WINDBAG AN ENDURING LEGACY

Like most stallions, we find many of Windbag’s enduring influences through his daughters. We also must remember that his was a time very different to now. Travel was much more difficult, and broodmares tended to be mated with stallions in the district. This was advantageous to Windbag who we saw was based at Kia Ora Stud in the Hunter Valley, NSW. With many of his daughters based in the centre of our thoroughbred industry, it comes as no surprise that they were often mated to among the best stallions of the time.

At stud, the stallion was to produce a total of 18 stakes-winners including Beamish Boy. He raced in Adelaide winning the Port Adelaide Sires’ Produce and Guineas, and later the Adelaide Guineas and South Australian Derby. One of Windbag’s finest was Winooka who won the AJC Doncaster and All-Aged Stakes as well as the Futurity in Melbourne. He was the inaugural winner of the CW Cropper Plate in Sydney, a race that was only held