Hunter Studs Support Queen of The Valley

Owners of fillies or mares that race in next week’s Queen Of The Valley Matchmaker (Friday 13 August) will have access to an exciting list of stallions in the Hunter Valley, reports racingnsw.com.au. Widden, Vinery and Kingstar Farm have all offered nominations to some of their standing stallions for 2021 with the first three placegetters in the race able to access the list on a ‘first past the post’ allocation. “This concept has been available for several years at Muswellbrook Race Club and has always proven to be very popular,” said Muswellbrook Race Club's CEO, Duane Dowell. “The winning connections will get the first choice, then second place the next pick and so on.” Dowell noted, “The small change this year is that Kingstar Farm has offered multiple choices for their allocation so there is an even greater selection. The stallions on offer include Unite And Conquer, Bull Point or Lord Of The Sky (Kingstar), Press Statement (Vinery) and Supido (Widden). The feature race is a Benchmark 66 Handicap over 1280m for fillies and mares. Last year’s winner was the Rod Northam-trained Modernity (Foxwedge-Palia, by Last Tycoon). The raceday also marks the last day at Muswellbrook for outgoing CEO Duane Dowell who starts at Newcastle Jockey Club on 16 August.

Widden Stud's Supido (pic: Mark Gatt)