GOLDEN ARCHER x SOP

KEY POINTS

• GOLDEN ARCHER - by Rock of Gibraltar

• Golden Archer was an extremely fast 2YO winning on 8 occasions, with 5 of those wins at the age of 2. He won at Group 3 level and was a remarkably tough juvenile

• He was trained by peter Moody

• Tough good looking sprinting stallion

• This colt looks every bit the Jump and run 2YO

• He has all the attributes to be a sharp, powerful, precocious 2YO

• The ideal BREEDERS PLATE / GOLDEN SLIPPER COLT

• He looks tough, exceptionally fast and agile

• Great muscle tone and bone for such a young horse

• A highly talented mover, very light and nimble on his feet

• Great head with distinct good looks

• Powerful hind-quarter and chest, that will constitute phenomenal SPEED

• The Dam Sop, is a 1/2 sister to, two stakes performers

• Paid up for the 1st nomination for the 2019 Golden Slipper, Blue Diamond - Eligible for the $8 million Inglis series

• A colt for those that want the early return - EARLY SPEED AND PRECOCITY!

• 2YO winners littered on the pedigree page, pointing to this colt running very early and very fast

• Gai Waterhouse was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame on Monday 26 November 2007  Currently sits third on the all-time list of most winning Group 1 trainers  Licensed racehorse trainer as of 3 January 1992  Gifted Poet - first winner, 15 March 1992 Hawkesbury  Moods – first Group winner, 29 April 1992 Gosford Cup  Te Akau Nick – first Group 1 winner, 5 October 1992 Metropolitan Handicap  Nothin’ Leica Dane – first Classic winner, 4 November 1995 VRC Derby  Third trainer in history to prepare 100-plus Sydney metropolitan winners in one season (season 1996-97 104.5 wins)  Trained the 2001 Golden Slipper trifecta with Ha Ha, Excellerator and Red Hannigan, a feat never before or since achieved in this race  Gai shared a then record with her father T.J. Smith of 156 metropolitan winners in a season, in 2002-03. This was achieved after just ten years of training  Has trained two of the six horses to have won the Triple Crown for two-year-olds (Dance Hero 2004 and Pierro 2012)  Prepared Fiorente to join the likes of Carbine and Phar Lap in winning the Melbourne Cup after placing in the race the year before