Digital Age

Mauritzfontein’s exciting young stallion Digital Age hails from an exceptional female line, and his family was to the fore again this weekend.
Promising three-year-old The Watcher, a brother in blood to Digital Age, made it two wins from two starts when he won at Wolverhampton on Saturday.
Despite carrying a seven-pound penalty for his debut win over six furlongs at Newcastle in December, The Watcher tanked his way to the front from the break. Extending his advantage from the top of the home straight, the 1-5 favourite hit the line with five lengths to spare over Kamekist in Saturday’s Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Novice Stakes.
Trained by Karl Burke, The Watcher is out of the Lope De Vega mare Lunar Vega.
The Watcher and Digital Age are both sons of Invincible Spirit, with G3 Musidora Stakes winner Time Away (Darshaan) rating as the third dam of both Digital Age and The Watcher.
Both horses are descendants of the outstanding racemare Time Charter, Timeform’s top-rated three-year-old of 1982. Time Charter won nine of 20 starts, and won all of the G1 The Oaks, G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, G1 Coronation Cup, and G1 Champion Stakes.
This is also the family of English Derby winners Tulyar and Trigo.
By the same sire as I Am Invincible and Kingman, Digital Age won five of 13 starts, with his biggest career coming in the 2020 G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Digital Age’s first foals arrived last year.

Promising three-year-old Sea Just In Time, a close relative of Mauritzfontein’s well performed young stallion Digital Age, caught the eye when winning at Kempton on Wednesday.
Sea Just In Time, labelled a TDN Rising Star with her impressive winning debut at Newmarket’s Guineas Festival, had not been seen since subsequently disappointing when sixth in Goodwood’s Listed Agnes Keyser Fillies’ Stakes the following month and showed enthusiasm racing in the box seat from the outset. Looming to the leader Beeley (GB) (Camelot {GB}) approaching the furlong pole, the 2-5 favourite who holds an entry in the G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes soon had her measure and was pushed out to land Wednesday’s Try Unibet’s New Acca Boosts Fillies’ Novice Stakes by a length.
Trained by William Haggas, Sea Just In Time was steered home on Wednesday by Tom Marquand.
The filly is a daughter of Sea The Stars and the Street Cry mare My Timing, with My Timing’s third dam the outstanding racemare Time Charter. Time Charter, victorious in all of the G1 Oaks, G1 Champion Stakes, G1 Coronation Cup and G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, also ranks as the fifth dam of Digital Age.
Digital Age, whose first foals are arriving now, earned more than $1.2 million in a career which saw the bay capture both the G1 Old Foresters Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes and G2 American Turf Stakes.
His sire Invincible Spirit is also the sire of I Am Invincible, who was recently crowned Australia’s Champion Sire for a third time.

Mauritzfontein’s G1 winning stallion Digital Age got a handsome update to his pedigree page when relative Sea Just In Time made a winning debut at Newmarket on Friday.

The William Haggas-trained 11-2 chance and jockey Tom Marquand swept past their rivals two furlongs from home to win Friday’s Class 2 Darley Maiden Fillies’ Stakes by four and three quarter lengths, with the Charlie Appleby-trained Precious Jewel in second and Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Mallavelly three lengths further back in third.

Maureen Haggas, wife of trainer William who was also celebrating her 63rd birthday today, was impressed with what she saw on the three-year-old’s first racecourse outing.

 

She said: “That was nice – I thought she did that well. We always thought she was nice and is well-rated, being a sister to Truthful and we had the older sister as well (Sea On Time) who sadly injured a tendon after winning a maiden when she looked nice.

 

“There is no rush to decide where she goes next, I’ll leave that to William. I think she probably needs three weeks before she runs again and we could look for a Listed contest for her.

 

“There are lots of things later in the year like the Irish Oaks. Sea Of Class was second here before going on to win a Listed race and then on to win the Irish Oaks.

 

“If you look at her – she still needs some time and some sunshine – like we all do!”

 

 

A three-year-old daughter of Sea The Stars (whose grandsire Green Desert is also grandsire of Digital Age) and the Street Cry mare My Timing, the promising Sea Just In Time holds entries for both the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes and G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks.

Sea Just In Time’s fourth dam is the outstanding racemare Time Charter, who also ranks as the fifth dam of Digital Age.

By the same sire as I Am Invincible and Kingman, Digital Age was a top-class racehorse whose five career wins included the G1 Old Foresters Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs.

A close relative of Mauritzfontein’s exciting young sire Digital Age proved popular at the second day of the 2023 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1, on Wednesday.

Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment, the Lope De Vega colt out of the Craig Bennett owned G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Cursory Glance was knocked down to MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 850,000 guineas.

The colt is a sibling to two Listed winners in Voodoo Queen and Tinker Toy, both of whom raced in the colours of Bennett’s Merry Fox Stud. There is plenty going on in the next generation too as Cursory Glance is a half-sister to Willow View, dam of the aforementioned Digital Age and G3 Prix la Rochette victress Acer Alley.

“The most pleasing thing for me is to breed horses that Coolmore buy and Juddmonte underbid,” said Bennett. “It means you’re ticking boxes at the elite level. When we first came into the game in 2006, this is what we strived to achieve.”

He added: “Lope De Vega is having a great year and anyone could bid on his progeny. We’ve sold one horse to Coolmore before, jointly with Newsells Park, and that was Ylang Ylang. She’s a Group winner and could be anything, so let’s hope this fella can do the same.”

Cursory Glance, a daughter of Distorted Humor, is a half-sister to the classy Sweet Memories, who ran second in last week’s G3 Princess Royal Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Stakes.

Winner of the 2020 G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic, Digital Age, who shares his outstanding sire Invincible Spirit with top stallions I Am Invincible and Kingman, is standing his first season at stud this year.

Mauritzfontein’s resident sire Digital Age hails from a red hot family and he received another boost to his female line when his close relative Hosier won the G3 James Squire Premier’s Cup at Randwick on Saturday.
A seven-year-old son of Camelot, Hosier defeated Military Mission by one and a quarter lengths in Saturday’s race with Bois D’argent (GB) back in third.
With his stakes breakthrough, Hosier (IRE) advances his record to eight two one from 17 starts with earnings of $516,190.
“He came to us in great order. I didn’t know him that well, although he was trained at Newcastle (by Kris Lees),” Mark Minervini said. “I obviously knew he was a quality horse. We’ve got a lot of young horses and we’ve got a lot of country and provincial horses, but we needed a Saturday city-grade horse.”
Hosier arrived in Australia after placing once in two starts for Joseph O’Brien in Ireland. He won five of seven for Robert Hickmott and two of four for Kris Lees before Minervini Racing shelled out $100,000 to secure him at the 2023 Inglis May (Late) Online Sale.
He is the best of three winner from six to race for G1 Prix Diane runner-up Time Ahead (Spectrum), a half-sister to G3 Musidora Stakes winner placed Time Away (Darshaan), with the latter the third dam of Digital Age.
The latter, a son of Invincible Spirit, is set to stand his first season at Mauritzfontein this year.

Mauritzfontein’s blue blooded young stallion Digital Age got another boost to his stellar pedigree page when his close relative Sweet Memories won the Listed British EBF 40th Anniversary Chalice Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
A three-year-old daughter of Sea The Stars, Sweet Memories made it two wins from just three starts when she claimed Saturday’s Chalice Stakes.
Under Hollie Doyle, the John and Thady Gosden trained filly hit the front a furlong from home and kept going strongly to claim her biggest win to date.
A half-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes/G3 Albany Stakes winner Cursory Glance (by Distorted Humor), Sweet Memories is out of the winning Sadler’s Wells mare Time Control. The latter, a great granddaughter of outstanding racemare Time Charter, also ranks as the dam of the unraced mare Willow View (by Lemon Drop Kid).

Willow View, in turn, is the dam of G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes winner Digital Age, a son of Invincible Spirit who stands his first season at Mauritzfontein in 2023. From the same male line as the aforementioned Sea The Stars, Digital Age earned more than $1 000 000 during his career which also saw the bay land the 2019 G2 American Turf Stakes.
Digital Age shares his outstanding sire with a pair of top-class stallions in the form of I Am Invincible and Kingman respectively, with the former recently crowned Australia’s Champion Sire for 2022-2023. It was a second consecutive General Sires title for I Am Invincible, who was responsible for 22 stakes winners in Australia last season, and his progeny earned more than AUS$23.445 million in Australia in 2022-2023.
Fellow Invincible Spirit son Kingman is another to have had an excellent year in 2023, with Kingman having been responsible for 19 stakes winners this year thus far including impressive G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Feed The Flame.

Mauritzfontein’s blue blooded young stallion Digital Age gained a handsome update to his pedigree page when his close relative Voodoo Queen won the Listed Sky Bet Sunday Series Pontefract Castle Fillies Stakes at Pontefract on Sunday.

A four-year-old daughter of Frankel and Digital Age’s close relative Cursory Glance, Voodoo Queen looked to be coming of age on her latest outing when third trying 14 furlongs for the first time in the G3 Bronte Cup. Racing handily early behind the leading pair in Sunday’s contest, Voodoo Queen was unleashed wide in the straight and won the race with a smart surge approaching the furlong pole with One Evening staying on best of the remainder.   Voodoo Queen carries on a golden spell for her sire and becomes the second black-type winner for her dam, Cursory Glance whose first was the Listed Lady Wulfruna Stakes winner Tinker Toy.

The progressive Voodoo Queen has now won three of nine starts and is the latest stakes winner to emerge from her outstanding family.

Her dam Cursory Glance, who won both the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes and G3 Albany Stakes at two, is a half-sister to Willow View, the dam of Digital Age.

The latter, a son of outstanding sire Invincible Spirit, was a graded stakes winner at three and four, with Digital Age scoring his biggest win when victorious in the 2020 G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Digital Age shares his sire with 145 stakes winners including such outstanding performers as Kingman, Moonlight Cloud, Fleeting Spirit, Profitable and the very promising young sire Magna Grecia.

 

A half-brother to Mauritzfontein’s well performed young stallion Digital Age proved popular on the second day of the 2022 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1.
Consigned by Fittocks Stud, the Dubawi colt (Lot 301) out of Willow View was knocked down to Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi for 1 600 000 guineas at Wednesday’s session making the half-brother to Digital Age the fourth highest priced yearling sold on the day.

Yahagi said of his purchase, “This colt has very good points of Dubawi. This is my first Dubawi. He will come back to Japan. This is my first timebuying at Book 1. First and last!”

The colt’s dam Willow View (by Lemon Drop Kid) is not only dam of G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes winner Digital Age, but also G3 Prix la Rochette winner Acer Alley.

The blue blooded Willow View, whose granddam Time Away won the G3 Musidora Stakes and ran third in the G1 Prix de Diane, is herself a half-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes queen Cursory Glance (by Distorted Humor).

Digital Age, one of more than 20 G1 winners for his outstanding sire Invincible Spirit, is set to commence stud duties at Mauritzfontein in 2023.

Mauritzfontein’s exciting new stallion Digital Age shares his outstanding sire Invincible Spirit with the newly crowned Australian Champion Sire of 2021-2022.

I Am Invincible, like Digital Age a son of Green Desert’s star sire son Invincible Spirit, was officially crowned Champion Sire in Australia for the past season on Monday.

The Yarraman Park resident was not only Leading Sire by stakes for 2021-2022, but he was also Leading Sire by individual winners for the season just past. In total, runners by I Am Invincible banked AUS $19 860 096 for 2021-2022, with I Am Invincible responsible for 17 individual stakes winners last season.
I Am Invincible’s black type winners last season were headed by a quartet of G1 winners -Home Affairs (Coolmore Stud S., Lightning S.), Imperatriz (Levin Classic, NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ S.), Lombardo (The Goodwood H.) and Marabi (Oakleigh Plate).

In total, I Am Invincible has been responsible for 79 stakes winners of which 13 are G1 winners. He has also been Leading Sire of 2YOs in Australia in 2018-2019.

A stunning individual, I Am Invincible reliably transmits those handsome dark bay good looks to his offspring along with a good dose of his brilliant speed and no matter what the quality of mare, he delivers the goods.
I Am Invincible stands this spring at $247,500.

His paternal half-brother Digital Age was a top-class racehorse, whose victories included the G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes of 2020 as well as the 2019 G2 American Turf Stakes.

Mauritzfontein’s exciting new stallion Digital Age hails from a top-class female line, and the son of Invincible Spirit gained a further boost to his pedigree page following close relative Voodoo Queen scored at Newmarket on Friday.
A three-year-old daughter of Frankel, Voodoo Queen had not been seen since breaking her maiden over this distance on the RowleyMile Apr. 29, tracked fellow returning Natasha throughout the early stages of Friday’s Bet At racingtv.com Fillies’ Handicap. Earning the lead from that rival and her fellow Gosden-trained Morning Poem passing the furlong pole, the 13-8 favourite asserted up the rising ground to beat the latter by one and a quarter lengths.

Trained by Roger Varian, the lightly raced Voodoo Queen has now won twice from just four starts.

The beautifully bred filly is out of the Distorted Humor sired, G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Cursory Glance, a half-sister to Willow View -the dam of the top-class Digital Age.

The latter earned more than $1.263 million during a career which saw Digital Age capture the 2020 G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes.
Digital Age, who shares his sire with such top-class stallions as I Am Invincible and Kingman, stands his first season at stud in 2022.