“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 90 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
The Autumn Sun
$137,500 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 5 Group 1 winners including 2025/26 Australian Horse of the Year Autumn Glow & Champion 3YO Colt Autumn Boy.
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Dundeel
$66,000 INC. GST
The Champion 3YO, six-time Group 1 winner & weight-for-age superstar of Australia. Now a major sire of 10 Group 1 winners, including G1 sires Castelvecchio & Super Seth, Celestial Legend, Militarize and 2026 NSW Queen of the Autumn Idle Flyer.
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Castelvecchio
$60,500 INC. GST
Sensational young sire Castelvecchio's first crop includes G1 winners Aeliana (Ranvet & Tancred Stakes & Australian Derby) & El Castello (Spring Champion S.), Group winners Verona Rose & Shangri La Spring and Group-placed SW Modella.
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Maurice
$44,000 INC. GST
The all-time great of Japanese racing is now among the leading sires in Australia where he's left Classic champion Hitotsu, Cox Plate winner Cosmic Crusader & sprinting marvel Mazu and is currently 4th on the General Sires' Premiership.
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Lead Artist
$27,500 INC GST
NEW IN 2026 - a Group 1-winning son of Champion Sire & sire of sires Dubawi from a Frankel grand-daughter of blue hen Hasili, dam of Champion Sire Dansili and Group 1 sires Cacique & Champs Elysees.
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Vandeek
The unbeaten dual Group 1-winning Champion 2YO, top-rated son of European sire sensation Havana Grey & half-brother of Gstaad, also a Champion 2YO & two-time Group 1 winner, from the family of leading sire Anabaa.
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Hitotsu
$16,500 INC. GST
The history-making triple Group 1 Classic winner, the best 3YO son of sire sensation Maurice and grandson of Arrowfield legend Redoute's Choice - this is Hitotsu, whose first yearlings sold in 2026 for up to $480,000.
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News
Cup Day stakes win for Dundeel filly
At only her second start, Dundeel's 3YO daughter Billycart posted an easy 2.3 length victory in the VRC Batman H. LR on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington...
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It’s a Golden Eagle graduate quinella!
Arrowfield-bred-&-sold 4YOs Skyhook and Decorum defied their wide draws and double-figure odds to run 1-2 in Saturday's $10 million ATC Golden Eagle G1...
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Snitzel’s Group 1 Flemington quinella & double
Champion Sire Snitzel dominated Derby Day at Flemington with a Group 1 quinella by The Next Episode & St Gotthard and Lady Shenandoah's 5th G1 win...
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