Splintex topped the WA Freshman Sires’ table in 2025-26 and he’s lifted that success to another level in the first quarter of this season with 10 individual 3yo winners and a pair of 2yo winners that have taken the juvenile division by storm in the last fortnight.
His 2yo filly Swift Divide looked every inch a professional on debut in the Morley Growers Market Plate (1000m) at Ascot on October 24 for a Ryan Fuller-managed syndicate and trainer Trevor Andrews. Fast-track to Saturday and his 2yo colt Snippex looked readymade with an explosive victory first-up in the Magic Millions Plate (1000m) at Ascot. He won an early speed battle and was off and gone in the straight to score by more than four lengths.
Snippex is the most exciting 2yo we’ve seen at Ascot this season and it begs the question: Are we seeing the dawn of another Darling View champion at Mundijong?
“Did you know Splintex has the highest strike rate for winners this season in WA even above our Champion sire Playing God,” Darling View posted on Facebook. “He’s gaining a lot of momentum in the West and he sits fourth on the National second-season sire list.
“Both Swift Divide and Snippex were Magic Millions purchases from our 2026 draft. Congratulations to their winning connections.”
Snippex was a $70,000 buy for Eastern States syndicator Stephen Vardy and races for a large ownership group throughout Australia. “We came across to this year’s Perth Magic Millions with three aims: To buy the most athletic looking horse. One that will run early. And get local legend Simon Miller to train it.
“We reckon we’ve done it with ‘Sparky’. He’s a solid boy with a double-cross to Magic Millions legend Snippets and he was definitely worth the trip west!”
