Group One winner Vanbrugh will be represented by his first crop of yearlings at Karaka in January 2020.
A son of champion sire Encosta De Lago, Vanbrugh is the winner of more than $A740,000 and hails from the outstanding Waikato Stud family of Group One winners Diademe and Sacred Star.
Trained by Chris Waller, Vanbrugh won five of his 21 starts including the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) as a three-year-old before claiming the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). He won the Gr.3 Coongy Handicap (2000m) as an older horse.
RACE RECORD
21 Starts 5-2-0 A$742,375. 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1200m to 2000m, A$742,375, to 2016-17, ATC Spring Champion S., Gr.1, Gloaming S., Gr.3, MRC Coongy H., Gr.3, ATC All Too Hard at Vinery H., Employee Long Service Celebration 2YO P., 2d ATC McGrath Estate Agents 2YO H., TAB Rewards H., 4th ATC Rosehill Guineas, Gr.1, George Main S., Gr.1, Hawkesbury Gold Cup, Gr.3.