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We look far and wide to highlight Breednet’s ‘One To Watch’ and today’s winner of the first race at Belmont, 3yo D’Argento filly Ladies Pro, won in the manner of a horse with a nice future and in the process shone a spotlight on her sire who recorded his ninth winner so far this month.

Originally founded by John and Helen North at Murringo, from humble beginnings at the picturesque hill country property, Bowness Stud has forged a reputation for raising strong, durable, and high-performing thoroughbreds.

With his current crop of three-year-olds exceeding expectations on what they achieved last season at two, Group 1 winner D’Argento (So You Think) will remain at a fee of $16,500 (inc. GST), with live foal payments terms applying for the upcoming breeding season.

Trainer Emma-Lee Brown is confident “class clown” Statuario (D’Argento) can make a serious bid for a breakthrough top-tier success for stable and sire when the bargain buy contests Saturday’s South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m).

The second-top lot of the Inglis HTBA yearling sale was a St Mark’s Basilica x Kristy Lee colt (Lot 253) from Bowness Stud, which sold for $130,000.

A spark provided in a Group 2 race in the spring has developed into a serious chance at a Group 1 win for a Wangaratta filly in Saturday’s Australasian Oaks in Adelaide.

As we head towards Sunday’s Inglis HTBA yearling Sale, the victory of Mark and Levi Kavanagh’s 3yo D’Argento gelding Figlio D’Argento on Easter Monday at Sandown-Lakeside shines a spotlight on Bowness Stud who will offer 12 yearlings by their Group 1 Rosehill Guineas winner at the sale.

One of five black type performers for his G1 Rosehill Guineas-winning sire D’Argento (So You Think), the Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained Statuario became the first stakes winner for his sire, relishing the step up in trip to claim the Listed MRC Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield.

At the 2023 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Bowness Stud bid $70,000 to secure a young well related mare by American Pharoah (USA) in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) in her first season and the resulting colt from that mating provided a huge windfall

The Japanese bred and raced Eri King, a son of Bowness Stud’s yearling sale graduate and G1 Queensland Oaks winner Youngstar wins the G3 Radio Nikkei Hai Kyoto Nissai Stakes (2000m) on Saturday to remain unbeaten.

He’s a dashing grey just like his sire and blessed with an electric turn of foot which we saw today when he stepped up to 1400m for the first time.