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Lofty Strike
Snitzel x Overreach (Exceed And Excel)
Bay · 2019 · 16.2 hh
2026 Service Fee $22,000 inc GST
Overview
Elite speed from a champion family
Lofty Strike was an undefeated, Group-winning two-year-old and a brilliant sprinter at three, running to Group 1 placings in Melbourne’s biggest sprints. By four-time champion sire Snitzel and out of Golden Slipper winner Overreach, he pairs proven racetrack speed with a genuinely elite pedigree. His first yearlings arrive in 2027.
By the champion Snitzel
By four-time Australian Champion Sire Snitzel, the sire of 174 stakes winners and the country's most reliable source of speed.
Out of a Golden Slipper winner
His dam Overreach was Champion 2YO Filly of 2012-13, winning the Golden Slipper from a fast, stakes-rich family.
Brilliant, proven speed
Undefeated Group-winning juvenile and a Group 2 winner at three, runner-up in both the Newmarket Handicap and the Oakleigh Plate.
Race record
Group 2 winner, runner-up in two Group 1 sprints
3 wins 2 at 2
A$1,073,265 in earnings
Trained by Julius Sandhu
2nd Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap 1200m · Flemington Runner-up to champion filly In Secret, finishing clear of I Wish I Win.
2nd Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate 1100m · Caulfield Beaten only by Uncommon James, ahead of later Royal Ascot winner Asfoora.
1st Gr.2 Rubiton Stakes 1100m · Caulfield Defeated Uncommon James and Chain of Lightning.
1st Gr.3 Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) 1100m · Caulfield Unbeaten at two, accounting for Jacquinot and Daumier.
4th Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes 1200m · Flemington
4th Gr.1 Goodwood 1200m · Morphettville
Pedigree
By champion sire Snitzel, from a family of speed
Lofty Strike
Sire Snitzel
Dam Overreach
Redoute's Choice (AUS)
Snippets' Lass (AUS)
Exceed and Excel (AUS)
Bahia (AUS)
Danehill (USA)
Shantha's Choice (AUS)
Snippets (AUS)
Snow Finch (IRE)
Danehill (USA)
Patrona (USA)
Snippets (AUS)
Miss Prospect (AUS)
2026 Service fee
$22,000 inc GST
- By four-time Champion Sire Snitzel and out of Golden Slipper winner Overreach
- Undefeated Group-winning 2YO and Group 2 winner, runner-up in two Group 1 sprints
- First yearlings arrive in 2027. Contact the stud to discuss terms and mare suitability
