First foal out of an exciting young mare. Filly purchased from Inglis Premier Sale from the famous GILGAI FARM draft, the very same farm that bred BLACK CAVIAR and new sire sensation OLE KIRK.

Sire Power: Tagaloa (by Lord Kanaloa)

• G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner at two; trained on at three (G3 C.S. Hayes) — a proven blend of precocity and toughness. 

• By Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha → Kingmambo/Mr Prospector) out of Vasilissa (by Heart’s Cry/Sunday Silence): elite Japanese engine room with an outcross to Danehill on the sire side—gold when mating to the Australian Danehill/Fastnet Rock tribe.  

Tagaloa injects high-class Japanese male line renowned for producing durable, sound athletes; the outcross complements mares carrying Danehill.

 Dam: Matchmaker (Makfi—Love Somebody by Fastnet Rock)

• Group 3 P.J. Bell S. (Randwick) winner; also LR Canterbury Belle S. winner—genuine black-type sprinting mare with Australian form.

• Makfi (by Dubawi) over Fastnet Rock: a proven pattern that blends Dubawi’s class and versatility with Fastnet’s power and athleticism. Matchmaker carries that exact cross and exported to Australia as a valuable broodmare—commercial, fast family.

This mare did it herself in stakes company, from a Dubawi son and out of a Fastnet Rock mare—exactly the kind of dam profile that upgrades first and second foals alike.

Trainer: Michael Hickmott

One of the brightest talents in the game, South Australia’s Murray Bridge metropolitan premiership winner (2021); operates a professional, growing base at Lakewood/Wellington with a strong record of developing quality stock.

Hickmott’s program is custom-built for juvenile/early-season black-type raids in SA with progression to eastern features when the horse is ready. That could be a sweet spot for a Tagaloa out of a fast, stakes-winning mare.