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Arrowfield Stud took the honours as Australia's leading breeder of Group 1 winners in the 2014/15 season.

Arrowfield’s four GI winners last season took the number of G1-winning graduates to 54 including 40 being Arrowfield-bred in the stud’s 30 years of operations.

The Snitzel trio Sweet Idea, Hot Snitzel and Wandjina won a total of six Australian Group races last season headed by their G1 victories in the ATC Galaxy, the BTC Cup and the VRC Australian Guineas.

Champion South African filly Majmu (Redoute's Choice x Spontaneous by Hussonet) progressed from her unbeaten 2YO season to claim the G1 Kenilworth Cape Fillies Guineas and G1 Turffontein Empress Club Stakes for Sheikh Hamdan and trainer Mike de Kock.

She also made up a G1 quinella for Redoute's Choice in the Turffontein President's Champions Challenge won by Wylie Hall.

Sweet Idea (Snitzel x Flidais by Timber Country) and Hot Snitzel (Snitzel x Flames of Paris by Blushing Groom) were bred and sold by Arrowfield and Japan’s Katsumi Yoshida, a partnership also responsible for 2008 Horse of the Year Weekend Hussler and 2008 Blue Diamond winner Reaan.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Sweet Idea was retired after her Galaxy win which capped a stellar $2.4 million career of eight wins (five in Group company) and eight placings (four in G1 races) from 19 starts.

Sweet Idea's part-owner Nick Vass paid $1.6 million to buy her back at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in May. That completed a $4 million return on the $240,000 that Gai Waterhouse and James Harron paid for her at the same venue three years ago.

Harron also bought Wandjina (Snitzel x La Bamba by Last Tycoon) for $1 million at the 2013 Inglis Easter Sale on behalf of Edmund & Belinda Bateman.

The colt more than fulfilled expectations with his all-the-way Australian Guineas win and two G1 placings that included second, splitting Dissident and Chautauqua in the G1 All Aged Stakes.

Wandjina signed off with a fine effort for sixth in Undrafted's Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Hot Snitzel saved his best until the Brisbane Winter Carnival for his Triple Crown-managed band of owners when he proved too strong in the BTC Cup at Doomben.

It was the 6YO gelding's sixth Group success among the eight wins and eight placings that have returned $1.2 million on the $60,000 that Chris and Michael Ward paid for him at the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale.

Trained by Gerald Ryan for most of his career, Hot Snitzel was transferred to Peter and Paul Snowden before his G1 win and remains in training for 2015/16.

The quartet of G1 winners led a collection of 16 Arrowfield-bred winners of 26 Group and Listed Races in 2014/15.

All were offered for sale at auction and 15 of them sold for prices ranging from the $20,000 paid for the weanling Lady Jivago to the seven-figure colt Wandjina.

Perth stakeswinner Rock Magic was sold out of training after four wins with Paul Messara.

The list doesn't include champion sprinter Lankan Rupee (Redoute's Choice), who won the G1 Manikato Stakes and G1 Lightning Stakes, and Miracles Of Life (Not A Single Doubt), the winner of the G1 Robert Sangster Stakes.

Both were both born and raised at Arrowfield for Teeley Assets.

Listed winners Bouzy Rouge and Modello, both by Snitzel, are also omitted as they were both offered for sale by Arrowfield on behalf of their private breeders.

The full list of Arrowfield's stakes-winning graduates last season is:

2014/15 STAKESWINNER & Co-Breeder	SIRE-DAM	STAKES WINS Trainer(s)	SALE & PRICE  Prizemoney
HOT SNITZEL with Jungle Pocket	Snitzel-Flames of Paris	G1 Peter & Paul Snowden	Inglis Melbourne $60,000  $1.2 million
MAJMU	Redoute's Choice-Spontaneous	G1 x2, G3 Mike de Kock	Inglis Easter $300,000 2.2m Rand
SWEET IDEA with Jungle Pocket	Snitzel- Flidais	G1, G2 x2 Gai Waterhouse	Magic Millions $240,000 $2.4 million
WANDJINA	Snitzel-La Bamba	G1, G3 Gai Waterhouse	Inglis Easter  $1 million $653,000
MOONOVERMANHATTAN with Planette & Belford	Manhattan Rain-Lunaspur	G2 Mick Price	Inglis Easter $100,000 $279,000
STEPITUP with Planette	Hussonet-Ain't Seen Nothin'	Sgp-2 x2, Sgp-3 Laurie Laxon	Inglis Melbourne $90,000 $S1.9 million
AMORINO with Jungle Pocket	Snitzel-Steal My Love	G3, LR x2 Archie Alexander	Magic Millions $70,000 $763,000
BURNSTONE with Klawervlei Stud	Redoute's Choice-Merlene de Lago	LR  Robbie Griffiths	Inglis Melbourne $40,000 $72,000  Died after his debut
HIJACK HUSSY with Planette & Belford	Hussonet-Joy Ride	LR Tony Gollan	Magic Millions  $62,000 $218,000
MANAPINE with Jungle Pocket	Manhattan Rain-Anapine	LR Nigel Blackiston	Inglis Easter $200,000 $113,000
ROCK MAGIC with Planette	Redoute's Choice-Rockabubble	LR x2 Chris Gangemi	Inglis Easter Passed $358,000
SMOKO with Planette	Snitzel-London Lights	LR Ross Price	Inglis Melbourne $75,000 $251,000
WILD RAIN with Planette	Manhattan Rain-North Flower	LR Mark Kavanagh	Magic Millions $150,000 $220,000
YGRITTE with Planette & Belford, Maldale, Michael & Lucy Messara & Tim Noonan	Snitzel-Deputy Lil	LR Gerald Ryan	Inglis Classic $135,000 $314,000
LADY JIVAGO with International Equities	Beneteau-Hussterics	R-LR Jeff Englebrecht	Magic Millions Weanling $20,000  $192,000
ODYSSEY MOON with Jungle Pocket	Snitzel-Run to the Moon	R-LR Rod Northam	Inglis Classic  $25,000  $435,000