Written Tycoon

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Written Tycoon
SireIglesia
Grandsire Last Tycoon
DamParty Miss
DamsireKenmare
Sex Colt
Foaled6 September 2002
Country Australia
Colour Chestnut
BreederDaandine Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
OwnerIskander Racing et al.
TrainerGrahame Begg (2005)
John O'Shea (2006-2007)
Record11: 2-3-0
Earnings A$289,325 [1]
Major wins
Todman Stakes (2005)
Awards
Australian Champion Sire (2020/21) [2]

Written Tycoon (foaled 6 September 2002) is a stakes winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire who has sired multiple Group 1 winners.

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Racing career

Written Tycoon commenced his race career with an easy win at Randwick as a pronounced 7/4 favourite.

Two weeks later, he was narrowly beaten by filly Fashions Afield at Randwick. Fashions Afield would later frank the form in claiming the Sires' Produce Stakes and Reisling Stakes.

Written Tycoon then recorded his only other career victory when winning the Todman Stakes at Rosehill. [3]

Written Tycoon was retired as a four-year old after finishing unplaced in the Challenge Stakes. [4]

Stud career

Written Tycoon initially stood at Eliza Park Stud in Victoria, Australia for a service fee of A$6,600. In 2013 he was relocated to Woodside Park Stud for a fee of $13,750. By 2018 his service fee had increased to $110,000. In 2020 it was announced that Written Tycoon would be relocated to Arrowfield Stud in New South Wales. [5]

Notable progeny

Written Tycoon's Group 1 winners:

'c = colt, f = filly , g = gelding

FoaledNameSexMajor Wins
2010Tycoon Taraf Tattersall's Tiara
2011Music Magnateg Doomben 10,000
2013 Capitalist c Golden Slipper Stakes
2013Luna Rossaf Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes
2013Tyzoneg Stradbroke Handicap
2014 Booker f Oakleigh Plate
2014Despatchg The Goodwood
2015 Pippie f Oakleigh Plate, A J Moir Stakes
2015Written Byc Blue Diamond Stakes
2017Odeumf The Thousand Guineas
2017 Ole Kirk c Golden Rose Stakes, Caulfield Guineas
2019Coolangattaf A J Moir Stakes, Black Caviar Lightning
2020Southport Tycoonc Australian Guineas
2021Velociousf Sistema Stakes
2021Lady of Camelotf Golden Slipper

Pedigree

Pedigree of Written Tycoon (AUS) 2002 [6]
Sire
Iglesia (AUS)
1995
Last Tycoon (IRE)
1983
Try My Best Northern Dancer
Sex Appeal
Mill Princess Mill Reef
Irish Lass II
Yodells (AUS)
1988
Marscay Biscay
Heart of Market
Yodelling LadyParis Review
Alpine Pass
Dam
Party Miss (AUS)
1991
Kenmare (AUS)
1975
Kalamoun Zeddaan
Khairunissa
Belle of IrelandMilesian
Belle of the Ball
Miss Entertainer (AUS)
1975
Vain Wilkes
Elated
VivezaBetter Boy
Emerald Fire

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