Friday, 3rd April 2026
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Amarina Farm sold 2025 G1 Caulfield Guineas winner Autumn Boy. One of seven individual Group 1 winners for the boutique Hunter Valley farm, he adds to a long line of group performers for the nursery. Going into the autumn of 2025/26, he headlines the current crop of 3YOs for the property. Autumn Boy was a Listed winner as a late 2YO and will be looking to build on his spring Guineas victory into the autumn. Promising stakes-placed Royal Chic and the bargain buy Bang Stick, who won three races at two and is also a winner at three, look like up-and-coming prospects for Amarina. Prestige Ole, who won in impressive fashion at Flemington at two last season went through an Amarina Farm weanling draft. Operated by Craig and Sue Anderson with part-owners Gavin Murphy and Cath Donovan, Amarina Farm is a beautiful 420 acres near Denman in the Hunter Valley. The quality of care, horsemanship, and attention to detail has seen Amarina Farm garner a reputation for being commercially savvy, and their sales drafts often include horses entrusted to them by other breeders. “Amarina Farm is centrally located in the Hunter Valley, with a terrific aspect. Amarina has been developed into an extremely well appointed farm, that produce well grown and presented yearlings for the sale ring and more importantly as racehorses of the future,” said Vin Cox. Amarina’s Black Type Premiership points-earning horses also include Bandersnatch, Rubiquitous, Canara, and Pivot City. Group 2 winner Kiku was sold by Amarina as a yearling and later on-sold after her racing career for $1.46 million in a Magic Millions virtual auction, making her an outstanding investment for her racing connections, Star Thoroughbreds. Fan favourite Catkins is another high profile graduate off the farm as is Geblitzt, dam of Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare. Since 2006, when the Anderson’s took over running Amarina Farm, Autumn Boy is the seventh Gr1 winner to be raised there. The others are Zoutori, Gallica, The Heckler, Super Cool, Sheidel, and The Mitigator. Amarina Farm will present 18 yearlings at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, and nine yearlings at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
