This strong, athletic bay colt is by New Zealand Champion Two-Year-Old Sword of State, a multiple Group-winning juvenile whose early runners are already delivering. A Group 1 winner of the Diamond Stakes, Sword of State also captured three Group 3 races at two and trained on to be competitive at three. From his first crop of just 79 foals, he has already produced a stakes winner in Torture, and Warwoven, who is shaping as a very promising two-year-old in Australia.

He is out of the Shamardal mare Las Brisas, the proven dam of Ceolwulf, now a four-time Group 1 winner and one of the leading milers in the country, with earnings exceeding $9 million. Las Brisas has now firmly established herself as a quality producer, and this colt is her fourth foal. Additionally, Shamardal is the broodmare sire of almost 150 individual stakes winners!

The female line is deep and well proven. Las Brisas traces to the outstanding Solo de Lune family, responsible for elite performers such as Group 1 winner Cerulean Sky, Group 1 Irish Oaks Heroine Moonstone, L’Ancresse, Honolulu, and Wellington - the Hong Kong Champion Sprinter. Physically, this colt has plenty going for him, strong through the hindquarter, good length and balance, and moves with purpose. This colt possesses the pedigree and type necessary to maximise his potential as a top commodity.