“Arrowfield is my vision made real, where first-class people live and work with thoroughbred horses, striving to stand, breed, raise & sell the best equine athletes to realise the wildest dreams of racing glory.”
- John Messara AM, Founder & Chairman of Arrowfield Stud
About the Stud
Arrowfield is one of the world’s leading stud farms, famous as the launch-pad for breed-shaper Danehill, the home of Champion Sires Redoute’s Choice, Flying Spur, Not A Single Doubt & Snitzel the source of 88 Group 1 winners and the vendor of 85 million-dollar yearlings since 2001.
Established in 1985, Arrowfield now employs 120 people working in the Stud’s stallion, broodmare, yearling & racing operations on 2500 acres of the fertile Segenhoe Valley, near Scone in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
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Stallions
Dundeel
$88,000 INC. GST
The Champion 3YO, the six-time Group 1 winner & weight-for-age superstar of Australia. Now a major sire of 9 Group 1 winners, including G1 sires Castelvecchio & Super Seth, Celestial Legend, Militarize and 3YO filly Femminile.
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The Autumn Sun
$66,000 INC. GST
The spectacular star of his generation, the 5-time G1 winner at two & three, the best racing colt by Redoute's Choice, and now the sire of Group 1 winners Autumn Glow, Autumn Boy, Autumn Angel, Coco Sun & Vibrant Sun.
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Maurice
$55,000 INC. GST
Horse of the Year Maurice is an all-time great of Japanese racing. He is now among the leading sires in both Japan & Australia where he's left Classic champion Hitotsu & top-flight sprinter Mazu and averaged $503,000 at Inglis Easter 2025.
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Castelvecchio
$49,500 INC. GST
Sensational young sire Castelvecchio's first-crop 3YOs include G1 winners Aeliana (Australian Derby) & El Castello (Spring Champion S.), G2 winner Double Market and G3 winners Shangri La Spring & Verona Rose.
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Hitotsu
$22,000 INC. GST
The history-making triple Group 1 Classic winner, the best son of sire sensation Maurice and grandson of Arrowfield legend Redoute's Choice - this is Hitotsu, whose first weanlings have sold up to $140,000 in 2025.
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Vandeek
$22,000 inc. GST
New in 2025 - the unbeaten dual Group 1-winning Champion 2YO and the top-rated son of European sire sensation Havana Grey from the family of leading sire Anabaa.
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“We’re looking at greatness”
Racecaller Darren Flindell said it, as The Autumn Sun's exceptional 4YO daughter Autumn Glow rose to triumph in the $10 million Golden Eagle at Randwick...
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New graduate Group winner Origin Of Love
3YO filly Origin Of Love is the 4th Group winner from Arrowfield's 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast draft, and SW no. 162 for champion sire Snitzel...
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Admire Mars filly wins G1 Shuka Sho
Admire Mars filly Embroidery is now a double Group 1 winner after winning Sunday's Kyoto Shuka Sho G1, the final leg of the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown...
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