“Arrowfield is my vision made real, where first-class people live and work with thoroughbred horses, striving to stand, breed, raise & sell the best equine athletes to realise the wildest dreams of racing glory.”
- John Messara AM, Founder & Chairman of Arrowfield Stud
About the Stud
Arrowfield is one of the world’s leading stud farms, famous as the launch-pad for breed-shaper Danehill, the home of Champion Sires Redoute’s Choice, Flying Spur, Not A Single Doubt & Snitzel the source of 81 Group 1 winners and the vendor of 77 million-dollar yearlings since 2001.
Established in 1985, Arrowfield now employs 120 people working in the Stud’s stallion, broodmare, yearling & racing operations on 2500 acres of the fertile Segenhoe Valley, near Scone in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
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Stallions
Snitzel
$247,500 INC. GST
The 4-time Champion Sire of Australia & 4-time Champion Sire of 2YOs. Sire of 12 Champions, 14 stakes-siring sons & 60 million-dollar yearlings. And 25 individual stakeswinners since 1 August 2022, including Champion 2YO Shinzo.
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Dundeel
$82,500 INC. GST
The Champion 3YO, the six-time Group 1 winner & weight-for-age superstar of Australia. Now a major sire of 8 Group 1 winners, including multiple G1 winners Castelvecchio, Militarize & Celestial Legend.
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The Autumn Sun
$66,000 INC. GST
The spectacular star of his generation, the 5-time Group 1 winner at two & three. This is The Autumn Sun, the best racing colt by Redoute's Choice, and already sire of G1 Classic winners Autumn Angel & Vibrant Sun and 4 other first-crop G1 performers.
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Maurice
$82,500 INC. GST
Horse of the Year Maurice is an all-time great of Japanese racing. He is now among the leading sires in both Japan & Australia where he's left Classic champion Hitotsu, top-flight sprinter Mazu and GW Bank Maur & Genzano.
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Castelvecchio
$27,500 INC. GST
A record-breaking Champagne 2YO, Guineas 3YO & Cox Plate runner-up, Castelvecchio's first yearlings have sold up to $360,000 and include 2YO Sydney stakes performer El Castello.
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Admire Mars
$22,000 INC. GST
Japan's Champion 2YO Colt, undefeated in 4 starts at two, a triple Group 1-winning miler and the only 3YO winner of the Hong Kong Mile G1 - Admire Mars is one of an elite group of stallions who won Group 1 races at two & three.
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Hitotsu
$22,000 INC. GST
The history-making triple Group 1 Classic winner, the best son of sire sensation Maurice and grandson of Arrowfield legend Redoute's Choice - this is Hitotsu, standing his first season at Arrowfield in 2023.
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Showtime
$16,500 INC. GST
He's a smashing son of Champion sire Snitzel, the conqueror of Hartnell over 1400m at weight-for-age, the brother to Group 1 winner Sweet Idea and already sire of 2YO SW Show Royale & Group-placed Tacito among 16 winners.
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Epimeles is super-diligent at Flemington
Dundeel's record as a sire of quality juveniles was extended on 25 April at Flemington when his son Epimeles strode to victory in the Anzac Day S. LR...
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Group 1 Classic trifecta for The Autumn Sun
The Australasian Oaks G1 trifecta by The Autumn Sun's daughters Vibrant Sun, Private Legacy & Coco Sun sparked celebrations well beyond Morphettville...
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Mazu returns to Group-winning form
Maurice's star son Mazu is one of 5 Arrowfield-sired Group winners at Royal Randwick during the 2024 Sydney Autumn Carnival...
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