Anyana: International Bloodlines With a Family on the Rise
At Edgar Park, our broodmare band is built around mares we believe can produce quality, and Anyana is a mare that brings a genuine international flavour to the farm.
A daughter of Nathaniel out of the German mare Amore, Anyana carries the depth and staying influence that has made European bloodlines so valuable in the Australian breeding landscape. While she was unraced herself, her pedigree gives her the kind of foundation breeders look for: scope, quality, strength through the female family and the ability to match with a wide range of Australian stallions.
We purchased Anyana through the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale, where she was offered by Vinery Stud and secured by Edgar Park for $40,000. At the time, she was in foal to Written By, giving us the opportunity to bring a well-bred imported mare into the Edgar Park broodmare band with an exciting Australian mating already in place.
That decision has already started to look like an important one for the farm. Anyana is the dam of Kenmare Bay, a New Bay gelding trained by John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, who has gone on to show consistent ability on the track. Breednet lists Kenmare Bay as a multiple winner with more than $178,000 in prizemoney, giving Anyana a strong early marker as a producer.
Her Written By colt, now named Town Planner, was offered at the 2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale through Twin Hills Stud and sold for $60,000 to John Foote Bloodstock. He was described in sale coverage as a correct, athletic colt from a German black type family, with Anyana already represented by winners from her early runners.
For Edgar Park, Anyana represents exactly what we are trying to build: mares with depth, quality and upside. She may not be a headline mare yet, but she has already shown she can produce racehorses, and her family profile gives us confidence that her best chapters may still be ahead of her.
We are excited to continue developing the Anyana family at Edgar Park and look forward to watching her progeny progress in the years to come.