“It’s all about relationships.” Swettenham Stud’s Adam Sangster was one happy camper driving to the Oaklands Junction sales complex on Sunday morning to attend the Inglis Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale. Sangster was basking in the glow of Prince of Sussex’s thrilling victory in Saturday’s inaugural $1 million Ladbrokes Showdown over 1200m at Caulfield, particularly given that the winner is by Swettenham’s boom first season sire, Toronado. Prince of Sussex wins the inaugural $1million Showdown at Caulfield What’s more, Prince of Sussex was bred (and is part-owned) by Sangster’s good mate, Chris Jackson, who entrusted Swettenham to sell the then colt on his behalf for $145,000 at last year’s Ing

In a brilliant result for the Victorian industry, Thunder Snow provided Swettenham Stud’s stallion Trust In A Gust with another substantial pedigree update when he made history at Meydan winning the Dubai World Cup for the second consecutive time. Thunder Snow successfully claimed the 2000 metre feature in the hands of superstar jockey Christophe Soumillon for trainer Saeed bin Suroor. The Godolphin representative is a grandson of Nureyev mare Red Slippers (USA), who is a half-sister to the dam of Trust In A Gust, Subtle Breeze. Both being progeny from the outstanding Affirmed mare Morning Devotion, she has also produced Champion European Three-Year-Old Filly Balanchine, the winner of the Gr

Prince Of Sussex, a brilliant first-crop representative of Swettenham’s resident stallion Toronado, showed his raw talent at Bendigo when he demolished his rivals in the highly competitive Avenue Press Gold Rush over 1000 metres. The son of the popular Victorian sire under Michael Dee won comfortably being eased down by two and a quarter lengths in front of a top quality field. Prince of Sussex as a yearling Mornington based trainer Matt Laurie was elated to see the two-year-old show his true worth and said he will now focus on the $1 million Showdown for VOBIS-qualified horses to be run for the first time at Caulfield on April 27. “He was impressive and produced what we thought him capable