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State of Rest × Falika
Lot 99 | Magic Millions Tasmania | $110,000 | Bay or Brown Colt | Armidale Stud
We are thrilled to present an outstanding gelding by the Cox Plate champion State of Rest out of the quality mare Falika, purchased for $110,000 at the Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale.
We have been trying hard to secure some of the State of Rest progeny throughout the sales season. This young colt ticked all the boxes and was bred on the lush green grasses of one of Tasmania’s leading breeders, Armidale Stud, who bred 8 stakes winners last year.
State of Rest was rated among the top racehorses globally during his peak, a world-class middle-distance performer, combining toughness, adaptability and consistency throughout his career. Not many horses are able to achieve what he did, winning 4x G1 contests all in different countries. Another feat was that he is the only horse in history to have won three consecutive Group/Grade 1 races on three different continents.
STATE OF REST has made a SENSATIONAL start to his stud career in the northern hemisphere. From very few runners, he has sired 3 individual winners already. STAR OF STATE for Joseph O’Brien won by a staggering 9 lengths at his second start. The other winners are ANAD & SWORD OF STATE.
Being a Cox Plate winner sets him on the path to sire success, much like previous winners of the WFA championship of Australasia. Cox Plate winners make outstanding sires and Savabeel, So You Think, Ocean Park and Shamus Award are testament to this.
- Group 1 Cox Plate 2040m (AUSTRALIA)
- Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes 2004m (UK)
- Group 1 Prix Ganay 2100m (FRANCE)
- Grade 1 Saratoga Derby 1911m (USA)
The gelding’s dam Falika was a very consistent performer on the track, winning the Pinker Pinker Plate at Cranbourne amongst multiple metropolitan successes. Her sire Faltaat’s impact has been particularly notable in New Zealand and Australia, where his daughters have crossed successfully with Danehill-line stallions and emerging local sires.
This gelding immediately stands out with his athleticism, conformation, and presence – a true 3-year-old classic type in the making. He exhibits the balance, scope, and movement that suggest a bright future on the racetrack.
Mark our words: you will be hearing a lot more about the progeny by STATE OF REST in the near future.
In The Congo × Kasuga
Lot 105 | 2026 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale | $160,000 | Bay Colt | Glenlogan Park
Buying progeny of first-season sires at this sale has produced two G1 winners in the past four years for Team McEvoy… could this colt be the next one?
IN THE CONGO is one of the most exciting First Season Sires this year. He won the stallion-making G1 Golden Rose, defeating the likes of Champion ANAMOE in the process. His pedigree is one of the best at stud in the country at the moment, being by SNITZEL and out of VIA AFRICA. She was a Champion Sprinter in South Africa and is the dam of the outstanding G1 winner AUTUMN GLOW. You won’t find many better bred Snitzels at stud, stacking the odds firmly in the favour of IN THE CONGO to make it as a successful stallion.
This colt is out of a fast, tough multiple stakes-placed mare who won nine times on the track, and is a half-sister to another multiple stakes-placed horse. She has produced a precocious 4th place 2yo in the L Maribyrnong Trial from her only runner thus far.
This colt physically presents exactly as his pedigree suggests – well-muscled, with a deep girth, a powerful hindquarter and strong gaskins. He embodies the type of horses Australia produces best – sharp, athletic and built to run. He looks ready to have a jockey on his back tomorrow!
Stay Inside × Spectacle
Lot 488 | 2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale | $240,000 | Bay Filly | Milburn Creek
Tony thought this filly was the most natural athlete at the 2025 Inglis Premier Sale.
She is the first foal out of a multiple-winning, black type-placed TEOFILO mare, SPECTACLE. Tony trained Spectacle and believed she had a lot of untapped talent that we never got to witness on the track. Teofilo has proven himself to be a world-class broodmare sire. The current star performer who wears the Yulong silks, ANGEL CAPITAL, is out of a Teofilo mare, as well as 8 G1 winners.
STAY INSIDE is by Australia’s hottest stallion, EXTREME CHOICE. He was a dominant winner of Australia’s leading 2yo and stallion-making race, the G1 Golden Slipper and went on to become Australian Champion 2yo.
“Stay Inside is the best 2YO colt I’ve ever had anything to do with. He has elite talent and an electric turn of foot.” – Michael Freedman
He has kicked off his stallion career in style, winning the G3 Breeders’ Plate with gun 2yo colt, INCOGNITO, who also made $1,000,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Other standout performances already include EVICTION NOTICE, who clocked the fastest time for a colt and scored by the day’s widest margin at Sydney’s 2025 first official 2YO trials. The McEvoys have a hugely impressive track record when it comes to training first season sires’ progeny – think SUNLIGHT (Zoustar) VEIGHT (Grunt), COCO SUN (The Autumn Sun), ARABIAN SUMMER (Too Darn Hot) etc
This filly was reared at Millburn Creek, one of the country’s leading boutique Stud Farms, which operates at a remarkable 10% stakes performers to horses offered at auction, and has raised G1 performers such as COOLANGATTA and MAGIC TIME.
Combining our knowledge of the mare with an exciting Golden Slipper winning stallion by the best sire in the world, this filly has every chance to be a true spectacle on the track!
Calvin represents the next generation of elite trainers. He has worked extensively across the industry, gaining experience with Lindsay Park Racing, Coolmore Australia, and in the UK as pupil assistant to David Simcock at Newmarket, the historic home of racing.
Tony McEvoy began his career as an apprentice jockey, riding a Group 1 winner, before turning to training, where his grounding in horsemanship has been pivotal to his success. As Head Trainer of the Lindsay Park Racing empire in South Australia from 2001 to 2005, Tony guided the careers of champions such as dual Cox Plate winner Fields Of Omagh. He later established his own successful operation at Kildalton Park in Angaston, winning 10 State Metropolitan Training Premierships across South Australia and Victoria. His achievements have recently been recognised with induction into the South Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
