Streets Of Avalon's $350,000 half-brother Bradford to debut at Sale on Thursday
Streets Of Avalon won two Group 1 races among six stakes successes as a result of the union between stallion Magnus and the Black Minnaloushe mare Kamuniak.
The breeding match also produced city-class gallopers Eugenius and Orlando Grove.
However, Streets Of Avalon's breeders decided to change this for Kamuniak's 2022 stud season, sending the mare to champion stallion Written Tycoon.
Nichols paid $350,000 for the resulting colt, Bradford, which will debut at Sale on Thursday.
'It's a great mix of owners, a few new clients and some old clients that have been with me for years so it should be good,' Nichols said.
The trainer said the different sire brought a superior specimen to Bradford's half-siblings.
'He's bigger, stronger and has more length than all the others,' Nichols said.
'He's a better type than Streets Of Avalon, Eugenius, Orlando Grove and Kentucky Woman, better than all of them.'
Bradford is a $26 in early betting on the Vale Peta Tait Maiden Plate (1210m), a race named in honour of a stablehand that died in a Cranbourne stable tragedy earlier this month.
The rising three-year-old finished third and fourth in jumpouts leading up to his race debut but Nichols said the results were a secondary consideration.
'We're just trying to educate him in his jumpouts because there's no money in jumpouts,' Nichols said.
'He'll definitely be competitive first-up'.
Meanwhile, Nichols said his sole Flemington acceptor Fenestella was all but certain to miss Saturday's TAB We're On (1410m) in preference for a provincial maiden.
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