Written Tycoon

Iglesia x Party Miss, by Kenmare (FR)
2002
16.1 ½ hh

Nine-time Victorian champion sire

Written Tycoon will stand for a private fee again this breeding season as the approaching 23-year-old enters the twilight of a brilliant stallion career that will likely see the best yet to come.

“Written Tycoon is a Champion in every way, and we are taking special care of him as he ages,” said Sam Fairgray.

“He has been a fantastic stallion and if we can keep breeding some nice foals by him then we’ll be thrilled.”

The nine-time Victorian Champion Sire has enjoyed another outstanding season across both Australia and New Zealand, producing three individual Gr.1 winners including two Gr.1 Guineas winners in Captured By Love and Private Life, plus a Gr.1 Manikato victor in Southport Tycoon.

Australia’s leading first-season sire in 2010/11, and leading sire of two-year-olds in 2015/16 and again in 2023/2024, many sons of the former Australian Champion Sire are now forging their own careers at stud, including leading first-season sires Capitalist and Ole Kirk, alongside Rich Enuff, Winning Rupert, Written By and Dirty Work. 

Written Tycoon is first sire since Redoute’s Choice and Danehill in the last 25 years to sire two colts to win the two richest Gr.1 two-year-old features in Australia, and the only current active sire to do so. Capitalist took out the 2016 Golden Slipper Stakes, while Written By claimed victory in the 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes. 

He is also the first stallion in 44 years to sire the winner of both the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (Ole Kirk) and the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (Odeum).

His 75 individual stakes winners include two Golden Slipper victors in Capitalist and Lady Of Camelot, Blue Diamond winner Written By, and a further 14 Gr.1 winners including Velocious, Southport Tycoon, Coolangatta, Ole Kirk, Pippie, Tycoon Tara, Music Magnate (NZ), Despatch, Tyzone, Booker, Odeum and La Luna Rossa (NZ).

Written Tycoon’s yearlings also continue to be hot commodities in the sale ring, selling for up to $1.8 million in 2025.

The Champion Sire has bumper crops coming through having served the cream of Yulong’s broodmare band over the last few years, with two-year-olds out of Hungry Heart, Away Game and Tofane all expected to debut in the 25/26 season.

Written Tycoon

Performance

Written Tycoon in Todman Stakes

Facts

Race record

Age
Runs
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2521$242,950
332$41,000
43$5,375
Totals1123$289,325

at 2

Todman Slipper Trial Stakes., Gr.2 (1200m)

AJC Seppelt Wines 2YO H. (1100m)

AT 3

2nd AJC San Domenico S., Gr.3 (1000m)

2nd STC Satellite S., L (1100m)

Media

Written tycoon

Written tycoon crowned 2021 australian champion sire

Pedigree

News

Hungry Heart
The team at Yulong has been working hard in preparation for the upcoming Inglis Easter Sale, where they will present a select draft of 11...
30 March 2025
Written Tycoon (Iglesia - Party Miss) runs in his paddock at Woodside Park Stud near Tylden, Victoria, on 16 November 2015.  The Image is Everything - Bronwen Healy and Darren Tindale Photography.
Coming off her worst career performance when sixth in the Gr.2 AV Kewney Stakes last-start, three-year-old filly Cilacap (Written Tycoon) more than redeemed herself with a stunning...
24 March 2025
PIERATA (Pierro x November Flight).  Photo by Bronwen Healy.  Th
All the latest news and reviews from the world of Yulong. 2025 Golden Slipper: Written in the stars or will Luck strike at Rosehill? Although...
21 March 2025

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