Our Stallion Service Auction boasts an Australian-born 1:49 Group One and Two winning pacer that won 16 of his 18 starts between August 2018 and October 2020; and a Canadian-born 1:46.8 miler that amassed more than $1m in stakes.
The Online Auction, which is running for one week from 9am Wednesday August 20 until 12 noon Wednesday August 27, will help support the Darling Downs Harness Racing Club.
RIDE HIGH (1:49)
Currently standing at Alabar Bloodstock in Koyuga, Victoria, is a 2014 son of Art Major and All The Magic (Live Or Die). He won the Group One 2018 Breeders Crown 2yo Colts and Geldings Final at Melton, and the Group Two 2019 4yo & 5yo Championship at the same venue.
His first Australasian foals born were 2022 and he currently boasts 61 2-year-olds in 2025.
During his nine starts as a 3-year-old Ride High competed against an elite group of colts winning on eight occasions. This gave him a total career earnings of $289,427.
In the process he defeated Colt Thirty-One (1:51.2 – $1,087,295); Poster Boy (1.49.1 – $803,310); Ignatius (1.48.6 – $750,212); The Black Prince (1.49.9 – $525,880); and Tam Major (1.50.2 – $465,503).
Ride High is a speed horse of his generation. He boasts blinding speed, an efficient gait, the brutal power, good looks, and the dazzling pedigree which only the very elite horses have.
He is already the sire of two stakes winners from his debut crop including the Group One August 2025 Qbred 2yo Fillies Triad champion, Ride The Highs.
WARRAWEE NEEDY (1:46.8)
Currently standing at Yirribee Pacing Stud Warrawee in Gobbagombalin NSW, one of the most proven sires available in Australia. The 2009 son of E Dees Cam and Great Memories (Apaches Fame), never raced Down Under, but in North America he was victorious in 29 of his 82 starts and amassed $1.2m in purses.
In Australia, he has sired 94 winners from 139 starters at an average of $28,000 per starter. He is also the father of 45 individual winners and $650,000 in stakes this season.
Warrawee Needy’s 2013 world record of 1:46.8 in 2013 – matching Somebeachsomewhere’s mark set five years earlier. He is the third fastest horse ever to stand stud in this Australia, behind Lather Up and Always B Miki.
He competed with real distinction for five seasons and included among his victories the Ontario Sires Stake Super 2YO Final and the OSS Gold Final on three occasions (he was voted the top Canadian pacer of his age that year, the OSS Gold Final at three years and the Mohawk Gold Cup and a world record in the William Haughton Memorial elimination at four.
Warrawee Needy’s first Australian foals were born in 2017 and he is now the sire of 61 Australian winners. Four of those winners have each earned in excess of $100,000 headed by the Group Two 3yo Peak of the Creek winner Uncle Shank p,1:49.4 $186,578 and a pair of 2yo NSW Breeders Challenge Blue filly winners in Ideal In Dreams p,3,1:52.6 $166,639 and NSW Breeders Challenge Blue winners Saveeon 1:52.8 ($136,611) and Warrawee Drinking (1:54)
His 3yo filly Miss Froufrou won the 2023 Listed Australian Pacing Gold Bullion on her way to season’s earnings of $58,732; plus Im So Needy (Go Girlfriend Series).
Other winners sired by Warrawee Needy include the talented youngster Misterfourthousand (1:57.8), the winner of two of his three starts including a heat of the Bathurst Gold Crown, The Grogfather 1:53 (12 wins to date), the Melton winner Hurricane Hussler (1:54.9), and Soap Opera (1:53.2).
And in America, he has sired 14 in the 1:55 list and the winners of almost $1.7million from only 87 foals of racing age.
On the score of blood, Warrawee Needy lacks nothing. His sire E Dee’s Cam (1:48.6), a son of the great Cam Fella, was a topflight pacer with stake earnings of $864,767.
Great Memories, the dam of Warrawee Needy, has been one of the gems of the American stud book. She is the dam of nine individual winners, four of whom took records of better than 1:50, including the dual Breeders Crown champion and 2YO and 3YO Filly of the Year Warrawee Ubeaut 1:48.6 ($1,849,213), the Stakes winner Warrawee Vital (1:46.8) and Big Bay Point (1:49).
Ride High’s service fee is $3,300, while Warrawee Needy stands for $2,750. Their reserve prices are $2,310 and $1,925 respectively.
Meanwhile APG’s General Manager, Anthony Essex, said his company was proud to support the Darling Downs Harness Racing Club via this week-long online auction.
“We’re excited to host this tender-style auction, where bidders will have the chance to secure top stallion services, all while contributing to the revitalization of the club. Eight generous studs have each donated a service for one stallion, allowing us to offer these valuable stallion services without any fees or commissions.
“This means that every dollar raised will go directly back into the harness racing industry. Bidders can submit their best offers. Throughout the week, under-bidders will be notified if they have been outbid, giving them the opportunity to increase their bids and stay in the running,” Essex said.
“We invite you to participate in this special event and help support the Darling Downs Harness Racing Club as it gets back on its feet. Thank you for your continued commitment to the industry,” the GM added.
Essex said the online auction is for a stallion service fee only.
“The service is for the 2025/2026 breeding season otherwise agreed by the stud. No GST is applicable to the tender price. The highest bidder above the reserve price of 70 per cent will be the successful auction winner.
“If the reserve price is not reached APG on behalf of the Darling Downs Harness Racing Club will negotiate to achieve the reserve price. Missed services need to be followed up with the stud involved. All proceeds will go to the Darling Downs Harness Racing Club on behalf of the supplying studs. All other costs (e.g. agistment, vet fees, semen transport etc) will be the responsibility of the winning bidder,” Essex said.
“Offers are still open for our Winter Mix Sale with plenty of broodmares still available. People can pick up a broodmare and get a cheap service straight away. Thank you for your continued commitment to the industry,” he added.
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From APG Media
