The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Divine Prophet (Choisir) will join Aquis Farm's stallion roster at Emirates Park in the Hunter Valley in the spring, where he will stand for an introductory fee of $22,000 (inc GST).
Raced by Tony Falcone, the son of Choisir (Danehill Dancer) won three of his ten starts and was placed a further two times for earnings of $880,525 and Falcone said that he was pleased that the colt would retire to take up stallion duties at Aquis' Emirates Park base in the Hunter Valley.
"Aquis Farm is arguably Australia's fastest growing and most dynamic thoroughbred breeding enterprise at present. Mario, Sam, Vincent and myself couldn't be happier Divine Prophet has found a future with Aquis in the Hunter Valley," he said.
"Divine Prophet will be a highlight in what is already an extremely strong line up of both proven and new stallions on the Aquis Emirates Park roster. Aquis have been able to already acquire, and will continue to acquire, many high class broodmares.
"A number of these quality mares will visit Divine Prophet over the next few years. Any young stallion who is given this type of early opportunity receives a significant boost for their future success."
Divine Prophet broke his maiden at his second start over 1200 metres at Kembla Grange in March 2016 before stepping up to Group One company at his next start, finishing third in the Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) behind Prized Icon (More Than Ready).
Resuming at three, Divine Prophet landed the Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) in August last year before finishing fourth in the Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) the following month. He then placed second in the Stan Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m) two weeks later before his break through Group One victory in the Caulfield Guineas. He would then race three more times, all in Group One company, this Autumn.
"Divine Prophet is what everyone in Australia wants in a race horse. A Group One two-year-old who trained on as a three-year-old to win a Caulfield Guineas. You just don't win races like the Caulfield Guineas with average horses. He was a high quality genuine Group One horse," John Hawkes said.
The three-year-old finished third in the ATC Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) last season and won the Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) first up as a three-year-old prior to his Caulfield Guineas win.
Justin Fung, Aquis Farm CEO, said that Divine Prophet was an exciting addition to the stallion roster.
"The Fung Family's intention to grow the Aquis Emirates Park operation to be a premier Hunter Valley Stud farm is best demonstrated by the commitment we are showing to this farm this season by announcing two new high class first season stallions in Kiss and Make Up and now a Caulfield Guineas winner in Divine Prophet," he said.
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