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Eliza Park

MANAGING EDITOR

David O’Callaghan

EDITOR

Greg Tobin

CHIEF DESIGNER

Blue Ribbon Media

WRITERS

David Bay, John Holloway,

Shayne O’Cass, Alan Porter,

Michael Ross, Michael Sharkie,

Darryl Sherer.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Bruno Cannatelli, Bronwen Healy,

Martin King, Fiona Tomlin,

Tracey Doolan.

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2-3 Stallion Roster

4-5 Best Terms

6-11 Eliza Park : Then And NowWe’ve come a long way

13-20 BEL ESPRIT

22-25 Black CaviarIn the beginning

27-34 MAGNUS

36-38 Tally-HoIt’s all in the pedigree

40-41 Dane’s TimeUp all too soon

44-47 Stallion SyndicationGallop Poll on best investments

49-56 STATUE OF LIBERTY

57-59 Go To PressPressday heading to Eliza Park in ‘12

60 Mares’ Report Card

62-64 Buying the Ready Made?Aussies ‘stand to gain’

65-72 WANTED

74-76 Michael ChristianFrom footy to thoroughbreds

77-84 SHARKBITE

86-88 The Danehill DominanceThrough to the Keeper

89-96 SHINZIG

97-99 Double DissolutionWill the new boy lead Lonhro’s ‘Armee’?

101-108 WRITTEN TYCOON

110-113 Racing goes SocialOn the wire

115-122 SUPER SAVER

124-127 Cyst-ematic approach to OCDGetting the balance right

129-136 GOD’S OWN

138-139 Hay ListDaylight second!

140-143 A Great ChoiceSharkbite is best of all worlds

145-152 BUSHRANGER

155-161 ASTRONOMER ROYAL

163-170 DISSOLVED

172-173 Specialists in their fi eld

174-176 Eliza Park Kerrie

178-179 Eliza Park Nagambie

180-181 Eliza Park Smithfi eld

182-183 Eliza Park Northwood

184-185 What’s That Bill?Glossary of terms

186-187 Eliza Park Sales Division

188-189 Eliza Park Racing Division

190-191 Eliza Park Asia

IBC Farm Maps

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BEL ESPRIT (AUS)$ 27,500

GOD’S OWN (AUS)$ 13,750

MAGNUS (AUS)$ 22,000

STATUE OF LIBERTY (USA)$ 17,600

SUPER SAVER (USA)$ 16,500

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ASTRONOMER ROYAL (USA)$ 8,800

NEW

BUSHRANGER (IRE)$ 9,900

DISSOLVED (AUS)$ 5,500

WANTED (AUS)$ 38,500

WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS)$ 11,000

SHARKBITE (AUS)$ 5,500

SHINZIG (AUS)$ 8,800

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DAVID SOMERS0428 440 [email protected]

MARK LINDSAY0416 334 [email protected]

PHILIP MARSHALL0407 853 [email protected]

Winning starts here...


Eliza Park not only offers the most exciting stallion lineup in Victoria – we offer the best trading terms too.

When you book your mare to an Eliza Park stallion you are eligible for a

TRANSFERRABLE FREE RETURN Any mare sold in foal to an Eliza Park stallion can be sold with a free return, provided that the service fee

has been paid in full and that the stallion stands at Eliza Park the following season.

NO PAYMENT OF SERVICE FEE IS REQUIRED UNTIL 31 MARCH 2012

B E S T T E R M S


ELIZA PARKTHEN AND

NOWAs veteran industry racing scribe, JOHN HOLLOWAY,

point outs, the late Jim Fleming was born with a sixth

sense and used this gift – very successfully – as a

businessman, administrator and breeder par excellence.


June 1997

Lee Fleming purchases the 400 acre Dorrington Farm at Kerrie and names it Eliza Park

April 1999

Desert Sun, the sire of Sunline – and damsire of Black Caviar – is purchased from New Zealand and re-located to Eliza Park

January 1998

Following extensive development, Eliza Park commences operations standing three stallions and covering 212 mares

October 1998Eliza Park has its first Group One winner when Kenwood Melody (raced by Lee Fleming) wins the Group One Caufield Guineas

1997 1998 1999



January 2000

Eliza Park sells Reactive at Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale. The filly would take out the Group One Oakleigh Plate and was subsequently sold for $775,000

April 2000 General Nediym is secured for stud duties at Eliza Park

March 2003

Eliza Park purchases a racing and breeding interest in Bel Esprit who later wins the Group One Doomben 10,000

September 2002

Blue Hen mare, Scandinavia (originally raced by Lee Fleming in partnership with Robert Crabtree) produces a Flying Spur colt at Eliza Park. The colt would be named Magnus and went on to capture the Group One The Galaxy in April 2007

Carving a niche in the grocery industry at the helm of the Flemings and Jewel Food Stores, Jim became a prolific

racehorse owner and eventually, turned his not inconsiderable drive to the field of administration.

First becoming a director, then Chairman of the Sydney Turf Club – one of the country’s most powerful racing bodies – Jim displayed flair and acumen in steering the Club (and indeed racing) through some difficult years.

Naturally enough, when he directed his attention toward thoroughbred breeding, his boutique operation – Tyreel Stud – soon established itself as an industry leader: a position it has maintained for the past two decades.

Jim had three sons - Lee, Dean and Paul – with the trio all inheriting their father’s passion for racing and breeding.

Whereas the younger boys, Dean and Paul, followed in Jim’s sizeable footsteps by deciding to take the ‘boutique’ route, Lee ended up choosing a radically different path.

Despite being based in Sydney, Lee turned his gaze south and, in June 1997, purchased the property at Kerrie (near the foot of Victoria’s Macedon Ranges) … an 800 acre showpiece which is now known as Eliza Park.

Originally the plan was to keep the numbers down – more an opportunity to capitalise on Victoria’s exceptional

prizemoney and innovative incentive scheme, Super VOBIS.

However, the stud – along with facilities, staff and equine occupants – soon grew like the owner’s aspirations, much to the bemusement of father Jim who had taken a more ‘concise’ approach to his breeding operation.

By the time Jim passed away in December 2007, Lee had secured another 1100 acres at Nagambie, in Victoria’s north east, and would soon add another ‘sales specific’ property – Smithfield Farm – also at Nagambie, and just 90 minutes from the Kerrie headquarters.

Kerrie plays host to Eliza Park’s stallions – a 12-strong roster – and is also the operation’s administration hub and also boasts a thriving racing division.

The racing division has between 60 to 70 pre-trainers year round and breaks in some 150 horses annually for Victoria’s leading trainers (one of its most famous ‘graduates’ is Horse of the Year, Weekend Hussler).

Reactive

Jim Fleming

Lee Fleming

2000 2002 2003

January 2005

Eliza Park owned mare, Recurring, wins the Group One Railway Stakes in New Zealand

January 2006Eliza Park sells its highest priced yearling when the Encosta de Lago – Millrich colt is knocked down to Robbie Laing for $725,000

April 2007

Eliza Park’s Racing Division breaks in Horse of the Year, Weekend Hussler

September 2007Eliza Park’s stallion roster attracts over 1200 mares, including a record 266 mares for Bel Esprit

June 2006

Eliza Park enters a joint venture with neighbouring property, Yallambee Stud, purchasing a substantial interest in Caulfield Guineas hero God’s Own

September 2006Stallion roster expands to 12 stallions

Facility rich, Eliza Park Nagambie (formerly Paringa Park) – with Goulburn Valley River frontage – is home to more than 150 broodmares and an ideal setting to grow out foals.

The other link in the chain – certainly in terms of providing “the whole package” is the purpose built Eliza Park Smithfield.

Designed from the ground up and launched for the 2009 sales, Smithfield has state-of-the-art stables, horse walkers and lunging rings, catering for the now 150 yearlings and 40 weanlings prepared for major sales in 2011.

In 2008, Eliza Park became the first Australian stud to establish an office in Singapore, the proverbial gateway to Asia: a move designed to enhance its already sizeable domestic network. The measure has certainly paid off, particularly in the area of private sales and for horses in training.

The sheer vastness of the operation is mind boggling, and a far cry from initial plans.

One person who has been with Eliza Park every step of the way is CEO, Cameron Croucher, who initially worked alongside Jim Fleming before taking up the reins at Eliza Park.

Although operating from a Sydney CBD base, Cameron has appointed key personnel to cater for all aspects of the day-to-day: the racing manager, general manager of sales and marketing, operations manager and resident veterinarian.

“It’s a very successful arrangement and ensures Eliza runs smoothly. Overall we have a staff of upto 90 and include the best horse-people available,” Croucher points out.

Eliza Park has obviously been buoyed by the success of two of its stallions – Bel Esprit and Statue of Liberty – who, respectively, are the sires of the world’s two best sprinters in Black Caviar and Hay List.

Bel Esprit has been a tremendous acquisition for Eliza Park and two years ago covered an extraordinary 262 mares in the breeding season. Despite his amazing credentials, Bel Esprit’s fee of $27,500 remains unchanged for the breeding season.

Designed from the ground up and launched for the 2009 sales, Smithfield has state-of-the-art stables, horse walkers and lunging rings, catering for the now 150 yearlings and 40 weanlings prepared

In 2008, Eliza Park became the first Australian stud to establish

proverbial gateway to Asia: a move designed to enhance its already sizeable domestic

certainly paid off, particularly in the area of private sales and for horses in

operation is mind boggling,

One person who has been with Eliza Park

out.

Recurring

Bel Esprit

than 150 broodmares and an ideal setting to grow out foals.

area of private sales and for horses in training.

The sheer vastness of the operation is mind boggling, and a far cry from initial plans.

One person who has been with Eliza Park every step of the way is CEO, Cameron Croucher, who initially worked alongside Jim Fleming before taking up the reins at Eliza Park.

Although operating from a Sydney CBD base, Cameron has appointed key personnel to cater for all aspects of the day-to-day: the racing manager, general manager of sales and marketing, operations manager and resident veterinarian.

Weekend Hussler

2005 2006 2007



March 2008Eliza Park acquires the 1100 acre, Paringa Park in Nagambie. Called Eliza Park Nagambie it is now used specifically to raise young horses

March 2008Eliza Park racehorse, Shinzig, is syndicated among clients and wins the Group One CF Orr Stakes before retiring to stud in the spring

March 2009Negotiations with Japanese owners results in Statue of Liberty (sire of Hay List) returning to Australia on a shuttle basis

June 2008Office opened in Singapore to service clients throughout South East Asia

August 2008

Eliza Park becomes principle partner of Living Legends – the international home of rest for retired champions

2008 2009

“He (Bel Esprit) is attracting tremendous numbers and he could have warranted an increase. But we decided to keep him at his 2010 fee and the numbers are again rolling in. He’s a very fertile stallion and with Black Caviar carrying all before her we felt it only fair for breeders to mate with him at a reasonable price,” Croucher adds.

Statue of Liberty shuttles from Japan and he’s been a great success in his two years at Eliza Park, highlighted by the tremendous run of Hay List.

“We restrict Statue of Liberty to 120 mares

and like Bel Espirit he is sensibly priced at $17,600 and will have another capacity book of broodmares.

“We’ve also had a great deal of success with Written Tycoon who served 198 mares in 2010 and the numbers are filling up solidly for the coming season at a fee of just $11,000, particularly as he is now Australia’s Leading First Season Sire.

“Our three newcomers in 2011 are the 2010 Kentucky Derby winner, Super Saver, the Lonhro stakes winner, Dissolved, and Classic winning Danzig stallion, Astronomer Royal.

“Kentucky Derby winners have proven themselves at stud in Australia and breeders in North America have given the stallion their whole hearted support with some 140 mares going to him in his first season: 100 of these either stakes winners or the dams thereof.

“Dissolved is an exciting acquisition too: his trainer John Hawkes reckons he’s the dead spitting image of his sire, Lonhro,

who recently clocked up his 25th stakes winner and is right in the mix to capture the Australian Leading Sires’ title this season, while Astronomer Royal’s first crop weanlings have sold up to $90,000.”

Others on the Eliza Park roster include Wanted who is the top priced stallion standing at $38,500. He is a son of boom stallion, Fastnet Rock, who beat Starspangledbanner in the Group One Newmarket Handicap and has been in huge demand by breeders since retiring.

“We’re obviously very happy to be standing a sire of Wanted’s calibre, but

Nagambie

Singapore Dissolved

October 2009Eliza Park acquires 160acres at Nagambie – Eliza Park Smithfield – which is developed from the ground up as a sales specific, state-of-the-art property (first year graduate, Run For Wilson, wins Breeders’ Stakes-LR)

May 2011Eliza Park secures Group One Kentucky Derby winner, Super Saver

June 2011Eliza Park establishes fifth property in Victoria with the acquisition of Eliza Park Northwood : this facility will be utilised to foal down mares

May 201050% interest in Group One Newmarket Handicap winner Wanted

March 2011Top Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale’s aggregate with over $2 million in proceeds

2010 2011

that’s only part of the equation: especially in light of recent developments in relation to the stallion,” Croucher enthuses. “North American-based SF Bloodstock – which negotiated Super Saver’s imminent ‘shuttle’ along with leading Kentucky stud farm, WinStar - has taken a large shareholding in Wanted, opening an relationship which I believe will have a long-lasting effect on our plans globally.”

As for the remainder of the ‘highly credentialed’ roster – both in terms of performance and pedigree – Magnus and Shinzig

had their first yearlings sell for $170,000 and $160,000 respectively, God’s Own continues to be popular among the training fraternity, Redoute’s

Choice stallion Sharkbite has cracking first foals and

dual Champion 2YO, Bushranger, is about to

embark on his second season at Eliza Park.

Croucher maintains that Eliza Park’s evolv

ement into one of the nation’s finest and most

comprehensive breeding operations, is testimony to

perseverance of Lee Fleming in acquiring quality stallions for the

farm.

“Lee was always aware that a stud needs quality stallions and he has worked very hard in upgrading his stallion lists each year. He is now bearing the fruits of this

formula and the farm is attracting many mares from interstate breeders which is a great shot in the arm,” Croucher summarises.

Eliza Park has certainly come a long way in a relatively short time and the sky appears to be the limit for Lee Fleming and his progressive team.

Jim would be proud!

performance and pedigree – Magnus and Shinzig

had their first yearlings sell for $170,000 and $160,000 respectively, God’s Own continues to be popular among the training fraternity, Redoute’s

Choice stallion Sharkbite has cracking first foals and

dual Champion 2YO, Bushranger, is about to

embark on his second season at Eliza Park.

Croucher maintains that Eliza Park’s evolv

ement into one of the nation’s finest and most

comprehensive breeding operations, is testimony to

perseverance of Lee Fleming in acquiring quality stallions for the

farm.

“Lee was always aware that a stud needs quality stallions and he has worked very hard in upgrading his stallion lists each year. He is now bearing the fruits of this

John Holloway is an award winning industry journalist and magazine publisher who also served on the Sydney Turf Club committee for a number of years alongside Jim Fleming.

Wanted

Northwood

Super Saver


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AUSTRALIAN-THOROUGHBREDSDOMINATING GLOBALLY

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Australia’s sprinters dominate the World Thoroughbred Rankings including HAY LIST (Statue of Liberty – Sing Hallelujah) Rated 122.

Wait for the clash of the greats….Rocket Man versus Black Caviar. It will be a race for the ages.

Black Caviar is a once in a lifetime phenomenon and has excited the non-race-going public in a way not seen for a generation. Her deeds are spoken about in the same breath as Bradman’s and Lindrum’s. She is an Australia- bred embraced by horse lovers around the world as the finest of her breed. The Australian Thoroughbred industry stands proud and tall alongside her.

Australia’s Sprinting Stars

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVBLACK CAVIAR (Bel Esprit – Helsinge)• Record breaker - Highest rated Australian Thoroughbred (Rated 130).• First ever sprinter to head the world’s top 50 racehorses. • 13 runs for 13 wins.

ROCKET MAN

(Viscount – Macrosa)

• World’s equal fourth highest rated

sprinter (Rated 125).

• Group winner in Singapore, Hong Kong

and Dubai.• 16 wins, 4 places from 20 starts.

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27,500 27,500$ 27,500

Bay 1999 (16.1 1/2 hh), Royal Academy - Bespoken by Vain

BEL ESPRIT (AUS)


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BEL ESPRIT

1sire of the world’s best racehorse

4

times Champion Victorian sire – from only 5 crops of racing age

230

individual winners

175,000

paid for colts in 2011

220,000

paid for fi llies in 2011

1,050,000paid for Bel Esprit’s G1 winning mare Bel Mer

18,000,000progeny earnings from just 5 crops of racing age

627progeny that are still to race!

LEADING AUSTRALIAN SIRES 2010-11BY EARNINGS

Stallion Winners Earnings ($) 2011 Fee ($)

1 hIGh ChAPARRAL 26 6,804,665 99,000

2 REDOUTE’S ChOICE 106 6,194,081 137,500

3 MORE ThAN READY 91 6,169,821 99,000

4 LONhRO 106 6,165,472 77,000

5 BEL ESPRIT 97 6,092,523 27,500

6 COMMANDS 126 5,943,308 66,000

7 ENCOSTA DE LAGO 119 5,935,363 110,000

8 ZABEEL 67 5,526,314 100,000

9 ELUSIVE QUALITY 52 4,988,280 n/a

10 TESTA ROSSA 101 4,949,499 44,000Source: Bloodhound 31 May 2011

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By the numbers

LEADING AUSTRALIAN SIRES 2010-11BY WINNERS

Stallion Winners Earnings ($) 2011 Fee ($)

1 COMMANDS 126 5,943,308 66,000

2 ENCOSTA DE LAGO 119 5,935,363 110,000

3 REDOUTE’S ChOICE 106 6,194,081 137,500

4 LONhRO 106 6,165,472 77,000

5 TESTA ROSSA 101 4,949,499 44,000

6 BEL ESPRIT 97 6,092,523 27,500Source: Bloodhound 31 May 2011

7 ENCOSTA DE LAGO 119 5,935,363 110,000

8 ZABEEL 67 5,526,314 100,000

9 ELUSIVE QUALITY 52 4,988,280 n/a

10 TESTA ROSSA 101 4,949,499 44,000Source: Bloodhound 31 May 2011

is the YOUNGEST. . . and the CHEAPEST!

BEL ESPRIT


CITY OF SONGLightning 2YO City of Song captured the Blue Sapphire Stakes-LR in April (also won by Black Caviar in 2009)

BEL MERWinner of the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes, Bel Mer was one of two million dollar lots sold at the 2010 Easter Broodmare Sale

TRUE PERSUASION4-time city winner True Persuasion beat home all but hay List in the Group One Manikato Stakes in the spring and followed up with a super third behind Black Caviar and multiple Group One winning mare, hot Danish, in the Group Two Schweppes

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STUD RECORD Entered stud 2003. Champion Victorian-based sire 4 times (with only 5 crops of racing age; Currently 3rd Leading Australian Sire by earnings; Currently 5th Leading Australian Sire by winners; sire of 223 winners (63.9%), 11 stakes winners, 8 stakes placegetters & $17 million inc.

BLACK CAVIAR (Desert Sun). World Champion Racehorse 2011. Unbeaten. 13 wins at 1000m, 1200m, $3,212,550, VRC Newmarket H-G1, VRC Lightning S-G1, VRC Victoria Racing Club S-G1, MVRC William Reid S-G1, ATC TJ Smith S-G1, BTC Cup-G1, VRC Rory’s Jester S-G2, MVRC Stanley Wootton S-G2, AJ Moir S-G2, MRC Schillaci S-G2, MVRC William Crockett S-L, MRC Blue Sapphire Stakes-L (by 6 lens), won on debut at Flemington (by 5 lens).

BEL MER (At Talaq). 4 wins at 1100m, 1200m, $599,575, SAJC Robert Sangster S-G1, MRC Quezette S-L, JRA S-L, Heath S-L, 2d VRC Coolmore Stud S-G1, MRVC Schweppes S-G2, Champagne S-G3, MRC Le Tan S-L., 3d VRC RDA Victoria S-L.

VIVACIOUS SPIRIT (Snippets). 3 wins at 1000m, 1200m, $259,260, MRC How Now S-G3, Sandown Park (UK) H., 2d SAJC Yallambee Classic-G2, MRC Perri Cutten Cup-G2, Thoroughbred Club S-G3, 3d MRC Kevin Hayes S-L.

GABBIDON (Scenic). 4 wins-2 at 2-to 1400m, 260,010, SAJC Jansz S-G3, MRC Tranquil Star Guineas Prelude-G3, 2d SAJC Manihi Classic-L, 4th SAJC South Australia S-L.

BELCENTRA (Centaine). 3 wins to 1400m, $219,200, VRC Lexus S-L, MVRC NHP Electrical H, 2d MRC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3, 3d MRC Thoroughbred Club S-G3, 4th MRC Blue Diamond Preview-L.

BELTROIS (Noalcoholic). 5 wins to 1210m, $341,985, MRC Doveton S-L, VRC Highpoint H., MVRC Alternate Railway H., MRC Arrowfi eld H., 2d VRC Standish H-G3, Bobbie Lewis Quality-G3, 3d VRC Aurie’s Star H-G3.

BELCENTRA (Centaine). 3 wins to 1400m, $219,200, VRC Desirable S-L, MVRC NHP Electrical H., 2d MRC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3, 3d MRC Thoroughbred Club S-G3.

CITY OF SONG (Umatilla). 2 wins & 2 placings from 4 starts at 2 (2011), 1000-1200m, $111,463, MRC Blue Sapphire S-L, MRC Race-Tech H.

PEACH TREE (Naturalism). 5 wins to 2200m, $217,550, WATC Belmont Classic-L, Westspeed 3YO H., 2d WATC Matchmaker S-L, Belmont Oaks-L.

SILVER BULLION (Desert King). 5 wins to 1175m, $249,150, VRC Kensington S-L, MVRC Gillies Famous Pies H., Sportingbet Premium H.

STRIKE THE TIGER (Straight Strike). 3 wins to 1200m, $138,647, TTC Gold Sovereign S-L, F & W Stewart Jewellers 2YO H., 2d TTC Shaw Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

MOORING (At Talaq). 4 wins to 1200m, $291,120, Singapore 3YO Challenge-L, Kranji Stakes.True Persuasion (Brief Truce). 4 wins to 1200m, $486,213, MVRC Top Cat Electrics H., Bingham Freight

Systems H., Pulse Pharmacy Premium H., Essendon Fields H., 2d MVRC Manikato S-G1, 3d MVRC AJ Moir S-G2.Audacious Spirit (Zeditave). 1 win at 1200m, $118,400, Tattersalls RC (QLD) Hardy Brothers Jewellers 3YO

H., 2d ATC Royal Sovereign S-G2, BRC Dalrello S-L, 3d Tattersalls RC (QLD) Tattersall’s 2YO S-L.Tollesprit (Alzao). 4 wins to 1420m, $234,775, VRC Flemington Green Fields Day H., Schweppes 1200, MVRC

Schweppervescence Plate, 2d MRC H.D.F. McNeil S-G3.Blue Sky (Supremo). 5 wins to 1650m, $815,472, Happy Valley Cheong Ming H., Sha Tin Cowdray Park H.,

The Skol Cup, Happy Valley Cleveland H, 2d MRC Gothic S-L.Royal Esprit (Brief Truce). 5 wins-1 at 2-to 1200m, $199,800, AJC Go For Gold Welter H., Soho Square H.,

STC Functions H., 2d AJC Razor Sharp H-L, 4th AJC Breeders’ Plate-L.Le Bel Away (King of Kings). 3 wins to 1800m, $55,686, SAJC Adelaide Casino Adelaide Cup March H., TTC

Aceland Stud Thousand Guineas, 3d TRC Strutt S-L.Belgietto (Sackford). 5 wins to 1630m, $163,709, VRC Skipton H., National Patient Transport H., 3d SAJC C S

Hayes Memorial Cup-L.The Pupster (New Regent). 3d WATC Perth S-L.

SIRE LINE By ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) (Bay 1987-Stud 1991 (IRE), 1994 (AUS)) Champion First Crop Sire in Australia & UK; European Champion 3YO Miler; sire of 1244 winners (67.0%), 156 stakeswinners (8.4%), 120 stakes placed (6.5%) & winners of over $140.6 million, inc. G1 winners BEL ESPRIT, VAL ROYAL, OSCAR SCHINDLER, BULLISH LUCK, KENWOOD MELODY etc.

RACE RECORD Champion 3YO. Dual Group One winner of 8 races, 1000m to 1350m, and $2,073,600 in stakes. WON MRC Blue Diamond S. - G1 (1200m); BTC Doomben 10000 - G1 (1350m); VRC Maribyrnong P. - G2 (1000m); MRC Blue Diamond Prelude - G3 (1100m); Blue Diamond Preview - G3 (1000m); MRC H.D.F. McNeil S. - G3 (1100m); MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S. - L (1000m); MVRC Pierre Fontaine Trophy - L (1000m) 2ND VRC Newmarket H. - G1; MVRC Manikato S. - G1; MRC Caulfi eld Guineas - G1; Dubai Racing Club Cup - G1

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BROODMARE SIRE VAINChampion Racehorse. 12 wins.Sire of 46 SWs (7 G1s) inc. SIR DAPPER, INSPIRED, KENMARK, MISTRESS ANNE etc.Broodmare sire of 98 SWs (15 G1s) inc. BEL ESPRIT, JOISE DE GRISE, CHIEF DE BEERS, GOLDEN SWORD, DENMAN etc.

1st Dam BESPOKEN, by Vain. Started 3 times in Australia. Half-sister to MAHAASIN. Dam of 7 winners- BEL ESPRIT (by Royal Academy (USA)). Champion 3YO. Dual Group One winner of 8 races, 1000m to 1350m and $2,073,600 in stakes, inc. MRC Blue Diamond S-G1, BTC Doomben 10,000-G1 etc.

2nd Dam VIN D’AMOUR (NZ), by Adios (GB). 4 wins 1000 to 1400 m. at 2 Won Manawatu RC Manawatu Sires’ Produce S. G1, Matamata RC Matamata Breeders’ S. G2. 2nd WRC Evergreen Lodge S. G2. 3rd Hawke’s Bay JC Gold Trail S. G2, Masterton RC Lowland S. G3. Half-sister to SECRET SEAL. Dam of 5 named foals, 4 raced, 2 winners- MAHAASIN (f by Biscay). 5 wins at 900, 1200 m. and $525,050. Won VATC Blue Diamond S. G1, VRC Maribyrnong Trial S. L, VATC Laurent Perrier S. L. 2nd VRC Edward Manifold S. G2, VATC Blue Diamond Prelude G3, Gold Coast TC Fillies Magic Millions [RL]. 3rd STC Reisling Slipper Trial G2. 4th SAJC Lightning S. G3. Dam of 3 winners inc.- MUKARRAB. 9 wins at 5f, 6f. BLU TU HOT. 8 wins at 1000, 1200 m. and $101,729. Won Milano Premio Lusia, Roma Premio Goodly, Roma Premio Bold Run, Roma Premio Tennyson, Roma Premio Varano. 3rd Milano Premio Segrino, Roma Premio Alibella. BLASTING THROUGH. Winner at 7f in Canada. Dam of 2 winners inc.- BAADI BLASTED. 3 wins at 1300m, 1810m, to 2008-09, inc. STC Theraces.co.au P., Tooheys New H. PALACE BEAT. 1 win at 1250 m. Won STC 3YO Fillies Conditions H. Dam of 5 winners inc.- MISS EXQUISITE. 4 wins at 1100, 1400 m. Won WATC Class 6 H., WATC Class 6 H. 2nd WATC Class 6 H. 3rd WATC Class 6 H. Producer. Love of Kentucky. Granddam of- Arakti. 2 wins at 1600m, 2100m. Won Curraghmore Stud 2100. 2nd AuRC Great Northern Guineas Prelude-L, 3rd WRC Trentham S-G3. Vinny. Unraced. Dam of 2 winners- MR KUDOS. 7 wins 1100 to 1400 m. and $60,828. Won Matamata RC Rich Hill Thoroughbreds H., WRC Metro Ford H. 2nd WRC P & O Nedlloyd H. 3rd WRC Yves Saint Laurent H., CJC Canterbury Racing Winter Cup Trial, AuRC Ra Ora-Haunui Partnership H., CJC Newstalk ZB Progressive H.

3rd Dam GLITEREN, by Final Orders (NZ). 5 wins 1100 to 1800 m. in Australia 3rd VRC Provincial Plate, TTC Matchmaker St. Dam of 5 named foals, all raced, 4 winners inc.- VIN D’AMOUR (f by Adios (GB)). 4 wins. See above. SECRET SEAL (c by Imperial Seal (GB)). 8 wins 1400 to 2200 m. Won Hawke’s Bay JC Hawke’s Bay Cup G3, Wanganui JC Tim Rogers S. G3, Hawke’s Bay JC Ormond S. G3, Taranaki JC Taranaki S. L. 2nd WRC H.R. Chalmers S. L. 3rd WRC New Zealand St Leger G1. Wagtail. Started 8 times in Australia. Dam of 2 winners- Queen of Saxony (f by Captain Blood). 7 wins 1300 to 2100 m. Won WATC Swan River Welter H., WATC Qantas Tokyo Graduation S., WATC Rentokil Sanitact H., WATC Budget Super Rent H. 2nd WATC Captains Club H. 3rd WATC Belmont Oaks-L, WATC RSL Graduation S. Dam of: KING OF SAXONY (g by Spartan Valley) 6 wins-2 at 2-1400m to 3200m, $416,200, inc. WATC Perth Cup-G2

Royal Academy

Bespoken

Nijinsky

Crimson Saint

Vain

Vin d’Amour

Northern Dancer

Flaming Page

Crimson Satan

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Wilkes

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BEL ESPRIT was a grade one winning sprinter at two and three. By Royal Academy, one of the

most outstanding sire sons of Nijinsky II, Bel Esprit has made an impressive start to his stud

career.

Bel Esprit has sired two stakes winners, including the grade one winning fi lly, Bel Mer, out of a mare

by At Talaq, a son of Roberto. Royal Academy also sired stakes winner out of mares descending

from Roberto through Lear Fan (brother to Pirate Army) and Robellino. Bel Esprit should also

work well with the Roberto line through Red Ransom (his son Charge Forward), Brocco, Prized

and Touching Wood. From the same Hail to Reason line as Roberto, Royal Academy has sired

three stakes winner out of mares descending from Halo, including a graded winner out of a mare

by Don’t Say Halo. Halo might also work well through More Than Ready. Hail to Reason is by

Turn-to, from whom descends Sir Tristram. Royal Academy has sired fi ve stakes winners out of

Sir Tristram line mares, with Marauding providing the dams of fi ve of them.

Although he is from the Northern Dancer line, Bel Esprit has already sired several stakes winners

when bred back mares from that sire line. Nijinsky does combine well in pedigrees with Danzig

and from the Danzig branch this includes the brilliant Black Caviar out of a mare by Desert Sun

(by Green Desert, sire of Volksraad, Cape Cross and Invincible Spirit) and Desert King (by

Danehill). Particularly interesting sources of Danehill include Redoute’s Choice, Flying Spur,

Danehill Dancer (and his son Choisir), Danewin and Commands.

Bel Esprit is also sire of graded stakes winner Gabbidon out of a mare by Scenic, a son of the

Northern Dancer line stallion Sadler’s Wells. This suggests that he might work over other sources

of Sadler’s Wells, such as Galileo, Montjeu and High Chaparral, and over mares by Encosta de

Lago, who is by Sadler’s Wells’ brother, Fairy King. Royal Academy is a son of Nijinsky II, and has

sired two stakes winners out of mares by The Minstrel (a three-parts-brother to Nijinsky II) and

a graded stakes winner out of a mare by Palace Music (sire of Naturalism),which also suggests

Bakharoff and Masterclass. A very similar pattern could be achieved with mares descending

from Storm Bird. The Storm Cat branch (available through such as Hennessy, Johannesburg,

Tale of the Cat, and Giant’s Causeway), would be particularly interesting as Storm Cat is a close

relative to Royal Academy. This cross might also work through Bluebird and it would be worth

looking at mares by Thunder Gulch, who has Storm Bird as his broodmare sire. Royal Academy

has done well with Northern Dancer through Lyphard, and a good source in Australia might be

Alzao. Bel Esprit has also sired a stakes winner out of a mare Noalcoholic (by Nonoalco, like

Northern Dancer, as son of Nearctic).

From the Mr. Prospector line, Bel Esprit is sire of a stakes winner out of a mare by Straight

Strike. Royal Academy has also done well with mares from this line, and has stakes winners out

of mares by Miswaki (sire of Umatilla), Woodman, Bellotto, Geiger Counter, Unbridled (who

could be brought in through Unbridled’s Song), Rhythm, and Gone West (who would work well

through Zafonic and his son, Xaar) and the Seeking the Gold strain through Lujain and Secret

Savings.

Bel Esprit is sire of graded winner Vivacious Spirit out of a mare by Snippets, and his stakes

winner Belcentra is out of a mare by Centaine. He should be well worth trying with mares by

Blushing Groom, who is good under Nijinsky II in general, and who is in the broodmare sire line

of eight Royal Academy line stakes winners. Blushing Groom sources including Quest For Fame,

Nassipour, and Pre Emptive Strike.

Although Vain – the broodmare sire of Bel Esprit – is not likely to be found very frequently in the

male line of the broodmare population, we can note four of Bel Esprit’s stakes winners are inbred

to that strain, and he is defi nitely worth bringing in when possible. On this basis mares by Kenvain

and Keltrice which should be readily available in the local broodmare population do appeal.

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BLACKCAVIAR

In the beginning …


Black Caviar has galloped into the hearts and minds of every race

goer: from the private boxes of Royal Ascot to the Bunbury betting

ring. Seemingly every stride by the fastest racehorse on the planet

has been chronicled, but as GREG TOBIN discovers,

it all started with a little Love.

David Hains has been a visionary: both on the bourse and the course.

His prowess as a captain of commerce is the stuff of legend

and considerable wealth has ensued. As of last year he was ranked #27 in Forbes’ Richest Australians.

But it is likely that Hains will be best remembered – certainly among this readership – for his contribution to the world of thoroughbred breeding.

From a racing perspective, Hains first rose to prominence in the early 80s as the breeder/owner of the immortal, Kingston Town.

An inaugural inductee to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, Kingston Town was a phenomenon, winning 30 of 41 starts, including 14 Group One events. The black superstar thrilled crowds from Brisbane to Perth and his ability to win an Expressway Stakes (1100m) against the best sprinters of the land and a Sydney Cup (3200m) in a two month span is testimony to his incredible talent. Oh, and let’s not forget three successive Cox Plates.

Amazingly, when Hains sent Kingston Town – as a yearling – to the sales in Melbourne, he failed to reach his modest reserve of $8,000 and was ferried home.

Perhaps potential buyers were put off by a scar on his head from where he had crashed through a fence at Kingston Park?

No-one appears to have been interested in the first crop colt by Bletchingly – who had been a lightning fast horse for Melbourne trainer Angus Armanasco – from the unraced, imported mare Ada Hunter, a German bred daughter of French stallion Andrea Mantegna.

And they similarly scorned another Kingston Park yearling at the same auction – a filly by Bletchingly’s sire and similarly speedy, Biscay, from yet another imported mare in Ursula Lauderdale (ITY).

Admittedly linebred to both Gainsborough and Nasrullah and stakes placed in France in her own right, Ursula Lauderdale had little on the board at the time her filly was sharing a float ride to the sales with the soon-to-be Kingston Town.

Likewise, the Hains family would end up racing the filly – Lowan Star – whose 11 wins would include both the AJC and Queensland Oaks.

But what prompted Hains’ fascination with mares from yonder shores?

It appears that Hains – seeking solace from the office – had decided (in the words of Mark Twain) to spoil a good walk and took up golf, befriending Aussie supremo, Norman Von Nida, in the process.

The ‘Von’ had won 43 tournaments but was, at the time of his meeting

with Hains, an avid pedigree buff who, unlike many of his colonial peers at the time, looked further afield to juice his breeding aspirations.

A huge fan of Federico Tesio, Von Nida travelled to Europe in search of suitable mares for Kingston Park, eventually leading to Hains’ acquisition of both Ada Hunter and Ursula Lauderdale.

But while both lines have largely petered out in the decades hence, it was a similarly unheralded mare – from Denmark of all places – who may yet accord the Hains family its greatest legacy.

Hains brought Love Song to Australia in 1980 – around the time the 3YO Kingston Town was doing a number on rivals – and sent the Warpath mare (whose best was

Both lines have largely

petered out in the decades

hence, but it was a similarly

unheralded mare – from

Denmark of all places – who

may yet accord the Hains

family its greatest legacy.

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two moderate placings in England) to Buena Shore.

She missed. Then she visited Vain, producing Song of Norway, who would never race. Bletchingly was next cab off the rank, resulting in Song of Kingston … unraced.

Back to Vain … a colt that was never named. Then a dead foal by Private Thoughts.

Lover’s Chariot – Love Song’s Zephyr Zip filly – made it to the track but could do no better than placings at Yarra Glen, Traralgon, Seymour and Bairnsdale.

In her last three seasons at stud, Love Song missed to Tate Gallery and had a Bluebird foal die on her before putting the cue in the rack with the rather ironically named High Achiever (by Hula Chief) whose only claim to fame was a placing over 1200m in Singapore.

Yet, as inauspicious a career as it would appear, it was one of both destiny and dynasty.

Song of Kingston was the first to fire a shot when the Hains’ homebred, Muirfield Village, would take out the Group Two Hill Stakes in Sydney (beating Super Impose and Better Loosen Up) and run seconds behind Redding in the 1992 Victoria Derby-G1 and Coronation Day in the Spring Champion Stakes-G1.

Song of Kingston is also the great granddam of 2011 stakes winner, Uxorious, currently the winner of six of 10 starts.

But it’s the Song of Norway ‘branch’ that has now left an indelible stamp on the Australian thoroughbred industry.

Although she missed in the spring of ’85, when served by Double Nearco, before next producing the unraced Shoubra Miss (by Kingston Jamaica), her grey colt Wyama King (also by Kingston Jamaica) would win seven races in the sunshine state.

Russian Tea Room followed and when the Raise A Cup colt eclipsed the Rancher Quality-LR and ran third in the Blue Diamond Prelude-G3 in his first two starts at two, the Hains family must have thought the tide was about to turn.

Yet, injury put Russian Tea Room off the scene for 12 months and he was never quite

the same horse when he returned to the track.

Magic Piper (by Magical Wonder) won three and then there was a dead foal by Papal Power before Song of Norway struck black gold again with Christmas Tree sprinter, Frosty The Snowman, capturing the Mitchell McKenzie Stakes-LR at Moonee Valley (along with two victories down the straight at Flemington).

Glacial Lass (by Canny Lad) was also a winner at Flemington and, as it turns out, the last foal out of Song of Norway bred by David Hains.

Robert Crabtree well recalls picking up Song of Norway in foal to Snippets at a dispersal sale, purchasing the mare on the simple premise that anything Hains’ owned had potential.

How right he was. The Snippets foal fittingly ‘touched down’ on Remembrance Day 1994 and Crabtree – who at the time owned Dorrington Farm at Kerrie (which would later become Eliza Park) – said he was taken with the filly from day one:

“strong type, very muscular”.

Deciding to sell the Snippets filly at the 1996 Australian Easter Yearling Sale – yet “keep a leg” – she was eventually knocked down to Eliza Park principal, Lee Fleming, for $160,0000.

Together Crabtree and Fleming would race a truly memorable sprinter which, in accordance with the ‘Norwegian’ theme, they named Scandinavia.

What a fantastic racehorse: winner on debut in the Blue Diamond Preview-G3, she would run third to General Nediym (beaten a neck) in the Newmarket Handicap-G1 as a 3YO and, in the space of eight starts, win the QTC Cup-G2, run second in the Goodwood Handicap-G1 (beaten less than a length) and Salinger Stakes-G1 (beaten a short half head), third in the Lightning-G1, along with cheques from three other Group events.

Spreading the wealth, Crabtree and Fleming agreed upon a “season with you, season with me” strategy and Scandinavia’s

first was the Danehill filly whose best was a second on debut at Flemington.

Fleming’s first ‘try’ was an unraced filly by Desert Sun whom we’ll revisit – in some detail – shortly.

Back to Crabtree and Scandinavia was sent to Flying Spur who produced a cracking colt in the September of ’02.

“He was very big behind – just like his mother … muscular, very strong: a real Biscay type”, according to Crabtree, so he decided to race the colt himself and placed the up and comer with Peter Moody (who would get to know the family VERY well).

The colt – named Magnus (Latin for ‘great’

Scandinavia

Bel Esprit

and the name of the first five kings of Norway) – won his first two starts at three before capturing the Age Classic-G2 (now G1) defeating subsequent Oakleigh Plate-G1 winner Undue..

The lightning fast Magnus notched up a Group One in the autumn by taking out the Galaxy in Sydney, but was destined to race in an era of extreme sprinting competition placing second behind Weekend Hussler (twice), Miss Andretti and Takeover Target in Group One events. All up, the horse would produce top four finishes in no less than 10 races at the elite level.

Retiring to Eliza Park in 2008, Magnus has enjoyed quality books for his first three seasons, underlined by the high prices for his first crop of yearlings at major sales in 2011.

Magnus’ younger half brother, Wilander, by Exceed and Excel, was sold by Eliza Park for $625,000 at the 2007 Easter Yearling Sale and would go on to notch up victories in the MRC Schillaci Stakes-G2, Blue Diamond Prelude-G3 and Bob Hoysted Stakes-LR at Flemington.

However, it’s Scandinavia’s aforementioned, unraced, Desert Sun filly, that has tongues wagging from Randwick to Reykjavik.

Originally sold as a yearling by Eliza Park to Aquanita Racing for $305,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions, the filly had been broken in but unraced and was placed in the supplementary section of the 2005 Easter Broodmare Sale.

She hadn’t even been named … something of an indignity among peers that form Australia’s premier breeding sale.

Still, she hadn’t escaped the attention of Peter Ford, who had learned the agency ropes from his father Frank, and he decided to weigh in on behalf of owner Rick Jamieson, when the filly entered the ring.

But Ford had some competition with Flemington trainer Tony Vasil entering the mix.

Vasil later told The Age’s Andrew Garvey: “She went sore a couple of times so couldn’t be sold, but eventually I got her going.

“She was the real deal but she broke down again just before my clients were about to buy her and the decision was made to offload her as soon as possible.”

Vasil says he went to $70,000, but as he was only buying her for himself, stopped at that point: “I went home patting myself on the back thinking of the money I’d saved myself.”

Fleming also entered the mix, only to drop out at $110,000 and, a bid later, Ford had secured the filly for $115,000.

Ford would say later that he had phoned Jamieson to tell him that he was going to buy the filly, regardless of cost: “she fits all our criteria”.

The filly was officially registered as Helsinge, again sticking with the Scandinavian theme given that the filly is a namesake of the coastal township in Denmark, which is famous for cyclist Rolf Sorensen, hardcore band, The Psyke Project and … caviar.

For her first two seasons at stud, Helsinge was sent to Champion Victorian stallion, Bel Esprit, a decision that the self-effacing Ford disagreed with at the time and one that he constantly sustains ‘ribbing’ about.

The first visit resulted in a filly that caught the eye of Peter Moody at the 2008 Melbourne Premier yearling sale, eventually going to $210,000 to secure her.

The filly would become the racing marvel known as Black Caviar.

The mere mention of the name arouses recognition usually accorded to movie stars and, in a sense, she is.

For the first time in many years, the sport of kings is going from the back page to the front and hitherto casual fans of racing are now becoming neophytes.

Her pulling power is astounding and everyone wants a serving of the superstar who is drawing comparisons to the legendary Phar Lap.

For Eliza Park, the impact is tremendous: standing the sire of the world’s best racehorse is indescribable and to have stood the damsire, Desert Sun, as a foundation stallion, clearly parallels the stud’s growth over the past decade.

But in the end, it all comes back to David Hains whose Love for the thoroughbred has produced a phenomenon that may never be matched in our time.

It’s due to Scandinavia’s

unraced Desert Sun fi lly

that tongues are wagging

from Randwick to Reykjavik.

Rick Jamieson

Rob Crabtree & Magnus


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MAGNUS won both the Galaxy-G1 and

Age Classic (now G1) and fi nished in the

fi rst four in 10 Group One events. In an era

which included Takeover Target, Weekend

hussler, Miss Andretti and Gold Edition,

Magnus was the best sprinting

entire of his generation.

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ANTHONY CUMMINGS

MAGNUS

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Breed your own Black Caviar!

The Speed FamilyMagnus’ fi rst

yearlings not only

topped the 2011 Inglis

Classic Yearling Sale

in Sydney, they also

sold up to $130,000

in Melbourne and

$120,000 on the Gold

Coast and have ended

up in the nation’s

leading stables

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SIRE LINE

FLYING SPURBay 1992-Stud 19966 wins-3 at 2, STC Golden Slipper S-G1. Champion Australian Sire, 2006-07, Champion Sire of 2YOs 2006-07, Champion NZ 2YO Sire 2000-01. Sire of 710 winners (65.3%), 83 stakeswinners (7.6%), 56 stakes placed (5.2%) & winners of over $91 million inc.

MAGNUS (Snippets). 4 wins. See above.MENTALITY (Quiet American). 8 wins, $2,134,695. AJC Champagne S.-G1, Randwick Guineas-G1, George

Main S.-G1, STC Expressway S.-G2, Canterbury S.-G2, Premiere S.-G2, AJC T L Baillieu h.-L, STC Run to the Rose h.-L. 2d AJC Doncaster h.-G1, STC George Ryder S.-G1. 3d AJC Chipping Norton S.-G1.

FORENSICS (Dehere). 7 wins, $3,525,500. STC Golden Slipper S.-G1, VRC Empire Rose S.-G1, STC Queen of the Turf S.-G1, AJC Light Fingers S.-G2, STC Golden Rose S.-G2, AJC kindergarten S.-G3.

INSPIRATION (Last Tycoon). 9 wins, $2,818,590. Sha Tin Centenary Sprint Cup-G1, hong kong Sprint-G1, Premier Bowl-G3.

JUANMO (Marauding). 3 wins, $520,850. QTC Sires’ Produce S.-G1, TJ Smith S.-G1. 2d Gold Coast TC ken Russell Memorial Classic L.

FIREBOLT (Music Boy). 5 wins, $2,908,231. Sha Tin Centenary Sprint Cup-G1, Sha Tin Vase-G2, Newcastle Chipchase S-G3, haydock Sandy Lane h.-L. 2d Sha Tin Centenary Sprint Cup-G1, hong kong Sprint-G1, Bauhinia Sprint Trophy-G1, twice. 3d Sha Tin Chairman’s Prize-G1, twice, Centenary Sprint Cup-G1.

CASINO PRINCE (Last Tycoon). 5 wins, $1,166,500. AJC Chipping Norton S.-G1, MVRC Alister Clark S.-Gr 2, AJC Skyline S.-G3. 2d AJC Doncaster h.-G1, VRC Australian Guineas-G1. 3d VRC Australian Cup-G1, AJC All-Aged S.-G1, STC George Ryder S.-G1.

ALVERTA (Rahy). 8 wins, $1,108,414. STC T.A.D. kennedy S.-G1, AJC Breeders’ Classic-G2, QTC Brisbane h.-L, hawkesbury Guineas-L, BRC Just Now h.-L. 2d hawkesbury Gold Cup-G3, AJC Razor Sharp Quality-L, Wenona Girl h.-L, QTC Ascot h.-L, Scone RC Dark Jewel Classic-L, Gosford RC Belle of the Turf S.-L, BRC Bernborough h.-L. 3d Tattersalls RC (QLD) Winter S.-G1, Newmarket July Cup S.-G1.

SAN LUIS (Without Fear). 3 wins, $150,878. Manawatu Sires’ Produce S.-G1, Taranaki RC 2YO Classic-G3. 2d AURC Ellerslie Sires’ Produce S.-G1, CJC New Zealand 2000 Guineas-G1.

SLEEK CHASSIS (kaapstad). 3 wins, $821,150. MRC Blue Diamond S.-G1, VRC Talindert S.-L. 3d STC Reisling Slipper Trial-G3.

DEALER PRINCIPAL (Marauding). 4 wins, $584,825. STC Rosehill Guineas-G1. 2d STC hill S.-G2.

STUD RECORD

Magnus entered stud in 2008 and his oldest progeny are yearlings (selling up to $170k & topping 2011 Inglis Sydney Classic)

RACE RECORD Group One winner of 4 races, 1010m-1200m and $1,311,050 in stakes

WON AJC The Galaxy – G1 (1100m) defeating Bentley Biscuit, Virage de Fortune, Fast ‘n’ Famous etc. VRC The Age Classic – G2 (1200m) now G1, defeating Undue, Personal Ensign, Nediym’s Glow etc. STC 3YO Handicap (1100m) Werribee 3YO Maiden (1010m) defeating multiple Group winner, California Dane, on debut

2ND VRC Newmarket Handicap – G1 (1200m) to Weekend Hussler, defeating Swick, Miss Judgement, Shadoways, Zipping, Bon Hoffa etc. VRC Lightning Stakes – G1 (1000m) to Miss Andretti, defeating Virage de Fortune, Rewaaya, California Dane, Strada etc. MRC Oakleigh Plate – G1 (1100m) to Weekend Hussler, defeating Typhoon Zed, Mentality, Let Go Thommo, Bon Hoffa etc. MRC Caulfi eld Sprint – G2 (1100m) beaten a short half head by Biscayne Bay, defeating Shadoways etc. AJC The Shorts – G3 (1100m) beaten a head by Bentley Biscuit, defeating Magically etc. SAJC Wylie Handicap – L (1100m)

3RD MRC Oakleigh Plate – G1 (1100m) beaten a half length behind Undue, defeating Shadoways, Fast ‘n’ Famous etc. King’s Stand Stakes – G1 (1000m) now G1, behind Miss Andretti, defeating Takeover Target, Bentley Biscuit etc. MRC The Heath Stakes – L (1100m) behind Shadoways, defeating Tesbury Jack, California Dane, Orange County, Volitant etc.

4TH VRC Newmarket Handicap – G1 (1200m) behind Miss Andretti, Gold Edition, Undue – all 4 breaking track record AJC The Galaxy – G1 (1100m) beaten a half length


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SNIPPETS

Co-Champion Australasian 2YO; Champion 3YO Sprinter; 9 wins, $1,093,600 inc. AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1,

The Galaxy-G1, VATC Oakleigh P-G1

Sire of winners of $76 million, 58 stakes winners (10 Group One winners)

Broodmare sire of winners of $52.3 million, 54 stakes winners inc.

SNITZEL-[sire], MAGNUS-[sire], WANTED-[sire], CRYSTAL LILY-[2010 Golden Slipper winner],

UNEARTHLY, MARJU SNIP, TIMBOURINA, LA BELLA DAMA, WILANDER-[sire], MEDIA, STRATEGIC

IMAGE, BELONG TO MARY, SHELLSCRAPE, EXCEEDINGLY GOOD, etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam SCANDINAVIA, by Snippets. 4 wins–1 at 2–1000 to 1200m, A$430,075, QTC Cup-G2, VATC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3, MVRC Burt Bacharach H., 2d VRC Salinger S.-G1, SAJC Goodwood H.-G1, 3d VRC Newmarket H.-G1, Lightning S.-G1, MVRC Norman Carlyon S.-G2, VATC Chirnside S.-G2, VRC Red Roses S.-L. Half- sister to FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, MIDNIGHT SUN, RUSSIAN TEA ROOM, Song of the Sun. Dam of 6 named foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, inc:- MAGNUS (c by Flying Spur) Group One winner of 4 races and 4-times Group One placed, 1010m-1200m and $1,121,182 in stakes inc. AJC The Galaxy-G1, VRC Age Classic-G2 etc. WILANDER (c by Exceed and Excel) 4 wins 2 at 2 at 1100m, $345,350, MRC Schillaci S.-G3, MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g)-G3, VRC Bob Hoysted S.-L, 4th VRC Lightning S.-G1. Ibsen (c by Bel Esprit) 2 wins at 1000 to 1100m in 2008-09, WATC Handicap. Helsinge (f by Desert Sun). Dam of- BLACK CAVIAR (f by Bel Esprit) World Champion Racehorse. Unbeaten - 3 wins inc. VRC Newmarket H-G1, ATC TJ Smith-G1, VRC Lightning S-G1, VRC Racing Club S-G1, MVRC William Reid S-G1.

2nd Dam SONG OF NORWAY, by Vain. Unraced. Half-sister to Song of Kingston (dam of MUIRFIELD VILLAGE). Dam of 12 named foals, 11 to race, all winners, inc:- SCANDINAVIA (f Snippets) 4 wins. See above. FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (g Christmas Tree) 4 wins–1 at 2–at 800, 1000m, MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S.-L, VRC Zabeel H., Elounda Bay H., 2d MVRC Southern Cross Apartments S.-L, 3d VRC Andersen Consulting S.-L. MIDNIGHT SUN (f Western Symphony) 4 wins 1900 to 2400m, STC Winter Cup-L, MVRC Sorbent H., STC Toohey’s New H., 2d TTC Tasmanian Oaks-L, 3d TRC Strutt S.-L. Dam of- Midnight Blues. 2 wins at 1216, 1400m in 2007-08, VRC Better Draw H. RUSSIAN TEA ROOM (c Raise a Cup) Winner at 2 at 1000m, VATC Rancher S.-L, 3d VATC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3. Song of the Sun (f Desert Sun) 2 wins–1 at 2–at 1100m, SAJC Stamfoprd Grand H., 2d SAJC Morphettville Guineas-L. Caridale. 8 wins 1000 to 1800m, A$96,730, to 2006-07, TTC Longford Cup, MRC Sir Dane H. Wyama King. 7 wins 1100 to 1500m, QTC Channel Ten H.

3rd Dam LOVE SONG (DEN), by Warpath. 2 wins at 2200, 2400m in Denmark and Sweden, Danish Oaks, 2d Swedish Oaks. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to Kingsfold Flash (dam of KINGSFOLD FLAME), half-sister to Swinging Niece, Piccadilly Rose (dam of Rose of Brittany). Dam of 4 named foals, 2 to race, inc:- Song of Kingston. Unraced. Dam of 4 winners- MUIRFIELD VILLAGE (g Exit Five B.) 3 wins–1 at 2–1200 to 1900m, A$321,520, STC Hill S.-G2, NSW Tatt’s RC D Dransfi eld H.-L, AJC FC Griffi th H., 2d Victoria Derby-G1, AJC Spring Champion S.-G1.

Flying Spur

Scandinavia

Danehill

Rolls

Snippets

Song ofNorway

Danzig

Razyana

Mr Prospector

Grand Luxe

Lunchtime

Easy Date

Vain

Love Song


MA

GN

US Hero of an exceptionally strong renewal of The Galaxy (G1), MAGNUS is bred for speed on both

sides of his pedigree. By Danehill’s Champion racehorse and Champion Sire son, Flying Spur,

he is out of the speedy graded winner Scandinvia, also dam of graded winner Wilander, and

granddam of graded winner Black Caviar.

Flying Spur has sired nine stakes winners out of mares descending from Sir Tristram, a cross

that gives inbreeding to Sir Ivor. He has three stakes winners, one graded, out of mares by

Zabeel, and he also has a grade one winner out of a mare by Kaapstad, which also suggests

trying mares by Octagonal (a Zabeel three-parts-brother to Kaapstad) and his son, Lonhro.

Flying Spur has a particularly strong affi nity for the Sir Tristram strain through Marauding,

with this cross producing four stakes winners, two grade one. Sovereign Red, Military Plume,

Dr. Grace, Grosvenor, El Qahira and Islero.

Like Danehill and many of his Australian sons, Flying Spur has done very well with Star Kingdom

line mares, getting 13 stakes winners on the cross. The Biscay branch is particularly strong,

through Bletchingly and his sons Canny Lad and Star Watch (who would be very interesting

through Hurricane Sky). Other branches of Biscay that have supplied stakes winners for Flying

Spur are Marscay (with Blazing Sword being particularly interesting) and Zephyr Bay.

One of the most prolifi c crosses for Flying Spur has been with mares from his own Northern

Dancer sire line. The cross has produced 15 stakes winners, eight graded. The Nijinsky II branch

of Northern Dancer has done particularly well under Flying Spur, with stakes winners out of

mares by Royal Academy, Western Symphony, Caerleon and Whiskey Road (sire of Strawberry

Road). There are also several stakes winners by Danehill line stallions out of mares descending

from Nijinsky II’s three-parts-brother, The Minstrel who can be brought in through Palace Music

(sire of Naturalism), Bakharoff, Chem and Masterclass. Other branches of Northern Dancer to

consider are Storm Bird, through Bluebird (broodmare sire of a stakes winner by Flying Spur)

and Storm Cat (sire of Hennessy – broodmare sire of a stakes winner by Flying Spur – Catrail,

Tale of the Cat and Giant’s Causeway), Dehere (broodmare sire of a Flying Spur stakes winner),

Sadler’s Wells (available in Australia through Scenic, Barathea, Galileo, Montjeu, Carnegie, King

of Kings and Singspiel) and his brother Fairy King (sire of Encosta De Lago, who is out of a

half-sister to Flying Spur), Be My Guest, Nureyev (particularly good through Spinning World),

Lyphard, and Night Shift (brother to Fanfreluche, the third dam of Flying Spur).

Flying Spur is out of a mare by Mr. Prospector, and he has sired six stakes winners with Mr.

Prospector inbreeding, as has one of his sons. Flying Spur already has a grade one winner out

of mare by Quiet American, a son of Fappiano (also sire of Defensive Play, and grandsire of

Unbridled’s Song); and has also worked over Hector Protector (a son of Woodman) and Bellotto

(bred on similar lines to Gulch, whose son Thunder Gulch should be good here). There are

numerous other stakes winners by Danehill line stallions out of mares from other branches of

the Mr. Prospector line, including out of mares by Geiger Counter, Jade Hunter, Miswaki (and his

son Umatilla), Straight Strike, Rhythm and Zafonic.

Flying Spur has four stakes winners out of Blushing Groom line mares has a pedigree connection

to Tom Fool, and there are four stakes winners by Flying Spur out of Blushing Groom line mares,

three out of mares by Rahy and one out of a mare by Nassipour, and this line might also work

through Quest For Fame.

Other broodmare sires and sire lines worth considering here are Century and his son Centaine;

Rory’s Jester; by Roberto, including through At Talaq, broodmare sire of a stakes winner by

Flying Spur, and Red Ransom; and Halo, particularly via Don’t Say Halo and More Than Ready.



When we refer to pedigree, it’s strictly in

equine terms. We analyse, we deduce, we

anguish, we book.

The same research is rarely applied to

humans which could, perhaps, have a lot to

do with our convict heritage.

however, the O’Callaghan family can proudly

lay claim to some of the best bona fi des in

the world of thoroughbred breeding.

Ironic really when you consider their close

association with a Bushranger!

Industry journalist, MICHAEL ROSS,

profi les the famous Tally-ho Stud which is

now entering a fourth decade under the

supervision of the O’Callaghan family.

The phrase, Tally-Ho, dates back to 1772 and, allegedly, is derived from the French taille haut … to raise swords. However, it’s more

common usage relates to summoning up the hounds in the hunt for foxes or, in countless movies, the catch-cry of WWII fighter pilots.

That said, in this day and age, the name is more closely associated with the picturesque, 365 acre limestone rich property at Lough Ennell, in the county of Westmeath … smack dab in the centre of Ireland.

This is where Tony and Anne O’Callaghan (and now with sons Roger and Henry) have – very successfully – plied their trade for the past 30 years.

TALLY-HO!IT’S ALL IN ThE PEDIGREE

First of the Bushrangers


As for pedigree? Tony O’Callaghan’s brother Gay is the owner of Yeomanstown & Morristown Lattin Stud, another brother, Noel, is the principal of Mount Armstrong Stud and a third sibling, Pat, is the breeder of Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and highly successful Japanese sire, Tony Bin.

Meanwhile, Tony’s wife, Anne, is the sister of Irish breeding leviathan, John Magnier, a highly successful businessman, former Senator, owner of Coolmore Stud and husband of Susan, daughter of training legend, Vincent O’Brien.

Yet, despite the obvious difficulties of maintaining a niche amongst such a peerage, the Tally-Ho O’Callaghans have produced a vast array of Group One winners.

Indeed, they have bred and/or sold no less than four winners at the elite level in the past five years, particularly ‘raising swords’ against the French by winning the Prix Morny – the country’s premier juvenile event – three times in four years: Myboycharlie (2007), Bushranger (2008) and Dream Ahead (2010).

Bushranger would be named Champion 2YO of England and Champion 2YO of France, while Dream Ahead was bestowed with the co-Champion European 2YO title last year. And, like Bushranger before him, Dream Ahead would add the Middle Park Stakes-G1 at Newmarket to his resume.

Kingsgate Native is another top sprinter from Tally-Ho who scored a Group One double in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York and the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, while the filly Lahaleeb (sired by former Tally-Ho stallion Redback) took the EP Taylor Stakes-G1 in Canada and was second in the Irish 1000 Guineas-G1.

In the last few years, Tally-Ho has also produced 10 winners of Group Two and Three races – among them the Royal Ascot Queen Mary Stakes-G2 winner Gilded – plus a dozen winners at Listed level.

Tally-Ho plays host to four stallions, a lineup which Anne O’Callaghan quickly points out, is “Danzig dominant”.

“They all trace to Danzig, because that means speed and that’s what breeders want,” Anne claims.

It’s hardly surprising that two of the quartet – Bushranger and Baltic King – are both by Danetime, the Danehill stallion who has put more than his share of trophies in the Tally-Ho cabinet and provided the stud with back to back winners of the Prix Morny (Myboycharlie and Bushranger).

But Bushranger is clearly the star of the show, covering an unprecedented first book of mares in 2010 before heading to Eliza Park last spring.


Bushranger

The Farm

www.elizapark.com.au


Established 75 years ago by the Boyd-Rochfort family, Tally-Ho first rose to national prominence in the 1950s and 60s when the family bred 1961 Doncaster St Leger winner, Aurelius.

It was during that time when leading breeder, Sir Humphrey de Trafford, boarded his bloodstock at Tally-Ho and it was there that he bred Alcide, successful in the 1958 St Leger and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, along with 1959 Epsom Derby hero Parthia.

(Alcide is the sire of Oncidium, who enjoyed considerable success down under with the likes of Dayana, Gold Brick, Grand Cidium, Taras Bulba and the wonder mare, Leilani, and is also the sire of Sea Anchor, sire of the unforgettable Red Anchor and Beechcraft).

It was Parthia though who provided Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (pictured left), 5-times Champion trainer in Britain, with his sole Epsom Derby victory, but he also trained winners of the other four Classics from his Freemason Lodge base in Newmarket, including a Fillies’ Triple Crown with Meld in 1955.

Sir Cecil was the Royal trainer for many years and won two Classics for Queen Elizabeth II: the 1000 Guineas with Hypericum in 1956 and 2000 Guineas with Pall Mall in 1958. Aureole had to be content with second place behind Pinza in the 1953 Epsom Derby, but in the following year he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

(Aureole is another with some influence in Australia via his son Hermes, the sire of blue hen mare, My Tricia, whose decendants include Group One winners Grosvenor, Mahaya, National Gallery and, via her Group winning granddaughter, Shadea, the brilliant Lonhro and 3-time Group One winner Niello).

Transferring all breeding stock to England with the sale of Tally-Ho in 1980, Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort died in 1983 and is buried at the church close to Tally-Ho Stud.

And that’s not a bad pedigree either. Sir Cecil’s stepson, Henry Cecil, trained his 25th English Classic winner in April when Frankel scored a runaway victory in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. One of Henry Cecil’s first Classic successes was in the 2000 Guineas of 1976 with Wollow … who was bred at Tally-Ho Stud.

A ROYAL hISTORY

“He (Bushranger) broke the six furlong record in winning the Prix Morny and then ran 69.56 seconds when taking out the Middle Park,” Anne recalls. “It was not only a track record for a two year old, but also faster than any older horse had run over that course and distance … even eclipsing the time set by Oasis Dream in 2002.”

Covering a remarkable book of 188 mares (certainly remarkable by Irish standards!), Bushranger’s tally included 28 dams of Group and Listed winners.

According to Anne, some 120 mares have been booked to Bushranger again this

season but it’s a number that “grows daily” due to the quality of progeny.

“As soon as another of his foals is born, I get a call asking if the mare can come back again,” Anne concludes.

Tally-Ho!


DANE’STIME UP ALLTOO SOON

The Racing Post’s

JOHN BERRY is

one of the Uk’s most

respected industry

commentators and his

May 2009 summation

of an ill-fated son of

Danehill stands the

test of time.

While Danehill Dancer’s climb up the ladder the equine social ladder has been impressive (when he

retired to Coolmore in 1998 his fee was listed as IR£3,000, and now it is ‘private’) and while he is now a regular supplier of top-class winners (such as Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Mastercraftsman, Irish 1000 Guineas winner Again and Gallinule Stakes winner Grand Ducal), his deceased paternal half-brother and erstwhile stablemate Danetime can be seen as arguably having made an even more remarkable ascent.

Born a year apart (in 1993 and 1994 respectively), Danehill Dancer and Danetime were both trained in Newmarket by Neville Callaghan, and both raced in the blue and orange silks of Michael Tabor. In retrospect, one might think that each would have been a promising prospect from the outset, being muscular sons of Danehill, but in fact neither began life as an

obviously top-class prospect. Danehill had retired to Coolmore in 1990 and, while he hit the ground running in Australia by siring the Golden Slipper winner in each of his first three crops (courtesy of the successes of Danzero, Flying Spur and Merlene), it took him longer to gain favour in Europe. At the time that they were offered for sale as yearlings at Goffs, therefore, neither son featured highly on the big spenders’ shopping lists: Danehill Dancer fetched IR£38,000 at Goffs in 1994, while Danetime (who had been sold as a foal for IR£13,000) realised IR£ 36,000 at the same sale the following year.

At this time, the involvement of Michael Tabor as a major investor in Coolmore was a relatively recent event. The former bookmaker had, though, had horses in training with Neville Callaghan for years, most notably the 1993 Irish Champion Hurdler Royal Derbi. Callaghan, an expatriate Irishman who had been

training in Newmarket’s Hamilton Road for 20 years, was also a long-standing acquaintance of Coolmore principal John Magnier, the pair hailing from the same part of Country Tipperary.

When Tabor began significantly to expand and upgrade his ownership interests by investing in Coolmore, it was only natural, therefore that this new alliance should include Callaghan as one of its trainers. Happily for Callaghan, both Danehill Dancer and Danetime, having been bought as yearlings by Coolmore’s agent Demi O’Byrne, found their way to his stable.

As history relates, Danehill Dancer probably wasn’t quite of the highest class, but he was very well placed by Callaghan to win two Irish Group One races as a juvenile (the Phoenix Stakes and the National Stakes, both of which at the time were viewed as being of a lesser standard than their British counterparts) and the Greenham Stakes at Newbury as a 3YO. Despite flopping on his only start at four, he thus possessed sufficient credentials to gain a place as a stallion at Coolmore, albeit at the bottom of the fee scale. Danetime, on the other hand, was probably blessed with at least equal ability, but the bare facts of his racing record appeared significantly less impressive.

Although Danetime won an ordinary juvenile maiden race at Newcastle in October 1996, he cut little ice in his first three starts as a 3YO. It was somewhat surprising, therefore, to see him head to Royal Ascot for the Wokingham, one of the most competitive handicaps in the British calendar, on his fourth outing of the season. He was one of only two 3YOs in the race, which made it seem even stranger that he should start a heavily-backed favourite. Callaghan and Tabor, however, had long since proved themselves to be two men who knew when to back their horses and when to leave them alone, and the inspired gamble proved to be justified as Danetime put in the run of the race. Sadly, though, this was only enough to see him finish a desperately unlucky second, beaten a rapidly-diminishing head, as he covered a lot of extra ground and met a lot of trouble under a bizarre ride by Gary Stevens.

Unsurprisingly, Stevens never rode Danetime again. Callaghan’s old friend Pat Eddery rode the colt in his next two starts, which yielded wins in a handicap

at Newmarket’s July Meeting (where he beat subsequent July Cup winner Elnadim by two lengths giving him weight) and in the Stewards Cup at Glorious Goodwood (where he beat subsequent Prix de l’Abbaye winner My Best Valentine by a neck, giving him weight). This latter success proved to be Danetime’s final victory. He raced until the end of the following season and, although he was clearly a top-class sprinter, circumstances dictated that he never won a Group race, although his placings included a second behind Royal Applause in the Group One Haydock Sprint Cup and third behind Elnadim in the Group One July Cup.

We now know that Danetime was an extremely good stallion, so it says much for the vagaries of the art of predicting a sire’s potential that even as esteemed a selector of stallions as John Magnier should have eschewed the option of standing him at Coolmore.

(In Magnier’s defence, though, it should be pointed out that he might have felt that it could be hard to get a sire off the ground who had never even won a Listed race, let alone a Group race).

Danetime instead was passed on to Magnier’s brother-in-law Tony O’Callaghan, who stood the young stallion at his Tally-Ho Stud, where his low fee made him an appealing prospect to owners of unremarkable mares. He also began shuttling to Alwyn Park Stud in West Australia.

Bloodstock history books are full of stallions who have begun their career blessed with a plentiful supply of well-credentialled mares. Some of these, such as Sadler’s Wells, have capitalized on this advantage, but the majority has failed to do so. There have also been plentiful examples of stallions who have begun their stud careers without much help and who consequently, whether or not they have

some merit, have never been able to make much of an impact. Few stallions, however, have been able to match Danetime’s consistent ability to upgrade his mares and thus offset the huge disadvantage of relatively mediocre patronage. Sadly for O’Callaghan, however, Danetime was dead before it was plain just what an outstanding stallion he was: he died, aged only 11, at Alwyn Park Stud as a result of a ruptured artery in his intestines in September 2005, when his oldest progeny were aged only five. By this time he had already been represented by the Stakes winners The Kiddykid (winner of the Group Two Duke Of York Stakes), No Time and Baltic King from his first crop, and Miss Sally from his third. Subsequent years would show just what a loss his premature death had been.

Vital Equine proved to be Danetime’s first real star in Europe. Conqueror of Eagle Mountain and Cockney Rebel in the Champagne Stakes as a 2YO in 2006, this 18,000gn weanling went on to finish second in the following year’s 2000 Guineas. Three months after that Classic placing, Danetime was represented by his first Group One winner when Myboycharlie – who had cost 13,000 Euros as a foal – beat subsequent 1000 Guineas heroine Natagora in the Prix Morny. Later that year, the stallion’s Group One tally doubled when Megatic gave him his first Australian Group One success, beating the previous season’s WATC Derby winner Guyno in the Kingston Town Classic.

In 2008, Bushranger credited Danetime with back-to-back Prix Morny victories, while Utmost Respect and Look Busy – who had cost 3,000 gns as a foal and 7,500 Euros as a yearling respectively – developed into high-class sprinters. Utmost Respect (linebred to Be My Guest through a daughter and a son) is the winner of four Group races - highlighted by his victory in the Group Two Duke Of York Stakes – while Look Busy is the winner of five stakes races.

The posthumous evidence of Danetime’s merit as a stallion thus continues to accumulate. Although he was never given the opportunity to cover high-class mares, his sons at stud include Bushranger, Myboycharlie, Vital Equine and Baltic King.

Danetime might sadly have gone, but his descendants are going to make sure that it is a long time before he is forgotten.

Few stallions, however,

have been able to match

Danetime’s consistent

ability to upgrade his mares

and thus offset the huge

disadvantage of relatively

mediocre patronage.


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S T A L L I O NSYNDICATION

horse racing is sport where the focus is on excitement, drama and colour. While

racehorse ownership is often viewed among the ultimate in high-risk indulgence,

there are aspects of thoroughbred ownership that are based on more solid business

principals, according to leading industry analyst ALAN PORTER. Stallion syndicates –

where a group of breeders join in the shared ownership of a stallion – may not initially

deliver the instant excitement of a horse at the track. however, they do offer the

potential for a considerable return on investment and, traditionally, have provided by

far the best return on investment for any dollar spent in the industry at large.

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Super Saver

The history of stallion syndication can be traced back to the determination of A.B. Hancock Sr. – the master of

Claiborne Farm in Kentucky – to acquire the brilliant French runner, Sir Gallahad III. Investors who joined Hancock in purchasing Sir Gallahad III were well-rewarded. In his first crop he sired the Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox, whose earnings propelled Sir Gallahad III to the first of what would become four US Sires’ Championships.

Syndication also allowed the purchase and importation of Nasrullah to North America, who would go one better than Sir Gallahad III by earning Champion US Sire honours on five occasions. In 1955, Nasrullah’s son, Nashua (Champion 3YO and Horse of the Year), became the first million dollar thoroughbred

when a syndicate headed by Spendthrift Farm purchased him for a world-record sum of US$1,251,200 in a sealed bid auction. Among the 77 stakes winners sired by Nashua was Gold Digger, the dam of Mr. Prospector, and it was Mr. Prospector’s Kentucky Derby winning son, Fusaichi Pegasus, who would set a new record for a syndication which reportedly valued him in the region of US$60 million. In turn, Fusaichi Pegasus’ son, Haradasun, would set an Australian record for a thoroughbred transaction when Coolmore purchased a 50% interest believed to be A$20 million.

In Australia, the most notable syndicated stallion has been none other than Danehill, the 8-time Champion Australian Sire, whose sons are now the dominant force in Australian breeding. Danehill ushered in a shuttle era where it has become common for separate partnerships to own the Northern and Southern Hemisphere rights to a stallion. Another more recent successful example of this type of syndication is More Than Ready who, as Champion Sire of 2YOs in the US, and twice Champion Sire of 2YOs in Australia, has richly-rewarded both groups of shareholders.

A stallion syndicate usually sees the interest in a stallion divided into between 40 and 50 shares, but can number up to 100, with shuttle stallions frequently having separate Northern and Southern syndicates. Each share conveys the right

– which is usually transferable – for the shareholder to breed a mare to the stallion in a specific season. Rights and responsibilities of each of the parties involved in the syndicate, including the individual shareholders and the farm standing and managing the stallion, can vary, but these rights and obligations should be well detailed in the stallion syndicate agreement.

Syndicates are generally constructed so that the syndicate shareholders will have recouped the purchase price of a share within the first four years of a stallion’s

career, either through the value of use on the breeders’ own mares, or through sale of their seasons, and from income from seasons beyond the regular book. This means that ideally the purchase cost of the share should be recouped before

a stallion has runners, thus a carefully selected and well-managed stallion has very little potential for downside. Of course, should the share owner succeed in breeding a good foal by the stallion, he may recoup his entire investment from the sale of that single individual.

Shuttle stallions, which usually envisage the consolidation of ownership between Northern and Southern syndicates in the event of the horse ultimately

Super Saver actually has

some performance and

pedigree parallels to both

Danehill and More Than

Ready.

Bull Hancock

Distorted Humor

Gallant Fox



standing in only one hemisphere, provide a further mitigation of risk. There are examples of stallions that shuttle to the Southern hemisphere with relatively limited success, but proved to be financial winners, because of their success in the northern hemisphere. On the other hand, while Danehill was ultimately revered in both hemispheres, it was his performance in Australia that initially focused attention on his merits.

The variability of inheritance ensures that predicting stallion success is not an exact science and like any investment, potential shareholders should make sure that they fully understand all the risks and rewards found in stallion ownership.

There is, however, a natural tendency for the best-bred and performed horses to make the best sires. Of course, the potential for success can be greatly increased by opportunity. A strong syndicate, comprised of entities that will commit to breeding quality mares to a sire in his first four years at stud is invaluable, as is skilled selection of mares that will physically and genetically suit the stallion.

The partnership that will bear that responsibility for Super Saver is a particularly well-qualified one. WinStar Farm, who stand Super Saver for the northern hemisphere season, is firmly established as one of the most important

and successful stallion operators in the last decade. The ability of WinStar to ‘make’ a stallion is underlined by the story of Distorted Humor, who retired to the farm at a modest initial stud fee, and who has developed into a Champion Sire, with over 100 stakes winners to his credit. The farm’s line-up also includes the WinStar developed stallions, Tiznow, one of North America’s leading classic sires; the outstanding young stallion Speightstown; and Super Saver’s close relative, Bluegrass Cat, one of the leading freshman sires of 2010, and already sire of 10 first crop stakes performers. WinStar Farm brings to the table an outstanding broodmare band with which to support its stallions, and a breed to race program that sees the

Winstar

best of their progeny end up in the hands of the leading trainers around the nation. Super Saver himself is a graduate of that program.

Eliza Park Stud, who will stand Super Saver in the southern hemisphere, is at the forefront of Australia’s breeding industry, and is renowned as one of the country’s most enterprising organisations. Home to the now retired Desert Sun (sire of the legendary Sunline), Eliza Park has also guided the career of Bel Esprit, sire of the undefeated Black Caviar. Super Saver’s chances for success, both in North America and Australia, are enhanced by the involvement of Gavin Murphy’s SF Bloodstock. Armed with a solid understanding of what it takes to compete at the highest level in all parts of the world, SF Bloodstock has developed a formidable, elite band of around 50 top commercial broodmares, divided between both hemispheres.

Of course, it is also essential that a horse selected for a career as a shuttle sire has the potential to fit the genetic environment prevailing in the regions in which he will stand. One of the keys to Danehill’s success in Australia was that he crossed very well with the then prevalent native sire lines of Star Kingdom and Sir Tristram. In turn, when Danehill and his sons becoming the dominant force in Australian breeding, More Than Ready’s career moved into high-gear as he demonstrated an outstanding affinity for the Danehill strain: the cross producing such as

Sebring, Dreamaway, Perfectly Ready and Benicio.

Turning to Super Saver, it’s clear he has all the credentials to follow in the footsteps of Danehill and More Than Ready. We mentioned that racing class and quality pedigree are fundamental

assets in the search for stallion success, and Super Saver is a top-class 2YO and Classic winner, by a Champion 2YO and outstanding sire, and out of mare from a stallion branch tracing to, La Troienne,

the most important mare imported to the US in the course of the 20th century.

Super Saver also actually has some performance and pedigree parallels to both stallions. Both Super Saver and More Than Ready were juvenile graded stakes winners, who trained on to become Kentucky Derby contenders at three, both trace to La Troienne in tail-female line, and both are heavily linebred to that mare. Neither More Than Ready, nor Super Saver started on the turf, but both own pedigrees with marked turf influences. What’s more, like More Than Ready, Super Saver has a pedigree that suggests strong potential to cross well with Danehill line mares. With regard to Danehill, his pedigree is notable for clustering the great racehorses and sires: Northern Dancer, Ribot and Buckpasser, along with the important mare, Flower Bowl, while Super Saver’s grandsire Wavering Monarch combines Ribot, Buckpasser and Your Hostess (a three-parts-sister to Flower Bowl), and his third dam combines Northern Dancer and Buckpasser.

While only time will tell whether Super Saver will follow the trail blazed by Danehill and More Than Ready, he clearly has the right connection – human and equine – to make this a distinct possibility.

There is a natural tendency

for the best-bred and

performed horses to make

the best sires. Of course,

the potential for success

can be greatly increased

by opportunity. A strong

syndicate, comprised of

entities that will commit to

breeding quality mares to

a sire in his first four years

at stud is invaluable, as is

skilled selection of mares

that will physically and

genetically suit the stallion.

More Than ReadyDanehill


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STATUE OFLIBERTY (USA)Bay/Brown 2000 (16.1hh), Storm Cat - Charming Lassie by Seattle Slew


STATUE OF



F LIBERTY



I was privileged to loan him for 10 minutes (in the All-Aged S-G1) ...

hay List just oozes so much power and talent, it is incredible. he just gave

me a super start, he relaxed out in front, at the top of the rise I thought

he was just going to be too good. It goes to show just how good Black

Caviar is: she spanks him every time they go around and he is a superstar

… he felt like as good a sprinter as I have ridden.

- GLEN BOSS

‘‘

‘‘STATUE OF LIBERTY

Sire of the world’s best male sprinter!


5.8% STAKES WINNERS TO RUNNERS

MIC MAC was the winner of 7 of his fi rst 8 starts including the hobartville Stakes-G2 and Memsie Stakes-G2.

Winner at Moonee Valley on debut, BROADWAY HARMONY was a stakes winner last season at 2

117 286No. of runners to date in

Southern HemisphereNo. of mares covered in last two

seasons at Eliza Park

... and there’s more on the way

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STUD RECORD Entered stud 2004. Sire of 179 winners, 11 stakeswinners, 12 stakes placed & winners of $12 million inc.

HAY LIST (Is it True). 14 wins at 1000m to 1200m, $1,736,325, ATC All Aged S-G1, MVRC Manikato S-G1, VRC

Baguette S-G2, ATC Challenge S-G2, MVRC Ian McEwen Trophy-G3, Tattersall’s RC (QLD) WJ Healy S-G3. 2d

BTC Cup-G1, VRC Lightning S-G1, ATC TJ Smith-G1, AJC June S-L.

MIC MAC (Tertian). 7 wins at 1100m to 1400m, $855,438, AJC Hobartville Stakes-G2, MRC Memsie S-G2, VRC

Aurie’s Star H-L, MVRC Scweppervescence P., MRC Dennis Hanrahan H., Snitzel H. 2d MVRC John F Feehan

S-G2, AJ Moir S-G2. 3d AJC TJ Smith-G1, BRC Stradbroke H-G1.

DAN BARONESS (Rubiton). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1200m, 1400m, $185,250, MVRC Champagne S-G3, MRC Danelagh

2YO P., 2d VRC Anzac Day S-L, 4th MVRC Crockett S-L.

TEMPEST TOST (Old Crony). 4 wins-1 at 2-to 1400m to 2008-09, $761,210, GCTC Magic Millions 3YO Trophy (R)-L,

VRC Qenos H., TRC Midway Point Tavern 2YO H.

ELYSEES (King’s High). Winner at 2 in 2007-08, SAJC Pewsey Vale S-L.

BROADWAY HARMONY (Rokosz). 2 wins, 1000m, 1100m, $110,013. SAJC Dequetteville S.-L, MVRC Valley Events

Plate. 2d MRC Tobruk H.

BLACK MAMBAZO (Cadeaux Genereux). 8 wins-2 at 2-to 1200m, $499,309, Rome Premio Alberto Giubilo-L,

Naples Premio Citta di Napoli-L, twice, 2d Chantilly Prix du Gros-Chene-G2, Rome Premio Tudini-G3, Rome

Premio C e F Aloisi-G3, Milan Premio Cancelli-L, 3d Milan Premio Passi-G3, Rome Premio Tudini-G3.

GOLDEN STAR (Snaadee). 11 wins at 1050m to 1300m, $490,787, Taipa Chairman’s Challenge Cup-G1 (Macau),

Macau Sand Premier Cup-L. 3d Taipa Macau Sprint Trophy-L.

KOLOKOL (Hector Protector). 3 wins, 1000m, 1100m, $161,870, Longchamp Criterium de Vitesse-L. 3d

Longchamp Prix de Saint-Georges-G3, Vichy Prix des Reves d’Or-L.

MISS LIBERTY (Spinning World). 3 wins, 1000m, 1100m, $94,341. Maisons-Laffi tte Prix la Fleche-L, Prix

Pawneese, Lyon Parilly Prix des Hortensias.

ANADOLU (Relaunch). 2 wins, 5f, $53,797. Tipperary S.-L.

Solchow (Citidancer). 6 wins at 1000m, 1100m, $397,375, MRC Bill Collins H., Luxury Preferred H., MVRC IMG

Sports Technology H., L’Oreal Paris H. 2d SAJC DC Mackay S-G3, VRC Bob Hoysted S-L. 3d MRC WJ Adams S-L.

Go Lizzy (Euclase). Winner at 1400m, 3d SAJC Oaklands P-L.

MALE LINE

STORM CAT (USA) (B/Br 1983-Stud 1988) 4 wins, Meadowlands Young America S-G1. Sire of 755 winners

(83.7%), 175 stakeswinners (33 G1) (20.5%), 117 stakes placed (13.6%) & winners of over $151 million, inc.

SHARP CAT (Ack Ack). 15 wins, $2,921,874. Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Matron S.-G1, Hollywood Starlet S.-G1, Acorn

S.-G1, Las Virgenes S.-G1, Ruffi an H.-G1, Beldame S.-G1.

GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (Rahy). 9 wins, $5,511,944. St James’s Palace S.-G1, Eclipse S. .-G1, International S.-G1,

Sussex S.-G1, Champion S.-G1, Prix de la Salamandre-G1.

STORM FLAG FLYING (Easy Goer). 7 wins, $3,120,617. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1, Frizette S.-G1, Matron

S.-G1, Personal Ensign H.-G1.

RAGING FEVER (Seattle Slew). 11 wins, $2,633,173. Frizette S.-G1, Matron S.-G1, Ogden Phipps H.-G1.

SWEET CATOMINE (Kris S). 5 wins, $1,406,935. Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1, Del Mar

Debutante S.-G1.

ALJABR (Baillamont). 5 wins, $969,586. Sussex S.-G1, Lockinge S.-G1, Prix de la Salamandre-G1.

Vintage S. [G3] (7 f.), Goodwood

HIGH YIELD (Forty Niner). 4 wins, $1,881,996. Hopeful S.-G1, Blue Grass S.-G1, Fountain of Youth S.-G1.

AFTER MARKET (Rahy). 8 wins, $1,093,337. Eddie Read H.-G1, Charles Whittingham Memorial H.-G1.

SARDULA (Hoist the Flag). 6 wins, $1,022,295. Kentucky Oaks-G1, Hollywood Starlet S.-G1.

LIFE IS SWEET (Kris S). 6 wins, $2,177,288. Santa Margarita Invitational H.-G1, Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic-G1.

TABASCO CAT (Sauce Boat). 8 wins, $3,248,659. Preakness S.-G1, Belmont S.-G1.

HENNESSY (Hawaii). 4 wins, $535,627. Hopeful S.-G1.

RACE RECORD Group winning sprinter & Group One placed. WON Royal Ascot Coventry S - G3 (1200m), Cork EBF Stakes

2ND Goodwood Sussex S - G1


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BROODMARE SIRE SEATTLE SLEWDual G1 winner of 9 racesSire of 112 SWs (29 G1s) inc. SLEW O’GOLD, SWALE, AP INDY, SURFSIDE etc.Broodmare sire of 188 SWs (27 G1s) inc. CIGAR, ASTRA, ESCENA, LEMON DROP KID, RAGING FEVER, GOLDEN ATTRACTION etc. PEDIGREE 1st Dam CHARMING LASSIE, by Seattle Slew. 1 win at 6.5 f. in USA. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to A P INDY, Weekend in Seattle. Half-sister to WOLFHOUND, WEEKEND SURPRISE, SPECTACULAR SPY, FOXHOUND, Al Mufti, Lassie’s Lady. Dam of 8 foals, 6 raced, all winners-. LEMON DROP KID (c Kingmambo). 10 wins 6 f. to 1.5 m. and $5,339,349. Won Saratoga Whitney-G1, Belmont S.-G1, Belmont Woodward S.-G1, Belmont Futurity S.-G1, Belmont Suburban H.-G2, Belmont Brooklyn H. G2. 2nd Belmont Champagne S.-G1, Saratoga Jim Dandy S.-G2. 3rd Pimlico Pimlico Special H.-G1. STATUE OF LIBERTY (c Storm Cat). See left. BRULAY (f by Rubiano). 4 wins 6 to 7 f. and $294,117. Won Hollywood Park Railbird S.-G2. 2nd Hollywood Park Princess S.-G2. 4th Del Mar Fantastic Girl S.-L. Dam of 4 winners inc. NEKO BAY (c Giant’s Causeway). 5 wins 6.5 to 8.5 f. and $553,274. Santa Anita Pascqual H.-G2. 2nd Santa Anita H.-G1, Tokyo City Cup H.-G3.

2nd Dam LASSIE DEAR, by Buckpasser. 5 wins at 6.5, 8.25 f. Won Keystone Villager S.-G3, Hawthorne Marica H.-L. 2nd Keystone Schuylkill S.-L. Sister to GALLAPIAT. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to Sooni. Half-sister to GAY MECENE, GALLANTA, Brave Shot, Harlem Shuffl e. Dam of 12 raced, all winners inc.-. WOLFHOUND (c Nureyev). 6 wins 5.25 to 7 f. and $628,275. Won Longchamp Prix de la Foret-G1, Haydock Sprint Cup-G1, Ascot Diadem S-G3. 2nd Sandown Temple S.-G2. 3rd Haydock Haydock Park Sprint Cup-G1. WEEKEND SURPRISE (f Secretariat). 7 wins 6 to 8.5 f. and $412,864. Won Churchill Downs Golden Rod S.-G3, Saratoga Schuylerville S.-G3, Churchill Downs Pocahontas S.-L. 2nd Santa Anita La Canada S. G1. 3rd Belmont Matron S.-G1, Frizette S.-G1, Santa Anita Margarita H.-G1, Dam of 9 winners inc.: A P INDY (c Seattle Slew). 8 wins 6.5 f. to 1.5 m. and $4,163,907. Won Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, Belmont Belmont S.-G1, Hollywood Park Hollywood Futurity-G1, Santa Anita Santa Anita Derby-G1, Belmont Peter Pan S.-G2, Santa Anita San Rafael S.-G2. 3rd Belmont Gold Cup-G1. SUMMER SQUALL (c by Storm Bird). 13 wins 5.5 to 9.5 f. and $2,399,157. Won Pimlico Preakness S. G1, Saratoga Hopeful S-G1, Turfway Park Jim Beam S.-G2, Keeneland Blue Grass S.-G2, Philadelphia Park Pennsylvania Derby-G2, Keeneland Fayette H.-G2, Saratoga Saratoga Special S-G2. 2nd Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby-G1. Weekend Storm. Unraced. Dam of 9 winners inc.: COURT VISION (c by Gulch). 5 wins 1 to 1.25 m. and $1,302,268. Won Hollywood Park Hollywood Derby-G1, Belmont Jamaica H.-G2, Aqueduct Remsen S.-G2, 3rd Wood Memorial S.-G1. SPECTACULAR SPY (c by Spectacular Bid). 6 wins. Won Philadelphia Park Warminster H.-L. FOXHOUND (c by Danzig). 3 wins at 1100, 1200 m. Won Evry Prix Fleche-L. 2nd Deauville Prix de Cabourg-G3. Al Mufti (c by Roberto). 4 wins 6 f. to 1.25 m. and $163,151. 2nd Durban TC Rothmans July H.-G1. Lassie’s Lady (f by Alydar). 2 wins 3rd Finger Lakes Sonnenberg H.-L. Dam of 8 winners inc.: BITE THE BULLET (c by Spectacular Bid). 5 wins at 6 f., 1 m. and $187,662. Won Saratoga Sanford S-G2. 3rd Arlington Arlington Washington Futurity-G1. Love Me True (f by Kingmambo). 1 win at 1 m. 3rd Leopardstown Killavullan S-G3. Dam of 2 winners inc.: DUKE OF MARMALADE (c by Danehill). 6 wins 7 f. to 1.5 m. and $3,065,542. Won Ascot King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.-G1, Ascot Prince of Wales’s S.-G1, Curragh Tattersalls Gold Cup-G1, Longchamp Prix Ganay-G1, Newmarket Juddmonte International S-G1.

Storm Cat

Charming Lassie

Storm Bird

Terlingua

Seattle Slew

Lassie Dear

Northern Dancer

South Ocean

Secretariat

Crimson Saint

Bold Reasoning

My Charmer

Buckpasser

Gay Missile

STATU

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OF LIBERTY has a peerless stallion pedigree. He is a son of the mighty Storm Cat, is half-brother

to Champion and leading sire, Lemon Drop Kid, and is out of a three-parts-sister to Champion

racehorse and sire A.P. Indy.

Statue of Liberty has already proved his potential with the Danzig line, siring grade two

winner Mic Mac out of a mare by Tertian, a son of Danzig, stakes winner ; stakes winner

Broadway Harmony out of a mare by Danzig son, Rokosz; and Singapore grade one winner In

the Crown out of a mare by Danzig son Snaadee. Obviously virtually any branch of Danzig is

worthy of consideration here, but among branches that have worked under Storm Cat line

stallions are Danehill (including through Flying Spur and Danzero, with Redoute’s Choice,

also looking very interesting) and his brother Eagle Eyed, Chief’s Crown (sire of Grand Lodge

and Be My Chief), Belong to Me, Danzig Connection, Green Desert, Dayjur, Mister C and

Honor Grades.

Statue of Liberty should also be good with Danzig through Anabaa, who gives inbreeding to Statue

of Liberty’s female line via his broodmare sire as we note that Anabaa has already done well with

mares carrying his close relation Bite The Bullet. Other representatives of the Northern Dancer

line that might do well here are Dehere, and Nijinsky II (including Royal Academy –a close genetic

relative to Storm Cat –, his son Bel Esprit, Serheed, Western Symphony, Whiskey Road and Yeats)

and The Minstrel (who can be found through Palace Music –sire of Naturalism – Bakharoff, Chem

and Masterclass).

Statue of Liberty is sire of two-year-old stakes winner Kolokol out of a mare by Hector Protector,

a son of Woodman from the Mr. Prospector line. Branches of Mr. Prospector that have worked

under Storm Cat and would be available in Australia include Fappiano (through Defensive Play and

Unbridled’s Song), Forty Niner (sire of Distorted Humor, Twining and End Sweep), Geiger Counter,

Gone West (through Zafonic, who would be particularly interesting here), Gulch (through Thunder

Gulch), Hussonet (particularly appealing as his broodmare sire is from the same family as Statue

of Liberty), Jade Hunter, Kingmambo (sire of King’s Best, Dubai Destination), Machiavellian

(sire of Street Cry, No Excuse Needed and Vettori), Marquetry, Miswaki (sire of Umatilla, who

should work well), and Seeking the Gold (sire of Lujain and Secret Savings).

Statue of Liberty has a pedigree that should work well with Sir Tristram, and there have already

been Storm Cat line stakes winners out of a mares by Sir Tristram line stallions Dr Grace, Grosvenor,

Kaapstad, Sovereign Red, and Zabeel and his son Octagonal (sire of Lonhro).

Storm Cat line stallions have done well over Blushing Groom, and he could be brought in through

Rainbow Quest sire of Quest For Fame (who should work well here as will his son Viscount),

Spectrum and Bin Ajwaad; Rahy sire of Fantastic Light and Noverre; Housebuster; Orientate;

Nassipour and Pre Emptive Strike.

Statue of Liberty is sire of graded stakes winner Dan Baroness out of a mare by Rubiton (by

Century), and there are two other graded winners by Storm Cat out of Rubiton mares. There are

also fi ve Storm Cat line stakes winners from Century through Centaine, and Rubiton’s brother

Euclase should also be considered. Storm Cat has done well with Damascus, who can be found

through Gilded Time and Salieri, and has also crossed successfully with In Reality through

Relaunch (available through Honour and Glory) and Valid Appeal (who can be brought in through

Southern Appeal).

Finally, within Statue of Liberty’s own female family there have been a number of sires that have stood

in Australia and their daughters would have particular appeal here including mares by Bite the Bullet,

Spectacular Spy, Honor Grades, Foxhound and Saithor. Inbreeding to this family has had great success in

recent years.


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GO TO PRESS


Nash Rawiller isn’t prone to rash statements. Having piloted the winners of 33 Group One events, including

Takeover Target, Bel Esprit, More Joyous and a Dubai victory on Elvstroem, the Melbourne based jockey has had his share of highs.

So, when he makes a declaration that “the world is (Pressday’s) oyster”, it’s not a view to be dismissed lightly.

For sure, Rawiller has had a close association with Pressday, riding him in all bar one of the colt’s four Group victories.

The first was in the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben last winter, following on from a Sydney autumn which saw Pressday capture a 1000m sprint at Randwick, then finish a length third behind the brilliant Hinchinbrook (currently in England

for a tilt at Royal Ascot) and Group Two winner Brightexpectations in the Skyline Stakes-G3 at Rosehill.

Pressday would peel off three straight in Brisbane: the Champagne Classic, the Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce at Eagle Farm and finally, the Group One TJ Smith.

Heading to Melbourne for the spring, Pressday had a barrier mishap in the Group One Coolmore Classic on Derby

Day, but bounced back with an emphatic victory in the MRC Sandown Guineas-G2, showing a ton of heart.

Three outings in Sydney during the autumn didn’t produce a win but trainer Chris Waller is convinced it was merely a blip on the radar and that Pressday will come back a much better horse in the spring: “We’re targeting the Epsom and, all going well, it will be on to the Cox Plate.

“Then it will be back to Sydney for the Doncaster in the autumn before he retires to Eliza Park.

“On pure ability, there is not a horse in the stable that can match Pressday. A combination of bad luck and lack of maturity held him back as a 3YO … but nothing will hold him back as a 4YO.”

Waller – now one of Australia’s leading

trainers following Group One victories in 2011 with Danleigh, My Kingdom of Fife, Rangirangdoo and Stand to Gain – has always had a huge opinion of Pressday … even since his vet, Dr Tim Roberts, eyed the colt at the 2009 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale.

“Pressday was a lovely type … a real athlete,” Roberts recalls. “He’s a colt with a lot of presence and quality, lovely loose

On pure ability, there is not a horse in the stable that

can match Pressday. A combination of bad luck and lack

of maturity held him back as a 3YO … but nothing will hold

him back as a 4YO. - Chris Waller

‘‘ ‘‘Group One winning 2YO, PRESSDAY, is destined for stud duties at Eliza Park, but not before the likelihood of adding some rich spring and autumn plums to his already glowing CV. Now breeders are being given the opportunity to go along for the ride.


walk and great head. But importantly, he also has excellent conformation.”

Pressday is a first crop son of Domesday, a Group winner at two who stood his initial season at a fee of just $5,500, but due to the lightning start of his progeny such as Pressday, Alister Clark-G2 winner Domesky and multiple stakes winner Divorces, the Red Ransom stallion’s fee has consequently risen to $22,000 for the 2011 season.

As Red Ransom ‘nicks’ so well with Danehill mares and those of his sons, Pressday provides an ideal outcross for the most successful and consequently, prolific, bloodline in the southern hemisphere (clearly one of the motivations for Eliza Park to secure another ‘outcross’ in 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver this spring).

Hailing from 9-time winner Kaaptive Empress – a daughter of multiple Group One winner Kaaptive Edition – Pressday’s family boasts the best of both worlds with black type success on both sides of the equator.

Kaaptive Empress is, in turn, out of a half

sister to the dams of three winners from four to race and is in turn a daughter of North American stakes winner Nile Empress, a half sister to the dams of Melbourne 2YO stakes winner Dinner Date and New Zealand Group One winner The Mighty Lions.

This is also the family of northern hemisphere Group One winners Is Your Pleasure, I Believe In You, Sookera, So Factual and Leroy S.

Eliza Park, in conjunction with Waller and owner Tony Muolllo, is establishing a 50 share syndicate which will race and breed from Pressday with, firstly, any stakes money derived from racing performances being divided equally among equity partners.

Furthermore, if Pressday again wins at the highest level, the obvious increase in value as a stallion prospect will not affect those who have already secured a shareholding.

A 1/50th share in Pressday will cost $47,132 inc. GST with the price including mortality insurance through to 30 June

2012 and all training costs until retirement.

Indeed, shareholders will not be subject to any further costs (other than syndicate costs) throughout Pressday’s racing and breeding career.

Shareholders will be entitled to two nominations to Pressday for his first four years at stud, followed by a lifetime breeding right and share in dividends earned.

Rain, hail or shine, Pressday will definitely be retired for stud duties in the 2012 season and for further details, a product disclosure statement is available from Eliza Park on request.

Time to go to Press!

Syndicating stallions while they are still racing has been a successful motif for Eliza Park.

Back in March 2003, Eliza Park purchased shares in a Royal Academy colt by the name of Bel Esprit.

The future sire of Black Caviar had only cost $9,000 as a yearling, but by then, had taken out his first five races – including the Blue Diamond – and was multiple Group One performed.

However, subsequent to signing on the dotted line, Bel Esprit would prove his class to all and sundry by capturing the Doomben 10,000-G1 and finishing a close up second in the Newmarket Handicap-G1.

The rest, as they say, is history with Bel Esprit taking out the last four Victorian sires’ premierships (with only five crops of racing age) and currently attaining a rank of sixth on the Australian sires’ table.

Perhaps Shinzig (pictured left) will share a similar fate. Destined to stand at Eliza Park from an early age – particularly as he is a son of Danehill from the Group One winning mare Shindig – shares in Shinzig were offered just days prior to him registering a brilliant victory in the Group One CF Orr Stakes: arguably the toughest on record.

And it certainly wasn’t lost on the early investors that seven Group One winning sons of Danehill (up to 1600m) are standing in Australia and six of them have produced Group One winners in their own right.

With the first Shinzig yearlings selling up to $160,000 this summer, there is clearly some ‘voter’ confidence that he will become the seventh!


Active mares at

trend 31-May-11

2010 -6% 30,491

2009 -1% 32,406

2008 -3% 32,823

2007 -2% 33,802

2006 1% 34,340

Australian bred Overseas bred Thoroughbred status Non Stud Book

100% 26,314 86.3% 2010 4,177 13.7% 30,364 99.6% 2010 127 0.4%

100% 27,966 86.3% 2009 4,440 13.7% 32,271 99.6% 2009 135 0.4% 100%

100% 28,228 86.0% 2008 4,595 14.0% 32,626 99.4% 2008 197 0.6% 100%

100% 29,070 86.0% 2007 4,732 14.0% 33,565 99.3% 2007 237 0.7% 100%

100% 29,189 85.0% 2006 5,151 15.0% 34,031 99.1% 2006 309 0.9% 100%

A B C

Mares reported not Mares reported served Maidens Stallions returned First served in previous season in previous season mares trend AUS Other Aus

season

trend 2010 23,778 -3.3% 88% 3,600 15% 779 -9.6% 544 235 70% 2010 85 11%

5,912 1.9% 19% 2009 24,579 -7.6% 81% 3,674 15% 862 -2.8% 567 295 66% 2009 106 12%

5,801 -29.6% 18% 2008 26,605 8.2% 82% 4,203 16% 887 3.3% 570 317 64% 2008 130 15%

8,241 18.7% 25% 2007 24,582 -8.5% 75% 3,661 15% 859 -2.2% 560 299 65% 2007 147 17%

6,943 -3.2% 21% 2006 26,859 -1.1% 79% 4,362 16% 878 -6.5% 545 333 62% 2006 102 12%

7,171 -1.2% 21% 2005 27,169 2.1% 79% 4,412 16% 939 -2.9% 563 376 60% 2005 140 15%

D E Served mares returned Served mares died, sold, trend /served retired trend /served 20,132 -13.3% 82% 2010 4,447 30.9% 18%

23,207 5.0% 87% 2009 3,398 37.0% 13%

22,102 -9.1% 90% 2008 2,480 -2.6% 10%

24,314 -1.4% 91% 2007 2,545 1.0% 9%

24,648 1.7% 91% 2006 2,521 6.0% 9%

F G H I J

Mares returned Mares which had

Mares which

missed/served & Mares which slipped Mares which had dead

trend live foals trend trend returned trend foal trend

2010 -10.2% 26,044 15,649 -11.1% 78% 2010 2,796 -19.1% 14% 1,280 -21.9% 6% 2010 407 -21.0% 2%

2009 -4.4% 29,008 17,599 5.8% 76% 2009 3,455 -0.6% 15% 1,638 -4.0% 7% 2009 515 25.6% 2%

2008 -2.9% 30,343 16,641 -10.0% 75% 2008 3,476 -1.9% 16% 1,575 -12% 7% 2008 410 -19.1% 2%

2007 -1.8% 31,257 18,480 -1.5% 76% 2007 3,545 -2.3% 15% 1,782 3.7% 7% 2007 507 -7.3% 2%

2006 1.1% 31,819 18,755 0.9% 76% 2006 3,627 4.4% 15% 1,719 0.0% 7% 2006 547 22.6% 2%

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BUYINGTHEREADYMADE?AUSSIES ‘STAND TO GAIN’


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“The Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale has gained momentum – and the attention of Australians in the past five or six years – due to

the undisputed success of sale graduates on Australian racetracks. In particular, Australians are sourcing stayers from Europe and this sale offers a large catalogue of appealing horses, which have, in hindsight, been great value for money purchases. Just ask the likes of Lee Freedman, Tim Roberts, Chris Waller, Mike Moroney and Craig Rounsefell who are avid supporters and buyers at this sale.”

So says Jenny McAlpine, Tattersalls Australian Representative, and a glance at the list of Tattersalls Autumn HIT graduates now racing successfully in Australia appears to back up her assertions.

But why is a trip to the UK proving so beneficial to Australian owners and trainers, when the UK lags so far behind Australia in foal production? And why purchase European bred horses when Australian and New Zealand breds are currently dominating the World Rankings?

Perhaps the answer lies in the type of horse being bred in the Southern

Hemisphere, where speed and precocity has become the byword, even though the Cups remain the coveted prizes to aim for. And, despite the good showing of Australasian horses in international rankings, only So You Think represents the non-sprinter. .

Aiming for a stoutly bred, lightly raced and realistically priced, proven racehorse now seems to mean aiming for UK shores, where the Tattersalls HIT Sale is proving a ‘hit’ in more ways than one.

One person who has capitalised on this is trainer Chris Waller, who first bought two horses at the 2006 sale: the 22,000gns purchase, Al Hazim (IRE), who went on to capture the 2007 Clubs NSW Handicap and 2008 Lucky’s Freeway Hotel Handicap. Currently, 1,000gns is worth A$1,610 and the strength of the dollar against sterling is an added bonus.

Waller has subsequently purchased 30 horses at the Autumn HIT Sale and 26 have gone on to win for him: Stand To Gain (IRE) (105,000gns) and My Kingdom Of Fife (GB) (60,000gns), providing him with Group One wins this year in the Sydney Cup and Queen Elizabeth Stakes respectively. Not surprisingly, Chris’ number of purchases has steadily increased each year, culminating in nine horses from the 2010 sale.

“The cost to airfreight the horses to Australia is not cheap, being close to AU$20,000 when quarantine, inoculations and road transport are included,” says Chris’ bloodstock agent, Guy Mulcaster of Mulcaster Bloodstock.

“This is offset by the fact the horses arrive

in Australia and are able to commence training: hopefully racing within five months. This is a lot quicker than the purchase of a yearling.”

Chris Waller attends the sale with a specific shopping list as Guy explains: “The horses are bought with middle distance Saturday races in mind where the prizemoney is A$70,000 to A$100,000 per race.

“Chris has had some horses progress even further with the likes of Stand To Gain winning this year’s Sydney Cup, while Strike One has recorded six victories in Australia and won upwards of A$350,000. The biggest success story has been Hawk Island, recording 10 Australian wins and prizemoney in excess of A$650,000.”

With 1500 horses catalogued in the sale, the average price is just 20,000gns and in the past five years, seven Group One winners have so far passed through the ring. Little wonder that Waller regards it as a happy hunting ground and he is far from alone.

Sam Pritchard-Gordon runs the ‘Ball & Chain Syndicate’ that has raced eight horses bought at the Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale: all notable winners. The initial excursion, Sam says, was purely founded on the lack of opportunity to buy Australian horses with pedigrees to run 2400m.

In the never ending

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looking out on Cup

day – local scouts are

heading to England to

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horses at the Autumn HIT

Sale and 26 have won

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“The Ball & Chain syndicate is very loosely about 40-80 people who have invested in buying units. One unit was valued at A$10,000 and was essentially 1% of all horses purchased in that year,” explains Sam. “In 2008, for example, we purchased six and in 2009 we purchased three. It was designed so that one upfront cost covered all transport and future training expenses.”

In bringing top class racing opportunities to people at an ordinary level, the prospective bargains at Tattersalls are enticing.

Sam goes on to point out that equating European form to the form back home is not a problem: “Essentially it is like for like … a handicapper in the UK is a handicapper in Australia. But the Australian staying ranks are weak, while the prizemoney remains strong. Would Ajhar really have won A$100,000 in the UK?

“There is no formula for what works and what doesn’t: some horses can jump out of the ground on arrival, as per Sound of Nature, whereas others do not fire at all, for example, Doctor Fremantle. It is an expensive venture, but the lure of a strong Australian dollar, backed by solid prizemoney, makes it too hard to resist.

“For me it is a very unique sale in that 95% of the work is done before you get to England, as background information is sought through watching race replays and working through the form. As the horses only arrive at the grounds a day before the sale or in some cases on the day of the sale, preparation is vital to obtain the right outcome.

“When scouting for horses at this sale, probably foremost in my mind is finding a horse that will be most suited to the conditions and environment that it is being bought for and you believe that there is improvement in the horse you are buying.”

Leading Victorian trainer and Melbourne Cup winner, Mike Moroney, is clearly a devotee of the Autumn HIT: “Fairfield Flame was purchased out of that sale and was Group placed in New Zealand before winning at Sandown for us last spring.

“We bought nine horses at last year’s sale, including Park View that’s won her first two starts for us including a win in town in May.”

(Although he was purchased privately, Glass Harmonium is another ‘international’ riding high for Moroney, having won the Eagle Farm Cup-G2 before a terrific second in the Brisbane Cup-G2 in June).

Craig Rounsefell of Boomer Bloodstock is another fan: “The Tattersalls HIT Sale is the best of its kind anywhere in the world because of its sheer size and the quality of the racehorses available for purchase.

“I believe this type of sale is increasing in popularity among many racehorse owners, due to the fact that, unlike buying a yearling, with a tried horse you know to a certain extent what you are getting.

“By this, I mean you can watch the horse race, inspect it physically and get it vetted out … all the hard work of breaking in and education has been done.

“Obviously you buy hoping that the horse will improve in its new environment and be one of the many success stories to come out of this sale.”

Some very sage advice from the folk that have been there and done it, but Chris Waller, Sam Pritchard-Gordon, Mike Moroney and Craig Rounsefell will not have the niche market to themselves this coming UK autumn as the successes of their imports and those of Lee Freedman and Tim Roberts continue to highlight the emergence of this important ‘Australian’ sale.

My Kingdom Of Fife

Mike Moroney

With a tried horse,

you know to a certain extent

what you are getting“ “


38,500$ 38,500$ 38,500

WANTED (AUS) Bay 2006 (16hh), Fastnet Rock x Fragmentation by Snippets



WANTED


It takes a very good horse to win aNewwmarket ... great ones win at 3*

* successful sires General Nediym, Century, Exceed And Excel

* highest priced Fastnet Rock colt ($800,000, Easter 2008)

* Precocious Group winner at 2

* horses defeated at 3 include:

* Only horse to fi nish within a length of Black Caviar

* Excellent fertility in fi rst season

3YO TIMEFORM RATINGS

126 WANTED

Starspangledbanner

125 So You Think

124 Denman

Rock Classic

Shoot Out

Zabrasive

123 Phelan Ready* As at 1 May 2010

✓ Starspangledbanner

✓ Weekend hussler

✓ Apache Cat

✓ El Segundo

✓ Eagle Falls

✓ Danleigh

✓ headway

✓ All Silent

✓ Nicconi

✓ Light Fantastic


* Century, General Nediym, Exceed And Excel

When danger looms, the herd is led by the dominant one




When danger looms, the herd is led by the dominant one

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SIRE LINE

FASTNET ROCK

Bay 2001-Stud 2005

Champion 3YO Sprinter in Australasia

6 wins, $1,724,100

VRC Lightning S-G1, MRC Oakleigh P-G1, VRC Linlithgow S-G2, AJC Up and Coming S-G2

2d VRC Newmarket H-G1, MRC TJ Smith S-G1, 3d AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1

Sire of 157 winners (64.1%), 16 stakes winners (6.5%), 27 stakes placegetters (11.0%), $15 million inc.

WANTED (Snippets). 3 wins. See above.

ROCK CLASSIC (Peintre Celebre). 3 wins, 1200m to 1600m, $659,900, VRC Australian Guineas-G1, 2d STC

Rosehill Guineas-G1

IRISH LIGHTS (Hennessy). 3 wins, 1100m to 1600m, $492,950, MRC 1000 Guineas-G1, Tranquil Star S-G3, 2d

MRC Blue Diamond Preview-L, 3d MRC Angus Armanasco S-G2

ROTHESAY (Woodman). 4 wins, 1100m to 1615m, $425,150, BRC Queensland Guineas-G2, Labour Day Cup-G3,

2d STC Theo Marks S-G2, 3d Gosford Guineas-L

SMART MISSILE (Comic Strip). 2 wins, 1000m to 1200m, $241,150, ATC Todman Slipper Trial-G2, AJC Breeders’

Plate-L

CURVED BALL (Zabeel). 3 wins, 1400m to 1800m, Turffontein The Dingaans-G2, 4th Tony Ruffel S-G3

HINCHINBROOK (Snippets). 2 wins, 1100m, 1200m, $510,300, AJC Skyline S-G3, AJC Canonbury S-L, 3d AJC

Sires’ Produce S-G1, MVRC William Reid S-G1, MRC Oakleigh Plate-G1, STC Pago Pago S-G2, Heritage S-L, City

Tattersalls Club Brian Crowley S -L, 4th STC Golden Slipper S-G1

STRYKER (Woodman). 2 wins, 1200m to 1350m, $373,325, BTC Classic-G3, STC Heritage S-L, 3d AJC The

Galaxy-G1, STC Golden Rose-G1, Pago Pago S-G2, AJC Challenge S-G2.

LOVEMELIKEAROCK (Mt Livermore). 3 wins, 1300m to 1600m, $265,440, NJC Spring S-G3, 2d AJC Sweet

Embrace S-G3, 3d Tatts Furious S-G2

LONE ROCK (Lion Cavern). 2 wins, 1000m to 1200m, $168,278, MVRC Champagne S-G3, 2d SAJC Adelaide 2YO

Classic, 3d MVRC Red Anchor S-G3

DINO MAK (Volksraad). 2 wins, 1200m to 1400m, $169,650, WATC Lee-Steere Classic-G3, 3d WATC Fairetha S-L,

Magic Millions Perth 2YO Classic

HOT BUTTERFLY (Odyle). 6 wins, 1200m to 1400m, $317,814, Penang Malaysian Magic Millions Classic-L, 2d

Selangor Tunku Gold Cup-L

MARSKE BEACH (Distored Humor). 6 wins, 1200m to 1400m, $210,885, Perak Coronation Cup-L.

GYBE (Nureyev). AJC Gimcrack S-L.

Oldest progeny are 4YOs

STUD RECORD

Wanted entered stud in 2010. First mares in foal sold up to $205,000 in 2011 (85% fertility).

RACE RECORD

Group One winner of 3 races & 6 placings, 1100m to 1200m and $1,216,000 in prizemoney

WON VRC Newmarket H.-G1 (1200m) defeating Starspangledbanner, Eagle Falls,

Headway, All Silent, Nicconi, El Segundo etc.

Randwick Kindergarten S.-G3 (1100m) at 2,

Rosehill Sydney Pet and Animal Show 7-9 Nov H. (1100m) at 2

2ND Flemington Lightning S.-G1,

Victoria Racing Club S.-G1,

Moonee Valley William Reid S.-G1,

Flemington Rory’s Jester S.-G2 defeated 0.8 lengths by Black Caviar

3RD Caulfield Schillaci S.-G2,

Randwick Canonbury S.-L

4TH Randwick T J Smith S.-G1,

Moonee Valley Manikato S.-G1,

Caulfield Oakleigh Plate-G1

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BROODMARE SIRESNIPPETS

Co-Champion Australasian 2YO; Champion 3YO Sprinter; 9 wins, $1,093,600 inc. AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1,

The Galaxy-G1, VATC Oakleigh P-G1

Sire of winners of $76 million, 58 stakes winners (10 Group One winners)

Broodmare sire of winners of $52.3 million, 54 stakes winners inc.

SNITZEL-[sire], MAGNUS-[sire], WANTED-[sire], CRYSTAL LILY-[2010 Golden Slipper winner],

UNEARTHLY, MARJU SNIP, TIMBOURINA, LA BELLA DAMA, WILANDER-[sire], MEDIA, STRATEGIC

IMAGE, BELONG TO MARY, SHELLSCRAPE, EXCEEDINGLY GOOD, etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam FRAGMENTATION, by Snippets. 4 wins 1000 to 1306 m. Won VRC Australian Cup Carnival S.-L, SAJC Sabis 2YO H., SAJC Open H. 2nd MVRC C.S. Hayes S.-G3. 3rd SAJC 2 YO, SAJC Flying H. 4th MRC H.D.F. McNeil S.-G3. Dam of 4 foals, 2 raced, both winners-. WANTED (2006 c by Fastnet Rock). 3 wins. See Race Record. SHRAPNEL (2007 c by Charge Forward). 3 wins at 1200 m. and $288,435. SAJC Yallambee Classic-G2, SAJC

Breeders’ S.-G3, 3rd VRC Ascot Vale S-G1, SAJC Queen Adelaide S.-L.

2nd Dam SOUTHERN SPRINTER, by Southern Appeal (USA). 5 wins 1200 to 1600 m. Won VATC Silvermoor H. Sister to IN THE MIST. Half-sister to Danazar. Dam of 5 foals, all raced, 3 winners inc.-. FRAGMENTATION (f by Snippets). 4 wins. See Race Record. I’M YOURS. 4 wins at 1200, 1350 m. Won QTC Conditions H., BTC Fillies and Mares Class 3 H. 2nd AJC 3 YO Fillies H. Dam of---.

GENERAL TRADER. 2 wins at 1100, 1200 m. Won VRC Magistrate H.

3rd Dam CERES MIST, by Plush (NZ). Started once in Australia. Half-sister to BOLD RACE, Big Bruiser. Dam of 10 named foals, all raced, 8 winners inc.-. IN THE MIST (f by Southern Appeal (USA)). 10 wins 1006 to 2250 m. and $240,810. Won SAJC Johnnie Walker Classic-L, SAJC Morphettville Guineas-L, SAJC John D Lee S.[L], SAJC O.J. Smith Challenge S.-L, SAJC John D. Lee S.-L. 2nd SAJC Sedgwick Classic-G2, SAJC Centaurea Trophy[L], SAJC Hill Smith S.-L. 3rd SAJC Port Adelaide Cup-G3. 4th SAJC Lord Mayor’s Mile-L, SAJC Balcrest S.-L, SAJC Queen Adelaide S.-L. Dam of-. DE LAGO MIST (f by Encosta de Lago). 2 wins at 1200, 1400 m. at 2 and $371,875. Won VRC Sires’ Produce S.-G2, SAJC Breeders’S.-G3. 3rd MVRC Moonee Valley Oaks-G2. 4th AJC Sires’ Produce S.-G1, AJC Champagne S.-G1, VRC A.V. Kewney S.-G2, Newcastle JC Spring S.-G3, MRC Quezette S.-L. Granma Gertey (f by Danzero). Placed to 1400 m. 2nd MRC Blue Diamond Preview-G3, MRC Quezette S. [L]. 3rd VRC Super Vobis 3 YO Plate. Danazar (c by Danzero). 1 win at 1211 m. 2nd SAJC Alcohol Go-Easy S.-L, SAJC 2 YO 1MW H., SAJC 1MW-LY H. 3rd SAJC Distance Class 1 H. 4th SAJC Sires’ Produce S.-G3, SAJC Oaklands Plate-L. HENDERSON. 5 wins 1000 to 1450 m. Won SAJC Penny Edition Plate, SAJC Beau Gem H., SAJC Vita C H., SAJC 3 YO Class 2 H. 2nd SAJC Golliwog H., SAJC Atropine H., SAJC Kingston Town H. SOUTHERN SPRINTER. 5 wins. See above. ZERO ISSUES. 2 wins at 1200, 1600 m. Won MRC 3 YO Colts and Geldings 1MW H. 3rd MRC 3 YO Colts and Geldings H., VRC Conditions H. 4th SAJC Chairman’s S.-L. Champagne Mist. Started 6 times in Australia. Dam of-. BUBBLES ALL ROUND. 1 win at 1600 m. Won SAJC Allan Scott Park Morphettville H. 2nd SAJC Coffee Club 2YO Conditions Nmw H.

Fastnet Rock

Fragmentation

Danehill

Piccadilly Circus

Snippets

Southern Sprinter

Danzig

Razyana

Royal Academy

Gatana

Lunchtime

Easy Date

Southern Appeal

Ceres Mist


A group stakes winner at two, much like his own sire WANTED has developed into a championship

calibre sprinter at three, with a string of grade performances headline by a victory in the

Newmarket Handicap (gr. I). Wanted has a pedigree to match those performances. He is by

Fastnet Rock, a brilliant son of Danehill, who is currently the Leading Second Crop Sire standing

in Australia, and his dam, a stakes winning daughter of Snippets is dam of two graded winners

with her first two foals.

Broadly speaking the cross of Danehill line stallions over Sir Tristram line mares, has been a very

successful one, with more than 80 stakes winners, and Fastnet Rock (who carries Sir Tristram

through Marauding) is no exception, siring first crop grade two winner out of a mare by Zabeel.

The Zabeel line can be brought in through Octagonal and his son Lonhro, Reset, Savabeel and

Don Eduardo Other sons of Sir Tristram that might be used are Dr. Grace, Grosvenor, Kaapstad,

Military Plume and El Qahira.

From the Mr. Prospector line, Fastnet Rock is sire of a stakes winner out of a mare by Woodman

(out of a mare by Buckpasser, who should prove a positive influence here), sire of Way of Light

(particularly interesting), Timber Country, Hector Protector and Dr. Johnson. Bred on the same

cross as Woodman are Miswaki (sire of Umatilla, who would give a good inbreeding to Nijinsky

II) and Seeking the Gold, sire of Secret Savings and Lujain (giving inbreeding to Nijinsky II).

Another Mr Prospector line of interest is Jade Robbery who is out of a mare by Nijinsky II. The

broad Danehill/Mr. Prospector cross has done well and other potential sources include Hussonet,

Bellotto, Thunder Gulch (giving linebreeding to the genetic relatives Nijinsky II and Storm Bird,

which is already in a grade one winner by Fastnet Rock), Zafonic (giving the three-parts-brothers

Nijinsky II and The Minstrel) and his son Xaar, Distorted Humor (broodmare sire of a stakes

horse by Fastnet Rock) and Fusaichi Pegasus. With the presence of In Reality in his pedigree, any

mares by Unbridled’s Song also look to appeal.

Fastnet Rock’s broodmare sire, Royal Academy, is a very close relative to Storm Cat, and Fastnet

Rock has already sired grade one winner Irish Lights out of a mare by Storm Cat’s son, Hennessy

(sire of Johannesburg), and a stakes horse out of a mare by Storm Cat’s son, Tale of the Cat.

Other Storm Cat sons that could be used include Catrail, Giant’s Causeway (very interesting),

High Yield and Van Nistelrooy. It might also pay to bring in mares carrying The Minstrel (a

three-parts-brother to Nijinsky II), and sire of Palace Music, Masterclass, Bakharoff and Chem,

and grandsire of Naturalism. The Nijinsky/Tom Fool combination is also found in Dancing Champ,

broodmare sire of Success Express (broodmare sire of a stakes horse by Fastnet Rock).

Wanted has Nijinsky II and Tom Fool, who combined extremely well with each other, and also

with Blushing Groom. Fastnet Rock is already sire of a stakes winner out of a mare by Blushing

Groom’s son, Mt. Livermore (sire of Orientate), and Blushing Groom could also be brought in

through Quest For Fame, his son Viscount (particularly interesting), and Fantastic Light (all

three doubling Nijinsky II), Noverre, Spectrum, Howbaddouwantit and Nassipour. Mares by

Stravinsky, who has Blushing Groom in his pedigree might also be used to profit.

We would not be normally recommending Danehill line stallions visit Wanted, but in the case

of mares by Not A Single Doubt, there are some compelling reasons with his sire having a

somewhat similar pedigree to Fastnet Rock (Danehill/Star Kingdom/Sir Ivor/Nijsinky II) and his

dam being responsible for Wanted’s broodmare sire Snippets, thus inbreeding to Easy Date. On

Snippets, we do think that using mares by Scenic, the previously mentioned duo Secret Savings

and Lonhro, and Gilded Time, all appeal as they carry Grey Flight.

Another leading sire in Australia whose daughters should be well suited to Wanted is More Than

Ready. He is a Halo line stallion with Woodman as his broodmare sire. Other Halo line stallions

whose daughters should prove interesting with Wanted include Sunday Silence’s sons Tayasu

Tsuyoshi, Fuji Kiseki and Genuine.

The Star Kingdom sireline is on the wane in the broodmare population but there are a couple of

broodmare sires that have potential here in mares by Canny Lad, Brave Warrior (and his son

Show a Heart) and Hurricane Sky. All four are Bletchingly line stallions which appeals greatly

and Hurricane Sky, Brave Warrior and Show a Heart have slightly more appeal carrying Nijinsky II

also. Finally, with In Reality in his female line, mares by Red Ransom and his son Charge Forward,

who is out of a mare by Bletchingly, should suit Wanted.

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MICHAELCHRISTIAN

Footy player, chartered

accountant, stockbroker,

media personality,

racehorse owner,

breeder and business

owner … Michael

Christian isn’t going

to die wondering.

MIChAEL ShARkIE

caught up with the

veteran of Collingwood’s

1990 premiership, only

to find out he hasn’t

slowed an inch.

A footy fan only has to hit the internet and dig up some footage of the 1990 AFL Premiership between

Collingwood and Essendon to realise just how much the game has changed in the last 20 odd years.

Footy jumpers were made of wool and were tucked into footy shorts back then, and game plans revolved around getting the ball forward as quickly as possible, no matter how ugly it looked. The all-in brawl was alive and well, as was the head high bump, and although players were fit, they were not as sculpted as their full-time counterparts today. The mullet reigned as the haircut of choice amongst players and fans … particularly those wearing black and white.

Off the field, most players had a part time or occasionally full time job to supplement their income from footy, including Collingwood’s premiership winning full-back, Michael Christian.

Michael initially worked as a chartered accountant with KPMG when he arrived in Melbourne in the late 80s, before forging a successful career in stockbroking. But come game day his eyes were firmly fixed on some of the great forwards of the era, including the hulking goal kicking machine, Tony Lockett.

“Tony was a mountain of a player, and the main challenge was to get off the field in one piece,” Michael recalls.

“I remember one day I decided to verbally abuse him and I regret that decision to this day … he nearly killed me. I was lucky to play in an era with some great forwards the likes of Dermot Brereton, Stephen Kernahan and Stewart Lowe: you had to be on your toes every week.”

Football brought Michael to Victoria after Collingwood pursued the highly-regarded West Australian defender after watching his development with East Perth in the WAFL with great interest. However, footy also opened other doors for life away from Victoria Park and the MCG. Footy aided Michael’s forays into the world of sports media and also thoroughbred racing, an industry which has captivated him for the best part of 20 years.

“I grew up with harness racing as my dad was an electrician at the local Busselton trots. That was the era of Pure

Steel, Satinover and San Simeon, but my main exposure to thoroughbreds was when a mate and I used to have tipping competitions on the Melbourne and Sydney races each Saturday morning. That was the era of Gunsynd and Cap D’Antibes … I reckon we’d have been about eight or nine years old,” Michael adds.

“When I came to Melbourne I got involved in a syndicate with stockbroking mates and we raced a few horses”.

One of the horses Michael held a share in was the talented and beautifully bred two year old filly True Blonde, who won at Listed level on Melbourne Cup day in 1997 to give the former footy star one of his biggest sporting thrills since the 1990 Grand Final.

True Blonde was a half-sister to champion sire Snippets, and in years to come the mare would go on to become a terrific broodmare, producing stakes winner Regrowth, who in turn produced the stakes winner and million dollar colt Godspeed. Another of her foals was the ill-fated Prove It who would produce the 3-time Group One winner Forensics (2007 Golden Slipper): “I really got the bug: the whole ownership thing just grabbed me straight away and luckily we had a bit of success.”

Stories of footy players from the 1970s, 80s, and even early 90s calling the team runner to deliver racing results at quarter time, or looking to the scoreboard for quadrella results deep into the last quarter of a tight match, have long been the source of great amusement at sportsman’s nights and similar events, and while Michael

admits that he does like a punt, it was the thrill of ownership and the access it gave to the inner sanctum of racing stables that was most appealing to him.

In the late 1990s Michael hosted Gai Waterhouse at a corporate lunch and shortly afterwards found himself part of Gai’s ownerships ranks: “While working as a stockbroker, I spent two or three days a week in Sydney and I’d often head out to Tulloch Lodge and just hang out there talking to Gai and her staff … just really enjoying the stable environment and watching the horses develop. She is an unbelievable marketer as well as an unbelievable trainer, so to watch her go about her work was a terrific experience.”

Michael enjoyed his share of luck with Waterhouse and Tulloch Lodge too. The first horse that he raced with Waterhouse was a colt by St Covet called Roguish, which was placed in the Listed Breeders Stakes on debut, and then sixth in the Group Two Silver Slipper before going amiss.

Multiple Group performer Phoenix Park gave Michael one of his biggest race day successes when winning the Group Two TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick for Waterhouse in 2002, playing $61.

He also had success with trainer Mick Price with Slavonic taking out the Group One Railway Stakes in his old home town, and Roedean, who ‘won’ the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes in 2003. Unfortunately this success only lasted a few weeks after Roedean was disqualified for testing positive to a banned

I remember as

soon as I got involved

with Sirecam we were

on the phone trying to

recruit yearlings to film

for the 2005 sales season.

The business has grown

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therapeutic substance: “Talk about the highs and lows of racing. One minute we had achieved the ultimate success and the next it meant nothing.”

However, off the track, Michael found himself getting involved with horses far earlier in their lives than he had ever anticipated.

“In 2002 I started a Diploma of Horse Breeding at NMIT: it was a two year course and I still maintain that it was one of the best things I have done,” Michael points out. “It was a very practical course, but also involved plenty of theory about subjects I previously hadn’t thought too much about, including feed analysis and pasture improvement.

“I didn’t do the course because I specifically wanted to breed horses: in fact I’d never really thought of breeding horses to that point, it was more a case of being interested in that side of the industry.

“I certainly didn’t have a business or money making mindset when I finished the course … I just really wanted to get into bloodstock. Not necessarily to make money out of it, but more for the challenge of breeding my own horses and for the fun of seeing where they end up.”

And Michael has certainly had some fun with his bloodstock exploits to date. After securing his own property in Whittlesea just three years ago, he has bred – along with friend Shane Stiles – this season’s Group Two runnerup Jesse’s Girl, while 2011 Blue Diamond runnerup, Hallowell

Belle, is also out of a Christian owned mare: and the lightly raced filly holds a special significance for the former footballer.

“Hallowell Belle is out of the first mare I ever owned outright, Bella Inez. She was purchased as a yearling by friend and trainer Peter Morgan. We syndicated her for racing but while she showed ability, injury meant she only had a couple of starts.

“She has produced three great foals, Hallowell Belle, a Red Ransom filly that made $240,000 at the Melbourne Premier Sale this year and a weanling filly by Sebring (pictured below with Michael). Unfortunately she missed to Starcraft last season.

“I have my own philosophy on breeding and that is to try and keep my head above water! I’ve concentrated on accumulating a few broodmares here and there and I

predominantly try to get involved with fillies with a view to breeding from them later on. It’s a passion for me. I love the hands on approach and thoroughly enjoy just spending time in the paddock … particularly with my weanlings.”

Another arm of Michael’s bloodstock interests is the online stallion and yearling video company, Sirecam, a business that he bought into in December 2004.

“I remember as soon as I got involved with Sirecam we were on the phone trying to recruit yearlings to film for the 2005 sales season. The business has grown so quickly and become an important part of promoting yearlings.

“The response from vendors has been fantastic. We can quantify the popularity of the service via views at sales time, but the anecdotal evidence that we keep hearing is the real example of how important the service has become.

“We get vendors saying that a buyer bought a horse from them after viewing the Sirecam footage from overseas: they sent a trainer to look at it and, as a consequence, they would either buy it or bid on it. Trainers and agents can also build a shortlist of horses that they are keen on and then distribute them to their clients. We’ve had a lot of positive feedback about how popular and effective a tool that Sirecam has been: it’s far easier to sell a horse if a client can see it walking on video rather than looking at words on a pedigree page.”

As Sirecam continues to grow, so too does Christian’s commitments outside of racing. He has become a popular part of Channel 10’s AFL football coverage, through game commentary and his post-match analysis program The Fifth Quarter, and more recently The Final Siren. During the week he hosts Radio Sport National’s breakfast show with Channel 9’s Tony Jones.

With kids and family commitments thrown in, Christian’s all-day schedule is enough to scare most media players back under the covers for a sleep in. Perhaps his battles with the great Tony Lockett and the other star full-forwards of the 1990s have hardened him for life!

Former Age racing journalist, Michael Sharkie is a Melbourne based form analyst and regular contributor to industry journals

Michael with trainer Peter Morgan and Sirecam General Manager, Siobhan Miller

On the farm


5,500 5,500$ 5,500

Brown 2003 (16hh), Redoute’s Choice x Back Pass (USA) by Quest For Fame

SHARKBITE (AUS)


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SHARKBITEBorn into racing royalty!


It’s all about choice ...

REDOUTE’S CHOICEAustralia’s reigning Champion Sire, he is clearly the heir apparent to the legendary Danehill as the nation’s foremost sire of sires: Not a Single Doubt (a leading 3rd season sire), Stratum and Snitzel (the leading 2nd season sires), Nadeem (a leading 1st season sire).

VALUE CHOICEAt a fee of just $5,500, Sharkbite is the best value son of Redoute’s Choice in Victoria.

YOUR CHOICEBroodmare owners fl ocked to Sharkbite last spring, providing him with a book of 130 mares. And from the looks of his weanlings, you can understand why!

A $900,000 yearling,

SHARKBITE was

unbeaten at 2 and

stakes winner at 3,

defeating 6 SWs in

the Lord Stakes at

Caulfi eld.

Sold for $37,0007 times service feeSold for $40,000

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STUD RECORD

Sharkbite entered stud in 2009: oldest progeny to sell at 2012 yearling sales.

SIRE LINE

REDOUTE’S CHOICEBay 1996-Stud 2000Classic winner; 5 wins, $1,567,850, VATC Caulfi eld Guineas-G1, Blue Diamond S-G1, MVRC Manikato S-G1. Champion Australian Sire 2005/06 & 2009/10; Champion 2YO Sire in Australia, twice; Champion First Crop Sire.Sire of 498 winners (75.2%), earnings of $68.5 million, 73 stakes winners (11.0%), 58 stakes placegetters, inc.MISS FINLAND (Woodman). Champion 2YO in Australasia; Co-Champion Older Mare (Mile); 11 wins, $4,632,775,

STC Golden Slipper S-G1, VRC Oaks-G1, Australian Guineas-G1, MRC 1000 Guineas-G1.SAMANTHA MISS (Zabeel). Champion 2YO Filly in Australasia; 7 wins, $1,763,260, VRC Oaks-G1, AJC Flight

S-G1, Champagne S-G1, STC Tea Rose S-G2, Tatts Furious S-G3, 2d AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1, 3d MVRC W S Cox P-G1.

FASHIONS AFIELD (Wild Again). Champion 2YO in Australasia; 6 wins, $1,841,510, AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1, Flight S-G1, 2d STC Golden Slipper S-G1, AJC Champagne S-G1.

STRATUM (Luskin Star). Champion 2YO Colt in Australasia; 2 wins, $2,224,500, Golden Slipper S-G1, Pago Pago S-G2, 3d VRC Newmarket H-G1.

SNITZEL (Snippets). 7 wins, $1,031,550, MRC Oakleigh P-G1, AJC Challenge S-G2, 2d VRC Newmarket H-G1, AJC TJ Smith S-G1.

GOD’S OWN (Sky Chase). 3 wins, $999,500, MRC Caulfi eld Guineas-G1, 2d VRC Lightning S-G1, MRC Autumn S-G3, MRC Caulfi eld Guineas Prelude-G3.

LOTTERIA (Sir Tristram). 8 wins, $1,491,560, AJC Flight S-G1, VRC Empire Rose S-G1, AJC Surround S-G2, 2d MVRC Cox P-G1.

ANAMATO (Whiskey Road). 4 wins, $966,892, SAJC Australasian Oaks-G1, 3d VRC Oaks-G1, American Oaks S-G1.

CHEEKY CHOICE (Caerleon). 4 wins, $625,425, AJC Flight S-G1.GALLICA (Kingmambo). 6 wins, $1,010,495, SAJC Australasian Oaks-G1, MRC 1000 Guineas-G1.MELITO (Marauding). 3 wins, $912,150, AJC TJ Smith S.-G1, STC Silver Slipper S.-G1.MUSIR (Encosta de Lago). 5 wins, $1,585,571, Durban TC Golden Horseshoe-G1, Meydan UAE Derby-G2.REDOUTES DANCER (El Gran Senor). 4 wins, $509,904, AURC New Zealand Derby-G1.EMPIRES CHOICE (Star Way). 3 wins, $848,575, QTC Queensland Derby-G1.NADEEM (Sound Reason). 2 wins, $747,500, MRC Blue Diamond S.-G1.

RACE RECORD Unbeaten 2YO & stakes winner of 5 races, 2 at 2, 1000m to 1700m and $292,000 in prizemoney

WON MRC Lord Stakes-L (1700m) VRC Secondbite Plate (1700m) MRC 2YO Handicap (1200m) VRC Jayco Sprint (1200m) Sale Maiden Plate (1000m)

2ND MRC Vain Stakes-L to Haradasun defeating Churchill Downs, Kaphero MRC BTB Australia Handicap

3RD VRC Rory’s Jester Stakes-G3 MRC Caulfi eld Guineas Prelude-G3

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Redoute’s Choice

Back Pass

Danehill (USA)

Shantha’s Choice

Quest for Fame

Skiable

Danzig

Razyana

Canny Lad

Dancing Show

Rainbow Quest

Aryenne

Niniski

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BROODMARE SIRE

QUEST FOR FAME5 wins, $1,824,642, English Derby-G1.Sire of winners of $40.3 millionBroodmare sire of 16 stakes horses inc. AFRICAN ROSE, COUP BLOOMSBURY, DEFERENTIAL, SHARKBITE, STICKPIN, AICHI, NARAM, FAMOUS NAME etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam BACK PASS, by Quest for Fame. 1 win at 1½m. in Great Britain. 3rd Epsom Roughwood Mill House Maiden S. Half- sister to THREE VALLEYS. Dam of 5 foals, 3 raced, 2 winners-. SHARKBITE (2003 c by Redoute’s Choice). 5 wins. See Race Record.

2nd Dam Skiable, by Niniski. 4 wins 1450 to 1800m. Won Saint-Cloud Prix du Gazon. 2nd Del Mar Matching S.-L. Half- sister to HASILI, ARRIVE. Dam of 8 foals, 7 raced, 6 winners inc.-. THREE VALLEYS (c by Diesis). 5 wins 6 to 8½f. and $900,443. Won Del Mar Del Mar H.-G2, Monmouth Oceanport S.-G3, Royal Ascot Coventry S.-G3. 2nd Dewhurst S.-G1. 3rd Hollywood Park Citation H.-G1, twice.

3rd Dam KERALI, by High Line. 1 win at 7 f. in Great Britain. Half-sister to SO FACTUAL, BOLD FACT, FIELD DANCER. Dam of 9 foals, 7 raced, 6 winners inc.-. HASILI (f by Kahyasi). Broodmare of the Year; 4 wins 1000 to 1650 m. at 2 Won Nantes Prix des Sablonnets-L. 2nd Longchamp Prix des Lilas-L, Maisons-Laffi tte Prix Imprudence-L. 4th Evry Prix Ronde de Nuit-L, Toulouse Prix Occitanie-L. Dam of 7 winners inc.- BANKS HILL (f by Danehill). 5 wins 1400 to 2011m. and $3,535,664. Champion Turf Mare in USA; won Belmont Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf-G1, Deauville Prix Jacques le Marois-G1, Royal Ascot Coronation S.-G1. Dam of IDEAL WORLD. INTERCONTINENTAL (f by Danehill). 13 wins 1200 to 2011m. and $2,780,036. Champion Turf Mare in USA; won Belmont Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf-G1, Hollywood Park Matriarch S.-G1. 3rd Longchamp Grand Criterium-G1, Newmarket 1000 Guineas-G1. CHAMPS ELYSEES (c by Danehill). 6 wins 1700 to 2414m. and $3,328,396. Hors of the Year in Canada; won Woodbine Canadian International S.-G1, Woodbine Northern Dancer Turf S.-G1, Hollywood Park Hollywood Turf Cup S.-G1. CACIQUE (c by Danehill). 7 wins 1400 to 2212m. and $1,969,494. Won Belmont Man o’ War S.-G1, Belmont Manhattan H.-G1. HEAT HAZE (f by Green Desert). 7 wins 6 1/2 to 9 1/2 f. and $1,785,482. Won Arlington Beverly D. S.-G1, Hollywood Park Matriarch S.-G1. DANSILI (c by Danehill). 5 wins at 1600 m. and $968,685. Won Saint-Cloud Prix du Muguet-G2, Deauville Prix Messidor-G3, Saint-Cloud Prix Edmond Blanc-G3]. 2nd Longchamp Poule d’Essai des Poulains-G1, Longchamp Prix de la Foret-G1, Goodwood Sussex S.-G1. Successful sire. ARRIVE (f by Kahyasi). 3 wins 1¼m. to 14¾f. Won Newmarket Bahrain Trophy-L. Dam of 3 winners inc. PROMISING LEAD (f by Danehill). 4 wins 7 to 10 1/2 f. and $481,444. Won Curragh Pretty Polly S.-G1, York Middleton S.-G3. Skiable (f by Niniski). 4 wins. See Race Record. KID GLOVES. 1 win at 2200 m. in France. 3rd Maisons-Laffi tte Prix Galatee. Dam of 2 winners inc.--. TREAT GENTLY (f by Cape Cross). 5 wins 8½f. to 1½m. and $673,539. Won Belmont Sheepshead Bay S-G2, Saint-Cloud Prix de Malleret-G2, 3rd Longchamp Prix Vermeille-G1. Dissemble. Dam of 4 winners inc. LEROIDESANIMAUX (9 wins 1300 to 1709m. & $2,067,038 inc. 3 G1s), UAPYBO (Cidade Jardim-G1)


SHARKBITE is a stakes winning son of Redoute’s Choice, in turn, the leading stallion son of

Danehill, and now an exciting sire of sires. He is from the remarkable family that descends from

Champion Two-Year-Old Sookera, also ancestress one of Danehill’s most outstanding European

sons, Dansili.

Sharkbite’s pedigree indicates that he is ideally-bred to cross with mares from the Sir Tristram

line, including through Zabeel (including Octagonal and Lonhro), Kaapstad, Sovereign Red,

Military Plume, El Qahira, Marauding, Grosvernor and Dr. Grace. From the same female line

as Sir Tristram, comes Star Way, and Redoute’s Choice has grade one winners out of mares by

both that horse and his son, Sky Chase. Mares by Star Way’s son Telesto may prove particularly

interesting.

Sharkbite is a Northern Dancer line horse with multiple strains of that horse, but breeding back

over selected Northern Dancer strains should still work work well here. Mares carrying Storm

Bird, a genetic relative to Nijinsky II (who appears three times in Sharkbite) should work well,

including daughters of Bluebird, Hennessy (whose son Johannesburg appeals immensely),

Catrail, Giant’s Causeway (who is from Sharkbite’s own family) and Tale of the Cat look to have

particular appeal. The Minstrel is a three-parts-brother to Nijinsky II and close genetic relative

to Storm Bird, and should work well here. He is represented in Australia by Palace Music and

Masterclass. We can also note that Redoute’s Choice has fi ve stakes winners out of mares by

Last Tycoon (by Try My Best, who is from the family of Redoute’s Choice) and a grade one winner

out of a mare by Try My Best’s brother, El Gran Senor, Alzao and Citidancer. It could also pay

to introduce Northern Dancer through Sadler’s Wells (available through Galileo, Montjeu, High

Chaparral, Barathea, Carnegie, Scenic, Blevic, King of Kings and Singspiel) his full brother

Fairy King (via Encosta De Lago with his own son De Lago Brom appealing immensely) and

Nureyev (who can be found in Australia through Spinning World – from the family of Redoute’s

Choice – Ashkalani, Fasliyev and Peintre Celebre).

With his pedigree so strongly infl uenced by Nijinsky II, mares by sons and grandsons of Mr

Prospector look likely to suit Sharkbite well. From this line, Thunder Gulch, who is out of a mare

by Storm Bird (a close genetic relative of Nijinsky II) particularly appeals as does, Zafonic (out of

a mare by The Minstrel) and his son Xaar (from the same female family as Redoute’s Choice).

Another Mr. Prospector line horse that gives similar inbreeding is Umatilla, a half-brother to

the dam of Redoute’s Choice. Of other Mr. Prospector line stallions which have stood in Australia

it is worth considering sons of Machiavellian (Street Cry and Vettori), Distorted Humor, End

Sweep, Secret Savings, Geiger Counter, Real Quiet and Unbridled’s Song.

Considering other domestic sire lines we can note that Redoute’s Choice has a grade one winner

out of a mare by Snippets, and he and his sons Pins, Spartacus and Snippetson/Snowland

should work very well with the multiple Nijinsky II in Sharkbite’s pedigree. Mares by Rory’s Jester,

Century (through Centaine and Rubiton), and Zeditave and his son Strategic also appeal. From

Star Kingdom line, the most interesting representative would be Hurricane Sky (by Star Watch,

by Bletchingly) who is a three-parts-brother to the dam of Redoute’s Choice.

The Hail to Reason line might be introduced through Halo and Roberto. Among the sources of

Halo are Sunday Silence (who is broodmare sire of a Redoute’s Choice graded stakes winner),

More Than Ready and Don’t Say Halo (broodmare sire of Redoute’s Choice grade one winner).

Mares by Roberto line stallions such as Red Ransom and At Talaq will give linebreeding

to Roberto, with Sharkbite’s strain through Champion 2YO Sookera. It might also be worth

considering Sharpen Up, who is available through Famous Star, Daggers Drawn (by Diesis),

College Chapel (by Sharpo), Keen and Switch in Time.

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DOMINANCETHE DANEHILL


Through to the KeeperAs the keeper of the Australian Stud Book, MIChAEL FORD, points

out, the Danehill influence is all pervading, but the past decade

also reveals there has been a decisive shift to home-bred stallions.

The extent of Danehill’s influence as a sire of sires, and grandsire of sires, is phenomenal. Of the 729

stallions which covered mares in the 2010 season, 199 descend from Danehill: 102 of which are sons, 95 grandsons and two great-grandsons. This is 27% of all stallions standing in Australia last year!

Go back to the 2001 season and look at Star Kingdom’s influence: a great stallion who was born 40 years before Danehill. He had 262 descendants covering mares in 2001 out of the 1,135 stallions at stud, or 23%. How many descendants of the mighty Star Kingdom are at stud today? The answer is … 42, or 6%. Will this happen to Danehill in 20 years time?

Yet within all this, the ubiquitous Northern Dancer line had already asserted its superiority by 2001, and even more so in 2010 at the expense of those great stallion lines from the 60s and 70s such as Better Boy, Wilkes, Without Fear and Zamazaan.

There are still five descendants from Wilkes at stud, two from Better Boy, and one from Without Fear. Surprisingly, there as many Native Dancer descendants in 2010 as there were in 2001: about 90 of them. So, this line has not grown as expected even though it provides an alternative to the Northern Dancer line.

INFLUENCE OF DANEHILL ON BROODMARES Danehill’s influence not only extends to his sons. For the 2010 covering season, over 3,150 mares were descendants of Danehill, including 2,690 which are the granddaughters of 99 of Danehill’s sons. This represents 14% of all mares covered.

BUSIEST STALLIONS What do notice when we look at the busiest three stallions in each year since 2001?

Of the 30 stallions, all but two are Australian-bred.

Covered mares in 2010 descended from Danehill

2010 2009High Chaparral IRE 1999 234 Fastnet Rock AUS 2001 273Choisir AUS 1999 211 Bel Esprit AUS 1999 251Written Tycoon AUS 2002 198 Choisir AUS 1999 227

2008 2007Fastnet Rock AUS 2001 251 Bel Esprit AUS 1999 266Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 227 Fastnet Rock AUS 2001 257God’s Own AUS 2002 196 Elvstroem AUS 2000 222

2006 2005Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 230 Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 245Redoute’s Choice AUS 1996 224 Bel Esprit AUS 1999 210Commands AUS 1996 219 Fastnet Rock AUS 2001 208

2004 2003Redoute’s Choice AUS 1996 213 Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 202Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 208 Sequalo AUS 1990 197Untouchable AUS 2000 193 Fasliyev USA 1997 186

2002 2001Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 201 Lion Hunter AUS 1992 197Clang AUS 1993 199 Flying Spur AUS 1992 182Lion Hunter AUS 1992 195 Encosta De Lago AUS 1993 179



In fact, an examination of the busiest 10 stallions in each of those seasons reveals 10 appearances by USA-bred stallions, 8 by Irish-bred, 1 by Canadian and New Zealand bred, and 80 by Australian-bred stallions. (However, it’s worth pointing out that of the 30 stallions, 27 are either sons or grandsons of shuttle stallions).

Another feature is the number of Danehill sons and grandsons in this top three listings. There are a total of 14 appearances: two as grandsons through Choisir, and 12 as sons. Of the 100 stallion names for the busiest 10 stallions in each season for the last 10 seasons, Danehill has 38 sons and 6 grandson appearances.

ORIGINS

The most noticeable differences in where stallions originate are the significant decreases in the proportion of USA-bred stallions: down from 17% to 13% (198 to 94), and New Zealand stallions, down 11% to 6% (125 to 41). Meanwhile, the home-bred stallion rules again with an increase from 62% to 70% of all stallions covering mares. This is directly attributable to Danehill’s influence and the march by

studs to acquire his locally bred sons and grandsons.

SUMMARY

Although it took an import in Danehill to achieve it, it appears as if Australian breeders’ cultural cringe is a thing of the past.

Not only are Australian-bred sires dominating on the homefront, they are also producing world class racehorses such as Black Caviar (pictured below) which, like Hay List coincidentally, has no Danehill in her, and Starspangledbanner, which is a great-grandson of Danehill.

Let’s hope this trend continues but also let’s hope that Australian studs cast their eyes to lines other than Northern Dancer (pictured above) to ensure the variability we love in racehorses continues.

2001 2010

Argentina 1 0.1% 8 1.1%

Australia 698 61.5% 509 69.8%

Brazil 1 0.1% 1 0.1%

Canada 14 1.2% 6 0.8%

Chile 0 0.0% 6 0.8%

France 3 0.3% 1 0.1%

Great Britain 31 2.7% 16 2.2%

Germany 0 0.0% 1 0.1%

Ireland 60 5.3% 45 6.2%

Japan 3 0.3% 1 0.1%

New Zealand 125 11.0% 41 5.6%

Russia 1 0.1% 0 0.0%

United States 198 17.4% 94 12.9%

Total 1,135 100% 729 100%

Eliza Park has been represented

in the top three covering stallions

for five of the past six seasons,

largely paralleling the growth of

the operation since it was first

established just over a decade ago.

The Australian Stud Book Keeper

also alludes to Black Caviar and Hay

List (the sires of both standing at

Eliza Park in 2011) and, in particular

the pair’s ‘Danehill devoid’.

Finally, Eliza Park will – this year

– offer breeders the opportunity

to patronise five of the stallions

from its 11 strong roster – Bel Esprit,

Dissolved, Statue of Liberty, Written

Tycoon and Kentucky Derby winning

newcomer, Super Saver – which are

free of Danehill blood.

For the record, of the remaining six

stallions, one is a son of Danehill

(Shinzig), and five are grandsons:

two via Redoute’s Choice (God’s

Own and Sharkbite), one via Flying

Spur (Magnus), one via Danetime

(Bushranger) and one via Fastnet

Rock (Wanted).


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SHINZIG (AUS)Bay 2001 (16.1 1/2 hh), Danehill (USA) - Shindig (NZ) by Straight Strike (USA)


... lucky seven


SHINZIG


SHINZIG

Group One all the way ...

Shinzig’s fi rst crop yearlings were well received including $160,000 for the Chlorophyll colt at the 2011 Inglis Melbourne Premier.

SHINZIG

$160,000 yearling


By a Group One winner ... from a Group One winner!

REDOUTE’S CHOICE FLYING SPUR DANZERO DANASINGA EXCEED AND EXCEL FASTNET ROCK

7 Australian Group One winning sons of DANEHILL standing in Australia (maximum winning distance 1600m)

6 have runners ...

6 have produced GROUP ONE winners ...


What makes Shinzig stand out from the crowd? he is the only one of the Danehill ‘7’ who is out of a Group One winner: the track record holding Coolmore Classic winner Shindig.

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Shinzig entered stud in 2008. Oldest progeny are yearlings and have sold up to $160,000.

MALE LINE DANEHILL (USA) (Bay 1986-Stud 1990). 4 wins-1 at 2, Haydock Sprint Cup-G1. Champion Aust. Sire-9 times, 2YO

Sire-6 times, Broodmare Sire-2 times, Champion GB/Ire-3 times, GB/Ire 2YO Sire-6 times, French Sire-3 times, USA sire (AEI). Sire of 1577 winners (78.7%), 349 stakeswinners (17.4%), 232 stakes placed (11.6%) & winners of over $383 million, inc.

REDOUTE’S CHOICE (Canny Lad). 5 wins, $1,567,850. Manikato S.-G1, Blue Diamond S.-G1, C.F. Orr S.-G1, Caulfi eld Guineas-G1.

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Be My Guest). 10 wins, $3,524,874. Dewhurst S.-G1, Newmarket 2000 Guineas-G1, St James’s Palace S.-G1, Sussex S.-G1, Irish 2000 Guineas-G1, Grand Criterium-G1, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp-G1.

DYLAN THOMAS (Diesis). 10 wins, $8,065,317. Irish Derby-G1, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.-G1, Irish Champion S.-G1 (twice), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-G1, Prix Ganay-G1.

FLYING SPUR (Mr Prospector). 6 wins, $2,085,843. Golden Slipper S.-G1, All-Aged S.-G1, Australian Guineas-G1.

LAISSERFAIRE (Jade Hunter). 12 wins, $269,592. Cape Flying Championship-G1, South African Fillies Sprint-G1, South African Fillies Sprint-G1, Cape Flying Championship-G1, Computaform Sprint-G1.

DARCI BRAHMA (Zabeel). 10 wins, $1,122,757. T.J. Smith S.-G1, Otaki-Maori WFA-G1, 2000 Guineas-G1, Telegraph H.-G1, Waikato Sprint-G1.

DANEWIN (My Swanee). 13 wins, $2,031,636. Spring Champion S.-G1, L.K.S. Mackinnon S.-G1, Rosehill Guineas-G1, Doomben Cup-G1, Caulfi eld S.-G1.

WESTERNER (Troy). 11 wins, $2,592,726. Gold Cup-G1, Prix du Cadran-G1, Prix Royal-Oak-G1, Prix Royal-Oak-G1, Prix du Cadran-G1.

FAIRY KING PRAWN (Twig Moss). 12 wins, $6,642,047. Chairman’s Prize-HK1, Stewards’ Cup-HK1, Chairman’s Prize- HK1, Bauhinia Sprint Trophy- HK1, Yasuda Kinen- Jpn1.

DUKE OF MARMALADE (Kingmambo). 6 wins, $3,065,542. Prince of Wales’s S.-G1, International S.-G1, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.-G1, Tattersalls Gold Cup-G1, Prix Ganay-G1.

DANE RIPPER (Sovereign Red). 12 wins, $3,151,833. W.S. Cox P.-G1, Australian Cup-G1, Manikato S.-G1, Stradbroke H.-G1.GEORGE WASHINGTON (Alysheba). 6 wins, $1,912,798. Queen Elizabeth II S.-G1, 2000 Guineas S.-G1, National

S.-G1, Phoenix S.-G1.

RACE RECORD Group One winner of 5 races and 4-times Group One placed, 1150m – 1400m and $657,838. WON MRC CF Orr Stakes – G1 (1400m) defeating Group One winners Princess Coup (dual G1 winner), Sirminone (dual G1 winner), Maldivian, Niconero, Rubiscent, Casino Prince, Tears I Cry, Fiumincino, Cinque Cento, Teranaba, Valedictum. MRC Schweppervescence Cup – G3 (1400m) defeating Not A Single Doubt, Danehill Express, Classiconi, Econsul, Barely a Moment etc. STC 3YO Handicap (1300m) by 5 lengths AJC 3YO Handicap (1150m) Te Rapa Handicap (1200m)

2ND Waikato Draught Sprint – G1 (1400m) carrying 59kgs and fi nishing 1/2 length behind 5-time G1 winner Darci Brahma and defeating Group One winners Jokers Wild (dual G1 winner), Kristov (dual G1 winner), Imananabaa. MRC Eclipse Stakes – G3 (1800m) beaten a short half head

3RD VRC Emirates Stakes – G1 (1600m) defeating Group One winners Weekend Hussler (6 Group Ones), Undue (dual G1 winner), Valedictum, Niconero, Lad of the Manor, Wonderful World. Mudgway Stakes – G1 (1400m) behind Xcellent (4 Group Ones) & Miss Potential (3 Group Ones) but defeating Group One winners Maroofi ty (3 Group Ones), The Jewel (dual G1 winner), Zvezda (dual G1 winner), Balmuse, Clean Sweep. Otaki Maori – G1 (1600m) behind Sir Slick (5 Group Ones) & Jokers Wild (dual G1 winner). SAJC Durbridge Stakes – L (1310m)

4TH VRC Cadbury Guineas – G1 (1600m) behind Group One winner Al Maher & Econsul, but defeating Barely a Moment (3 Group Ones), Savabeel (dual G1 winner, inc. Cox Plate), Niconero. Thorndon Mile – G1 (1600m) behind Sir Slick (5 Group Ones) but defeating Maroofi ty (3 Group Ones), Wahid (dual G1 winner), Gaze.


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Danehill (USA)

Shindig (NZ)

Danzig

Razyana

Straight Strike (USA)

Saving

Northern Dancer

Pas de Nom

his Majesty

Spring Adieu

Mr. Prospector

Bend Not

Pevero (Ire)

Chubb

BROODMARE SIRE STRAIGHT STRIKEStakesplaced; sire of 41 SWs;Broodmare sire of 38 SWs (9 G1s) inc. LONHRO, SHINZIG, GRAND DELIGHT, NIELLO, GALLIONS REACH, JESSICABEEL, BUNKER etc.

PEDIGREE 1st Dam SHINDIG (NZ), by Straight Strike (USA). 8 wins–1 at 2–1200 to 1600m, A$446,290, STC Coolmore Classic-G1, 1500m-in track record time, Triscay S.-L, VRC Moet & Chandon H., AJC Burke & Wills H., STC Magic Flute H., AJC St Aubins 2YO H., Forty Thousand H., 2d AJC Wiggle H.-L, 3d AJC Emancipation S.-G3, Wiggle H.-L. Three-quarter sister to BUSH HONEY, half-sister to COBBORA, INTEREST ONLY, Mrs. Tendulkar. Dam of 7 named foals, 6 to race, all winners, inc:- SHINZIG (c by Danehill) Group One winner of 5 races and 4-times Group One placed, 1150m – 1400m and $657,838 inc. 2008 MRC CF Orr Stakes G1. STRADA (c by Danehill) 4 wins at 1100m, A$190,075, to 2006-07, AJC Eskimo Prince H.-L, City Tatt’s RC Carrington S.-L, 4th AJC Galaxy H.-G1. Fiammarosa (f by Danehill) 3 wins at 1400m, A$134,450, AJC Botany Maiden P., 2d AJC James HB Carr S.-L, Angst H.-L. Miz Nicholls (f by Danehill) 3 wins at 900 to 1200m, AJC Kista H. Dam of- Withoutme (f by Lonhro) 3 wins at 900 to 1300m, STC Dalkia H.

2nd Dam SAVING (NZ), by Pevero (Ire). Unraced. Half-sister to (OUR) CACHE, Save. Dam of 9 named foals, 8 to race, 7 winners, inc:- SHINDIG (f Straight Strike) 8 wins. See above. COBBORA (c Crested Wave) 8 wins–1 at 2–1400 to 1900m, A$458,855, AJC Villiers S.-G2, NSW Tatt’s RC Tramway H.-G3, QTC Thai Airways International H.-L, STC Royal Parma S.-L, Gosford RC Gosford Guineas-L, 2d AJC Epsom H.-G1. BUSH HONEY (f Woodman) 9 wins 1200 to 2400m, A$513,750, Gosford Gold Cup-G3, STC Premier’s Cup-L, City Tatt’s RC City Tattersalls Club Cup-L, Wyong Cup-L. INTEREST ONLY (f Marscay) 3 wins 1200 to 1600m, WATC Aquanita S.-L. Dam of 3 winners- Motivator. 4 wins 1400 to 1650m, A$126,800, to 2007-08, WATC Sky Channel P.H., Associate H., Offi cial Receiver H. Mrs. Tendulkar (f Luskin Star) 5 wins–1 at 2–1000 to 1400m, A$288,850, MRC Magic Ruler H., Leica Show H., Impulsive H., 3d VRC Empire Rose S.-G2, Matriarch S.-G3, STC Kingston Town S.-G3. Jay Star. 9 wins–2 at 2–1110 to 1600m, BATC Kingston Heritage Flying H.

3rd Dam Chubb, by Faux Tirage (GB). 3 wins 1m to 10f, 3d New Zealand Oaks. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to Shut, half-sister to Kingston Key, Fix (dam of (OUR) CURE, BIG GREY ROO), Tone (dam of VICKEY AV). Dam of 11 named foals, 10 to race, 6 winners, inc:- (OUR) CACHE (f In the Purple) 2 wins at 1600, 2000m, South Australian Oaks-G1, AJC Windbag H. Producer.

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IGSHINZIG is a grade one winning sprinter/miler bred on the Danehill/Mr. Prospector cross that

also produced Flying Spur.

Shinzig is free of two of the Australian broodmare sire lines that have done particularly well

with Danehill: Sir Tristram and Star Kingdom. Among the sources of Sir Tristram that could

be considered are Zabeel (and his son, Octagonal, and grandson, Lonhro), Kaapstad, Sovereign

Red, Military Plume, Marauding (who has show a particular affi nity for Flying Spur), Grosvenor,

Dr. Grace, El Qahira and Islero.

Star Kingdom can be brought in through Biscay, particularly through Bletchingly – who does

very well with the similarly-bred Flying Spur – and his sons Canny Lad, Best Western and Star

Watch, and grandson Hurricane Sky – and through Marscay, the sire of a stakes winner out of

Shinzig’s second dam); Kaoru Star (via Luskin Star and his son Covetous); Nodouble (through

Semipalatinsk); Zephyr Bay and Planet Kingdom.

Other Australian strains that have worked well under Danehill are Crown Jester and Rory’s

Jester; Century through Centaine and Rubiton; Zedative; and Vain.

Danehill is a Northern Dancer line horse, but he and his sons have enjoyed success when crossed

back over mares from certain branches of that line, including Nijinsky II (through Caerleon,

Royal Academy, and Whiskey Road); The Minstrel who can be brought in through Palace

Music (sire of Naturalism), Bakharoff, Chem and Masterclass; Nureyev (who can be found in

Australia through Spinning World, Ashkalani, Fasliyev and Peintre Celebre); Try My Best and

his son Last Tycoon; Sadler’s Wells (available in Australia through Scenic), and his sons Blevic,

Barathea, Galileo, Montjeu, Carnegie, King of Kings and Singspiel) and his brother Fairy

King (sire of Encosta De Lago, who is out of a half-sister to Flying Spur), who look particularly

promising here; Storm Bird, through Bluebird and Storm Cat (sire of Hennessy, Catrail, Tale of

the Cat and Giant’s Causeway), Dehere and Be My Guest.

As mentioned, Shinzig is an example of the very successful cross of Danehill over mares

descending from Mr. Prospector. We can note that there are already four stakes winners from the

sire line of the similarly-bred Flying Spur out of Mr. Prospector line mares, so breeding back over

mares from this line looks well worth considering. Potential sources of Mr. Prospector include

Woodman (who is sire of a group winner out of the granddam of Shinzig, and whose sons, Hector

Protector and Woodborough, are broodmare sires of Flying Spur line stakes winners), Bellotto

(broodmare sire of a Flying Spur stakes winner), Miswaki, Gone West (and his son, Zafonic), and

Machiavellian (sire of Street Cry).

Additional broodmare sire lines that have done well under Danehill include Blushing Groom,

who might be brought in through Rahy (sire of Fantastic Light and Noverre), Nassipour, Quest

For Fame and Sharpen Up, who is available through Famous Star, Daggers Drawn (by Diesis),

College Chapel (by Sharpo), Keen and Switch in Time, and it is also worth considering mares

descending from Halo through More Than Ready and Don’t Say Halo.


DOUBLE DISSOLUTION

Racing fans have fond

memories of two turf

gladiators in Lonhro

and Grand Armee.

As ShAYNE O’CASS

reports, their ‘legacy’

may live on for decades.

Will the new boy lead Lonhro’s ‘Armee’?

We love a good farewell and Royal Randwick on 17 April 2004 will go down as one of the

most unforgettable days in Australian racing.

That year’s autumn carnival highlight was ‘one out’: the Group One AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes … billed simply as Lonhro’s farewell.

After 34 starts, 26 wins – 11 at Group One level – most of them by knock-

out, thousands on course and millions elsewhere were ready for one last slice of Lonhro magic.

But what nobody counted on was the Gai Waterhouse-trained Grand Armee and those shock and awe tactics which led to the heaviest defeat Lonhro ever suffered in Sydney.

Even in the wake of Grand Armee’s stunning six length triumph, the press and the public focused more of the vanquished than the victor.

Will the new boy lead Lonhro’s ‘Armee’?Will the new boy lead Lonhro’s ‘Armee’?



Grand Armee rated pretty

high on Timeform - he was a

126 horse, a 7-time Group One

winner from 1200m to 2000m

and when he was on song he

was very hard to beat.

Lonhro - quite rightly - fulfi lls

all the criteria of a champion

and is revered as such. With

only four crops of racing

age, Lonhro is the leading

Australian Sire by earnings.

You go and show me a

better looking horse than him –

Dissolved is an imposing sort of

horse and that’s why they’ll sell

plenty of noms: when people

go to see him and he walks

out, well he looks like a seven-

year-old stallion already. he is a

magnifi cent individual.

‘‘

‘‘

Now, looking back on their sterling careers, nothing much has changed: Lonhro - quite rightly - fulfills all the criteria of a champion and is revered as such.

(At the time of going to press, Lonhro – with only four crops of racing age – was leading Australian Sire by earnings).

But what of Grand Armee? He is surely one of the most underrated WFA/handicap horses of his era, something to which Timeform supremo Gary Crispe will attest: “I think by some he was, but we always had Grand Armee rated pretty high on Timeform … he was a 126 horse, a seven-time Group One winner from 1200m to 2000m and when he was on song he was very hard to beat.

“Grand Armee was a dominant horse: no question about that, and I don’t think he really got the accolades he deserved.’’

Sparring partner, Lonhro achieved a Timeform rating of 128, numerically superior to Grand Armee yes, but there was little between them where it counted on the racecourse.

“They met four times for two wins apiece: Grand Armee won the Doncaster and Queen Elizabeth while Lonhro beat him in the George Ryder and George Main,’’ notes Crispe.

Eliza Park Stud’s 2011 recruit Dissolved is blessed to have a close family connection with both horses.

He more than resembles his sire Lonhro … indeed some say he is a replica.

Dissolved’s dam, Yarralumla (by Grand Lodge), is a half-sister to Grand Armee as well as being a close relation to the likes of Group One winners Drum (Oakleigh Plate), Dealer Principal and Anamato, plus the applicably named Hong Kong flyer, Absolute Champion.

Her last yearling to go through the ring was a More Than Ready sold for $420,000 at this year’s Easter Yearling Sale to Grand Armee’s trainer, Gai Waterhouse.

Dissolved was himself one of the most admired colts at Easter 2008, finally knocked down to Lonhro’s old coach, John Hawkes for $300,000.

“He was the dearest Lonhro sold that year,’’ says the Hall Of Famer’s son and co-trainer Wayne Hawkes, “simply outstanding.”

“If it was this year or last year he would have made $500,000 plus. He is the closest thing we’ve seen to his dad.’’

Dissolved quickly set about repaying Team Hawkes’ faith and investment, winning impressively on debut then, only a matter of four starts later, claimed the Listed VRC Moomba Plate (1100m) at Flemington.

“He always showed a stack of ability from day-one. Potentially we thought he was a Group One horse in the early days,’’ Wayne said.

The fact that he didn’t win a Group One has tempered what likely would be an otherwise exorbitant service fee, but it won’t affect the success of his future progeny.

“It’s all about what he’s likely to put on the ground … winning a Group One race just means that you will stand him for more money,” Wayne maintains. “You go and show me a better looking horse than him – he’s an imposing sort of horse and that’s why they’ll sell plenty of noms: when people go to see him and he walks

out, well he looks like a seven-year-old stallion already.

“He is a magnificent individual,’’ Wayne summarises.

Dissolved was bred and sold by Michael Sissian’s famed Segenhoe Stud and hails from one of the most influential Trans-Tasman pedigrees in the Australian Stud Book.

“He (Dissolved) comes from the Belle family, which is one New Zealand’s best pedigrees: has been for a very long time,’’ Sissian offered.

“Lots of champions have come out of that family and I would expect that they would continue to do so.’’

Sissian concurs with the Hawkes’ assessment of Dissolved, clearly a horse who catches the eye and keeps it.

“He is a stunning looking horse,’’ says Sissian.’’

Very much like Lonhro, he says, a sire whom Sissian believes is carving out a serious reputation as his stud career unfolds.

“Lonhro seems to be a source of speed and those are the sort of stallions that usually do best in our conditions,’’ he said.

Shayne O’Cass is a chief racing writer for Sportsman, Australia’s oldest industry newspaper.

Team Hawkes: “Dissolved is the closest thing we’ve seen to his dad. He showed us a stack of ability from day one.”


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WRITTENTYCOON (AUS)Chestnut 2002 (16.1 1/2 hh), Iglesia - Party Miss by kenmare

WRITTEN T



TYCOON


The exciting Lee Freedman trained, Masthead, takes out the $250,000 Inglis Premier

at Mornington. Masthead would also run 3rd in the MRC Blue Diamond Stakes-G1, 4th

in the VRC Sires’ Produce-G2 and a tremendous 4th behind Sepoy in the ATC Golden

Slipper-G1. Masthead was the only 2YO by a First Season Sire represented in the Blue

Diamond and Golden Slipper!

Written Tycoon is also the sire of Written Consent, defeated a short half head when

second in the ATC Canonbury Stakes-LR.

WRITTEN TYCOON

Slipper-G1. Masthead was the only 2YO by a First Season Sire represented in the Blue


LEADING FIRST SEASON SIRES Stallion Earnings 2011 Fee

1 WRITTEN TYCOON $627,150 $11,000

2 Ad Valorem $440,825 $11,000

3 Nadeem $422,960 $22,000

CHAMPION FIRST SEASON SIRES

Year Stallion Fee* / Fee* SWs+ (1st crop) / (2nd crop)

03/04 Redoute’s Choice $33,000 / $40,000 74

04/05 More Than Ready $16,500 / $44,000 83

05/06 Show A heart $17,600 / $19,800 14

06/07 Choisir $30,250 / $33,000 31

07/08 Exceed And Excel $55,000 / $110,000 34

08/09 Charge Forward $24,750 / $27,500 5

09/10 Stratum $33,000 / $60,500 8

* Advertised service fee when fi rst crop commenced racing / service fee when second crop commenced racing+ Stakes winners to date

going on to greater glory.with each of the Champions

is clearly the BEST VALUEfi rst season sire of the past decade:

and it’s a roll of success

Written Tycoon

Sold by Eliza Park, this fl ashy Written Tycoon fi lly from Turtle Dove was knocked down for $80,0000 - 10 times service fee - at the 2011 Melbourne Autumn Yearling Sale.

Sold by Eliza Park, this fl ashy Written Tycoon colt from Grammy Award was knocked down to Graebar Park for $85,000 at the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.

Written Tycoon clearly has national appeal with his Super VOBIS qualifi ed colt from Grammy Award selling for $85,000; his SABOIS qualifi ed colt from Chapent bringing $110,000 and – earlier this year – his QTIS qualifi ed fi lly from kacheek knocked down to Aquanita Racing Queensland for $100,000.

... a sire for all seasons (and all states!)

Written Tycoon’s earnings also exceed the current 2YO season earnings of Choisir, Commands, Encosta de Lago, Lonhro and Redoute’s Choice.

STUD RECORD

Written Tycoon entered stud in 2007. Oldest progeny are 2YOs inc.

Masthead (Redoute’s Choice). $518,250, Mornington 2YO Inglis Premier, 2d MVRC Microfl ite Inglis Banner, 3d MRC Blue Diamond S.-G1, 4th STC Golden Slipper S.-G1.Written Consent (Octagonal). 2d ATC Canonbury S.-L.Trump (Black Minnaloushe). BRC Blackwoods Brisbane Bloodstock Bonus 2YO Plate, 3d Rockhampton Magic

Millions 2YO Classic.Tykook (Keltrice). SAJC Betfair Handicap.Anelene (Bellotto). TTC 2YO Maiden Plate, TTC Try a Trifecta 2YO Handicap.

MALE LINE By IGLESIA(Brown 1995-Stud 2000)Won STC Silver Slipper-G2, 2nd STC Todman S-G2 at 2.Sire of 253 winners (58.2%), 11 stakeswinners, 12 stakes placed & winners of over $15.5 million inc. SWs NOVA STAR (Luskin Star). 7 wins, $886,300. Winter S-G1, Queensland Guineas-G2, QTC Cup-G2, Sir Douglas Wadley-L, Silk Stocking-L.WRITTEN TYCOON (Kenmare). See above.HUMMA (Western Symphony). 10 wins, $491,230. BRC Chairman’s Handicap-G3, Toowoomba Cup-L.HELIDECK (Prince Salieri). 13 wins, $326,750. BTC Sprint-G3, Prime Minister’s Cup-L.SANDERSON (Fuji Kiseki). 4 wins, $255,000. Doomben Classic-G3.DIAMONDSONTHEINSIDE (Semipalatinsk). 11 wins, $575,142. Sir Edward Williams H-L, Doomben Slipper-L.FOOLISH (Black Zephyr). 8 wins, $425,600. Ken Russell Memorial-L, Golden S-L.RAMIRO (Kaoru Star). 4 wins, $183,350. GA Towton Cup-L, 3d CB Cox S-G2.LEBRECHAUN (Runyon). 7 wins, $192,505. National Sprint-L.LUCKY LEAK (Tsarbaby). 8 wins, $318,750. Weetwood H-L.SOPHIA BABE (Ashkalani). 2 wins, $29,545. Great Northern Guineas Trial-L.

RACE RECORD Group winner of 2 races 1100, 1200m at 2 & $289,325.Won STC Todman S. G2, AJC 2YO H. 2nd AJC San Domenico S. G3, STC Satellite S. L, AJC 2YO H. WON STC Todman Slipper – G2 (1200m) defeating Domesday, Flying Pegasus, Dr Green, Jet Spur etc. AJC 2YO Handicap (1100m)

2ND AJC San Domenico Stakes – G3 (1000m) beaten a length by Media, defeating Snitzel, Stratum, Mnemosyne, Bradbury’s Luck etc. STC Satellite Stakes – L (1100m) beaten a length by Crimson Reign, defeating Flying Pegasus, Patezza etc. AJC 2YO Handicap (1200m) beaten a length by Fashions Afi eld at 2nd start, defeating Stratum, Fast ‘n’ Famous, Media etc.

5TH AJC The Shorts – G3 (1100m) beaten less than 2 lengths by Bentley Biscuit, Magnus.

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108 www.elizapark.com.auOutstanding Written Tycoon fi lly Tykook scores comfortably at Morphettville

BROODMARE SIRE

KENMARE

Sire of 418 winners (73.1%), 59 stakes winners (10.3%) (11 Group One winners) of $40 million

Broodmare sire of 726 winners, 64 stakes winners (10 Group One winners) and of $73.5 million inc.

VIRAGE DE FORTUNE, SAL GROSSO, JUKEBOX JURY, ZIRCONEUM, LIT DE JUSTICE, GREY LILAS,

HELENE PILLAGING, COMMAND COLLINS, MARCHAND DE SABLE, STELLITE, etc.

1st Dam

PARTY MISS, by Kenmare (FR). 4 wins 1000 to 1200 m. and $36,000 Won QTC Nissan Australia H. 2nd QTC

C a Morris H., BATC Courier-Mail Weekend H., QTC Anzac 2YO H. 3rd BATC Coca Cola Class 6 H. Half-sister

to Loyal Lyric (dam of ANTHEMS, VOCALIST, Patriotism, Hit) (grand-dam of YELL). Dam of 4 winners-

WRITTEN TYCOON (c by Iglesia). 2 wins. Won STC Todman S. G2, AJC 2YO H.

2nd AJC San Domenico S. G3, STC Satellite S. L, AJC 2YO H.

My Delight (by Distinctly North) Won HKJC Ma On Shah H.

Strumming (c by Iglesia). 4 wins. 900m to 1400m, MVRC Arrow Training Services H.

Castro (by Palace Music) 3 wins in Australia and Malaysia, 2d MVRC The Truth 2YO H.

Invited (by Iglesia). Dam of-

Big Chance (g by Octagonal). 1 win at 1200m. 2nd BRC Doomben Slipper-L, BRC Golden S.-L

2nd Dam

MISS ENTERTAINER, by Vain. 6 wins 1200 to 1400 m. and $35,505 Won AJC Canley Vale H., AJC Menai H.,

STC Wenona Girl H., STC Earlwood Welter H., STC Buck Passer H., STC Carlita H. 2nd AJC Nursery H.,

STC Deauville H., STC Constellation H. 3rd AJC Kareela Welter H., STC Proud Miss H., STC Alwina H.

4th AJC Gimcrack S.-G3. Dam of 12 foals, all raced, 10 winners inc.-

LOYAL LYRIC. 4 wins 1100 to 1500 m. and $67,620 Won STC Conditions H., AJC Fillies & Mares H., AJC 3YO

Fillies Conditions H. 2nd STC 3YO Conditions S., City Tattersall’s Club Conditions H. 3rd STC Welter H.,

AJC Fillies & Mares H., STC Fillies & Mares H. Dam of 6 winners inc.-

ANTHEMS (g by Palace Music (USA)). 10 wins 1200 to 1600 m. and $848,008 Won QTC Castlemaine

Classic G1, QTC QTC Sires’ Produce S. G1, Tattersall’s Club (nsw) Roman Consul S. G3, Newcastle

JC Cameron H. L, AJC Fernhill H. L, QTC Brisbane H. L, AJC 2YO H., AJC 2YO H., STC Conditions

H. 2nd AJC Champagne S. G1, STC Phar Lap S. G2, BTC Doomben Welter. 3rd AJC Challenge S. G2,

AJC Hobartville S. G2, BTC Courier-Mail Classic L. 4th STC George Ryder S. G1.

VOCALIST (f by Bluebird (USA)). 2 wins at 1200, 1250 m. at 2 and $106,820 Won Act JC Black Opal

Preview S. L, AJC 2YO Conditions H. 2nd STC Tea Rose S. G2, STC 2YO Conditions H. 3rd Act JC

Black Opal S. G2, STC 2YO Conditions H. Dam of 2 winners inc.-

YELL (c by Anabaa (USA)). Champion sprinter, 9 wins 1000 to 1400 m. and $1,566,450 Won MRC

Futurity S. G1, MVRC William Reid S. G1, MRC C.F. Orr S. G1, STC Canterbury S. G2, MVRC Norman

Carlyon S. G2, MVRC C.S. Hayes S. G3, MVRC Ian McEwen Trophy L, MRC Veuve Clicquot S. L, BTC

Golden S. L. 2nd MVRC Manikato S. G1, AJC T.J. Smith S. G2.

SUNG (f by Anabaa (USA)). 3 wins 1100 to 1400 m. and $176,950 in 2007-08, Scone Dark Jewel Classic.

L, 2nd AJC PJ Bell H.-L.

Patriotism (c by Commands). 2 wins at 1500, 1600 m. and $126,200 Won STC Franklins No Frills H. 2nd

VRC Carbine Club S. G3, AJC Metcash Maiden H.

Hit (c by Night Shift (USA)). 2 wins at 1200, 1400 m. at 2 and $43,470 Won MRC Acorn Super Vobis H.

3rd VRC Gibson Carmichael S. L. 4th MRC Vain S. L.

Miss Paige (by Luskin Star) Won STC 3YO Fillies H. Grandam of Hiawatha (by Magic Albert) [3d Taipa Lisboa

Prelude-L].

Iglesia

Party Miss

Last Tycoon

Yodells

kenmare

MissEntertainer

Try My Best

Mill Princess

Marscay

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The precocious WRITTEN TYCOON was an impressive winner of the Todman Stakes (G2). By the

short-Lived Iglesia, he is from the sire line of the highly-infl uential Last Tycoon, from the family

of grade one winners Anthems and Yell.

Iglesia was beginning to demonstrate a strong affi nity for Star Kingdom line mares, with four

stakes winners on that cross. Iglesia has sired graded winner Nova Star out of a mare by Luskin

Star, who can be brought in through Covetous (sire of St. Covet, who should work well here),

Enforcer, Fiesta Star and Star of Luskin. Luskin Star is by Kaoru Star (also broodmare sire of

a graded winner by Iglesia) and he could also be brought in through Old Spice (broodmare sire of

a Last Tycoon line graded stakes winner).

Iglesia also has stakes winners out of mares by Semipalatinsk, and Black Zephyr. Semipalatinsk

is by Nodouble, a son of Noholme II, and this line can be introduced through Brigand, Forest

Glow, Green Line Express, Made of Gold, Toy Pindarri, True Statement and Zabaleta. Black

Zephyr is by Zephyr Bay, from the Biscay line. Zephyr Bay can also be brought in through

Broad Reach, Elounda Bay, Final Card, Full and By, Lomond Bay and Zephyr Zip, and other

Biscay lines that could be introduced are Bletchingly (broodmare sire of four Last Tycoon line

stakes winners), Bionic Ace (broodmare sire of two Last Tycoon line stakes winners), Kingdom

Bay (broodmare sire of two Last Tycoon line stakes winners) and Take Your Partner. Other

sources of Bletchingly are Best Western, Bureaucracy, Canny Lad, Cossack Warrior (sire of

Brave Warrior, grandsire of Show a Heart), Star Watch (sire of Hurricane Sky), Kenny’s Best

Pal and Lord Ballina.

Kaoru Star is sire of Old Spice (broodmare sire of a Last Tycoon line graded stakes winner),

Aurealis, Full on Aces, Marceau (sire of Hula Chief), Mighty Avalanche and Pag-Asa. It is also

worth considering mares descending from Star Kingdom through Todman, including through

Imposing (broodmare sire of a Last Tycoon grade one winner), Blazing Saddles, Jevington and

Zvornik (sire of Todvega).

Iglesia is sire of graded winner Sanderson out of a mare by Fuji Kiseki (by Sunday Silence,

by Halo). This suggest other sons of Sunday Silence, such as Bubble Gum Fellow and Tayasu

Tsuyoshi, and also bringing in Halo through More Than Ready or Don’t Say Halo. This also

suggests that Sir Ivor – who is from the same male-Line as Halo and closely-related to that horse

– should work well. From the Sir Tristram branch of Sir Ivor there are Last Tycoon line stakes

winners out of mares by Grosvenor, Westminster and Military Plume, and other Sir Tristram

horses that could be used are Zabeel (and his son, Octagonal, and grandson, Lonhro), Kaapstad,

Sovereign Red, Marauding, Dr. Grace, El Qahira and Islero.

Last Tycoon is a Northern Dancer line horse, but Last Tycoon and his sons have done well when

crossed back over certain branches of Northern Dancer. Iglesia has a stakes winner out of a mare

by Ashkalani (by Nureyev who can also be found in Australia through Spinning World – from the

family of Last Tycoon’s sire, Try My Best – Fasliyev and Peintre Celebre). Nureyev’s three-

parts-brother Sadler’s Wells (available through Galileo, Montjeu, High Chaparral, Barathea,

Carnegie, Scenic, Blevic, King of Kings and Singspiel) and Fairy King (sire of Encosta de

Lago and Helissio). Last Tycoon and his sons have also done well with Northern Dancer through

The Minstrel (including through Masterclass – from the family of Try My Best, the sire of Last

Tycoon – Palace Music and Bakharoff), Nijinsky II (including through Western Symphony and

Tights, and also available through Royal Academy, Serheed, Whiskey Road and Yeats), and

Storm Bird (particularly through Bluebird, but also worth bringing in through Storm Cat (who

could be brought in through Hennessy – sire of Johannesburg – Catrail, Giant’s Causeway and

Tale of the Cat).

The Last Tycoon line has worked with Mr. Prospector through Bellotto, Conquistarose, Fappiano

(who can be brought in through Defensive Play and Unbridled’s Song), Gulch (sire of Thunder

Gulch), Woodman (and his son, Hector Protector), Straight Strike and Zafonic (sire of Xaar,

who is from the family of Last Tycoon’s sire, Try My Best).

We can also note that Iglesia is sire of graded stakes winner Helideck out of a mare by Prince Salieri,

who is by Salieri, from the Damascus line, which could also be brought in through Gilded Time.

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Aas a collective, you would have to say that racing people don’t suffer fools. It’s an industry of no-nonsense horsemen and

women who get up early, go to bed early, don’t waste words, don’t mince ’em either and generally get on with life with a minimum of fuss.

There are, of course, exceptions. Some wealthy owners, successful jockeys, trainers and breeders can lead heady lifestyles, but at their heart most racing folk are pretty conservative.

So when American Jack Dorsey invented Twitter in 2006 and air-headed celebrities began using it to make observations such as “going shopping, this traffic is so unfair”, it was hardly surprising that not too many in the racing industry paid it too much attention.

Nor had they rushed to join Facebook when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004 as a social networking site in which university students initially traded study notes and party venues.

Fast forward to 2011 and the racing industry is embracing social media. Maybe not everyone just yet, but plenty …

and the numbers are growing each day.

Race clubs and associations around the world, jockeys, leading stables, breeders, yearling sale proprietors, betting organisations and media companies have recognised the advantages that Facebook, Twitter and that other new media giant YouTube (founded February 2005) can offer – both in networking with established contacts and reaching out to new markets.

Racing Victoria, the three Melbourne city clubs, numerous country tracks and Country Racing Victoria all operate in the Facebook and Twittersphere for one main reason – they can’t afford not to.

Facebook has become such an integral part of the lives of Generation Y – the next group of owners and punters –that

it is logical for those with something to sell to market their products online. Horse racing, in all its aspects, is no different.

“Facebook is an opportunity for us to engage with a large and growing community,” said RV communications manager Shaun Kelly. “It’s a chance to engage with young people and talk about getting new people

interested in racing. This (Facebook) is the way they communicate. They might not read the Herald-Sun, but they look at their

Facebook accounts two or three times a day.”

RV’s commitment to this new age of communication was seen last year with the appointment of a digital marketing specialist from the UK to oversee website and social media management. Lucy

Watson came from the Racing Post – widely acknowledged as the leader in racing websites – where she worked on the Racing Post Members’ site. Previously, Watson worked for the British Horse Racing Authority.

She believes what we are seeing in terms of growth in the digital marketing sphere is the tip of the iceberg.

RV uses Facebook to market events such as the Warrnambool carnival in May, the Spring Racing Carnival and the Festival of Racing in the late summer-autumn.

In other parts of the world, the Kentucky Derby festival, Royal Ascot and just about every other big carnival and race are doing the same thing. It also has become a trend for horses to have their own Facebook page. Black Caviar and Shamrocker are just two locals whose connections or fans have

RACING GOES SOCIAL

decided to pay tribute to their champs by putting words in their mouths – following horses from overseas such as American mare Zenyatta, UK jumpers Denman and Kauto Star, and more.

The focus on Facebook is built around the inexperienced or irregular racegoer, but the real surprise about the social media phenomenon has been the way Twitter has grown into a communication tool for hardcore industry people.

Just as the news of the Japanese earthquake or the death of Osama Bin Laden was broken on Twitter, so too has this shorthand medium been used to deliver news and industry updates

to an increasingly wide circle of racing insiders.

RacingInsider is the username Racing Victoria has for its Twitter account as it communicates numerous times each day to about 2500 ‘followers’.

“Twitter and the way we utilise it is an important one for us,” said Kelly. “Whereas Facebook requires manual updates, Twitter is something that can be automated in part. Any news story that goes up on our website gets fed straight through to our Twitter account with a link to the story.

“The other way we use it – and where it gains most recognition – is via the stewards to get out up-to-date racing information like late riding changes, gear changes, late scratchings, vet reports, changing riding tactics.”

Kelly agreed with the marketing perception that Facebook is more of a social tool while Twitter has evolved into a business tool. “The way you craft the message is different for both. We wouldn’t be putting out late scratchings on Facebook – that is not the platform for it.”

The third piece in the social media model is YouTube, the most visual and visible form of digital marketing. It’s probably not so surprising that YouTube has

become a racing man’s must because it could have been invented for the industry. It’s perfect for anyone wanting to check out a feature race from virtually anywhere in the world.

Whether it’s Shergar’s enthralling Derby win back in 1981, the Seabiscuit-War Admiral match race in the US of 1938 or last year’s Emirates Melbourne Cup win by Americain, you can find the vision and bring it up on your laptop in less than a minute.

Those who either didn’t want to pay the Sky Channel ‘extras’ or couldn’t stay up until 1 am to watch So You Think’s European debut in May, simply had to call him up on YouTube when they woke up in the morning to see what happened.

But not only is YouTube great for watching races, savvy racing

decided to pay tribute to their champs by

to an increasingly wide circle of racing insiders.

RacingInsider is the username Racing Victoria has for its Twitter account as it communicates numerous times each day to about 2500 ‘followers’.

“Twitter and the way we utilise it is an important one for us,” said Kelly. “Whereas Facebook requires manual updates, Twitter is something that can be automated in part. Any news story that goes up on our website gets fed straight through to our Twitter account with a link to the story.

“The other way we use it – and where it gains most recognition – is via the stewards to get out up-to-date racing

become a racing man’s must because it could have been invented for the industry. It’s perfect for anyone wanting to check out a feature race from virtually anywhere in the world.

A wired in, MARK HARDING, reports on a marriage

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organisations are using it to promote upcoming events by broadcasting trackwork reports, media conferences and tips. Racing Victoria not only posts regular video reports on its own website, it has more than 160 stored on its own YouTube channel.

But if YouTube and to a lesser extent Facebook have been predictably popular, no one could have foreseen how such a conservative industry could have adapted so quickly to Twitter.

Prominent racing industry tweeters include TAB Sportsbet, Betfair, TVN, Inglis, Coolmore, Darley and too many more to mention. Just about every major racing organisation has an account.

Ok, not every one. There’s no sign of J.B. Cummings yet, but racing stables such as Aquanita and Moody Racing are signed up. You can even Twitter with the most powerful man in racing, Sheikh Mohammed – although it’s a fair bet that the ruler of Dubai and owner of Godolphin and Darley doesn’t actually do his twittering himself.

That puts him in good company, because neither does Peter Moody – the regular Moody Racing’s tweets are done by administration manager Marni Kelly, who reveals the boss would struggle to know how to even log on to Twitter. But he does endorse the remarks that Marni Kelly said were mainly for the benefit of their owners.

“Twitter is an easy way to congratulate owners when their horses win,” she said. “Especially in the country where there might not be any mention of the win in the papers. So we mention it on Twitter and it gives the owners a bit of a buzz.”

Twitter has also helped Kelly deal with the public fascination surrounding Black Caviar. “Whenever she races, the followers come out of nowhere,” she said. The Black Caviar Facebook page has nothing to do with Moody Racing though, and neither did a fake Peter Moody Facebook page that caused the trainer embarrassment by tipping horses and making inappropriate comments.

“We don’t tip on Twitter either. That is not what we are about,” said Kelly.

But if it’s tips you want, you can get them on Twitter through various betting agencies and other tipsters. One of the most prominent racing tweeters is Andrew Bensley, who passes on inside information gleaned from his interviews for Sky Sports Radio and Sky Channel.

TVN is another active performer, tweeting market movers and other slices of information. Betting companies are big tweeters too, but only in a promotions sense – there’s not enough privacy in the medium to use it for bets.

Although the champion Irish jumps jockey Tony McCoy is a renowned tweeter with more than 40,000 followers, the craze among jockeys here has not caught on as much as it has with stars of other sports. That might be just as well given the potential for integrity

issues to cause problems for injudicious jocks.

In Sydney last year Daniel Ganderton was fined $1000 by stewards for Facebook comments about licensed people.

Racing Victoria is formulating a social media policy for all licensed people in recognition of the almost inevitable controversy. It’s in draft stage, with the ATA and

the VJA having input. Kelly said it was less about preventing jockeys from tipping and more about helping them understand the new media.

“What we all need to understand is that social media is no different to print media, radio and television and you just need to have that mindset whether you are using it from a professional viewpoint or a social viewpoint.

“Anything you write, or any photos you put up, are there for worldwide consumption. You are not just talking to your friends.”

Back in the day, ie. when I started out as a copy boy in 1973, newspapers ruled as the preferred form of

communication, while proportionally, radio was a more popular medium than it is today.

TV was something you switched on at night, albeit in black and white.

There was no such thing as the internet … well, actually there was, but only available to some bods in the Pentagon.

And, yes, this is definitely shaping as a classic back in the day rant from someone who believes rock and roll reached its pinnacle in 1974 (yeah, pinched that one from Homer Simpson), but ultimately you don’t have to delve decades to illustrate how much technology has altered our daily ‘routine’.

Indeeed, you only have to go back a few years – in some instances, mere months – to embrace the impact.

For mine, the Australian Stud Book going online in 2004 was a quantum shift. We were the first in the world to do so and to the (stud book) keepers of the faith – John Digby and Michael Ford – our eternal gratitude (not to mention the relief of countless bookshelves that groaned under the weight of 40 volumes of the Stud Book).

Award winning journalist and director of Harding Media Services, Mark Harding wrote this article for the June 2011 issue of Inside Racing and it is reprinted here courtesy of Slattery Media.

Eliza Park’s nominations manager, Mark Lindsay, will get a kick out of this. he is of the fi rm belief that I take nostalgia to a whole new level and nothing short of a decent whack to

the cranial surface will vault me into the present.

So this one’s for you Mark …

And what about all the other research material that his since been supplanted by stallions.com.au, Arion, Bloodhound, G1 Goldmine, Racing & Sports, Tesio, Racing Victoria and the like (and that is just BARELY scratching the surface … let’s not even go down the punting route, the well travelled path that it is).

Catalogues … remember them? We used to wait by the post box (well, those of us that need to get a life) but now every auction house worth its gavel has a website presence and instead of waiting weeks at the printer, they are available on the internet almost instantaneously.

Some of you will have noticed at this year’s sales there were folk walking around with iPads viewing pedigrees with the latest race results updated and watching Sirecam videos instead of walking down to barn Z on spec.

Didn’t see the iPads? Well, trust me, there were enough ‘smart’ phones to keep Steve Jobs in the black for a dozen lifetimes.

We’re even well catered for the ‘out of sales’ experience with companies like Bloodstock.com.au and Gavelhouse listing a plethora of private sales daily (as a matter of fact, Inglis did a Remington and purchased Bloodstock.com.au earlier this year to ‘widen’ its sales arena).

And it wasn’t so long ago that the Australian on Monday was a ‘must read’. If there was a stallion announcement to

be made and it wasn’t made in the Oz, you were in big trouble.

Tony Arrold was – and remains – one of the great industry chroniclers but with a 24/7 news cycle, there’s very little ‘broken’ on the Monday that hadn’t gone viral days prior.

Especially when you consider there are dedicated industry dailies such as ANZ Bloodstock News, Breednet, Breeding & Racing and Stallions that land on your virtual doorstep every morning.

Back in the day when research entailed locating that out-of-date book from under a pile out-of-date books, research is now just a Google away.

Has it helped us? Definitely. Has it made us better informed? Probably. Helped us breed better racehorses? Debatable.

The point is, where to from here? Apple has reportedly spent over a billion bucks on a facility which will capture all your data in the ‘cloud’ … change something on your iPad it’s automatically syncronised on your iPhone and laptop. Look ma, no wires!

But how will that alter our approach to breeding racehorses? Heaven knows, but then I can’t remember the last time I lined up in a bank, actually sat down and read a newspaper or shopped for groceries with a trolley. All of which I seemed to find time for, back in the day.

Even as I write this article on the trusty 18 month old laptop my Visa payWave

card has arrived in the snail mail – how yesterday is that – which allows me to simply swipe for payments under $100.

Recently a report revealed that by last December, internet banking had overtaken branch visits and phone banking and while it hasn’t approached the popularity of ATM visits, three major US banks have launched a service that allows customers to use their cheque accounts to send each other money via an email address or phone number.

Meanwhile, four years after it launched its Kindle electronic book reader, Amazon announced that e-books titles have overtaken sales of paperbacks and hardbacks … combined.

A survey by enterprise mobility provider iPass, found 91% of ‘road warriors’ use their personal time to check their smartphones: particularly in Asia-Pacific where 55% are night-time technology checkers, compared with 27% in Europe.

What’s more, according to the survey, 35% of mobile (and not so mobile) workers check their email first thing in the morning … before getting dressed (yes, it’s not a pretty sight).

One wonders how Mark’s 15 month old daughter Sophie will react when in 20 years time he regales her with his back in the day stories?

Who knows, maybe technology will provide Sophie with a way to tune out before he notices her pained expression!- GREG TOBIN

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SUPER SAVER (USA)Bay 2007 (16.1hh), Maria’s Mon - Supercharger by AP Indy


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SUPER SAVERSuper Saver defeated 11 Group One winners in taking out the 136th edition of the Kentucky Derby following a 2YO season which including a 5 length victory - in stakes record time - in the 83rd Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes-G2.

SUPER SAVERNEW


he (Super Saver) was my fastest 2YO!

- Todd Pletcher (Champion US Trainer)

‘‘‘‘A Champion 2YO and highly successful

sire (55 SWs & $60 million), Maria’s

Mon became the fi rst stallion since

Alydar to produce two kentucky Derby

winners ... Super Saver and Monarchos

(2001 Derby in the second fastest time

in the race’s history) and is also the

sire of Champion Filly Wait A While.

From limited turf starters, Maria’s Mon has proven that he can get them to go on anything.!

- Racing Post 2 May 2011 ‘‘

‘‘SUPER SAVERSUPER SAVER

Performance & Pedigree

MARIA’S MON


A stallion’s pedigreeAP INDYSire of 1st dam

MR PROSPECTORSire of 2nd dam

NORTHERN DANCERSire of 3rd dam

BUCKPASSERSire of 4th dam

A legacy of the famous Phipps empire,

Super Saver hails from the fi rst family of

American thoroughbred breeding with no

less than 7 strains of legendary mare La Troienne.

A flying startIn his fi rst season at stud at Winstar Farm in kentucky, Super Saver has covered over 140 mares -

100 either stakes performed or dams of stakes performers (10 of them Group One winners)

Within the past 3 decades, kentucky Derby winners boast a greater percentage of stakes winners to runners in the southern hemisphere than Golden Slipper winners!

winners boast a greater percentage

KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS STANDING IN AUSTRALIA

2011 Fee

Super Saver $16,500

Big Brown $27,500

Street Sense $38,500

Within the past 3 decades, kentucky Derby winners boast a greater percentage of stakes winners to runners in the southern hemisphere than Golden Slipper winners!

KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS

2011 Fee

Super Saver $16,500

Big Brown $27,500

Street Sense $38,500

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MARIA’S MON

Grey 1993-Stud 1997 [died 2007]

Champion US 2YO. Stakes winner of 4 races & $507,140 inc. Champagne S-G1.

Sire of 742 runners, 565 winners, 55 stakes winners, 48 stakes placegetters & earnings of $60 million inc.

SUPER SAVER (A.P. Indy). 3 wins. See above.

WAIT A WHILE (A.P. Indy). Champion 3YO Filly. 12 wins, 1600m to 2000m, $3,144,071, inc. American Oaks

Invitational S-G1, Yellow Ribbon S-G1 [twice], Davona Dale S-G2, Lake Placid S-G2, 2d Matriarch S-G1, 3d

Kentucky Oaks-G1, Breeders’ Cup F&Ms Turf-G1.

MONARCHOS (Dixieland Band). 4 wins, 1600m to 2000m, $3,337,161, Kentucky Derby-G1, Florida Derby-G1, 2d

Wood Memorial-G2, 3d Belmont S-G1.

AWESOME MARIA (Awesome Again). 7 wins, 1400m to 1800m, $874,479, Ogden Phipps H-G1, Shuvee H-G2,

Matron S-G2, 2d Frizette S-G1, Gazelle S-G1.

SEE HOW SHE RUNS (Cougar). 8 wins, 1200m to 1700m, $895,063, Selene S-G1, Fantasy S-G2.

LATENT HEAT (Capote). 6 wins, 1300m to 1600m, $571,012, Malibu S-G1, San Carlos H-G2.

MONZANTE (Danzig). 5 wins, 1600m to 1800m, $547,078, Eddie Read H-G1, 2nd Charles Whittingham

Memorial-G1.

MONBA (Easy Goer). 3 wins, 1600m to 1800m, $769,405, Toyota Blue Grass S-G1, 4th Santa Anita H-G1.

HIGH LIMIT (Known Fact). 5 wins, 1200m to 1800m, $1,200,374, Louisiana Derby-G2, San Pasqual H-G2, Strub

S-G2, 2d Blue Grass S-G1, 4th Santa Anita H-G1.

STRONG CONTENDER (Dynaformer). 4 wins, 1200m to 1800m, $798,517, Dwyer S-G2, Super Derby-G2, 3d

Blue Grass S-G1, Haskell Invitational-G1.

EXPANSION (Barathea). 5 wins, 1700m to 2400m, $613,882, Red Smith H-G2, Fair Grounds H-G3, 3d Man

o’War S-G1, Manhatten H-G1.

EXHI (Polish Numbers). 5 wins, 1700m to 1800m, $773,584, Lexington S-G2, 2d West Virginia Derby-G2, Fayette

S-G2.

MINT LANE (Conquistador Cielo). 4 wins, 1600m to 1700m, $316,616, Dwyer S-G2, 2d Peter Pan S-G2.

SIMPLY SPLENDID (Hennessy). 6 wins, 1400m to 1600m, $515,357, Nassau S-G2.

WELL MONIED (Quiet American). 4 wins, 1600m to 1800m, $487,625, Honeymoon H-G2, 2nd American Oaks

Invitational-G1, 3d Del Mar Oaks-G1, 4th Gamely S-G1.

STUD RECORD

Super Saver enters stud in 2011 in Australia & USA.

RACE RECORD

Group One winner of 3 races & 3 placings, 8f (1600m) to 10f (2000m) and $1,889,766 in prizemoney

WON Kentucky Derby.-G1 defeating 11 Group One winners

Kentucky Jockey Club S.-G2 by 5 lens (new stakes record) at 2

Belmont Special Weights by 7 lens at 2

2ND Arkansas Derby-G1,

3RD Tampa Bay Derby.-G3

4TH Haskell Invitational-G1,

Belmont Champagne S.-G1 at 2


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US Horse of the Year, Belmont S-G1, Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1

Sire of 572 winners of $111 million, 135 stakes winners

Broodmare sire of 548 winners, 60 stakes winners of $72.6 million inc.

SUPER SAVER, WAIT A WHILE, ANY GIVEN SATURDAY, BLUEGRASS CAT, MORNING LINE, etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam SUPERCHARGER, by A P Indy. 3 wins 6f. to 1m. & $115,492. in USA. Sister to GIROLAMO, DAYDREAMING,

ACCELERATOR. Half-sister to HARBORAGE. Dam of, 3 raced, all winners-SUPER SAVER (c by Maria’s Mon). 3 wins. Kentucky Derby-G1, Kentucky Jockey Club S-G2.BRETHREN (2008 c by Distorted Humor). 3 wins 6 to 8.5f. & $223,733. Tampa Bay Downs Samf. Davis S.-G3.

3rd Tampa Bay Downs Tampa Bay Derby-G2.HEDGE FUND (2003 g by Maria’s Mon). 5 wins 5.5 to 7f. & $199,460. in USA.

2nd Dam GET LUCKY, by Mr Prospector. 5 wins at 7, 8.5f. & $166,554. Aqueduct Affectionately H.-G3. 3rd Monmouth

Post-Deb S.-G2. Sister to RHYTHM, Not for Love. Dam of 8 raced, all winners inc.-GIROLAMO (c by A P Indy). 5 wins 6f. to 1m. & $480,856. Belmont Vosburgh Invitational S.-G1, Belmont

Jerome H.-G2. 3rd Aqueduct Cigar Mile H.-G1. 4th Belmont Futurity S.-G2.DAYDREAMING (f by A P Indy). 7 wins 6.5 to 9f. & $953,015. Aqueduct Top Flight H.-G2, Hoosier Park Indiana

Oaks-G3, Aqueduct Next Move H.-G3. 2nd Belmont Gazelle H.-G1. 3rd Saratoga Spinaway S.-G1.ACCELERATOR (c by A P Indy). 4 wins 1 to 1.5m. & $528,834. Belmont Pilgrim S.-G3. 2nd Aqueduct Wood

Memorial S.-G2. 3rd Belmont Metropolitan H.-G1, Aqueduct Remsen S.-G2. Group One sire.HARBORAGE (c by Monarchos). 2 wins at 8.5, 9f. Woodbine Victoria Park S.-L.NEW DICE. 1 win at 8.25f. in USA. Dam of 3 winners inc.-

MOLTO GRANDE (c by War Chant). 6 wins at 1200, 1400m. & $2,438,104. Fukushima Minyu Cup-L. 2nd Fukushima Minyu Cup-L, Hakodate UHB Hai-L. 3rd Kyoto Silk Road S.-G3.

She’s a Winner. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners inc.-BLUEGRASS CAT (c by Storm Cat). 5 wins 7 to 9f. & $2,322,882. Monmouth Haskell Invitational H.-G1,

Aqueduct Remsen S.-G2. 2nd Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby-G1, Belmont S.-G1, Travers S.-G1. Group One sire.

LORD OF THE GAME (g by Saint Ballado). 7 wins 1m. to 9f. & $687,062. Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H.-G2, Arlington Hanshin Cup H.-G3. 2nd Hawthorne Hawthorne Gold Cup S.-G2.

SONOMA CAT (c by Storm Cat). 3 wins at 7f., 1m. Evangeline Downs Oak Hall S. [O].SHOWPIECE. 2 wins at 8.5, 9f. in USA. Dam of 2 winners inc.-

Poof Too (f by Distorted Humor). 1 win at 6.5f. at 2. 3rd Woodbine Mazarine S.-G3.

3rd Dam DANCE NUMBER. 8 wins at 3 and 4, $415,418, Beldame S-G1, Shuvee H-G2, 2d Spinster S-G1, etc. Half sister

to multiple G1 winner and Leading Sire PRIVATE ACCOUNT [16 G1 winners], from Champion 2YO NUMBERED ACCOUNT. Dam of 6 foals, inc.-

RHYTHM. 6 wins at 2 and 3, $1,592,532, Champion 2YO Colt, Travers S-G1, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1, 2nd Champagne S-G1. Leading Sire (20 SWs inc. Ethereal).

Offbeat. 3 wins, 2 to 4, $333,204, 2nd Gulfstream Park H-G1.Not For Love. 6 wins, 2 to 5, $178,870, Sire.PERSONAL ESCORT. 2 wins at 2, $58,760. Group One Sire.OSCILLATE. Winner at 3, $23,686. Dam of stakes winner MUTAKDDIM and granddam of Group winners SEA

CHANTER, KAVANAGH, FROST GIANT etc.

Maria’s Mon

Supercharger

Wavering Monarch

Carlotta Maria

A.P. Indy

Get LuckySprint-er

Majestic Light

Uncommitted

Caro

Water Malone

Seattle Slew

Weekend Surprise

Mr Prospector

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No words can better define Super Saver than those used by The Blood-Horse magazine, describing him

as a horse who “was born to be a star and destined to achieve great things”.

A look at Super Saver’s race-record and pedigree show that description to be fully warranted. Super

Saver was a record-breaking graded stakes winner at two, and a dominating classic winner at three. He

is by a Champion 2YO and exceptional sire, out of an A.P. Indy mare who comes from one of the most

exceptional stallion producing branches of the family of the legendary La Troienne.

Maria’s Mon, the sire of Super Saver, earned honours as Champion 2YO of an exceptional crop with

victories in the Sanford Stakes-G3, Futurity Stakes-G1 and Champagne Stakes-G1. Subsequently, Maria’s

Mon developed into an outstanding stallion, siring 54 stakes winners, including two Kentucky Derby heroes

in Super Saver and Monarchos (himself a sire of a Champion Sprinter); Eclipse Award winning Champion

3YO Filly Wait a While; and other grade one winners Monba, See How She Runs, Monzante, Latent Heat,

and Cheiron. A grandson of the exceptional turf performer, Majestic Light, out of a mare by Caro, Maria’s

Mon was a highly-successful sire of turf runners, with 13 of his graded winners scoring on that surface.

Super Saver has only one strain of Northern Dancer, which comes in through his third dam, the grade

one winning Dancer Number. The cross of Maria’s Mon and his sons with Northern Dancer line mares

has been a very good one, producing more than 20 stakes winners.

Super Saver should be very well-suited by mares from Danzig, and particularly those descending

through Danehill. There are already six stakes winners on a Maria’s Mon/Danzig cross, and Maria’s

Mon has enjoyed exceptional success when bred to mares carrying Danehill’s broodmare sire, His

Majesty, or that horse’s brother, Graustark. In addition, Danehill also brings in another strain of

La Troienne through Buckpasser. This suggests mares by such as Redoute’s Choice, Flying Spur,

Danehill Dancer, Fastnet Rock, Danzero, Danewin, Commands, and Lion Hunter. Other potential

sources of Danzig include Anabaa (who gives linebreeding to the family of Super Saver’s broodmare

sire, A.P. Indy), Belong to Me, Honor Grades (giving inbreeding to the outstanding mare, Weekend

Surprise), Perugino (sire of Testa Rossa), Langfuhr, Chief’s Crown (sire of Grand Lodge), and Green

Desert (via Volksraad or Desert Sun).

A sister to Super Saver’s dam produced the top-class Bluegrass Cat to Storm Cat, which would

encourage crossing Super Saver over mares from this branch of Northern Dancer. There are already

Maria’s Mon stakes winners out of mares by Storm Cat himself, as well as his sons Hennessy and Tale

of the Cat, and could also be brought in through Giant’s Causeway, Catrail and Statue of Liberty

(giving inbreeding to A.P. Indy and a three-parts-sister). It would also be worth considering mares

descending from Storm Bird (broodmare sire of two Maria’s Mon stakes winners) through Bluebird

(sire of Dolphin Street). Maria’s Mon and his sons have demonstrated a very strong affinity for mares

descending from Northern Dancer through Vice Regent. Sources of this strain would include Dehere

(by Deputy Minister), Archregent, New Regent, and Regal Classic (broodmare sire of a Maria’s Mon

graded stakes winner).

Maria’s Mon sired two stakes winners out of mares from the Nijinsky II line, including one out of a mare

by Caerleon (sire of Alquoz, Bletchley Park, Generous, and Tenby). Super Saver might also be suited

by mares by a fast Nijinsky II horse, such as Royal Academy (a close relative to Storm Cat). Nijinsky

II grandson, Strawberry Road, might also be worth considering. Maria’s Mon has a graded stakes

winners out of a mare by Barathea, from the Sadler’s Wells branch of Northern Dancer. Sadler’s

Wells might also be brought in through Galileo (who might work particularly well here), Montjeu,

Carnegie, High Chaparral and Singspiel. This also suggests introducing Sadler’s Wells’ brother,

Fairy King, through Encosta de Lago. From other branches of the Northern Dancer line, Super Saver

might also be interesting with mares descending from Northern Dancer through El Gran Senor and

his brother Try My Best (sire of Last Tycoon, who can be brought in through Bigstone, Iglesia, Just

Awesome, Marju, and O’Reilly); Be My Guest (sire of Pentire, Prego, and What a Guest)

In broad terms, Maria’s Mon and his sons do not have a strong strike-rate with Mr. Prospector line

mares. However, Super Saver may work well with Mr. Prospector through Woodman (who gives

inbreeding to Super Saver’s female line, and is sire of Hector Protector and Timber Country),

Seeking the Gold (sire of Secret Savings, Dubawi and Lujain), and Miswaki (sire of Umatilla). It could

also be worth introducing Woodman through More Than Ready (who is out of a mare by that stallion).

Maria’s Mon and his sons have a good strike-rate with Roberto line mares, including two stakes

winners out of mares by Kris S., who could be brought in through Brocco and Prized, and this also

suggests trying daughters of Red Ransom, At Talaq and Touching Wood.Two lines not frequently found in Australia that might work well here are Seattle Slew (giving the

pattern of inbreeding to the sire line of the dam of the stallion) and In Reality. Potential sources of

Seattle Slew include Air de France, Khozaam, and Nine Carat. It might be possible to introduce In

Reality through Southern Appeal, Charnwood Forest, Piccolo, and Honour and Glory. It could also

be worth trying mares by Is It True and Bite the Bullet, who both re-introduce the family of A.P. Indy.

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OCD

Getting the balance right

The long bones (as opposed to bones of the spine or head for example) are designed to withstand directional forces such

as compression and bending. Put simply, they are for the most part comprised of a strong tube filled with spongy bone marrow and capped with more solid ends built on a columnar structure: much as columns in a building hold up the roof.

Tubes, in engineering terms, are strong and resist compressive forces well, but can permit some limited amount of bending. Columns provide strong support at the capped ends of the tubular bone shaft and are covered in specially adapted articular cartilage which has two main functions: resisting compression like a shock absorber, and reducing friction in the joint when lubricated by the slippery joint or synovial fluid.Bones grow from cartilage growth plates called Physes. The ends of the bone are called the Epiphyses and the central part the Metaphysis.Epiphysitis is an inflammation of a growth plate, commonly seen at the knee where it involves the upper cannon bone growth plate.Growth in length of a bone is achieved by cell division and growth of new cartilage

cells, or Chondrocytes, in the growth plate. At the margins of the growth plate, these cells are progressively turned into hard bone in the process of Ossification. When the growth plate is completely ossified the bone can no longer grow. If that process fails or is interrupted or disturbed: for example, by death of some chondrocytes, then areas of weak bone or even cavities called Bone Cysts may result. This is Osteochondrosis.If the overlying articular cartilage at the end of the bone is not supported, both mechanically and nutritionally, it may react by becoming thickened or collapsing, leaving ulcer like cavities or cartilage flaps at the surface, typical of Osteochondrosis Dissecans or O.C.D.Pieces of damaged cartilage can break free, forming so called Joint Mice floating around in the synovial fluid. Pain, Inflammation, lameness and associated joint swelling are the result and can permanently affect the horse’s ability to race. The lesions will not heal well naturally.There are many theories as to the cause, including:

• High growth rates, especially when coupled with high energy and

Phosphorous intake.• Trace element deficiencies, and

imbalances, particularly low Copper and excessive Zinc which may act by suppressing Copper uptake.

• Excessive Calcium intake during pregnancy has been linked to Osteochondrosis in the foetus and foal at birth. Some authorities have recommended against the feeding of Lucerne to pregnant mares for this reason.

• Vitamin K deficiency, particularly the naturally occurring form.

• Mechanical stress and trauma.• Genetic predisposition.

All the above possible causes have their adherents, but the precise mechanisms remain to be clearly understood. Evidence is conflicting and academic opinion divided.

Osteochondrosis is one of the diseases of bone growth and

development included in the group of conditions collectively known as

Developmental Orthopaedic Disease, or D.O.D. which also encompasses

angular limb deformities, fl exural deformities, juvenile arthritis,

physitis and cuboidal bone abnormalities.

Osteochondrosis includes the condition of O.C.D. or Ostoechondrosis

Dissecans and also Sub – Chondral Bone Cysts. As Dr DAVID WOOD

points out, that to comprehend the condition, some appreciation of

how bone is built structurally and how it grows, is helpful.

Bone Growth & Mechanical Structure Causes



The condition is now generally held to be multi-factorial and it’s likely that several factors combine, perhaps with a genetic component, to cause disease. Studies in non Thoroughbred breeds have identified certain sire lines which have high incidence of OCD in their offspring, indicating a heritable component.The molecular expression of certain genes affects hormones controlling cartilage growth and maturation at a cellular level, and this is a promising area of further research. Identifying specific Thoroughbred sires as genetic carriers will be a difficult challenge for the industry should it become possible … and it probably will.A common thread seems to be that foals and weanlings with higher growth rates are more at risk. Rapid growth, combined with the other factors, may increase the likelihood of the condition.

TreatmentThe need for treatment varies and is dependant on the location and severity of the lesions.The hock and stifle joints are the most commonly affected, with fetlock and shoulder joints less likely, but all joints can get lesions. If one joint is affected, the bilateral joint should be carefully examined as it may also show signs. It is fairly uncommon for multiple joints in the same horse to be affected at the same time.Surgical intervention is the most common treatment, usually via arthroscopy. This, combined with drug therapy to control inflammation and graduated exercise regimes, plus limiting growth rates by reducing energy intake, is the standard treatment at present.More recently, the use of a synthetic Vitamin K analogue called Quinaquanone has shown significant promise in the treatment of O.C.D. with reduction in the severity score of radiographic lesions following treatment. Vitamin K is present in green leafy plants, but is rapidly broken down by sunlight when the plants are harvested. The synthetic form of the vitamin called Menadione

which is often added to feedstuffs, is

ineffective in terms of its activity on bone and cartilage because it lacks the correct

molecular structure to get

past the liver, where it is important in blood

clotting mechanisms.This new bioactive Vitamin

K can get into the general circulation and reach the growing bone to good effect if natural Vitamin K is lacking. However, horses grazing on fresh pasture are unlikely to be deficient in this vitamin so its routine use in most studs is questionable, though it certainly seems to have a place in treating horses with radiographic evidence of O.C.D.

PreventionHerein lies the key!Because the causes of Osteochondrosis are yet to be fully understood, advice on prevention is difficult and prone to being general in nature. However, there are some points worth considering:1. Pregnancy: Osteochondrotic lesions

may be present before birth so maternal influence and possibly sire genetics must be in play. Broodmare nutrition during pregnancy is one of the likely factors involved. The following recommendations are distilled from a variety of available evidence and research:

• Broodmares should not be allowed to become over fat during pregnancy and, excessive weight gain, especially in the last trimester, is best avoided.

• The trace elements Copper, Zinc and Manganese are accumulated by the foetus and stored in its liver to see it through the first few weeks of life when the mare’s milk is low in these

minerals. Studies have shown reduced incidence of D.O.D. in foals whose dams received Copper supplemented diets during pregnancy – so, ensuring adequate intake of these essential trace elements in the appropriate balance is recommended.

• Calcium and Phosphorous intake should also be increased during the last trimester to cope with foetal demand. Calcium intake should be no less than 30g/Day and Phosphorous no less than 22g/Day in the total ration at this stage. The correct balance between the two is important

and should probably be in the ratio of between 1.4:1.0

and 1.8:1.0 Calcium to Phosphorous in

the total ration. Excessive Calcium above this ratio should be avoided.• A dietary

analysis to identify nutrient

intake levels and imbalances makes sense.

2. Lactation: Because mare’s milk is quite low in trace elements, supplementation of them will not have much impact on the suckling foal that will draw from its reserves built up before birth. They will however help the mare replace her own stores. Calcium and Phosphorous, on the other hand, are present at quite high levels in mare’s milk and in strong demand by the rapidly growing foal’s skeleton. During the first 90 days of lactation the mare needs around 50g Calcium and 30g Phosphorous per day at least and the ratio Ca:P should be higher, at 1.6:1 to 1.8:1. Milk is the primary source of these macro-minerals for the foal and the mare will ensure supply by drawing down her own skeletal reserves, if intake is insufficient.

3. Growth Rate: As rapid growth is a likely factor, then avoiding excessive growth spurts, or sustained high growth rate makes sense.

Cartilage filling a sub – chondral bone defect

Articular Cartilage separation from underlying bone


When foals are weaned, a slowing or set back in growth rate is common, especially if they are not used to consuming reasonable amounts of supplementary feeds pre-weaning. This set back is often followed by a rapid growth spurt as the weanling adapts to its new diet. This is a critical phase in the foal’s development and one where D.O.D. is perhaps most likely to strike.Providing creep feed or access to grain based supplementary mare feeds, appropriately fortified with minerals and trace elements, is critical pre-weaning to limit the impact of weaning set back and subsequent compensating growth spurts.The period between weaning and year

old is when most Osteochondrosis

happens, though it may not be detected until later when pre-sale

radiographs are taken.

Controlling growth rate

during this stage is one of the

main areas where stud managers can influence this

disease. ‘Eyeballing’ th ese youngsters is all very well, and the experienced eye can identify those forward or over grown weanlings … and deal with them appropriately. However, there is no substitute for regular weighing which should ideally be incorporated into routine management if at all possible.

At Horsepower we have developed a Foal Growth Program using computer software to develop growth curves and compare these to standards, which are shown to be successful over many years. This tool can rapidly identify weanlings and yearlings at risk and we believe its application on our studs has helped reduce the incidence of D.O.D. to below the national average. The system uses Australian growth figures collected over a decade or so and are somewhat different to the American standards (our Aussie youngsters grow faster and have higher weight for age standards).Using growth curve data like this, and comparing it with the incidence of O.C.D. – both in house and between studs – should help reduce the prevalence of this debilitating disease long term.Osteochondrosis is a complex disease with several manifestations … all of them bad. Until it is fully understood by the academics, which is some way off, the best we can do is to pay attention to good nutrition, during

pregnancy as well as for the young stock: limit growth to what the animal can safely handle, and treat all sore joints as potentially career threatening.Fast growing bones in other species also get the same problems linked to rapid bone growth … the giant breeds of dogs like Great Danes are prone, and I’ve seen several O.C.D. lesions in Ostrich, Giraffe and Elephant bones at post mortem … though none of them had a racing career!

Separated fragment or “Joint Mouse” in joint cavity

Dr David T. Wood BVSc, MRCVS is a veterinary surgeon with 35 years experience in horse work gained in over 20 countries. David has specialised in equine nutrition for the past 20 years, advising clients overseas and in Australia in diverse situations and environments. David is currently retained by Horsepower as technical advisor on nutrition and product development.

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God’s Own x hello Boys colt sold to George Moore Bloodstock at the 2011 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale

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God’s Own x Truly colt sold to James Bester Bloodstock at the 2010 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

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God’s Own progeny

UTAH SAINTS Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra are huge fans of the God’s Own’s and aside from recent 2YO winner Miss holyfi eld, the pair also put the fi nishing polish on Flemington winner Utah Saints.

VATICAN Byron Cozamanis’ exciting 2YO, Vatican, was an unlucky 2nd in the Chairman’s Stakes-LR at Sandown in April, beating home Group placed and Blue Diamond-G1 fourth Metonymy.

LADY PANIA Leading trainer Robbie Griffi ths has eight God’s Owns in his stables including the Moonee Valley winner Lady Pania.

BART CUMMINGS GAI WATERHOUSE ROBBIE GRIFFITHS MATHEW ELLERTON

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Entered stud in 2006. Progeny have sold up to $300,000. Oldest progeny are 3YOs. Sire of 22 winners inc.

Vatican (Peintre Celebre). 2d MRC Chairman’s S.-L.Kim Divine (Cadeaux Genereux). 2 wins, $49,230. STC Canterbury Park H., Pony Express Holdings H. 2d AJC

La Perouse Maiden Plate. 3d AJC Triple M Grill Team H., Free Entry Today Maiden Plate.Utah Saints (Maroof). 3 wins, $144,875. VRC Williamstown H., Kyneton Southern Cross Office Equipment

Class 1 Handicap, Midland Express Maiden Plate. 2d MRC Premier Signs Plate. 3d VRC Elms H., Smithfield H., MRC BTB Australia Directional Drilling H.

Lady Pania (Rory’s Jester). 3 wins, $81,418. MVRC Alternate Railway Safeworking H., Geelong 2011 Rivette Series, Bendigo JC Underground Cable Systems 3YO Maiden Plate. 2d MRC Le Pine Funerals H. 3d MVRC www.mvrc.net.au H.

God Help Her (Volksraad). 2 wins, $101,255. MRC Premier Signs H., Sale TC Macalister Prestige Homes Inglis Trophy. 3d MRC Ahern’s at Highways After the Last H.

Magnolia Lane (Umatilla). 2 wins, $52,500. AJC Sydney City Lexus H., Wyong District Ag Assn TC Ron Stevens 3YO Plate.

Angelican (Sir Tristram). 1 win, $24,760. STC TJ’s Champagne Bar H. 3d AJC Coogee Dolphins H., Sydney City Toyota H.

Swift Judgement (Zabeel). 1 win, $38,000. STC EBP RSL H. 2d STC Hyland Race Colours H., Winning Post Restaurant H.

Big Storm (Anabaa). 1 win, $32,000. AJC Sandringham H.Kuroda Field (King Marauding). 2 wins, $32,250. Seymour RC Black’s Contracting Fillies and Mares -62

Handicap, Mornington RC Wise Employment Maiden Plate.Miss Holyfield (Align). 1 win, $30,935. Kilmore 2YO Plate. Terpsichore (Jugah). 1 win, $25,397. Werribee RC PRD Jens Gaunt 3YO Plate. 3d MRC Le Pine Funerals H.Onamissionfromgod (Kenny’s Best Pal). 1 win, $27,475. Wangaratta TC Drink Drive Bloody Idiot 2YO Plate.Sons of God (Celtic Swing). 1 win, $23,975. Echuca RC Moama Bowling Club 3YO Plate.God Help Us (Stravinsky). 1 win, $19,255. Bendigo JC Victorian Seniors Festival 3YO Plate.Heavens Own (Best Western). 1 win, $30,000. Sunshine Coast TC The Good Guys 2YO Plate.Captain Oates (Clay Hero). 1 win, $6,132. Riverton RC Macaulay Ford 2YO.

RACE RECORD

Group 1 winner of 3 races, 1200m to 1600m, and $999,500 in stakes.

WON MRC Caulfield Guineas – G1 (1600m) defeating Primus, Gonski, Stratum, Perfectly Ready, Apache Cat, Testafiable, Red Dazzler etc. AJC Ladies Auxillary 2YO Handicap (1200m) STC Mounties Handicap (1200m)

2ND VRC Lightning Stakes – G1 (1000m) behind world beater Takeover Target and defeating Stratum, Snitzel, Media, Undoubtedly, Jet Spur etc. MRC Autumn Stakes – G3 (1400m) behind Apache Cat. MRC Caulfield Guineas – G3 (1400m) beaten a short half head by Apache Cat and defeating Danerich, Undoubtedly etc.

4TH STC Golden Rose – LR (1400m) behind Paratroopers, Racing To Win, Pendragon.


SIRE LINE REDOUTE’S CHOICEBay 1996-Stud 2000Classic winner; 5 wins, $1,567,850, VATC Caulfield Guineas-G1, Blue Diamond S-G1, MVRC Manikato S-G1. Champion Australian Sire 2005/06 & 2009/10; Champion 2YO Sire in Australia, twice; Champion First Crop Sire.Sire of 498 winners (75.2%), earnings of $68.5 million, 73 stakes winners (11.0%), 58 stakes placegetters, inc.MISS FINLAND (Woodman). Champion 2YO in Australasia; Co-Champion Older Mare (Mile); 11 wins, $4,632,775,

STC Golden Slipper S-G1, VRC Oaks-G1, Australian Guineas-G1, MRC 1000 Guineas-G1.SAMANTHA MISS (Zabeel). Champion 2YO Filly in Australasia; 7 wins, $1,763,260, VRC Oaks-G1, AJC Flight

S-G1, Champagne S-G1, STC Tea Rose S-G2, Tatts Furious S-G3, 2d AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1, 3d MVRC W S Cox P-G1.

FASHIONS AFIELD (Wild Again). Champion 2YO in Australasia; 6 wins, $1,841,510, AJC Sires’ Produce S-G1, Flight S-G1, 2d STC Golden Slipper S-G1, AJC Champagne S-G1.

STRATUM (Luskin Star). Champion 2YO Colt in Australasia; 2 wins, $2,224,500, Golden Slipper S-G1, Pago Pago S-G2, 3d VRC Newmarket H-G1.

SNITZEL (Snippets). 7 wins, $1,031,550, MRC Oakleigh P-G1, AJC Challenge S-G2, 2d VRC Newmarket H-G1, AJC TJ Smith S-G1.

GOD’S OWN (Sky Chase). 3 wins, $999,500, MRC Caulfield Guineas-G1, 2d VRC Lightning S-G1, MRC Autumn S-G3, MRC Caulfield Guineas Prelude-G3.

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SKY CHASE8 wins, $966,440, VATC Caulfield S-G1Sire of 8 SWs inc. SAINTLYBroodmare sire of 9 SWs inc. GOD’S OWN, ACE ALETA, BRANSON etc.

PEDIGREE1st Dam

ANGEL IN DISGUISE (NZ), by Sky Chase. Started twice. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to SAINTLY, half-sister to All Grace (dam of GLIDE AWAY, Aucash). Dam of 5 named foals, 2 to race, both winners, inc:- GOD’S OWN (c by Redoute’s Choice) Group One winner of 3 races – 1 at 2 – at 1200, 1600m, A$999,500, inc. MRC Caulfield Guineas-G1, 2d VRC Lightning S.-G1, MRC Schweppervescence Cup-G3, Guineas Prelude, G3, 4th STC Golden Rose S.-L. MESSENGER (c by Choisir) 3 wins 1550 to 1900m & $198,560. Gosford Belle of the Turf S-L, STC Epona S-L, STC Freeway Hotel H. 3d AJC Wiggle Quality H.-L.

2nd Dam

ZIEGFIELD LASS, by Showdown (GB). Unraced. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to Zorana (dam of Star Sunrise). Dam of 8 named foals, 5 to race, 2 winners, inc:- All Grace. Unraced. Dam of 6 winners- SAINTLY (g Sky Chase) 10 wins–1 at 2–1200 to 3200m, A$3,796,150, VRC Australian Cup-G1, MVRC WS Cox P.-G1, VRC Melbourne Cup-G1, VATC CF Orr S.-G1, AJC Expressway S.-G2, STC Hill S.-G2, VRC Carbine Club S.-L, AJC WN Parry-Okeden 2YO H., City Tatt’s RC Tatt’s Club H., 2d AJC Australian Derby-G1, STC Rosehill Guineas-G1, AJC Warwick S.-G2, Apollo S.-G2, VATC Sandown Guineas, G2, NSW Tatt’s RC Chelmsford S.-G2, AJC Craven P.-G3, Victory Lad H., 3d STC Mercedes Classic-G1, AJC Metropolitan H.-G1, STC Aspirant 2YO H. GLIDE AWAY (g Dahar) 6 wins 1290 to 2000m in Aust and Malaysia, Selangor TC Tunku Gold Cup-L, Penang TC JE Johnson S., STC Peter’s Empire H., Beverley Park H., 2d AJC Frank Packer P.-G3, Selangor TC Tunku Gold Cup-L, Class 1 H., AJC Wentworthville Leagues H., STC Bexley H., 4th AJC Dulcify H.-L. Aucash (c Danehill) 7 wins–1 at 2–1000 to 1600m, HK$6,219,670 in Hong Kong, HKJC Fukuoka H., Po Yan H., Glenealy P., Jordan H., Choi Hung H., Hin Keng H., Chongqing H., 2d HKJC Dubai H., Tsung Pak Long P., 3d HKJC Chairman’s Trophy-L, 4th Hong Kong Classic Mile-L. Sire. Opera Bouffe. Winner at 1290m, STC Rydalmere H., 2d AJC Crossing H., 3d AJC Jack Bourke H., STC Yuletide H. Blessed Be. Winner at 2 at 1250m, STC Beverley Park Golf Club 2YO H. Dam of 2 winners- BLESSUS (c Fusaichi Pegasus). 6 wins at 1200, 1400m, $277,28, in 2008-09, Hawkesbury Safilo Cup.-L. God’s Hand (c Galileo). 5 wins 1200 to 1800m, $228,830, in 2008-09, AJC Randwick Betting Auditorium H., STC Parramatta Leagues Club H., 2nd Seymour Cup.-L, 3rd Caulfield Lord S.-L.

3rd Dam

SALOTE, by Mariner (GB). Unplaced. Half-sister to TAJ ROSSI (9 wins, 1000 to 2500m inc. VRC Victoria Derby. G1, MVRC WS Cox Plate. G1, VRC George Adams H. G1), Strong Queen (16 wins, 800 to 1207m. inc. 2nd BATC Murphy Quality. L, 3rd BATC Ahern S. L), Memine (dam of LADY NURMI), Marjoram (dam of DARK ECLIPSE [STC Golden Slipper. G1], BAGALOT, Major Diamond, from a sister-in-blood to STORM QUEEN (STC Golden Slipper. G1).

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Danehill, and now an emerging sire of sires, from the family of Saintly, Taj Rossi, Storm Queen and

Dark Eclipse.

Being by Redoute’s Choice and out of a mare by Sky Chase, a son of Star Way, God’s Own has a

pedigree that suggests that he should cross well with mares from the Sir Tristram line, including

through Zabeel, Kaapstad, Sovereign Red, Military Plume, Marauding and Dr. Grace – all

broodmare sires of Redoute’s Choice stakes winners – as well as Grosvernor , El Qahira, Islero, and

Zabeel’s son, and grandson, Octagonal and Lonhro.

Redoute’s Choice has been less prolific over the other great domestic sire line of Star Kingdom,

although he has a grade one winner out of a mare by Luskin Star, a graded winner out of a mare

by St. Covet (by Covetous, a son of Luskin Star), and stakes winner out of a mare by True Version

(by Bletchingly, who could be brought in through Canny Lad – the broodmare sire of Redoute’s

Choice – Best Western and Star Watch, and grandson Hurricane Sky, a three-parts-brother to the

dam of Redoute’s Choice).

God’s Own is a Northern Dancer line horse, but that strain will be in the fifth generation of his foals,

and he could cross well over certain strains of Northern Dancer. From this line, Redoute’s Choice

has five stakes winners out of mares by Last Tycoon (by Try My Best, who is from the family of

Redoute’s Choice) and a grade one winner out of a mare by Try My Best’s brother, El Gran Senor. He

has two grade one winners out of mares from the Nijinsky II line (from mares by Whiskey Road and

Caerleon); a Champion out of a mare by Encosta de Lago: as well as stakes winners out of mares by

Bluebird, Alzao, and Citidancer. It could also be worth crossing God’s Own over mares descending

from Nijinsky II through Royal Academy; and from Northern Dancer through Sadler’s Wells

(available through Galileo, Montjeu, High Chaparral, Barathea, Carnegie, Scenic, Blevic, King of

Kings and Singspiel); Nureyev (who can be found in Australia through Spinning World, Ashkalani,

Fasliyev and Peintre Celebre); Storm Cat (including through Hennessy – broodmare sire of three

Danehill line stakes winners – and his his son, Johannesburg; Catrail, broodmare sire of a Danehill

line grade one winner; Giant’s Causeway; Tale of the Cat; High Yield and Van Nistelrooy), and

Night Shift.

Redoute’s Choice is sire of the outstanding mare, Miss Finland, out of a mare by Woodman, a son

of Mr. Prospector, as well as stakes winners as well as stakes winners out of mares by other Mr.

Prospector line horses Thunder Gulch, Kingmambo, Jade Hunter, and Geiger Counter. Other

good Mr. Prospector sources include Miswaki (sire of Umatilla), Gone West (sire of Zafonic whose

son, Xaar, would give inbreeding to the family of Redoute’s Choice), Seeking the Gold (sire of

Secret Savings), Straight Strike, Defensive Play, Unbridled’s Song and Machiavellian (and his

son Street Cry).

Redoute’s Choice has two stakes winners, one grade one, out of mares by Snippets, and Golden

Slipper (G1) winner Crystal Lily is by a son of Redoute’s Choice out of mare by Snippets (who is also

sire of Pins). Additional broodmare sire lines worth considering include Bushing Groom (Redoute’s

Choice has a stakes winner out of a mare by Quest For Fame from this line), Sharpen Up, Halo

(whose son, Sunday Silence is broodmare sire of a Redoute’s Choice graded stakes winner, and who

can be found through More Than Ready and Don’t Say Halo, who is already the broodmare sire of

Redoute’s Choice grade one winner); Crown Jester and Rory’s Jester; Century through Centaine

and Rubiton; Zedative; and Vain.



Correct feeding of the broodmare and her foal during

its first few months of life is critical in determining

healthy outcomes for both ofthem. Poor nutrition during

pregnancy, lactation and earlydevelopment of the foal can

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MARE & FOALPregnancy

The major growth of the foetal foal takes place during the last trimester of pregnancylasting 3 to 4 months. Up until the eighth month of pregnancy the energy requirement onlyincreases by around 10% and protein by 20%, over the maintenance level of a dry mare. Betweenmonth eight and birth, energy requirement rises a further 16% and protein 18% and theseincreases are paralleled by similar increases in demand for other nutrients such as calcium,phosphorous and trace elements. Providing adequate supplies all the essential nutrients duringthe phase of rapid foetal growth is critical in avoiding problems such as low birth weight,poorly developed immunity and Developmental Orthopaedic Disease ( D.O.D.) which has beenshown to be present even before birth.

The mare will sacrifice her own nutritional status to provide for the foal, both before andafter birth, so her health is also at risk if her nutritional needs are not fully met. Studies haveshown that mineral supplementation of the mare following birth impacts positively on fertility andconception rate for the first two oestrus cycles after birth, so her ability to breed again afterfoaling is also impacted by good nutrition (SARWAR, A., H. ENBERGS, E. KLUG. Vet. arhiv 68,11-17, 1998.)

Striking a balance is key and mares in late pregnancy should not be allowed to become over fat. Protein intake should be adequate at between 800g and 900g per day for a 500 Kg mare in the last trimester, but overfeeding protein is detrimental because there is a metabolic cost in dealing with the excess.

LactationNutritionally, lactation is the most demanding phase of a horse’s life. Energy demand for a

wet mare at peak lactation around three months is similar to that of a race horse in full work, andher protein requirement is around 50% higher. Producing up to 18Kg of milk per day is veryhard work, especially if the mare’s nutritional reserves were depleted by poor nutrition during latepregnancy. As well as protein and energy she is pouring out minerals, vitamins and traceelements in her milk, so if these are not provided in the diet, her reserves will be depleted andher health may suffer. Salt is also present in milk and salt requirement is 25% higher in peaklactation than normal. Mare and Foal has good salt levels included, but provision of a salt andmineral block specifically designed for horses like the Horsepower Mineral Block enables themare to top up her intake according to need.

The Growing FoalGood nutritional support during pregnancy will see the foal born with optimal body weight

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Horsepower Mare and Foal has a proven track record over twenty years of use by ownersand breeders but it is not a static product. As new research findings are taken on board atHorsepower, the product has been adjusted and improved. Horsepower’s experience in the studindustry in Australia is coupled to product development and we have recently updated andrefined this feed to make it even better. The high levels of trace elements in particular arepresent in Mare and Foal because we recognise that Australian soils, pastures and cereal cropsare often deficient in these essential nutrients.

Horsepower Mare and Foal will provide safely balanced supplementary nutrition coveringall aspects of the pregnant broodmare’s needs and that of her offspring in most situations.Feeding regimes and pasture quality along with the use of other supplementary feeds like cerealgrains and forages, vary enormously between breeders and properties. The “One Size Fits All”principal does not apply, so Horsepower has developed tools such as our Diet Analysis Programand Foal Growth Program to ensure the best possible outcomes for owners and breeders.

These are backed by a product range which can be tailored to individual needs along withequine vets and specialists in the business of breeding sound healthy horses. This expertise andexperience is freely available to help provide you with the best possible nutrition for your own Mares and Foals.

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In 2010/11, HAY LIST

competed in 6 Group

One events - winning

twice and fi nishing

second to Black Caviar

on 3 occasions (he

also won 3 other Group

events). In the spring,

this magnifi cent son

of Statue of Liberty

eclipsed the Manikato

at Moonee Valley and

on a star packed day at

Randwick in April, he

proved himself the best

male sprinter in the land

- perhaps the world - by

taking out the Group One

All Aged Stakes. In any

other era ...


Every picture tells a story


A GREATThe development of a superior female

family takes time. The alchemy of

blending bloodlines to achieve a

superior racehorse can happen only

after meticulous planning and research.

Around the global bloodstock village

there are a handful of females

recognised as ‘Blue Hens’: that is to

say, their descendants are invariably

talented and, as a result, highly sought.

One of those Blue Hens is Sookera

(USA) and another Best In Show

(USA). DARRYL SHERER points out

that to fi nd a stallion at stud whose

parents are direct descendants from

such infl uential broodmares is unique:

and in Sharkbite, that is exactly what

breeders have available.


T ChOICE


The best of all worlds


Sharkbite is by Champion sire Redoute’s Choice, who in turn is by Danehill, a descendant of Best In Show, winner of the Comely

Stakes and named North American Broodmare of the Year in 1982.

Meanwhile, in the space of just 30 years, Sookera has established a dynasty that has become a byword for brilliance and stud excellence, so much so that it easy to forget the fact that the mare herself was first a champion runner.

RACING GODSThe racing gods certainly smiled upon Robert Sangster in 1977. That year his colours were carried to victory in the Epsom Derby by The Minstrel, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe by Alleged, the champion 3YO sprinter Godswalk and the Irish 1000 Guineas by Lady Capulet.

It seems though that luck had already been a fortune for Sangster 12 months earlier when he elected to retain a filly from the first crop of Roberto from the Saratoga Yearling sale. Sangster consigned the daughter of Irule to the sale with a reserve of $20,000, but there wasn’t a single bid and Sangster kept the bay, named her Sookera and sent her to Ireland to be trained by Dermot Weld.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Sookera won on debut at Phoenix Park when she was still not yet two. Sent across the Irish Sea for Royal Ascot, Sookera comfortably defeated the colts in the Chesham Stakes where she had Tumbledownwind behind her in second.

Sookera sealed her 2YO Championship honours with victory in the Cheveley Park

Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket and Sangster’s decision to hold on to the filly had already paid dividends.

Ironically, the only other Irish-trained filly rated the equal of Sookera that year was also owned by Sangster. She was called Fairy Bridge and would go on to produce the multiple champion stallion Sadler’s Wells.

At stud, Sookera left 13 foals of which 10 were to race with seven winners. Her second foal Field Dancer (Northfields) won at Listed level and was Group placed in Ireland and, at stud, is the granddam of the Prix Corrida-G3 winner Camporese (Sadler’s Wells).

Sookera’s best runners came late in her stud career after she had been purchased by Khalid Abdullah, who bred the high-class sprinters So Factual and Bold Fact from matings with his own Known Fact (USA). So Factual won the Nunthorpe Stakes-G1 and Bold Fact the July Stakes-G3.

Sookera’s fourth foal, Kerali, won over seven furlongs in England as a 3YO at

Kempton and it is here that Sharkbite enters the picture. Kerali left two stakes winners to matings with the Derby winner Kahyasi (Nijinsky): Hasili in France and Arrive in England.

Hasili has enjoyed a remarkable stud career with no less than five Group One winners, four of them by Sharkbite’s grandsire Danehill and three of them official champions.

Arguably the best of Hasili’s runners is Banks Hill (Danehill), a Champion in North America and Europe with wins in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf and the Prix Jacques le Marois. Banks Hill has already produced the French Listed winner, Ideal World, to a mating with Kingmambo.

Hasili has enjoyed a

remarkable stud career

with no less than five Group

One winners, four of them

by Sharkbite’s grandsire

Danehill and three of them

official champions.

Hasili

Dansili

Intercontinental (Danehill) was rated the Champion Turf Filly in North America in 2005 when her wins included the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf as well as the Matriarch Stakes. Heat Haze (Green Desert) emulated her three-quarter sister by winning the Matriarch, while Champs Elysees (Danehill) was rated the Horse of the Year in Canada as well as Champion Turf Male in 2009 when he won the Canadian International Stakes, the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes as well as the Manhattan Handicap in North America at the highest level.

Not to be left out by their female siblings, Cacique (Danehill) emulated his brother Champs Elysees by winning the Manhattan Handicap and, for want of a better word, Hasili’s odd one out arrived in between these horses.

Dansili (Danehill) was a high-class miler, winner of three Group races in France and Group One placed six times, including the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, Breeders’ Cup Mile and Prix du Moulin.

Ordinarily, these performances would perhaps not be enough to justify Khalid Abdullah standing Dansili himself, but such was the level of his performance and depth of pedigree that Abduallah (who had after all raced Danehill), put faith in the bloodlines he had nurtured for generations, retiring Dansili to his Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket.

That faith has been handsomely rewarded. A Champion Sire in France, Dansili is now one of the leading stallions in Europe with 49 stakeswinners, headed by Group One winners like the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Harbinger and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Rail Link, who now stands alongside his sire at Banstead Manor.

Like Dansili, Sharkbite’s dam, Back Pass, was bred by Juddmonte. A daughter of the Epsom Derby winner Quest For Fame (Rainbow Quest) she won over a mile and a half and is a half-sister to the Royal Ascot winning sprinter Three Valleys (Diesis), who is also now at stud under the Juddmonte Banner.

Sharkbite’s granddam, Skiable, is by the successful sire Niniski (Nijinsky) and

won in Paris before transferring to North America where she was Listed placed. Skiable is a half-sister to Dansili and his five Group One winning siblings, and there is another half-sister in Dissemble that is now adding plenty to the page in her own right.

Dissemble (Ahonoora) was unraced, but she is the dam of two Grade One winners: Uapybo in Brazil and Leroidesanimaux (Candy Stripes), a three-time Grade One winning miler in America and Canada and rated the Champion Turf Colt in North America in 2005.

Leroidesanimaux is bred very similarly to Back Pass, being by Candy Stripes, a son of Blushing Groom: the sire of Rainbow Quest and grandsire of Back Pass.

Standing at $10,000 in Florida, Leroidesanimaux has showcased his

potential straight away with this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and the La Canada Stakes-G2 winner Always A Princess from his first two crops. There are relevances in these pedigrees for Australian breeders too with Animal Kingdom being inbred to Lyphard and Always A Princess out of a mare by one-time shuttle stallion Ashkalani.

With two classic sires so closely related and bred so similarly, the comparisons between Dansili, Leroidesanimaux and Sharkbite are compelling.

Certainly two of the world’s leading breeders have put their faith in this pedigree and if it’s good enough for Robert Sangster and Khalid Abdullah, it should be good enough for you!

Based in England for a number of years, Darryl Sherer is a former editor of Pacemaker (UK) magazine and is now editor of leading online daily, ANZ Bloodstock News.

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BUSHRANGER (IRE)Bay 2006 (15.3hh), Danetime - Danz Danz by Efi sio


BUSHRANG



GER

... like peas in a pod


FASTEST MIDDLE PARK STAKES WINNERS1:09.56 BUSHRANGER [track record]

1:09.61 OASIS DREAM

1:10.68 ThREE VALLEYS

1:11.14 ROYAL APPLAUSE

1:11.20 FORMIDABLE

1:11.28 ZIETEN

1:12.19 AD VALOREM

1:13.30 kNOWN FACT

1:13.36 DIESIS

BUSHRANGERChampion 2YO of England and Champion 2YO of France

FASTEST PRIX MORNY WINNERS1:09.9 BUSHRANGER [track record, 57kg]

1:12.4 BLUShING GROOM

1:12.7 IRISh RIVER

1:12.8 MAChIAVELLIAN

1:13.1 MYBOYChARLIE

1:14.8 ZAFONIC

BUSHRANGER [track record]

1:10.68 ThREE VALLEYS

1:11.14 ROYAL APPLAUSE

FASTEST PRIX MORNY WINNERSBUSHRANGER [track record, 57kg]

1:12.4 BLUShING GROOM



Danetime

Bushranger covered an unprecedented fi rst book of 190

mares in Ireland and the faith has been justifi ed with some

outstanding foals.

There was a lot to like about

the performance of Bushranger

in the Prix Morny. It is clear now

that Danetime’s early demise was

a signifi cant loss to the breeding

industry. he possessed the valuable gift of upgrading

his mares. - Tony Morris

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‘‘ No sooner do the foals arrive before the owner books

his mare back in again!

- ANNE O’CALLAGHAN (Tally-Ho Stud)

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STUD RECORD

Bushranger entered stud in Australia and Ireland in 2010.

RACE RECORD Champion 2YO of England, Champion 2YO of France; dual Group One winner, 1000m to 1250m and $779,491 in prizemoney

WON Newmarket Middle Park Stakes-G1 (6f) [track record – faster than Oasis Dream], Deauville Prix Morny-G1 (1200m) [race record] , Curragh Anglesey Stakes-G3 (6¼f), Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF (5f)

2ND Ascot Windsor Castle Stakes-L

3RD Curragh Phoenix Stakes-G1 4TH Curragh Greenlands Stakes-G2

SIRE LINE

DANETIMEBay 1994-Stud 2002 [Died 2005]Champion UK First Season Sire; 3 wins, £118,367, Stewards Cup-L, 2d July Cup-G1, 3d Haydock Sprint Cup-G1.Sire in Ireland & Australia of 514 progeny to race, 333 winners (64.8%), earnings of $33.3 million29 stakes winners, 20 stakes placegettters, inc.

BUSHRANGER (Efi sio). See race record.

MYBOYCHARLIE (Rousillon). Champion 2YO in France; 4 wins, Prix Morny-G1, Anglesey S-G3, 3d National S-G1.

MEGATIC (Old Spice). 9 wins, $850,400, WATC Kingston Town Classic-G1, West Australian Guineas-G2,

Northerly S-L, twice, Grandstand Cup-L, twice, Belgravia S-L, 2d WATC Asian Beau S-G3, Fairetha S-L.

VITAL EQUINE (Selkirk). 3 wins, $446,366, Champagne S-G2, 2d English 2000 Guineas-G1, 3d Grand

Criterium-G1.

FAMOUS ROMAN (Marooned). 7 wins, $725,000, WATC Lee Steere S-G2,RJ Peters S-G3, Aquanita S-L,

Northerly S-L, 2d Railway S-G1, JC Roberts S-L, Birthday S-L, 3d WATC Asian Beau S-G3, VRC Winter

Championship-L, 4th MRC Invitation S-G1.

ROMAN TIME (Is It True). 4 wins, $633,100, WATC Karrakatta P-G2, WA Sires’ Produce S-G3, York S-L, 2nd

Belmont Sprint-G3, twice, Belmont Guineas-L, Farnley S-L.

LOOK BUSY (Komaite). 11 wins, Temple S-G2, Flying Five S-G3, Beverley Bullet S-L, 3d Doncaster Sprint Cup-G1.

THE KIDDYKID (Sadler’s Wells). 8 wins, £223,823, Duke of York S-G2, Greenlands S-G3, Sandy Lane S-L,

Queensferry S-L.

UTMOST RESPECT (Most Welcome). 8 wins, £241,345, Duke of York S-G2, Chipchase S-G3, Greenlands S-G3,

3d Sprint Cup-G1.

ASPECTOFLOVE (Caerleon). 7 wins, $451,349, Meydan Cape Verdi-G2, Ascot Rosemary H-L, Lingfi eld Fleur de

Lys S-L, Garnet S-L.

DARK TARGET (Protos). 8 wins, $396,950, WATC Prince of Wales S-G3, Fairetha S-L, 3d WATC Winterbottom

S-G2.

SO SECRET (Bletchley Park). 5 wins, $305,475, WATC Colonel Reeves S-G3.

DANEBEELA (Tenby). 5 wins, $256,025, WATC WA Champion Fillies S-G3, Challenge S-L.

VALENTINE MISS (Housebuster). 6 wins, $397,463, MRC How Now-G3, 2d MRC Geoffrey Bellamaine S-G3,

MRC Burgess Queen S-L, 4th SAJC Robert Sangster-G1 twice.

LE CADRE NOIR (Indian Ridge). 8 wins, £183,493, Premio Omenoni-G3, Premio Citta di Napoli-L, Waterford

Testimonial S-L, 2d Prix de Meautry-G3, Premio C & F Aloisi-G3.

DHANYATA (Cyrano de Bergerec). 2 wins, Sirenia S-G3, 2d Cheveley Park S-G1.

MISS SALLY (Sharp Victor). 6 wins, £200,034, Concorde S-G3, Waterford Testimonial S-L, 3d Greenlands S-G3,

Renissance S-G3.

DOMINGUES (Fairy King). 3 wins, Prix Eclipse-G3.

TRIPLE ASPECT (Distant Relative). 6 wins, $315,170, Prix d’Arenberg-G3, Sandown Sprint S-G3, Sandown

Scurry S-L, Windsor Leisure S-L, 2d Sandown Sprint S-G3.

DANERIP (Rory’s Jester). 3 wins, $119,975, WATC Gimcrack S-L, Paklani Plate.

MYTIME (Todvega). 4 wins, $245,600, WATC Placid Ark S-L, 2d WATC Belgravia S-L.

BALTIC KING (Fairy King). 8 wins, $670,814, Leisure S-L, Beverley Bullet Sprint-L, 2d Diadem S-G2.

DRAYTON (Exbourne). 5 wins, Marble Hill S-L, Coolmore S-L, 2d Railway S-G2.


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Danz Danz

Danehill

Allegheny River

Efi sio

Darcey Bussell

Danzig

Razyana

Lear Fan

Allesheny

Formidable

Eldoret

Green Desert

Docklands

BROODMARE SIRE

EFISIOGroup One winner; 8 wins, Premio Emilio Turati-G1, Premio Chiusura-G2, Challenge S-G3, Horris Hill S.-G3.Sire of winners of $36 million, 39 stakes winners including 8 Group I winners.Broodmare sire of winners of $10.7 million, 21 stakes winners inc. BUSHRANGER, SINGHALESE, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE, DELEGATOR, TEMPLE MEADS, BORDER PATROL, PEARL BANKS, ABIGAIL PETT, AGENT SECRET, BOSTON LODGE, EISTEDDFOD, etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam DANZ DANZ, by Efi sio. Five named foals, all raced, four winners - inc BUSHRANGER (c. by Danetime). 4 wins Champion 2yo England, Champion 2yo France Newmarket Middle Park

S.-G1 (6f) [Track Record] Deauville Prix Morny-G1 (1200m) [Race Record] Curragh Anglesey S.-G3 (6¼f), Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race (5f). 2nd Ascot Windsor Castle S.-L. 3rd Curragh Phoenix S.-G1.

Becuille, (f. by Redback) 2 wins Yarmouth Toteexacta Handicap (9f), Wolverhampton Get a Free Bet at Freebets Co.Uk H. (9¼f).

2nd Dam DARCEY BUSSELL, by Green Desert. 3 wins at 7f., 1m. Newmarket Histon Apprentice H. (1m), Thirsk BBC Radio

York H. (1m), Catterick Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television Limited S. (7f). Half-sister to PORT HELENE (dam of HELEN OF SPAIN). Dam of 4 to race, 2 winners, inc:-

Makin. (f. by Fantastic Fellow). 3 wins-1 at 2-to 1500m. Naramsin. (c. by Keyif). Winner at 2 in 2009.

3rd Dam Docklands, by On Your Mark. 3 wins at 1m, 3d Newcastle Virginia S.-L, 4th Royal Ascot Queen Mary S.-G2

Half-sister to NIGHT OFF (dam of MADAME’S SHARE), GARIM, HASTY WORD, NO ARGUMENT, Arapaho, Negotiator, Seductive (dam of SUPER MOMENT, CONTINENTAL GIRL), Pallakis (dam of PALE ALE). Dam of 4 winners, inc:- PORT HELENE (Troy). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1m, 1¼m, Lingfi eld Oaks Trial S.-L, 2d Haydock Lancashire Oaks-G3.

Doncaster Park Hill S.-G2. Dam of- HELEN OF SPAIN (Sadler’s Wells). 3 wins Deauville Prix de Pomone-G2, Longchamp , 3d Longchamp Prix Royal Oak-G1 Jurata. Placed at 3 in France. Dam of- Plein d’Estime (Mark of Esteem). Winner, Chantilly Prix de Montgeroult, 2d Chantilly Prix Pelleas-L, 3d Chantilly Prix Turenne-L.

4th Dam PERSUADER, by Petition. 5 wins-4 at 2-from 5f to 1¼m, Newbury Horris Hill S.-G3, Ascot Clarence House S.-L.

Half-sister to Shy Girl, Pharinande (dam of GUARANI, HAITI, ITHACA). Dam of 12 winners, inc:- NIGHT OFF (Narrator). Top fi lly on the 1964 English 2YO Free H. 2 wins-1 at 2-at 6f, 1m, The One Thousand Guineas-G1, Newmarket Cheveley Park S.-G1, 2d Royal Ascot Coronation S.-G2. Dam of- MADAME’S SHARE (Major Portion) Free H. 4 wins-2 at 2-at 1200m, 1600m, Deauville Prix d’Astarte-G3. Sweet Relations. Raced twice. Dam of- MONTEKIN (Mount Hagen). 4 wins-3 at 2-from 7¼f to 1m, Goodwood Waterford Crystal Mile-G2, Newbury Horris Hill S.-G3, Royal Ascot Queen Anne S.-G3, 3d Deauville Prix Jacques Le Marois-G1. MAZAAD (Auction Ring). 5 wins-3 at 2-from 5f to 8¼f in GB and USA, Hollywood Will Rogers H.-G3, Spotlight H.-L, 3d Del Mar Derby. Seductive. Winner at 2 in GB. Dam of- SUPER MOMENT (Big Spruce). 10 wins, US$1,017,940, Santa Anita Charles H Strub S.-G1, 2d Keeneland Blue Grass S-G2

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Via Lear Fan, BUSHRANGER carries Lt. Stevens, a brother to Thong, and Forli, sire of Thong’s great

producing daughter, Special. His sire, Danetime did remarkably well with mares carrying Special,

and this strain appears to be an outstanding one to introduce here. Danetime is sire of a group

winner out of a mare by Sadler’s Wells who could be brought in through Scenic (sire of Blevic),

Galileo, Montjeu, High Chaparral, Barathea, Carnegie, and King of Kings and Singspiel. From

mares by Fairy King the brother to Sadler’s Wells, Danetime has sired three stakes winners, which

suggests trying mares by Encosta de Lago and Helissio. Danetime also sired a stakes winner out

of a mare by Nureyev who can be found in Australia through Spinning World, Ashkalani, Fasliyev

and Peintre Celebre. Champion Thatch, is a brother to Special, and can be brought in through

Thatching and his sons Archway, Rustic Amber (sire of Sequalo), Shalford and Tirol. Geiger

Counter is a half-brother to Special, and Yeats is a close relative to Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev, out

of a sister to Special.

Danetime demonstrated a strong affi nity for the Nijnsky II line through Caerleon, siring stakes

winners out of mares by Caerleon himself, and out of mares by his sons Tenby and Bletchley Park.

He also has a stakes winner out of the Nijinsky II line sire Alydeed, and introducing Nijinsky II

through Serheed might prove clever.

Danetime has sired two stakes winners out of mares by Distant Relative, a son of Habitat. He

can be brought in through Arch Sculptor, Bassenthwaite, Gold Brose (who is out of a mare by

Yeats so would appeal immensely), Habituate, and Lord Seymour. Habitat is a Sir Gaylord line

stallion, as is Sir Tristram. He might work particularly well through Zabeel (bringing in Nureyev),

his son Octagonal, and grandson, Lonhro. Other sources of Sir Tristram include Sovereign

Red, Marauding, El Qahira, Grosvenor, Dalmacia, Dr. Grace, Kaapstad, and Military Plume. Sir

Gaylord’s sire, Turn-to might also do well here via Halo, who could be brought in through Don’t Say

Halo, More Than Ready and a number of sons of Sunday Silence with Fuji Kiseki appealing most.

Mares from the Star Kingdom line are now in shorter supply, but Danetime sired grade one

winner Megatic out of a mare by Old Spice (by Kaoru Star, who might also be brought in through

Covetous, Full On Aces, Hula Chief, Luskin Star and St. Covet), and a stakes winner out of a

mare by Todvega (by Zvornik, a son of Todman, a line that might be available through Blazing

Saddles, Imposing, and Super Impose). The Bletchingly branch of Star Kingdom might prove to

be particularly advantageous here, with branches that have succeeded under Danehill including

Best Western, Canny Lad, Cossack Warrior – sire of Brave Warrior and Show a Heart – Star

Watch and Hurricane Sky.

From the Ahonoora line Danetime has sired stakes winners out of mares by Indian Ridge and

Don’t Forget Me, and other potential sources of that strain include Statoblest and Dr. Devious.

He also has a graded winner out of a mare by Is It True, two group winners out of mares by sons

of Sharpen Up, a stakes winner out of a mare by Rory’s Jester, and out of mares from the Never

Bend line has a grade one winner out of a mare by Rousillon (by Riverman , who could be brought

in through Brief Truce, Loup Sauvage,and Rivotious), and a stakes winner out of Marooned (by

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ASTRONOMER ROYAL (USA)Bay 2004 (16.1hh), Danzig - Sheepscot by Easy Goer


ASTRONOM



MER ROYAL

The Sky’s the Limit



ASTRONOMER ROYAL

The Champion 3YO Male Miler of France, Astronomer Royal won the Longchamp Poule d’Essai des Poulains-G1 (French 2000 Guineas), a distinction he shares with a vast array of infl uential sires, including – in recent years – the up and coming stallion, Shamardal.

Also, Astronomer Royal fi nished close up in the time honoured St James’ Palace Stakes-G1 behind Excellent Art and Duke of Marmalade and ran Europe’s best sprinters to less than a length (after being held up at a vital stage) in the July Cup (1200m).


Astronomer Royal is the last of Danzig’s Classic winners standing in Australia. The most infl uential son of Northern Dancer in the Southern Hemisphere, Danzig produced 197 stakes winners - 46 Group One winners - at an amazing strike rate of 28.6% stakes winners to runners. His sons include Chief’s Crown, Green Desert, Anabaa, Danzig Connection and, of course, the immortal Danehill.

Astronomer Royal’s fi rst crop weanlings have sold up to $90,000 in 2011 - over 10 times service fee - while mares in foal to the Group One

sprinter/miler sold for $240,000 and $200,000.

I thought the Chelsey Cry colt

(purchased for $90,000 at the Great

Southern) was the best colt on the

ground. A very attractive type with

very good presence. I was delighted to

be able to secure him. - Mark Player

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fi lly. A very sweet, good mover, that looks

a racehorse. I am very impressed by the

Astronomer Royal’s over all. They are a

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STUD RECORD

Astronomer Royal entered stud in France and Australia in 2009. His

oldest progeny are weanlings.

SIRE LINE

DANZIG

Bay 1977-Stud 1981

Sire of 595 winners (86.5%), 197 stakes winners (28.6%), 96 stakes placegetters (14.0%), $120 million inc.

DANEHILL (His Majesty). Haydock Sprint Cup-G1, 3d The 2000 Guineas-G1.

CHIEF’S CROWN (Secretariat). 10 wins, $2,213,949. hopeful S.-G1, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1, Cowdin S.-G1, Norfolk S.-

G1, Marlboro Cup h.-G1, Travers S.-G1, Blue Grass S.-G1, Flamingo S.-G1, 2d Preakness S.-G1, 3d kentucky Derby-G1.

DANCE SMARTLY (Smarten). 12 wins, $2,661,793. Canadian Oaks-G1, Breeders’ Cup Distaff-G1, Prince of Wales S.-G1,

Breeders’ S.-G1, Queen’s Plate-G1, Selene S.-G1, Canadian Maturity h.-G1, 3d Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1.

VERSAILLES TREATY (Buckpasser). 9 wins, $1,682,475. Gazelle h.-G1, Alabama S.-G1, Test S.-G1, Ruffi an h.-G1, 2d

Breeders’ Cup Distaff-G1.

DISPUTE (Reviewer). 9 wins, $1,595,953. kentucky Oaks-G1, Gazelle S.-G1, Beldame S.-G1, Spinster S.-G1.

GOLDEN SNAKE (high Line). 6 wins, $895,966. Prix Jean Prat-G1, Prix Ganay-G1,Gran Premio del Jockey Club-G1,

Preis von Europa-G1.

LURE (Alydar). 14 wins, $3,390,282. Breeders’ Cup Mile-G1 (twice), Caesars International h.-G1.

DAYJUR (Mr Prospector). 7 wins, $1,033,243. Sprint Cup-G1, Nunthorpe S.-G1, Prix de l’Abbaye De Longchamp-G1.

POLISH NAVY (Tatan). 4 wins, $1,186,216. Cowdin S.-G1, Champagne S.-G1, Woodward S.-G1.

LANGFUHR (Briartic). 9 wins, $824,124. Vosburgh S.-G1, Carter h.-G1, Metropolitan h.-G1.

AGNES WORLD (Seattle Slew). 8 wins, $5,179,047. July Cup-G1, Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp-G1.

ANABAA (Gay Mecene). 8 wins, $623,379. July Cup-G1, Prix Maurice de Gheest-G1.

DANZIG CONNECTION (Sir Ivor). 4 wins, $933,357. Peter Pan S.-G1, Belmont S.-G1.

STEPHAN’S ODYSSEY (Gallant Man, Ribot). 4 wins, $1,025,498. hollywood Futurity-G1, Dwyer S.-G1, 2d kentucky

Derby-G1, Belmont S.-G1.

POLISH PRECEDENT (Buckpasser). 7 wins, $626,265. Prix du Moulin de Longchamp-G1, Prix Jacques le Marois-G1.

LIBRETTIST (Alleged). 7 wins, $1,049,675. Prix du Moulin de Longchamp-G1, Prix Jacques le Marois-G1.

ADJUDICATING (Reviewer). 5 wins, $956,690. Cowdin S-G1, Champagne S-G1.

SHAADI (hoist the Flag). 5 wins, $562,446. St James’s Palace S.-G1, Irish 2000 Guineas-G1.

AD VALOREM (Relaunch). 4 wins, $1,045,811. Middle Park S.-G1, Queen Anne S.-G1.

PINE BLUFF (halo). 6 wins, $2,976,883. Preakness S.-G1, 3d Belmont S.-G1.

HARD SPUN (Turkoman). 7 wins, $3,110,561. king’s Bishop S.-G1, 2d kentucky Derby-G1, 3d Preakness S.-G1.

GREEN DESERT (Sir Ivor). Newmarket July Cup-G1

ELNADIM (Exclusive Native). Newarket July Cup-G1.

MAROOF (Bustino). Ascot Queen Elizabeth S-G1.

MUJAHID (Storm Cat). Newmarket Dewhurst S-G1, 3d The 2000 Guineas-G1.

DANZIG sire sons inc. Danehill (347 SWs), Green Desert (90 SWs), Anabaa (75 SWs), Belong to Me (62 SWs), National

Assembly (56 SWs), Langfuhr (54 SWs), Chief’s Crown (46 SWs).

RACE RECORD Champion 3YO Male Miler of France.

WON Longchamp Poule d’Essai des Poulains-G1 (1600m) Curragh Greenlands S-G3 (1200m) Newbury First Great Western 2YO (1200m)

3RD Royal Ascot St James’ Palace S-G1 (1600m) 4TH Chantilly Prix Jean Prat-G1 (1600m) Newmarket July Cup-G1 (1200m)

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Danzig

Sheepscot

Northern Dancer

Pas De Nom

Easy Goer

EscrowAgent

Nearctic

Natalma

Admiral’s Voyage

Petitioner

Alydar

Relaxing

El Gran Senor

Viva Sec

BROODMARE SIRE

EASY GOERWinner of 9 Group One races inc. Belmont S-G1, Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, Champagne S.-G1 etc.Sire of winners of over 10 million, 9 stakes winners.Broodmare sire of winners of $37 million, 21 stakes winners inc. ASTRONOMER ROYAL, MONBA, STORM FLAG FLYING, MAGICAL FANTASY, CORINTHIAN, FUNNY MOON, etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam SHEEPSCOT, by Easy Goer. 5 wins 6 f. to 1 m. Won Thistledown Lady Mannequin H. 2nd Indiana Oaks-L. 3rd Lady Hallie H.-L. Half-sister to VICAR, Mama Dean, Weston Field, Magic Caver. Dam of 7 raced, 5 winners- ASTRONOMER ROYAL (2004 c by Danzig). 3 wins. See above. NAVESINK RIVER (2001 c by Unbridled). 5 wins 8 1/2 to 13 f. and $432,139. Won Gulfstream Park Pan American H.-G2, Gallant Fox H.-L, 2nd Gulfstream Park Diarmida H.-G3. 4th Gulfstream Park H.-G1.

2nd Dam Escrow Agent, by El Gran Senor. 1 win at 7 f. at 2. 2nd Meadowlands Salem County S.-L. 3rd Garden State Forsythia S [RL]. Half-sister to Delagating, Viva Deputy, K S Fury, K C Super Pet. Dam of 9 winners inc.- VICAR (c by Wild Again). 4 wins 7 to 9 f. and $1,313,632. Won Gulfstream Park Florida Derby-G1, Gulfstream Park Fountain of Youth S.-G1. 2nd Churchill Downs Kentucky Jockey Club S.-G2, Belmont Jerome H [G2]. 3rd Keeneland Blue Grass S.-G1, Keeneland Phoenix S.-L. 4th Saratoga King’s Bishop S.-G1. Mama Dean (f by Woodman). 7 wins 7 to 9 f. and $300,314. 2nd Aqueduct Bed o’ Roses H.-G3. 3rd Aqueduct Vagrancy H.-G3. Producer. Weston Field (g by Gulch). 13 wins 6 to 9 f. and $402,340. 4th Sportsman’s Park Illinois Derby-G2. Magic Caver (c by Spend a Buck). 1 win at 6 f. 3rd Hialeah Bahamas S.-L. Signatory. 2 wins at 1 1/4, 1 1/2 m. and $50,676. Won Newmarket Unicorn Asset Management H.

3rd Dam VIVA SEC, by Secretariat. 2 wins at 6 f. Won Aqueduct Grey Flight H., Aqueduct Dark Mirage S-L. 2nd Aqueduct Correction H.-G3, Belmont Grey Flight H.-L. 3rd Aqueduct Bed o’ Roses H.-G3, Belmont Imperatrice H. [L]. Dam of 8 winners inc.- Delagating (f by Deputy Minister). 4 wins 5 to 8 1/2 f. 3rd Garden State Vineland H.-G3. 4th Meadowlands Boiling Springs H.-G3. Dam of 6 winners inc.- JUST RULER (c by Cox’s Ridge). 6 wins 1 m. to 9 f. and $283,064. Won Pomona Invitational H.-L. Candor. 1 win at 6 f. at 2 in USA. Dam of 4 winners inc.- PERFECTLY CANDID (f by Pleasantly Perfect). 4 wins 5 to 6 f. at 2 and $182,210. Won Hoosier City of Anderson S. Viva Deputy (c by Deputy Minister). 6 wins at 6, 8 1/4 f. and $200,022. 2nd Fair Grounds Thanksgiving H.-L, Mountaineer Park West Virginia Derby-L. 4th Fair Grounds New Orleans H.-G3. K S Fury (g by Gulch). 8 wins 5 to 7 f. and $198,318. 2nd Sportsman’s Park Sportsman’s Park H.-L. K C Super Pet (f by Gulch). 2 wins at 7 f. at 2 4th Hawthorne Marica S.-L. Producer. Viva la Viva. Unraced. Dam of 2 winners- READY TO LIVE (f by More Than Ready). 2 wins at 4 1/2, 5 1/2 f. at 2 Won Louisiana Downs Rebel S-L. 2nd Retama Park M2 Technology la Senorita S.-L. Viva la Slew (f by Doneraile Court). 2 wins at 2 f., 1 m. at 2 3rd Calder B L’s Sweep S. Livealifeofl ove. Unraced. Dam of 2 winners inc.- Hamsa (f by Fusaichi Pegasus). 2 wins at 7 f., 1 m. and $189,537. 2nd Belmont Gazelle S.-G1. 4th Belmont Mother Goose S.-G1. Annie Skates (f by Mr Greeley). 1 win at 7 f. at 2 and $111,801. 2nd Monmouth Epitome S.-L, Goodwood Height of Fashion S.-L. 3rd Newmarket Oh So Sharp S.-G3, Newbury Ballymacoll Stud S.-L.

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Champion French Three-Year-Old Miler ASTRONOMER ROYAL offers a unique opportunity as he

is the only European classic winning son of Danzig available to Australian breeders. Astronomer

Royal earned his classic laurels in the French 2,000 Guineas (gr. I) – a race won by such notable

sires as Kingmambo, Linamix, Irish River, Blushing Groom, Green Dancer, Riverman and Caro

– producing a lethal fi nishing burst to come from last to fi rst in a 14 horse fi eld. Subsequently,

Astronomer Royal underlined his speed, class and versatility, cutting back from the 1600m. of his

classic victory to carry 63.5kg to victory in the 1200m. Greenlands Stakes (gr. III).

Astronomer Royal is out of Sheepscot, a daughter of Champion U.S. Two-Year-Old and classic

winner, Easy Goer. Sheepscot, who is not only a stakes winner, but in addition to Astronomer

Royal, is also dam of graded stakes winner, Navesink River. A half-sister to grade one winner Vicar,

Sheepscot is out of Escrow Agent, a stakes performer who is bred on the same Northern Dancer/

Secretariat cross as Storm Cat, Dehere, and Chief’s Crown.

There are more than 300 stakes winners bred on the Danzig/Mr. Prospector cross, making Mr.

Prospector line mares a potentially outstanding choice here. Astronomer Royal is half-brother

to a graded stakes winner by Unbridled, the sire of Unbridled’s Song. Astronomer Royal’s

broodmare sire, Easy Goer is a Raise a Native/Buckpasser cross, and this can be echoed by Mr.

Prospector line stallions Woodman (sire of Hector Protector and Timber Country), Miswaki

(sire of Umatilla, who could be a particularly good fi t here), and Seeking the Gold (sire of Secret

Savings and Lujain). There are several other Mr. Prospector line sires that might work well

here, including Elusive Quality; Zafonic and Zamindar (and his son Xaar, who looks particularly

interesting); Geiger Counter; Jade Robbery; Machiavellian (through Street Cry and Vettori);

Thunder Gulch; El Moxie; Jade Hunter; Bellotto; Defensive Play; and Distorted Humor and

Fusaichi Pegasus (both giving inbreeding to Danzig).

Danzig line stallions in have crossed extremely well with mares descending from Sir Tristram,

whose sons include Zabeel (sire of Octagonal – himself sire of Lonhro – Don Eduardo, Reset

and Savabeel), Marauding, Grosvenor, Military Plume, Sovereign Red, Westminster, and El

Qahira. Sir Tristram is from the Turn-to line, and from the Hail to Reason branch of that line,

Astronomer Royal might be well-suited by mares descending from Roberto and Halo. From the

Roberto line we would look to mares by At Talaq, Red Ransom (sire of Sri Pekan and Intikhab

- who look particularly interesting – Charge Forward and Domesday), At Talaq, Brocco and

Prized (both by Kris S.), Casual Lies, and Touching Wood. There on the cross over the Halo line,

there have been Danzig stakes winners out of mares by Don’t Say Halo, Southern Halo (sire of

More Than Ready), and Sunday Silence (available in Australia through Fuji Kiseki, Genuine and

Tayasu Tsuyoshi). The Stop the Music branch through Sackford could also work well here.

The Danzig line has enjoyed success when crossed back over other branches of Northern

Dancer. The Sadler’s Wells line appeals and could be introduced through Galileo (who looks very

interesting), Montjeu, Scenic (sire of Blevic), Carnegie, Singspiel, and Barathea. Danzig line

stallions have also sired stakes winners out of mares descending from Sadler’s Wells brother, Fairy

King, including via Encosta de Lago, and Turtle Island. There are more than 50 stakes winners

by Danzig line stallions out of mares from the male line of Sadler’s Wells’ three-parts-brother,

Nureyev, and Spinning World (and his son, Thorn Park), Peintre Celebre and Fasliyev, appeal

as sources of this strain. Even though Chief’s Crown is a Danzig line stallion, there have already

been eight group/graded stakes winners by Danzig line stallions out of Chief’s Crown line mares,

and this cross has worked through daughters of Grand Lodge, Be My Chief, Beautiful Crown

and Key of Luck. Chief’s Crown is a Northern Dancer/Secretariat cross as is the granddam of

Astronomer Royal, and it could also be worth considering trying Astronomer Royal with mares

carrying that same cross through Dehere (broodmare sire of a Danzig line grade one winner),

and Storm Cat (sire of Giant’s Causeway, Tale of the Cat, Hennessy, Johannesburg, Catrail,

and Statue of Liberty). The Danzig cross with mares descending from Northern Dancer

through Nijinsky II has been a fruitful one, including such as Royal Academy, Caerleon (sire of

Bletchley Park and Generous), Copper Kingdom, Western Symphony, Whiskey Road and Yeats.

Astronomer Royal’s granddam is by El Gran Senor, a brother to Try My Best (sire of Last Tycoon

whose sons include Bigstone, Iglesia, Marju and Just Awesome).

Two branches of the Nasrullah line that could work here include Blushing Groom and Grey

Sovereign. Blushing Groom sources include Nassipour, Quest For Fame, Mt. Livermore (sire of

Housebuster), Fantastic Light and Spectrum. Grey Sovereign sources include Jeune, Kampala,

and Kenmare (sire of Kenfair, Kenvain, Metal Storm and Keltrice).

Astronomer Royal carries the infl uential mare Best in Show, and duplicating this mare has proved

to be very successful. Sources of Best in Show that could be introduced here include Umatilla,

Hurricane Sky, Spinning World, Redoute’s Choice, Xaar, Try My Best or Masterclass.


5,500 5,500$ 5,500

DISSOLVED (AUS)Brown 2006 (16.1hh), Lonhro - Yarralumla by Grand Lodge


... the solution


DISSOLVED

DISSOLVED



- the most expensive Lonhro sold in 2008.

was sold to hawkes Racingfor $300,000

DISSOLVED

DISSOLVEDWinning three of his fi rst fi ve outings, DISSOLVED would take out the black type Moomba Plate down the straight at Flemington, toppling the highly rated stakes winners Rarefi ed, Avenue and Common Interest and would also win a $100,000 Inglis Trophy race.

DISSOLVEDWinning three of his fi rst fi ve outings, Winning three of his fi rst fi ve outings, DISSOLVED would take out the black DISSOLVED would take out the black

NEW


Dissolved is the spitting image of Lonhro and had abundant speed

and tremendous potential.

I feel he would have had success at the very top level of racing, but he’s

a real bull and the decision was made to retire him to stud, rather than

racing him on ... particularly given his conformation and family full of

Group One winners. - John Hawkes

It’s all in the family!

DEALER PRINCIPALGroup One Rosehill Guineas winner

ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONhong kong’s sprinting superstar and three quarter sister in blood

GRAND ARMEE7-time Group One winner and half brother to Dissolved’s winning dam, Yarralumla

DRUMGroup One Oakleigh Plate winner and another close blood relation to Dissolved

LONHROWinner of 11 Group Ones, he is now one of Australia’s most successful sires with 24 stakes winners (8.3%) and over $18.5 million in earnings

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STUD RECORD

Dissolved enters stud in 2011

SIRE LINE

LONHROBrown 1998-Stud 200326 wins (11 G1) & $5,790,510 inc. VATC Caulfi eld Guineas-G1, MRC Yalumba S-G1 [twice], VRC Mackinnon S-G1, AJC Chipping Norton S-G1, AJC George Main S-G1, AJC Queen Elizabeth S-G1, STC George Ryder S-G1, VRC Australian Cup-G1, MRC CF Orr S-G1.Sire of 301 progeny to race, 214 winners (71.1%), 25 SWs (8.3%), 20 SPs (6.6%) & $20.1 million inc.DENMAN (Vain). 9 wins, $1,227,875. STC Golden Rose S.-G1, AJC Stan Fox S.-G2, MRC Autumn S.-G2, STC Run

to the Rose-G3, MRC Zeditave S.-L, Manfred S.-L, VRC SMS Scaffolding H., MVRC Purrealist Inglis Bonus.BEADED (Night Shift). 10 wins, $1.4 million, Doomben 10,000-G1, BRC Sprint-G3, MRC Geoffrey Belmaine

S.-G3, AJC Wenona Girl H.-L, Hawkesbury RC Safi lo Cup-L, Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Rated H. 2nd BRC Stradbroke Handicap-G1, SAJC Robert Sangster S.-G1, AJC Sapphire S.-G2, VRC Linlithgow S.-G2, STC Birthday Card S.-G3. 3d VRC VRC Newmarket H.-G1, AJC All Aged S.-G1, Tattersalls RC (QLD) Winter S.-G1.

BENFICA (Danehill). 3 wins, $465,400. BRC The TJ Smith-G1, BRC Hampden S-L. PARABLES (Night Shift). 3 wins, $350,150. ATC Surround S.-G2, AJC Silver Shadow S.-G3, Cabramatta H.. 2d

STC Tea Rose S.-G2. 3d AJC Flight S.-G1, Tattersalls Club (NSW) Furious S.-G2, ATC Light Fingers S.-G2, AJC Keith Mackay H.-L.

OBSEQUIOUS (Commands). 3 wins, $393,450. ATC Light Fingers S.-G2, AJC San Domenico S.-G3, Lansdowne H. 2d AJC Roman Consul S.-G2, STC Reisling Slipper Trial-G2, MVRC Typhoon Tracy S.-L.

O’LONHRO (Zoffany, Cardinal). 3 wins, $222,650. Tattersalls Club (NSW) Chelmsford S.-G2, STC Rabbitohs Gallop to 8000 Members H. (1500 m.), Madura Pure Assam Tea 3YO Plate (1250 m.). 2d AJC Warwick S.-G2.

RENAISSANCE (Canny Lad). 6 wins, $234,630. AJC Sapphire S.-G2, St Johns Park H., STC Freeway Hotel Artarmon H., 7 Steel Buildings Solutions H., Canterbury Park Event Centre H. 2d Hawkesbury RC Hawkesbury Crown-L.

TRIM (Night Shift). 3 wins, $336,450. STC Research S.-G3, VRC Red Roses S.-L, STC Autumn Racing H. 2d AJC Light Fingers S.-G2, BTC Champagne Classic-G2, Gold Coast TC Ken Russell Memorial Classic-L. 3d ATC Wenona Girl H.-L.

DEMERIT (Scenic). 2 wins, $259,650. MRC Caulfi eld Guineas Prelude-G3. 2d VRC Chatham S.-G3, MRC Sandown S.-G3, Blue Sapphire S.-L. 3d STC Canterbury S.-G2, ATC Canterbury S.-G2.

DEER VALLEY (Danehill). 5 wins, $249,825. AJC Silver Shadow S.-G3, Queen’s Park H., Coke Zero 2YO H. 2d BRC Dr. John Power H.-L. 3d STC Tea Rose S.-G2.

DISSOLVED (Grand Lodge). See above.PINWHEEL (Danehill). 8 wins, $539,700. STC Canterbury BMW Classic-L, Clarence River JC Ramornie H.-L, AJC

Orange Grove H., STC Hyland Race Colours H., Rosehill Gardens Event Centre H., MRC Jellis Craig Pink Ribbon Cup. 2d Tattersalls RC (QLD) W.J. Healy S.-G3, ATC Frederick Clissold S.-G3, AJC Show County Quality-L, STC Canterbury Classic-L.

BLACK MINX (Danehill). 5 wins, $335,140. QTC CE McDougall S.-L, Sir Douglas Wadley S.-L, BTC 2YO Plate.SAINTHOOD (Anabaa). 4 wins, $235,080. Canberra RC National Sprint-L, Murrumbidgee TC Wagga Wagga Gold

Cup-L, AJC Angle Park H.CELTS (Canny Lad). 2 wins, $159,100. City Tattersalls Club Brian Crowley S.-L, AJC Sadleir Plate. 2d ATC Fireball

Quality H.-L, Eskimo Prince S.-L. 3d STC Magic Night S.-G2.LAUNAY (Palace Music). 6 wins, $372,538. VRC Frances Tressady S.-L, Masterfoods Condiments Plate, TAB

Celebrating 50 Years H., MRC Redoute’s Choice H., Betfair H. 2d BRC Queensland Guineas-G2, Mornington RC Hareeba S.-L.

MINNESOTA SHARK (Flying Spur). 1 win, $174,405. MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S.-L. 3d MRC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3.

RACE RECORD

WON Moomba Plate-L (1100m) at Flemington (def. GW Rarefi ed) Sale Gippsland Plate (1206m) Sale $100k Inglis Trophy (1400m) def. dual SW Excuse My French

3RD MVRC Schweppervesence Plate (1200m)


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Octagonal

Shadea

Grand Lodge

Tambour

Zabeel

Eight Carat

Straight Strike

Concia

Chief’s Crown

La Papagena

Marauding

Voltage

BROODMARE SIRE

GRAND LODGEGroup One winner; 8 wins, Premio Emilio Turati-G1, Premio Chiusura-G2, Challenge S-G3, Horris Hill S.-G3.Sire of 765 winners (63 SWs) of $81.2 million inc. 12 G1 winners.Broodmare sire of 388 winners (24 SWs) of $32 million inc. WALL STREET, ZIPPING, JOSHUA TREE, TOORAK TOFF, STRATEGIC NEWS, LADY OF THE DESERT, XTENSION, MARCHING, GRACEFUL ANNA etc.

PEDIGREE

1st Dam YARRALUMLA, by Grand Lodge (USA). 1 win at 1600 m. in Australia. Half-sister to GRAND ARMEE. Dam of 3

foals, 1 raced, a winner-DISSOLVED (c by Lonhro). 3 wins inc. VRC Flemington Moomba Plate-L.

2nd DamTambour, by Marauding (NZ). 1 win at 1550 m. at 2 and $132,200. Won AJC IGA H. 2nd QTC Castlemaine

Classic-G1, MRC Norman Robinson S.-L, STC Rotary Community Service H. 4th VRC Wakeful S.-G2. Sister to DRUM. Three-quarter sister-in-blood to ABSOLUTE CHAMPION. Half-sister to ANAMATO, PORT WATCH. Dam of 6 named foals, 5 raced, 4 winners inc.-

GRAND ARMEE (g by Hennessy (USA)). 13 wins 1200 to 2000 m. and $5,328,065. Won AJC Doncaster H.-G1, AJC Queen Elizabeth S.-G1, AJC Queen Elizabeth S.-G1, VRC L.K.S. Mackinnon S.-G1, STC Ranvet - Rawson S.-G1, AJC George Main S.-G1, AJC Chipping Norton S.-G1, AJC Apollo S.-G2, STC Ajax Quality S.-G3. 2nd AJC Doncaster H.-G1, STC BMW - H.E. Tancred S.-G1, AJC Epsom H.-G1, MRC Caulfi eld S,-G1, STC George Ryder S.-G1, AJC George Main S.-G1.

3rd DamVoltage, by Whiskey Road (USA). 6 wins 1200 to 1600 m. and $100,420. Won MVRC BMW Australia S., SAJC

Mapperley Heights H., VRC Battle of Britain Welter, VATC Nepean H. 2nd VATC Tristarc S.-L, SAJC John D. Lee S.-L. 3rd SAJC Laelia S.-G3. Half-sister to ROANOKE BOY, Stalusk. Dam of 11 foals, 10 raced, 7 winners inc.-

ANAMATO (f by Redoute’s Choice). 4 wins 1500 to 2000 m. and $966,892. Won SAJC Australasian Oaks-G1, VRC A.V. Kewney S.-G2, MVRC Moonee Valley Oaks-G2, SAJC Sires’ Produce S.-G3. 2nd VRC Danehill S.-G3, MRC Tranquil Star S.-G3, AJC Fernhill H.-L. 3rd Hollywood Park American Oaks Invitational S.-G1, VRC Oaks-G1, MRC Caulfi eld S.-G1, VRC Wakeful S.-G2, VRC Bloodhorse Breeders S.-G3, MRC Kevin Hayes S.-L. 4th MVRC JRA Cup-L.

DRUM (g by Marauding (NZ)). 6 wins 1100 to 1350 m. and $315,100. Won MRC Oakleigh P.-G1, BATC Doomben Slipper-L, VRC Scusa Mi Ristorante S.-L. 2nd Tattersalls RC (QLD) Mercedes-Benz S.-L. 3rd QTC QTC Sires’ Produce S.-G1, VRC W.J.T. Clarke S.-L. 4th VATC Mercedes S.-L.

PORT WATCH (g by Star Watch). 10 wins 1000 to 1600 m. and $254,325. Won VATC J.D. Macdonald S.-L, VATC Tralee H. 2nd VATC Caulfi eld Guineas-G1, SAJC Spring S.-G3, SAJC W.H. Wylie H.-L. 3rd SAJC Durbridge S.-L. 4th VRC Royal Hong Kong J.C. Plate-G3.

Tambour (f by Marauding (NZ)). Winner. See above.ELDARIN. 3 wins 1100 to 1300 m. Won MRC Molly’s Robe H. Dam of 2 winners inc.--

MEARAS (c by Redoute’s Choice). 2 wins at 1400, 1600 m. and $154,875. Won Newcastle JC Spring S.-G3, Tattersalls Club (NSW) Ming Dynasty Quality-L. 3rd AJC Royal Sovereign S.-G2.

Volte. Dam of 6 winners inc.-DEALER PRINCIPAL (c by Flying Spur). 4 wins 1300 to 2000 m. and $584,825. Won STC Rosehill

Guineas-G1. 2nd STC Hill S.-G2. 4th AJC Australian Derby-G1.Resistor (c by Danehill (USA)). 4 wins 1200 to 1300 m. and $198,530. Won STC Harvey Norman H. 2nd AJC

Show County Quality-L. 3rd STC Skyline S.-G3.VOLTDANZE. 1 win at 1600 m. in Australia. 3rd AJC Zephyr Bay H. Dam of-

So Detached (f by One Cool Cat (USA)). 2 wins at 1200, 1400 m. Won AJC Warwick Farm 100 Club H.,. 3rd AJC Gimcrack S.-L, AJC Widden S.-L.


DIS

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The speedy DISSOLVED (Lonhro-Yarralumla by Grand Lodge [USA]) won three of his fi rst fi ve

starts, including the rich Inglis Trophy Race (1400m) and the Listed VRC Moomba Plate (1100m),

earning ‘fi rst three’ prize money at his fi rst six starts of a nine-start career for Team Hawkes.

This talented sprinter is among more than 200 winners (25 stakes winners) by his sire, who is a

son of Octagonal, by Zabeel, by Sir Tristram. Dissolved hails from the famous ‘Belle’ family, his

dam is a half-sister to Group One winner Grand Armee and his second dam, Group One runner up

Tambour, is a sister to Oakleigh Plate-G1 winner Drum, by Golden Slipper-G1 winner Marauding.

Dissolved’s six-generation pedigree shows 4m x 4m inbreeding to Sir Tristram (via Zabeel

and Marauding), plus line breeding to his grandsire Sir Gaylord and to Sir Gaylord’s dam

Somethingroyal (also via her son Secretariat). There is also line breeding to Bold Ruler,

to Northern Dancer and to Hermes via two closely bred daughters My Tricia (grandam by

Summertime) and Dame Belle (dam by Summertime), who appear 4 x 5 in this pedigree.

Lonhro has reacted well with further returns of Sir Ivor (as should Dissolved) and to Star

Kingdom-line sires, especially Biscay (dam sire of Marauding) and his sons Bletchingly (dam by

Relic) and Marscay, as well as to other Star Kingdom branches, such as Kaoru Star. Daughters

of Bletchingly’s son Canny Lad (dam by Lunchtime) have provided at least six Lohnro stakes

winners, while Bletchingly’s son Star Watch is the sire of a good winner in Dissolved’s family.

Lonhro has also shown a great affi nity with Danehill and the cross is a potent one and worth

pursuing with Dissolved.

Whiskey Road (Nijinsky), sire of Dissolved’s third dam Voltage, is from the same family as

Danehill’s damsire His Majesty and several good winners by Danehill and his sons have Whiskey

Road on their dam’s side, not the least being Group One winner Anamato, a daughter of

Redoute’s Choice and Voltage. This provides another reason to choose daughters of Redoute’s

Choice (by Danehill, dam by Canny Lad, next dam by Nijinsky, next dam by Sir Ivor) and his sons

to put to Dissolved. Choisir (by Danehill Dancer, dam by Lunchtime, second dam by Biscay)

daughters should also suit Dissolved.

Danehill-line mares will provide a double of speed infl uence Danzig, as Dissolved’s dam is by

Grand Lodge, a grandson of Danzig, via Chief’s Crown (dam by Secretariat). Lohnro also has a

good winner out of a mare by Anabaa (Danzig) so his daughters, and those of other Danzing-line

sires, such as the Chief’s Crown son Beautiful Crown, are others to consider.

Lohnro has several stakes winners out of mares by Night Shift (Northern Dancer), a former

shuttler, who should also work with Dissolved (as should his son Align). Night Shift is a brother to

outstanding broodmare Fanfreluche, and her descendants include Flying Spur (by Danehill from

a mare by Mr. Prospector, second dam by Sir Ivor), damsire already of a Lohnro stakes winner and

also the sire of Dealer Principal, a Group One winner in Dissolved’s immediate family, and Encosta

de Lago, the latter by Fairy King (Northern Dancer), a brother to Sadler’s Wells and three-quarter

brother to Nureyev (dam sire of Zabeel), all descendants of Special (by Forli). Inbreeding to

Special has provided Lohnro’s Group winner Demerit (dam by Scenic, by Sadler’s Wells). Lonhro

also has a son of Forli in his pedigree as his second dam Concia is by First Consul, by Forli.

Lonhro’s dam Shadea is by Straight Strike, a son of Mr. Prospector and from a mare by Never

Bend (ex Lalun). Never Bend’s half-brother Bold Reason is the sire of Fairy Bridge, dam of Sadler’s

Wells, Fairy King and Perugino (by Danzig). Perugino mares and those by his son Testa Rossa

(dam by Sir Dapper) and others featuring Fairy Bridge will give a double of Lalun. Bold Reason is

also the sire of Sound Reason (broodmare sire of St Covet and Nadeem).

Dissolved’s dam is a half-sister to outstanding performer Grand Armee, by Hennessy, a son of

Storm Cat (dam by Secretariat). Daughters of Hennessy and his sons Johannesburg and Half

Hennessy or by Storm Cat sons such as Tale of the Cat (out of a mare by Mr. Prospector) look

suitable. Storm Cat’s sire Storm Bird is similarly bred to Nijinsky (whose son Royal Academy is

from Storm Cat’s family), sire of Whiskey Road, and to Palace Music. Daughters of Bluebird

(Storm Bird/dam by Sir Ivor) should work here, while daughters of Mr. Prospector sons such as

Fusaichi Pegasus (dam by Danzig), Bellotto and Hussonet are also worth considering.

Lonhro’s sire Octagonal is from the superb broodmare Eight Carat (GB) (by Relic son Pieces of

Eight), who traces to Mumtaz Mahal. Inbreeding to Eight Carat is fairly easy to achieve, but a

better tactic could be to use daughters of sires such as Telesto (NZ), Eire, Kreisler, Lacryma

Cristi, Mossman, Centre Stalls or Savoire Vivre, who also hail from branches of this family.

- DAVID BAY



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Rearing Division

A 900 acre thoroughbred nursery in the heart of Victoria’s North East,

ELIZA PARK NAGAMBIE is surrounded by 8 kilometres of Goulburn

River frontage and is just 90 minutes from Melbourne. Boasting

tremendous infrastructure, the property is used to raise and grow out

foals on its fertile pastures.

NAGAMBIE MANAGER

Kim Holley0427 852 683

[email protected]

Kim Holley Dale Alderton Helen Branigan Mark Spencer Lewis Martin Jeff Guilfoyle Merrick Guryca Maintenance Manager 181www.elizapark.com.au


ELIZA PARK SMITHFIELD

Sales Preparation

A dedicated sales preparation

property encompassing 155

acres with purpose built facilities

– designed from the ground up –

ELIZA PARK SMITHFIELD is ‘just

across the river’ from Eliza Park

Nagambie and currently prepares

yearlings and weanlings for major

sales throughout Australasia.


SMITHFIELD MANAGER

Frank Oliver0477 214 814

[email protected]

Wendy Dunne Frank Oliver Louise Gliesberg Jacqui Orr Aisling Carrol Kristie Brown Jenny Saunders Yearling Manager


ELIZA PARK NORTHWOODFoaling & Walk In Division

FOALING MANAGER

Jessica Birnie


Formerly Wadham Park, this boutique property was acquired

in 2011 and will be used to foal down the 250 plus mares

entrusted to our care annually. ELIZA PARK NORTHWOOD

is also open to all clients as a ‘walk in farm’ for their mares –

transported by the Eliza Park fl eet – to all major stud farms.


Bute - Oral - BTZ Oral Anti Infl ammatory

Caslick Opened Caslick opened pre foaling and service

Caslick Operation Suturing together the lips of the vulva to prevent aspiration of air and therefore reduce the amount of infection and infl ammation in the urogenital tract

Check PD - In Foal Pre-Season Pregnancy Test - In Foal

Check PD - Not in Foal Pre-Season Pregnancy Test - Not in Foal

Chorulon 1500IU Ovulation agent to ensure reproductice effi ciency

Domperidone Hormone used to assist mares with lactaion anestrous or mares with insuffi cient milk production

Doxycycline Oral Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic

Duvaxyn EHV 1, 4 Vaccinate against Equine Herpes Virus given at months 5, 7 and 9 of gestation and to reduce incidence of contagious viral abortion

Exenel Powder & Accent Broad spectrum antibiotic to treat bacterial infection

Finadyne Injection Injectable anti infl ammatory and analgesic

Flush - 1/40/4 Intrauterine Flush (including Hartmans, Oxytocin & Antibiotics)

Flush - In/Out + 1/40/4- Neopen /Gent treat Intrauterine Flush (including Hartmans, Gentam & Antibiotics)

Flush - In/Out 1 Uterine Flush - Hartmans

Flush - Neopen Intrauterine Flush - Neomycin Penicillin

Flush - Pen/Gent Intrauterine Flush - Gentamicin & Bomacillin

Flush - Post Foaling Intrauterine Flush (including Hartmans, Oxytocin & Antibiotics)

Foal Plus - Tuff Rock Oral Anti-scouring Treatment

Gastroshield Oral paste which reduces the production of acid by the stomach, and is used for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers

Gelding Operation Castration

Gentamycin 100 Injectable antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections

Hartmans 1 Litre Sterile solution used to replace fl uids or mineral salts in the body

IgG - Stud Performed Blood test performed on the foal at 24 hours after birth to determine the level of antibodies

Imaverol Wash Skin wash to treat bacterial skin infections including ringworm

Insurance Cert Examine & Supply Health Certifi cate for Insurance Purposes

Intrasite Gel Gel applied to a wound to promote fast reduction of dead tissue

Lab - FBE - Full Blood Exam inc Fib Full Blood test including fi brinogen

Lab - MC&S - Culture & Sensitivity Growth of bacteria to determine course of treatment

Monthly invoices are part and parcel of racehorse ownership.Most of the time, the items listed for your pride and joy’s stay at the equine hotel are simple and straight forward, but as is the nature of the beast, there will be charges from the mini bar.Some of those expenses are self explanatory … for instance, Mare Served, Penicillin, Sales X-Rays, Weaning Fee, Tetanus Vaccination are common enough terms. No four years of medical school required for those.But what about some of the others that show up on your bill … Chorulon, Domperidone, Estrumate, Finadyne, Getamycin, IgG, Metronidazole, Oxytocin, Regumate, Sedazine, Tricin and a personal favourite, Xylazil.For a lot of us, it may as well be Sanskrit.however, to ensure that each of us is better informed as just what those charges are on the invoice, we’ll attempt to explain what some of those billable items actually mean.

PROCEDURE DESCRIPTION

WHAT’S THAT BILL?

PROCEDURE DESCRIPTION

Lab - Swab - Breeding Season Psueomonas Swabs taken from the clitoris and uterus to test for bacteria which may be passed to the stallion during mating& Klebsella

Lab - VRTZ - Equine Race Profi le Blood profi le for horse in racing

Lasonil Ointment Topically used ointment to reduce bruising and infl ammation

Mare Foaled Foaling Fee - Including Foal IgG test & Enema

Mare Ovulated Examine and Ultrasound Scan for Ovulation

Mare PG’ed Inject Hormone To Induce Oestrus

Mare Return - $125 Lodge Mare Return

Mare Served Mare covered by stallion

Mare Slipped Mare aborted foetus before term

Metronidazole Paste Oral antibiotic Paste

Microchip/DNA DNA Hair Sampling and Microchipping for registration of foal with the Australian Stud Book

Monthly Treat 5 Day Course of Bute and Trimidine Paste to reduce uterine infl ammation and infection associated with pregnancy loss

Nerve Block Injection of local anaesthetic onto nerves used to diagnose the source of pain

Ovuplant Injectable hormone for controlling ovulation, used to ensure the mare is covered at the optimum time before ovulation

Oxytetracycline (Tetravet) Broad-Spectrum Injectable Antibiotic, sometimes used for correcting fl exural deformities in newborn foals such as contracted tendons

Oxytocin A hormone which, when injected causes contraction of smooth muscle. Used to encourage expulsion of the placenta post foaling, or uterine fl uid post breeding

Penicillin Injectable antibiotic

Pentosan Equine Injectable anti-infl ammatory used to eliminate joint pain and stimulate joint repair and maintenance, for increased performance

Peptosyl Oral anti-scouring treatment

Pregnancy Test Positive Mare has scanned in foal at 45 day pregnancy scan

Pre-Sales Breeding cert Certifi cate from a vet to show that a mare who is not pregnant when she goes to a sale, is reproductively normal and fi t to be bred

Pre-Sales Pregnancy Exam Certifi cate from a vet to show that a mare going to a sale is pregnant

Protexin Powder Oral Probiotic powder, used particularly in foals

Receptol - Not Cycling Hormone injection to stimulate oestrous in mares with poor cycling record

Regumate - Maintain Preg Oral progesterone given to suppress oestrous

Sale X-Rays Pre Sale X-Rays & Report

Salmonella Vaccination Vaccinate against Salmonella infection

Scan 1 Negative Mare has scanned not in foal at 16 day pregnancy scan

Scan 1 Positive Mare has scanned in foal at 16 day pregnancy scan

Scan 2 Negative Mare has scanned not in foal at 28 day pregnancy scan

Scan 2 Positive Mare has scanned in foal at 28 day pregnancy scan

Scope Examination of the respiratory tract using a long thin tube-like camera

Sedazine Paste Mild Oral Sedative Paste which also acts as an analgesic and muscle relaxant

Sedivet Injectable Sedative

Spasmogesic Injectable Spasmogesic to treat colic

Strangles Vaccination Vaccinate against Strangles (Streptococcus equi bacteria)

Stud Season Vet Contract Contract agreed on to suit individual requirements ie., A, B or C

Surgery - Hernia Surgical Repair of the protrusion of organs such as the intestine through the abdominal wall in foals

Surgery - Strip 1 Leg Minor surgical procedure involving lifting the periosteum (membrane covering the bone) away from the bone on the concave side of the leg to correct angular limb deformity

Surgery - Strip 2 Joints As above involving two joints

Swab - Nasal Swab taken from the nasal passage to test for a variety of bacterial and viral agents

Tetanus Anti-Toxin Injectable toxoid that acts immediately to provide immediate but short term (up to 3 weeks) protection from Tetanus

Tetanus Vaccination Vaccination that provides long term protection from Tetanus (boosters are given yearly)

Tetanus/Strangles 2 in 1 2 in 1 Vaccination which gives protection against Tetanus and control of Strangles

Tricin Eye & Ear Antibiotic and lubricating eye ointment

Trimidine Paste (TMS) Oral antibiotic Paste

Tubed - Colostrum (Vet) Colostrum given to a foal via a stomach tube when foal will not nurse from the mare after birth

TWINS ablated Termination of one twin manually by veterinary procedure

Ulcerguard Oral solution which reduces the production of acid by the stomach, and is used for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers

Ultrasound Therapy Non-invasive therapy using sound waves to promote healing of joints and soft tissue

Weaning Fee Separation of the foal and its dam, usually done at around 4-6 months of age

Xylazil Injectable sedative

Yellow Lotion Lotion applied to wounds to prevent proud fl esh, and promote a dry surface and resistance to infection

Yoghurt Used as a probiotic, primarily alongside anti-scouring treatments in young foals



ELIZA PARK SALES DIVISION

The ELIZA PARK SALES DIVISION is conscious of its responsibility to clients and will

always endeavour to maximise returns in that most competitive of cauldrons – the sale ring.

Our ‘prep’ doesn’t start 8 or 10 weeks out from a sale: for many of our clients it commences

with stallion selection, a foal’s safe arrival, weaning and closely supervised rearing.

To underline its commitment to establishing the pre-eminent sales facility in Victoria, Eliza

Park has developed a purpose built preparation complex at Nagambie - Smithfi eld Farm -

with 70 roomy, rubber lined boxes, horse walkers, a lunging ring, lush paddocks and safe

fencing throughout.

Staffed by highly experienced professionals, sale horses are constantly inspected to

ascertain the progress of each individual.

Aside from offering the most competitive rates, Eliza Park regularly videos each horse to

monitor progress and, nearing sale time, undertakes extensive marketing of drafts through

traditional media and the internet.

In 2011, Eliza Park consigned yearlings were sold on the Gold Coast, in New Zealand, Sydney,

Adelaide, Launceston and, of course, in Melbourne where Eliza Park was leading vendor by

aggregate.

Visit www.elizapark.com.au to download a special 12 page brochure, detailing Eliza Park’s

Sales Division.


✓ Topped Inglis Sydney Classic with MAGNUS filly ($170,000)

✓ Sold highest priced SHINZIG ($160,000 at Melbourne Premier)

✓ Sold highest priced BEL ESPRIT ($175,000 at Melbourne Premier)

✓ Sold highest priced MAGNUS colt ($120,000 at Gold Coast Magic Millions)

✓ Sold up to $300,000 at New Zealand Premier

✓ Exceeded overall sales averages in Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand

In 2011, Eliza Park’s Sales Division was again at the forefront:

The Magnus x Coconut Mamma filly topped the Inglis Sydney

Classic when knocked down for $170,000

A hugely popular yearling, the Shinzig x Chlorophyll colt was

eventually sold for $160,000.


ELIZA PARKRACING DIVISION

2011 stakes winner CITY OF SONG - broken in and pre-trained at Eliza Park

From the breaking barn to the stallion barn! Flemington stakes winner DISSOLVED was educated at Eliza Park and has now joined its stallion ranks Stirling Anthony Dan

Eliza Park’s Racing Division is based at Kerrie and supervised by Group One winning trainer, Sue Ellis, who manages all aspects of a versatile and popular pre-training and breaking in facility.

Sue’s foreperson, Anna Doherty, is a registered trainer and a highly accomplished horseperson in her own right, monitoring the progress of pre-trainers, spellers and our own racehorses.

Eliza Park also offers the all-so-vital breaking in facility, educating 100 young horses annually, under the watchful eye of an experienced team of breakers.

With access to a 1600m sand track, a newly constructed 1400m ‘hill’ track, educational racing barriers, walking machine, covered roundyard and roomy boxes, horses under Eliza Park’s care thrive in the rural surrounds: the ideal leadup to the hustle and bustle of stable life … yet only a short trip from the CBD and Melbourne’s international airport.

With a constant stream of stakes and city horses ‘graduating’ from our training tracks, the Racing Division is widely supported by Australia’s leading trainers. Eliza Park also has close ties with trainers and owners in South East Asia, an association developed in part, through the success of horses we have prepared for Horses In Training sales.

RACING DIVISION GENERAL MANAGER

Sue Ellis0407 517 324

[email protected]

Anna DohertyRacing Division Foreperson

Andri Rhiannon Anna Aftab Paul Rahul


ELIZA PARK ASIA


With over 70 horses racing throughout Asia, the Eliza Park brand name is becoming

increasingly familiar to a massive - and rapidly growing - audience.

Eliza Park has been proactive in widening its international network and maximising

opportunities for clients, the results of which have been born out by the number of

now Asian-raced horses that were presented at yearling sales or horses in training

that were broken in or pre-trained by our Racing Division.

Realising the importance of fostering these close relationships, Eliza Park maintains

a constant presence in South East Asia with direct contact to trainers and owners.

This provides Eliza Park and our clients with an ideal opportunity to promote

stallions, yearlings and tried horses to a highly enthusiastic and rapidly expanding

market: all receptive to quality bloodstock from a proven and trusted source.


CHINA

Eliza Park stallions are proven performers in South East Asia with Bel Esprit,

Statue of Liberty and God’s Own producing winners in hong kong, Malaysia,

Singapore and Macau.

Racing is about to recommence in China with weekly races to be held in Wuhan

... the fi rst of many new racecourses poised to open.

HONG KONG

Sold as a yearling by Eliza Park for $200,000, Blue Sky (by BEL ESPRIT) has

now won 4 races in HONG KONG.

MACAU

Multiple Group winner Golden Star is testimony to STATUE OF LIBERTY’s

ability to produce Group One winners on both sides of the equator.

Blue Sky

Golden Star

SINGAPORE

Bred by the Fleming family, ROCkET MAN is Singapore’s greatest living treasure,

capturing both the hearts of minds of local racegoers and - in March - took out

Golden Shaheen-G1 in Dubai (he has now won 16 of 20 starts with 4 seconds).Rocket Man

Wuhan


LEE FLEMING

Proprietor

CAMERON CROUCHER

CEO0417 293 747

cameron@fl eminggroup.com.au

SUE ELLIS

General Manager Racing0407 517 324

[email protected]

DAVID SOMERS

General Manager Operations0428 440 330

[email protected]

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ELIZA PARKNARDOO

ELIZA PARK NAGAMBIE

110 Day Road, Murchison VIC 3610m: 0427 852 683 (kIm holley)e: [email protected]


ELIZA PARKNAGAMBIE

ELIZA PARKNAGAMBIE

Morrisse

y Lane

Goulbu

rn Valle

y Hwy

Mornin

gside R

d

Pepper

corn R

d

Wahring/Euroa Rd

MORNIND

SIDE

PASTOR

AL

Goulburn ParkMoss Road

To Shep

perton

Old Goulburn Valley Hwy

To Seymour / Melbourne

To Rushworth

NAGAMBIE

MURCHISON

Goulbur

n Valley

Hwy

Goulbur

n Valley

Hwy

Goulburn Valley Hwy

Vickers Road

To Tatura

Day Road

Car RouteTruck Route(Over 14 tonne)

ELIZA PARK SMITHFIELD

87 Morrissey Lane, Goulburn Weir VIC 3608m: 0477 214 814 (Frank Oliver)e: [email protected]


ELIZA PARKKERRIE

ELIZA PARKSMITHFIELDELIZA PARKSMITHFIELD

Morrisse

y Lane

Goulbu

rn Valle

y Hwy

Mornin

gside R

d

Pepper

corn R

d

Wahring/Euroa Rd

MORNIND

SIDE

PASTOR

AL

Goulburn ParkMoss Road

To Nagambie

To Shep

perton

To Murchison

Old Goulburn Valley Hwy

ELIZA PARK NORTHWOOD

Northwood Road, Seymour VIC 3660


ELIZA PARKKERRIE

ELIZA PARKNORTHWOODELIZA PARK

NORTHWOOD

Goulbu

rn Valle

y Hwy

Hume F

reeway

Seymour-Tooborac Road

Northw

ood Ro

ad

Goulbur

n Valle

y Hwy

SEYMOUR

Hume F

reeway North

wood Ro

ad

NORTHWOOD

Goulburn Valley Hwy

Anzac Avenue



Mt Eliza Road Kerrie VIC 3434

P: 03 5428 5168 F: 03 5428 5295

E: [email protected]

eliza park 2011 brochure

Documents

eliza park stallion

eliza park nagambie180

eliza park kerrie178

eliza park northwood184

eliza park racing division190

eliza park smithfi eld182

eliza park sales division188

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