Written Tycoon Explained

Horsename:Written Tycoon
Sire:Iglesia
Grandsire:Last Tycoon
Dam:Party Miss
Damsire:Kenmare
Sex:Colt
Foaled:6 September 2002
Country:Australia
Colour:Chestnut
Breeder:Daandine Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
Owner:Iskander Racing et al.
Trainer:Grahame Begg (2005)
John O'Shea (2006-2007)
Record:11: 2-3-0
Earnings:A$289,325[1]
Race: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.

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 TarafTattersall's Tiara
2011Music MagnategDoomben 10,000
2013CapitalistcGolden Slipper Stakes
2013Luna RossafManawatu Sires Produce Stakes
2013TyzonegStradbroke Handicap
2014BookerfOakleigh Plate
2014DespatchgThe Goodwood
2015PippiefOakleigh Plate, A J Moir Stakes
2015Written BycBlue Diamond Stakes
2017OdeumfThe Thousand Guineas
2017Ole KirkcGolden Rose Stakes, Caulfield Guineas
2019CoolangattafA J Moir Stakes, Black Caviar Lightning
2020Southport TycooncAustralian Guineas
2021VelociousfSistema Stakes
2021Lady of CamelotfGolden Slipper

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Written Tycoon Horse Search . racingaustralia.com . 10 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Written Tycoon named champion Australian sire . bloodhorse.com . 15 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Iskander Stallions . iskander.com. 12 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Written Tycoon retired . thoroughbrednews.com.au . 12 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Arrowfield to stand Written Tycoon . racing.com . 12 October 2020.