Horse Overview

It’s not often you’re able to go to a 1600 lot sale and buy the best horse in the catalogue however in ATLANTIC COAST we believe we really have. A last start stakes winner in France, Atlantic Coast is an incredibly progressive, sound and versatile 3yo who will be ideally suited to Australian racing over 1600-2000m.

As a 2yo Atlantic Coast won two from three including the G3 Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown. His only defeat was a super third to Diego Velazquez in the the G2 Champion Juvenile Stakes. Off the back of his 2yo form he was stepped up against the best 3yo’s in Europe and whilst running well, he was just a length or two below that level. His most recent two runs have been terrific, being beaten three lengths in a rich handicap at Leopardstown against older horses, then winning a very competitive 3yo Listed Race at Saint Cloud.

Physically, the horse is as an attractive a colt as you’d see. He really does have that ‘Australian’ look about him, which augurs well and being by a son of Danehill it all makes sense. Still relatively lightly raced with only nine lifetime starts, it’s all ahead of Atlantic Coast in Australia. While an expensive horse, he’s a genuine Group horse in Australia every day of the week, which as we know is incredibly hard to find. He’ll fly back to Australia late November, be with us in Ballarat mid-December post-quarantine and be given every opportunity to go to stakes races in either Adelaide, Sydney or Brisbane in the Autumn/Winter.