Defcon (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}-Nuclear Force {Aus}, by Encosta de Lago {Aus}), a group-winning 2- and 3-year-old, will take up stud duty at Eureka Stud in Queensland this year at a fee of A$8,800. Raced by a partnership including James Harron's colts syndicate, Newgate SF and Belinda Bateman, Defcon finished second in the G3 Canonbury S. and G2 Silver Slipper S. at two prior to breaking his maiden in the G3 Black Opal S. He returned at three to win last spring's G3 McNeil S. for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden.
Harron, who purchased Defcon for A$340,000 as a yearling, said, “Our ownership group have elected to retain the majority of Defcon and stand him at one of Queensland's pre-eminent studs in Eureka. I know firsthand how much natural ability this horse had as a juvenile and we will be getting right behind him in the next phase of his career.”
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