Sunday, 11th May 2025
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Saturday’s sensational off-the-canvas effort by Militarize (Dundeel-Amerindia, by Dubawi) to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the Gr1 Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens has elevated his sire into rarefied air. In running an identical time of 1:22.24 for the 1400 metres that was posted by fellow Arrowfield Stud stallion The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) when winning the 2018 Golden Rose, Dundeel (High Chaparral-Stareel, by Zabeel) became the only active Australasian sire of two colts, Militarize & Castelvecchio, that have won Group 1 races at both 2 and 3. Dundeel’s seven elite winners have now compiled 11 Group 1 wins from 1200 to 2500 metres. Militarize is the fourth Arrowfield-sired Golden Rose winner in the past seven years, after Snitzel’s sons Trapeze Artist (2017) & In The Congo (2021) and The Autumn Sun (by Redoute’s Choice). Providing in-demand jockey Joao Moreira with a third consecutive Group 1 victory from his only three rides on the boom colt, Militarize has taken a further big step after earning a 117 rating alongside Snitzel’s son Shinzo at the head of the Australian 2YO Classification. Bred by Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock, Militarize is the second foal of Amerindia, a daughter of Dubawi and the French Group 1 winner Satwa Queen, from the family of Irish Group 1 2YO winner Lucky Vega. Offered for sale by Bhima Thoroughbreds at Magic Millions, Militarize was purchased by Newgate Bloodstock, China Horse Club & Trilogy Racing for $550,000 and sent to Chris Waller who will now prepare the colt for the $3 million Gr1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on 14 October. Amerindia has a yearling colt by Snitzel and is due to foal to Dundeel next month.
