RAGING BULL CAREER SUMMARY

• Sires Stakes wins at 2YO
• Ten starts only due to injury - five wins, five placings
• Only beaten by three horses - Smolda, Christen Me and Ideal Scott

ABOUT RAGING BULL

The handsome stallion Raging Bull is unique in that his pedigree combines the best of both the northern and southern hemispheres. So now the 2008 son of Christian Cullen and Artsplace mare San Sophia has headed across the Tasman to take up residence at Llowalong Farms.

The lure of the Vicbred Pure First Win Bonus of $12,000 was certainly an attractive carrot in relocating Raging Bull... as was the fact that another very successful son of Christian Cullen, Alta Christiano, had sadly passed away a season or so back. Raging Bull looked to have a huge future when he commenced racing in 2011 from the Cran Dalgety barn. Christen Me was a stable mate at the time and Dalgety could not separate them in their two-year-old ability. However after two blazing wins as an early two-year-old, Raging Bull developed soreness in a fetlock suspensory and so his racing career was restricted to ten starts, nearly all in stakes races. Those ten runs resulted in five wins and five second placings. In fact only three horses ever beat him home in that restricted career - Smolda (1:50.6; $2,415,738), Christen Me (1:49.4; $2,732,277) and Ideal Scott (1:52.8; $842,757). His dam San Sophia took a record of 1:52.6 and $91,481 in earnings in the USA and is a full sister to one of the greatest females to race in North America during the 1990s in Galleria (1:49.2; $1,814,453). San Sophia is by Artsplace, now clearly established as the greatest broodmare sire in the history of the sport, and is the dam of nine winners of over $700,000 and three in 1:55.

Raging Bull retired to stud in New Zealand in 2013 and from limited opportunities has a steallar record. From 50 starters across Australasian, he has produced winners such as Wildwest (1:52.8, $603,000) who won the WA Pacing Cup, Our Bare Knuckle (1:51.5, $100,000) whose first foal sold for $90,000 at the 2022 NZB Yearling Sales, Princess Holly ($110,000; 1:52.3) who has excelled in North America, Mi Furioso Toro (1:54.2, $87,000) and Give Me A Minute (1:52.0, $86,000). Together his offspring have earnt over $1.66m in Australasia, an average of more than $33,200 each - over ten times his service fee!

View his full, impressive pedigree page HERE.

There are so few opportunities to cross with Christian Cullen, a proven golden cross with Bettor's Delight mares - make sure you don't miss this opportunity to match with Raging Bull. If you're keen to find out more, or work through your mare's pedigree with an expert, contact Llowalong Farms today.

2024 Service Fee
$3,300 (inc GST) - Australia
$3,300 (ex GST) - New Zealand

Progeny may be eligible for Vicbred, VicbredPure, Breeders Crown, Bathurst Gold Crown, NSW Breeders Challenge.
Download a 2024 Booking Form HERE.

RAGING BULL, 2008 bay entire (1:56.6, $115,000 from ten starts)

PROMINENT & UPCOMING RAGING BULL STOCK IN AUSTRALASIA

WILDWEST (Jeremes Jet) 1:52.8, $603,000 Wins include GROUP 1 2021 WA Pacing Cup, seven straight on arrival in Australia.
PRINCESS HOLLY (Falcon Seelster) 1:52.3, $110,000
OUR BARE KNUCKLE (Il Vicolo) 1:51.5, $100,000
MI FURIOSO TORO (Badlands Hanover) 1:54.2, $87,000
GIVE ME A MINUTE (Iraklis) 1:52.0, $86,000. Wins include 2022 Club Menangle Final.
RAGING WHITEBAIT (Bettors Delight) 1:56.6, $78,000
VILLAGE REBEL (Bettors Delight) 1:56.9, $76,000
GETARATTLEON (Sands A Flyin) 1:56.7, $77,000
FLAME LADY (Live Or Die) 1:56.3, $53,000
RAGING ON (Lis Mara) 1:57.4, $46,000
KATIES PRINCESS (Bettors Delight) 1:55.6, $45,000
EASTANBULL (Caprock) 1:55.8, $34,000
ITZ BULL SPEED AHEAD (Real Desire) 1:58.9, $22,000 Wins at 2YO and 3YO.
RAUPUNGA LAD (Live or Die) 1:58.3, $18,000. Unbeaten in three lifetime starts (3YO).

RAGING BULL MEDIA

PG Wrightson 2YO Sales Graduate Series

Garrard's Sires Stakes Series 2YO Heat