NATIONAL CODE is a filly by WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS), out of the SNITZEL (AUS) mare SARRAQA. She was bred by Noorilim Park, Arcadia and races in a partnership of Mike de Kock, Larry Nestadt, Hollywood Racing, Barnane Stud, and is trained by Ben, Will & JD Hayes.
Name: NATIONAL CODE
Sex: Grey Filly
Sire: Written Tycoon (AUS)
Dam: Sarraqa (AUS)
Damsire: Snitzel (AUS)
DOB: 13 September 2021
Breeder: Noorilim Park, Arcadia
Trainer: Ben, Will & JD Hayes
Record: 3-2-1
NATIONAL CODE Updates:
November 26th, 2025
INT – NATIONAL CODE followed up on her maiden victory three weeks earlier to make it two wins from three starts. Ridden again by Daniel Stackhouse, the daughter of Written Tycoon dictated matters from out front and cruised home to take top honours in the fourth race over 1114m. National Code races in a partnership of Mike de Kock, Larry Nestadt, Hollywood Racing and the Kieswetter family’s Barnane Stud, and is trained by Ben, Will & JD Hayes. Read more here on Sporting Post. Race Replay. Trainer Interview. Jockey Interview.
November 5th, 2025
INT – NATIONAL CODE breaks her maiden at the second time of asking. Ridden to victory by Daniel Stackhouse and trained by Ben, Will and JD Hayes. Race Replay and Info.
Background on NATIONAL CODE:
National Code, the daughter of Written Tycoon, boasts a female line well known in South Africa. Her dam Sarraqa is a Snitzel daughter of Champion Female Sprinter National Colour, whose exploits on the racetrack yielded Gr1 victories in all of the Computaform Sprint, Mercury and SA Fillies Sprint in South Africa, subsequent to which she ran second in the prestigious Gr1 Nunthorpe Stakes in the UK.
National Colour spent her broodmare career in Australia, yet her best progeny raced in South Africa, notably the Redoute’s Choice colts Rafeef and Mustaaqeem, both of which were trained by Mike de Kock for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The former emulated his dam in winning the Gr1 Computaform Sprint and has made a name for himself as one of the country’s elite stallions. Remarkably, his sons Master Archie and Thunderstruck became third-generation winners of the Computaform, winning the 1000m dash in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
Mustaaqeem, who stands in South America, was named the country’s Champion Juvenile Colt and won the Gr1 SA Nursery. Their Sebring half-sister Circle Of Speed scored twice for Sean Tarry and has produced the classy filly Full Velocity, who claimed both the Gr3 Poinsettia and KwaZulu-Natal Stakes for Hollywood Racing and the Tarry stable.
National Code’s dam Sarraqa never raced, but has followed in the footsteps of her dam as a Gr1 producer, striking with her very first foal, the Dundeel colt Celestial Legend, who landed both the Gr1 Randwick Guineas and Doncaster Handicap. National Code is her second foal and was followed by a Maurice colt.
National Code’s sire Written Tycoon needs no introduction.
He was Australia’s leading first-season sire in 2010/11, and leading sire of two-year-olds in 2015/16 and again in 2023/2024.
Nine-times Victorian Champion Sire, the now 23-year-old stands for a private fee again this breeding season and while he may be in the twilight of a brilliant stallion career, he sired three Gr1 winners last season: the Australian Guineas winners Captured By Love and Private Life, plus Southport Tycoon, winner of the Gr1 Manikato in New Zealand.
January 21st, 2025
PURCHASE – Hollywood Racing has bought a share into a filly called NATIONAL CODE, who is by Written Tycoon out of the Snitzel mare Sarraqa. She was bred by Noorilim Park, Arcadia and bought at the 2025 Inglis January Online Sale. She will go into training with Ben, Will & JD Hayes.
