RACE RECORD
Winner of 3 races and $529,980

1st

VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes Gr 1 (1200m) at Flemington

  City Tatt’s RC Brian Crowley Stakes L (1200m) at Randwick
(by 5 lengths in 1m 8.32sec – course record)
  STC Grand Pavilion Maiden H (1250m) at Canterbury
(by 4½ lengths in 1m 12.47s – course record)
2nd AJC TJ Smith Stakes Gr 1 (1200m) at Randwick
(to Takeover Target, Apache Cat 3rd)
3rd STC SLE Handicap (1250m) at Canterbury
4th VRC Newmarket Handicap Gr 1 (1200m) at Flemington

 



 

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Bay 2005 16.1hh
Service Fee $33,000 inc GST

  • The most popular first season stallion to retire to stud last year
  • Gr 1 winner of the Coolmore Stakes down the Flemington 1200m straight
  • Dual track record holder, including the Randwick 1200m – 1.08.32
  • The fastest son of Encosta de Lago at stud
  • Descendent of Rough Shod and from the family of champion sires Sadler's Wells and Nureyev
  • Dubbed by the media as the ‘Usain Bolt' of Australian racing
  • Supported by major breeders throughout Australia, covering an exceptional book of mares

 

  • First Foal for Northern Meteor
    August 10  - Widden Stud’s Northern Meteor was the busiest first season sire last spring covering 198 mares and one of his first babies to arrive is this filly bred by Ray and Mariliyn Willis of Rheinwood Pastoral on the Southern Highlands read more
  • Northern Meteor Retired and Fee Set
    Record-breaking sprinter Northern Meteor has run his last race with connections electing to retire the son of Encosta de Lago to Widden Stud on a high, following his gallant second behind Takeover Target in the Group One AJC T read more