Sam Costello

Adelaide | 26 | Horse Racing | Owner | HawthornFC

[Jonty @CarefreeJonty]

No congratulations from me. Call me salty all you want. By far the worst team to win the league, aided drastically by VAR and PGMOL. Fuck Arsenal 👍🏻

[Shane Ciurleo @shaneciurleo]

There is no horse I hate more than pride of Jenny. The jocks that ride against her have been made a joke. Again.

[Coolmore Australia @CoolmoreAus]

So You Think 2006 – 2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of 10-time Group 1 winner and leading sire So You Think, after succumbing to a short illness while receiving world-class care from the team at Scone Equine Hospital.

So You Think was described by his trainer Bart Cummings as “perfection on four legs,
you don’t get any better than him, he is the finest, most genuine horse I have ever
trained”. The striking son of High Chaparral and two-time Cox Plate winner was purchased by Duncan Ramage for NZ$110,000 on behalf of Dato Tan Chin Nam at the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale. A 5-time Group 1 winner on both continents for both Bart Cummings and Aidan O’Brien, he will long be remembered as one of the all-time-greats.

“When people visit Coolmore, more often than not the stallion most of them really want to see is So You Think. He was an absolute gentleman, an incredibly kind and intelligent horse and this is a sad day for all the staff that have looked after him so well at
Coolmore since he retired in 2012,” said Tom Magnier. “We are so lucky to have had him and watch him develop into one of the country’s truly elite sires. He provided me with so many great memories on racetracks throughout the world as both a racehorse and a stallion. I will never forget the day he sired three Group 1 winners in a day at Randwick in 2022, but equally the day he provided Joseph O’Brien with his first Royal Ascot winner as a jockey in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes in 2012.”

So You Think is a sire that will be remembered for his remarkable consistency, finishing in the top 10 on the sires table for each of the last 5 seasons and coming second to I Am Invincible on two occasions. He is already responsible for 12 individual Group 1
winners, but with the likes of Revelare, Getta Good Feeling, Oh Diamond Lil and Saturday’s Group 3 winner Diamond Scene to continue to run for him, this figure looks set to continue to climb well into the future.

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Adelaide test match the best in Australia dont @ me. #AUSvsIND #AdelaideTest

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

What a ride 💛🤎

[Hawthorn FC @HawthornFC]

what a journey 2024 was.. 🤎💛

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Here we are boy!

[SKY Racing @SkyRacingAU]

Nangar Larry’s into the Golden Easter Egg! He’s won Semi Final 3 in 29.69 from Ferness!

@wentyparkgreys @Thedogs_com_au

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

My god @ZacLloydx that is an absolute peach! #territoryexpress

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

@Grahame_Begg Nice mate, will keep my eye on the young one when its foaled

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Devastating, she was a warrior @Grahame_Begg hope she is all well and lives out the best of lifes. 🤝🏼

[Grahame Begg Racing @Grahame_Begg]

Regrettably Lunar Flare has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after suffering a career ending injury after last nights race & she will be retired immediately.She has been a very much loved part of our stable for the last 4 years & we are devastated for her amazing owners.

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

How good is she! @HDwyerRacing if you get more like her send them my way..

[Racing.com @Racing]

Asfoora is a beauty!

@HDwyerRacing's mare put the rest of the field to the sword in the Schillaci Stakes 💥

@AitkenMitch

[Racing.com @Racing]

Benedetta comes roaring home to take out the G3 Cockram Stakes 💥

@WarrenRacing

[Breednet @BreednetNews]

Never get tired of seeing this horse.

So You Think at @CoolmoreAus
"A near mythical beast" - @JamesBester4

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

@HeathPopey Staying in melbourne at this stage

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Shes gonna be a superstar! @yarramanpark #hellbent

[Racing.com @Racing]

Benedetta sends the punters home happy in the last at HQ 🤝

@WarrenRacing @TatumBull

[Racing.com @Racing]

Today's the day for Belmont Avenue!

833 days in between drinks 🥂

@aaronbainracing

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Thatta boy, nice to tick off the maiden and well done to @pstokesracing for 100 winners!

[Racing.com @Racing]

Hellbent 2YO, Devils Delight, had race experience on his side & dominated from the front 👏

@pstokesracing @lil_spaino96

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Been on this bloke from start 1, seems to always find the line no matter what. Great ride @HTCoffey, think this boy looks a live derby hope ☝🏽

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Oh Lunar Flare how I love you, she gets her chance this year! Up ya go girl @Grahame_Begg

[Racing.com @Racing]

We've heard about it all week & now we get up close & personal in Benny Allen's Winnebago 🚙

Elite cameo from Zac Spain 🤣

@bennallen44 @lil_spaino96

[Sam Costello @cossiecarn]

Absolute beasts 🇯🇵🤝🏼

[Racing NSW @racing_nsw]

👀 Japanese 🇯🇵 trainer Yoshito Yahagi's Unicorn Lion (19) and Ho O Amazon (20) are settling into Sydney for G1 assignments at Randwick next month.

Unicorn Lion targets the @longines Queen Elizabeth and Ho O Amazon the @SchweppesAus All Aged Stakes. @tabcomau @7horseracing