Big turnout for 2024 Stallion Parade

Arrowfield warmly welcomed more than 900 clients, friends & guests to its 2024 Stallion Parades held last Saturday & Sunday mornings during the annual Hunter Valley Stallion Week. 

Conditions were slightly overcast but pleasant and happily, the rain responded to Chairman John Messara’s standing request by staying away during the parades which showcased the six spectacular stallions Arrowfield is offering to breeders this season. 

The Autumn Sun, sire of three Group 1 Classic winners last season, is recovering from a pelvic injury and will return to the roster in 2025. 

Arrowfield welcomed 900+ people to its 2024 Stallion Parade.

The gates opened at 9 am and guests arrived early for breakfast.

Served with a warm smile, the bacon & egg rolls were popular!

Good chat over breakfast makes a perfect start to the day!

3-time Group 1 Classic winner HITOTSU served 162 mares in 2023.

The first of MAURICE's large, high-fee crops race in 2024/25.

"DUNDEEL's star will keep rising, this season & the next..."

ADMIRE MARS already has 8 first-crop 2YO winners in Japan.

Cox Plate colts like CASTELVECCHIO make great sires.

"True greatness is a plain & that's where you'll find SNITZEL."

Abundant winter rain and the excellent work of Arrowfield’s gardening & hospitality teams ensured the immaculate presentation of the farm & the event, which concluded each day around noon. 

Chef Ben Haywood and his busy, friendly team served up delicious breakfast food and coffee while John and his wife Kris, Paul & Alice Messara and Arrowfield staff chatted with visitors from all parts of Australia, New Zealand and further afield.

Special guests included an enthusiastic group of microshare owners of Hitotsu and five broodmares, an innovative package marketed by MyRacehorse. They celebrated the safe arrival of their first Hitotsu foals, a filly ex Hecate (born 22 August) and a colt ex Jackrabbit Jimmy (born 24 August). 

The stallions, paraded in outstanding order by Stallion Manager Joe Hickey, Lachie Bruce & Alex Whittaker as parade host Susan Archer introduced the roster and wove key statistics through each stallion’s particular story.

Last season Arrowfield’s 7 stallions compiled almost $150 million in prizemoney & yearling sale returns, 579 individual winners, 81 Stakes Performers, 38 SW & 5 Australian G1 winners including Arrowfield graduates Autumn Angel & Celestial Legend.