Mitchell Ralph

The @resracingky Kentucky Derby Week Wrap-Up! 🇺🇲🏇🎉 The trip of a lifetime for me and my partner Elisa to the Kentucky Derby has come and gone. What an incredible experience, a once-in-a-lifetime trip where we were treated like complete VIPs and experienced everything Lexington and Louisville had to offer during Derby and Oaks week. We cannot express our gratitude enough to @jstewartrr, @chelseyshea, and especially Sarah Stewart for the amount of time they gave us over that week. Below is a thread 🧵 of what we were up to, including photos and videos for anyone who is interested

Arrowfield Stud is delighted to announce that @JuddmonteFarms Group 1-winning miler Lead Artist (Dubawi – Obligate by Frankel) will join the Stud’s 2026 stallion roster under a shuttle arrangement. arrowfield.com.au/news/lead-arti…

"I love to see horses that come into a prep and thrive on it, she's got a great attitude...." Hear from Sherah Sullivan @SullivanBloods1 about Lot 261 Hitotsu ex Evening Star filly heading to @mmsnippets in January!

@mmsnippets @ArrowfieldStud Such a good mare!🎉

@Mitchellgralph @ArrowfieldStud Exactly - amended - thanks! :D She's a ripper!

CAFFE FLORIAN wins the Gosford Guineas! Another big win to the emerging @littracing filly who completes a hat-trick in the Listed @gosford_races event, storming over the top of Mareth with Memo in third. @tabcomau

COSMIC CRUSADER (5 g Maurice - Cosmic Storm) kicks away to win the Carbine Club Of W.A. Stakes (Listed, 1400m) for @MickyGrantham 🏆 The Peters Investments bred and raced gelding gives @ArrowfieldStud MAURICE a 34th individual stakes winner 🇯🇵

@TRBHorseRacing Very much appreciated 🙏

@Mitchellgralph Little Fella = 87

🏇 WFA Performance Ratings ⏱️⚖️📊 – Top 5 winners from Moonee Valley & Randwick (25/10/25) 🏆Via Sistina 104.5 – below her freakish 116 in this race last year and her pair of 107.5 peaks since, but this win was all about class and grit. When Buckaroo loomed to challenge, she dug in and fought him off, showing the resilience that defines genuine champions. We’ve seen her brilliance before, in this race last year, and often storming home over the top of rivals to win comfortably, but this time she had to win a different way, through toughness. It’s fitting that she now joins the record books as a dual Cox Plate winner. 💪Lindermann 103.5 - was outstanding again, leading all the way and dominating the Craven Plate. While he controlled the race, he certainly didn’t steal it, setting a genuine tempo and then ramping it up from the 800m to 400m, giving every chaser their chance if they were good enough. None could seriously threaten. His last four ratings: 103.5, 102.5, 104.5, 102.5 show both his quality and terrific consistency. He wouldn’t be out of place in the Champions Stakes on the final day of the Flemington carnival. 🎯Transatlantic 100.5 - matched his Group 1 Toorak Handicap rating from last start. He led at a fast speed in the Toorak, but this time enjoyed a far softer run outside the lead, with no significant lift in tempo until the final 400m. That left him plenty in reserve, and when asked, he kicked strongly to put the race away. A good horse given that easy a run to the 400m was always going to be near impossible to catch, and those chasing from off the pace never got close. 💎 Stefi Magnetica 99.7 - already a Group 1 Stradbroke and Doncaster winner, she was the class runner in the G2 Invitation and showed it with a 99.7 rating win. That’s below her 102.8 peak and 101.5 best from the autumn, but still strong enough to give weight and beat a handy group of mares. Settling well back off just an even tempo to the 600m, she sprinted home powerfully, and while her margin was narrow, the win was still decisive. She was only second-up on Saturday, and in the autumn peaked when 3rd and 4th up over 1600m. 📈Best Mode 98.5 – He’s a different horse since the blinkers went back on, backing up his dominant 955m win at Moonee Valley (98 rating) with another strong win over 1000m. He showed sustained speed throughout, controlling the race from the front and never looking like he was going to be run down.

@amarina_farm @mmsnippets @ArrowfieldStud @MelbRacingClub @cwallerracing @LaneDamian @anz_news @TTRAusNZ @breednet @Aushorse_TBA @TB_NSW @HunterBred @barry_bowditch @Sunline129 @RacingVictoria @Racing Congratulations guys! What a win 🎉🎉👏🎊

What a huge thrill for all @amarina_farm as our @mmsnippets yearling sale graduate Autumn Boy, a son of @ArrowfieldStud’s The Autumn Sun wins the $3m Group 1 Caulfield Guineas @MelbRacingClub for @cwallerracing, @LaneDamian and owner Glenn Ritchie 🏆🍾🥂

Redoute's Choice in 1999. The Autumn Sun in 2018. Autumn Boy in 2025. This is how dreams are made, and stallion dynasties are built. Warmest thanks & congratulations B: Richard Rutherford, @mmsnippets V: @amarina_farm, O: Glenn Ritchie, T: @cwallerracing & J: @LaneDamian.

Dundeel is one of only 3 Sires with 3+ ANZ Group 1-winning 2YOs....

Ever wondered how brilliance is inherited?

Maurice’s first crop of yearlings bred at his peak fee averaged $503,000 at Inglis Easter, with a median price of $450,000. In fact, he was one of only 8 stallions whose Easter average exceeded $500,000. These horses are the first of Maurice's 200+ best-bred progeny coming on stream now as yearlings & 2YOs.

If you look at the winning pedigrees of last season’s 25 Group 1 Australian 2YO and 3YO races, you’ll find an Arrowfield stallion in the first three generations of 21 of them.

@Racing_Previews Wild comment

Breaking news $6 third elect in the Juddmonte as good as Equinox 🤣

@KHK_Racing Vandeek!

Which horse do you think of when you see these colours? ⚫️🟡

How does Dundeel stack up? 6 Group-winning fillies in 2024/25 puts him on the heels of Snitzel, Zoustar & I Am Invincible.

@TzaferisRacing @BrewsterPolly That is one to frame up. Lovely stuff!

Some wins mean a little more... Halliwell makes it three on the bounce with a brilliant win at Morphettville, courtesy of a peach from stable apprentice @BrewsterPolly.

2YO filly Ethereum Girl (ex Moonchild by Charge Forward) is Maurice’s 32nd SW and his 7th 2YO SW after her brave SAJC Sires’ Produce S. G3 victory. Congratulations @lindsayparkrace, Jason Holder, @mmsnippets vendor & breeder @KerryLStephens & owners Mark Needham, Daniel Kelb, David Tavoletti & Bill Nicholas!