the ladder to sire success Saturday when Sound Journey captured the Group 2 Top Cut-Alister Clark Stakes at the Moonee Valley race course in Australia.
Scoring the fourth victory of his career, Sound Journey covered the 1,600-meter distance--11 yards less than one mile--in 1:35.82 to win by a half-length.
He is one of 23 foals from Good Journey's first crop, now 3-year-olds in Australia. Sixteen of them have started and nine have won. He sired three other crops in Australia before being moved to California for the 2007 breeding season. He has 39 2-year-olds, 31 yearlings, and 17 weanlings.
Sound Journey is trained by Mick Price and is owned by an extensive partnership of P. Grech, R. Whatmouth, P. Sherlock, N. Forster, N. Mortlock, M. Mirabelli, M. Howard, R. Nudo, B. P. Murray and E. Murray.
Good Journey, a son of Nureyev, won or placed in 15 of 16 starts in the United States and Canada, winning a Grade 1 stakes race and retiring to stud in Australia with earnings of $1,733,058. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--February 17.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
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Promising colt Sound Journey completed an exciting double for Caulfield trainer Mick Price, when he defeated the unlucky Playwright to win the Group 2 Top Cut Alister Clark Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
Ridden by Damien Oliver, Sound Journey outlasted Playwright, which was held up for a run early in the home straight, to win by a head. Sound Journey’s stablemate and race favourite Schilling was a slightly disappointing third. Sound Journey completed a race to race double for Price, following the outstanding win of exciting three-year-old Light Fantastic. “What he did (Sound Journey) in restricted races, well only good horses can finish like he did,” Price said. |
| “I’ve always had a good opinion of him.”
Sound Journey overcame a tough run in the race and impressed Oliver. “He’s been up and coming and he’s still learning but going the right way,” Oliver said. The win was Sound Journeys’ fourth from just five starts. The first three across the line are all heading to the Cadbury Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Super Saturday. |
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Good Journey added the ninth name to his lengthening list of winners Friday when 3-year-old St. Peregrine captured the Seymour Conference Centre Maiden at the Seymour race course in Australia.
St. Peregrine was all-out to win the 1,612-meter event by what the official result called a "short head," covering the distance in 1:40.44 to lead a 10-horse field. The distance is a few feet more than one mile.
Good Journey's first Australian foals are now 3-year-olds. He has nine winners from 15 starters from that crop, with earnings of more than $150,000US. Two members of his second crop have started.
He retired to stud in Australia following a racing career in the United States and Canada in which he won four graded races and earned $1,733,058. He sired four crops in Australia before returning to the United States to stand the 2007 breeding season.
Good Journey's first American crop--and first California crop as well--will race in 2010. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--February 9.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Good Journey has left Australia for California, but he's leaving a legacy Down Under as runners from his first crop continue to reach the winner's circle.
The eighth of those is 3-year-old Part and Parcel, winner of the T. Daniel's The Good Guys Maiden at 1,500 meters (about 7 1/2 furlongs). He won by a length in 1:32.75 at the Ballarat race course.
Two of the eight broke their maidens at 2, the others at 3. All are from Good Journey's first crop, which will become 4-year-olds on July 1 by the Southern Hemisphere calendar.
Foals from his first American crop are arriving this spring following his inaugural California breeding season in which he covered 81 mares last year.
Good Journey, a son of Nureyev, retired to the stud in Australia following a highly successful North American racing career in which he won four graded stakes races--one of them Grade 1--and placed in two others--one of those Grade 1--while amassing earnings of $1,733,05.
Good Journey stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--January 30.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
The steady stream of Good Journey's winners from his first Australian crop continued to flow Friday when 3-year-old New Journey was victorious in the Barclay Boyd Maiden Plate at the Benalla race course.
New Journey is the seventh winner in Australia from the first of the American millionaire's crops bred in that country. Good Journey stood four seasons in Australia, arriving in California for the 2007 breeding season. His first U. S. foals will race in 2010.
New Journey covered the distance of 1206 meters--the equivalent of six furlongs--in 1:12.17, winning by a half-length. He's out of the imported American mare, Priada, by Dayjur.
Good Journey, a son of Nureyev, earned $1,733,058, winning the Grade 1 Atto Mile Stakes at Woodbine and four Grade 2 events at Hollywood Park, Santa Anita, and Churchill Downs. He placed in two other graded races, including the Breeders' Cup Mile.
He will stand his second season in 2008 at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--January 26.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Runners from Good Journey's first crop to race are continuing to win in their native Australia.
Baychevelle became the sixth winner from that crop, now 3-year-olds, with a two-length victory Tuesday at the Moama race course in Australia.
The leader of that first crop is Grand Journey, with one win, two seconds, and two thirds in 10 starts for earnings of $63,097 ($71,450 Australian).
Good Journey retired to the stud in Australia following a racing career in which he earned $1,733,058 while winning four graded stakes races, including the Grade 1 Atto Mile Stakes at Woodbine.
He's by Nureyev out of Chimes of Freedom, a European champion runner by Private Account and is a half-brother to Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Aldebaran.
Good Journey, whose first American crop will race in 2010, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--January 16.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Good Journey is now standing in California, but the Grade 1-winning millionaire has left a legacy in Australia, where he began his stud career following a highly successful North American race career.
His first Australian foals are now 3-year-olds, and the number of winners from that crop grew to four Sunday when Happy Holiday scored a hard-fought victory by a nose in the Motel's of Euroa Maiden Plate at Benalla race course.
The race drew a field of 14 runners at a distance of 1,606 meters, which Happy Holiday covered in 1:40.07.
Good Journey stood four season in Australia, arriving in California for the 2007 breeding season. His first U. S. foals will race in 2010.
Good Journey, a son of Nureyev, earned $1,733,058, winning the Grade 1 Atto Mile Stakes at Woodbine and four Grade 2 events at Hollywood Park, Santa Anita, and Churchill Downs. He placed in two other graded races, including the Breeders' Cup Mile.
He will stand his second season in 2008 at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--December 5.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Good Journey has three winners from his first Australian crop, and now one of them is a double winner.
Three-year-old Sound Journey captured the Tony Ferguson Weightloss at 1,600 meters at Bairnsdale race course in Australia on Tuesday, winning by a neck.
Sound Journey had broken his maiden only two weeks earlier, joining two earlier winners by Good Journey, who moved from Australia to stand his first season in the United States this spring.
Good Journey, a son of Nureyev, won three graded stakes races, including the Grade 1 Atto Mile Stakes at Woodbine--a $1,000,000 event. He also won three Grade 2 races--the Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park twice and the Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap at Churchill Downs.
He retired after his 7-year-old season with earnings of $1,733,058 and entered the stud in Australia.
Good Journey will stand again in 2008 at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--October 10.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Good Journey has left Australia for California, but the Grade 1-winning son of Nureyev has left runners Down Under.
Sound Journey became the third winner from his first Australian crop Monday when he captured the Melrose Airport Parking Maiden at Kilmore racecourse, covering 1,212 meters in 1:12.27.
He finished first by three quarters of a length in the field of 12.
Earlier, Across the States and Grand Journey had reached the winner's circle. They are from the first of four crops that Good Journey sired after retiring to the stud in Australia.
Good Journey won the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Atto Mile Stakes and three other graded stakes races and placed in another three, retiring at 7 with earnings of $1,733,058.
He returned to the U. S. to stand the 2007 breeding season at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif., where he will stand again in 2008.--September 27.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)
Far, far away, on the other side of the world, Good Journey's first foals are running and winning.
The multiple graded stakes-winning son of Nureyev now stands in California, but he entered the stud in Australia, where his first foals turned 3 in midyear.
Grand Journey became the second winner from that first crop Monday at Australia's Wangaratta racecourse northeast of Melbourne, winning The Toohey's New 3-Year-Old Maiden Plate at 1,600 meters by 2 1/4 lengths.
Earlier, Across the States had become Good Journey's first winner.
Good Journey earned $1,733,058 while winning four graded stakes races and placing in three others. He won the Grade 1 Atto Mile Stakes at Woodbine, the Grade 2 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park twice, and the Grade 2 Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap at Churchill Downs.
In addition, he placed in the Grade 1 NetJet Breeders' Cup Mile at Arlington Park and the Grade 2 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap at Santa Anita.
Good Journey returned from Australia early this year and now stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez. His first American foals will race in 2010.--September 13.
(Source: The THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE of the West)