It’s with incredible pride and excitement we offer Rusty Tycoon out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Sponsored to you, to be trained by 12 time Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote at Eagle Farm, QLD. This magnificent colt is the half brother to the miRunners trail blazer Dusty Tycoon who was also very successfully trained by Heathcote Racing. Purchased at the 2024 Inglis Classic sale for $80,000 exc GST.

• Brutal Won the time-honoured Group 1 Doncaster Handicap in fewer starts than any horse in history.
• Won the Main Everest lead up, the WFA Group 2 Premiere Stakes, defeating Classique Legend, Osborne Bulls, Graff, etc.
• Progeny includes the winner of the $500,000 Magic Millions Colts & Geldings debut winner Lead Me On. 
• Annihilated a quality field of 2YOs, including G1 winner Mystic Journey, by 5L at Caulfield in his first career start.
• Throughout his career Brutal was trained by legendary trainer John Hawkes who has this to say about him – “Brutal is just one of those extra special horses that showed rare talent from day one and to win a Doncaster at just his seventh start is something that only the really exceptional ones can do.”
• Brutal is sired by 4 time champion New Zealand sire O’Reilly.
• O’Reilly sired 91 stakes winners, 15 individual group 1 winners, he was a 3 time New Zealand champion 3-year-old sire as well as 2 time champion sire in Hong Kong.

Robert Heathcote first came into the racing industry as a racing manager before taking out his own training license in 1997. Since then Rob has worked his way up to become one of the leading stables in Brisbane.Winning the QLD Metropolitan Premiership 5 times.

• Heathcote won his first Group 1 with Solzhenitsyn in the 2012 Toorak Handicap but is best known for his association with champion sprinter Buffering.
• Buffering won seven Group 1 races including the 2016 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan securing over $6 million in prizemoney with 20 wins to his name.
• Rob has won 12 Group 1 races in total and is renowned for his excellent communication skills.

Sponsored is by Champion sire Redoute’s choice. Winner at 1000m. Half sister to ORDER OF THE SUN, GET TO WORK, SUBSEQUENT (Dam of SUMMER PASSAGE), PIZZAZZ (dam of ALL THAT PIZZAZZ.

• Dam of 4 foals to race with 3 winners – DUSTY TYCOON (Written Tycoon) who had 5 wins between distances over 1000m to 1200m. Amassing $308,625 in career prize money.
• HOLLYWOOD MISTRESS, winner over 1000m.
• Dam of AARDVARK, winner of the 2024 Listed Talindert Stakes.
• Grand dam SEQUIN has had 6 foals to race who have all been winners.