The stallion has lived up to Clark's expectations, although she also would love to see him pick up a group 1 before he is retired.

"In this business, you dream about things happening and I've always tried to breed horses like him (Written Tycoon) but it is tough competing against the higher-profile studs," she said.

Clark's great-grandfather James started breeding thoroughbreds alongside his cattle interests in 1922 and Daandine Stud is the second-oldest family-owned operation in Queensland but rarely has more than about 15 mares. One of its best gallopers in recent times was Starmaker, who Clark and her late father Jim bred and raced with success.

Clark bought Written Tycoon's dam, Party Miss, privately straight off the racetrack and said the timing could not have been better. Within a year or so of buying Party Miss, her close relations Anthems and Vocalist had bolstered her pedigree with some black type and later, at stud, Vocalist produced top sprinter Yell.

Written Tycoon is her fourth foal, with two of the first three being multiple winners. A group 1 win by Written Tycoon in the autumn would come too late to help the sale of his brother next month but it wouldn't be the first time racetrack wins have come too late for Clark at sale time.

On the day Written Tycoon had his first official barrier trial, running fourth of nine at Warwick Farm, his younger sister was sold at the Magic Millions sale for only $20,000. Only a few months later, she was a half-sister to a group 2 winner. "We had no indication of what he might be capable of at the time. Hindsight is a wonderful thing," Clark said.

Whereas Written Tycoon is a chestnut, his yearling brother is a brown but Clark says he is just as flashy and should demand plenty of attention. Party Miss has a filly at foot by Taimazov, and was served this year by Lion Hunter's son Ferocity, who stood alongside Iglesia at Oaklands Stud.

As with Iglesia, those two horses fit Clark's stallion selection criteria of having outstanding speed. "When breeding horses for commercial success, you've got to look for speed. Iglesia had it and he has passed it on to his progeny," Clark said.https://www.theage.com.au/sport/racing/queensland-sire-iglesia-leaves-a-legacy-of-speed-20061229-ge3vys.html