About Us

ACHIEVEMENTS

At the Inglis 2007 Easter Broodmare sale Yarraman broke the record price for a thoroughbred sold at public auction when dual Group One winning Virage de Fortune sold for $3.4 million.

Magic Millions 2007 January Yearling sale Yarraman set a Magic Millions record price for a filly when Snippets Lass by Redoute's Choice - Full sister to Snitzel fetched $1.4 million.

Yarraman Park Stud set a unique record at the 2006 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale when they sold the three highest priced yearlings of the sale including top colt and filly.

The Redoute’s Choice colt from Deja Slew (USA) set a new Australian record price for a yearling colt when he was knocked down at $3million to leading South African trainer Charles Laird.

He was followed less than half an hour later by the Redoute’s Choice colt from Exact who fetched $2.3 million to the bid of bloodstock agent Tim Stakemire.

During the last session of the three-day sale, widely regarded as the finest in the Southern Hemisphere, Yarraman produced a superstar filly in the full sister to four-time Group One winner Alinghi.

By Encosta de Lago from Oceanfast, the filly attracted worldwide attention before being secured by Irish agent Demi O’Byrne with a winning bid of $2.6 million, a new Australasian record price for a yearling filly.

HISTORY

Yarraman Park Stud has been home to thoroughbreds for over 100 years, dating back to the early 1900’s when the Thompson family raised many fine horses on the farm including the great champion Eurythmic, foaled in 1916.

Eurythmic won 30 races in all, beginning his racing career in Western Australia by winning the Karrakatta Plate, WATC Derby and Perth Cup before venturing east where he defeated the best horses of the time and claimed victory in races such as the Caulfield Cup.

Yarraman Park Stud came into the ownership of the Mitchell family in 1968 after it was purchased from legendary jockey, George Moore.

James Mitchell had visited Yarraman Park in 1966 and was so impressed by the stud and the area that he made George promise to give him the "first right of refusal" if he ever decided to sell.

Yarraman Park has been a family owned and run operation for 40 years and is now under the charge of brothers Arthur and Harry Mitchell, who bring to the stud a lifetime of international and local experience in the industry.

They are supported by an excellent team of staff, who share the Mitchell's commitment to the professional and personal service that only a family owned business can provide.

LOCATION

Yarraman Park is nestled amongst the picturesque rolling pastures of the Upper Hunter and is situated 7kms from Scone and a 3-hour drive north of Sydney.

The Upper Hunter is the heartland of Australia's thoroughbred breeding industry and as such offers breeders unparalleled access to the best the industry has to offer, including the Equine Research Centre and the new Scone Racecourse.