In just a few short years, many of Australasia's
recent stallion recruits have had their first crops grace the racetracks and
the results seen so far have made a big impression. Buyers will have the
opportunity to secure their next juveniles at NZB's Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Oldswith bloodstock available by hot sires who have had a string of early success.
Cambridge Stud's Burgundy (NZ)
(Redoute's Choice), a three-quarter brother to successful sire Darci Brahma,
was a five-time stakes winner and Group One performer. The Leading New Zealand
Second Season Sire in 2017-18 is also the sire of Group One New Zealand One
Thousand Guineas runner-up and NZB Filly of the Year Dijon
Bleu , Group Two Hawke's Bay Guineas winner Hard Merchandise and Singaporean
Listed Golden Horseshoe placegetter Bringer of War.
Burgundy will have seven lots at auction in November including a half-brother
to Group One Victoria Derby and Spring Champion Stakes placegetter Sully (Lot 91)
and a half-brother to current stakes winner Won Won Too (NZ) (Lot 400).
A six-time Group
One-winning son of High Chaparral, Dundeel (NZ)
(High Chaparral) was a Champion 3YO in New Zealand. The Arrowfield Stud
resident was voted Horse of the Year in New Zealand in 2013-14 and Champion
Middle Distance Male that same year in Australia. He has sired Group Three
winner Irukandji and current Group Two Stan Fox Stakes performer Dealmaker from
his first crop.
Dundeel will be represented at the Sale by three juveniles with Lot 115 , a colt from
the family of American Champion 3YO Afleet Alex ; Lot 378 , a direct descendant
from New Zealand Filly of the Year Tri Belle; and Lot 430 , a colt out
of a half-sister to stakes winner Cathay Lady.
Waikato Stud's Ocean Park (NZ)
(Thorn Park) was the New Zealand Horse of the Year in 2012-13 winning four
consecutive Group One races. He is the sire of seven stakes performers from his
first two crops including black-type winner Ocean Jewel, Group One New Zealand
Derby runner-up Mongolianconqueror, Group One Queensland Oaks runner-up Another
Dollar and Group Two Queensland Guineas runner-up Seaway.
The producer of classic types will have 24 two-year-olds catalogued in the Sale
with highlight lots such as a half-brother to three stakes winners including
Group One Cantala Stakes winner Shillelagh (Lot 307 ), and a colt
out of a half-sister to three Group winners (Lot 381 ).
A son of Lonhro, Pierro's (AUS)
outstanding race career saw him retire to Coolmore Stud with 11 victories, five
at Group One. The Champion 2YO in Australia was the Leading Australian First
and Second Season Sire and has sired 14 stakes performers from three crops
including Group One Australian Derby winner Levendi and Group
One VRC Oaks winner Pinot .
The sire of current Group Two Missile Stakes winner Pierata will be represented
by three lots at the upcoming Sale with highlight lots such as a filly out of
Group Two Wakeful Stakes winner Rocha (Lot 218 ), a colt out
of a half-sister to four stakes winners including dual Australian Group One
winner Sea Siren (Lot 219 ) and a colt
from the same family as Hong Kong Horse of the Year Vengeance of Rain (Lot 351 ).
Westbury Stud's Group One-winning son of the successful sire High
Chaparral, Redwood (GB),
was a Group Three winner in England and Group One winner in America while
placing in a further seven Group races. In a recent string of performers, he
sired a quinella in the Group Three Naturalism Stakes with Night's Watch
leading home Rising Red who also placed second in the Group One New Zealand
Derby.
With three crops of racing age, Redwood will have 15 lots at the two-year-old Sale
including Lot 118 who is
out of a half-sister to stakes winner and Group One Queen of the Turf Stakes
placegetter Illuminates, and Lot 382 who is
a half-brother to Group One winner and Hong Kong stakes performer Dukedom .
A Group One winner in both
hemispheres, Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB)
(Dalakhani) has stamped his progeny with 14 stakes performers in both
hemispheres from just two racing crops including Flemington stakes winner Main
Stage, Group One Victoria Derby and Spring Champion Stakes placegetter Sully,
dual Group One runner-up Belle du Nord and current Group Three Northland
Breeder's Stakes placegetter Reeverderci.
Reliable Man will have 13 lots at auction in November with highlights such as
the first foal out of Group Two winner and multiple Group One-placed mare
Postmans Daughter (Lot 196 ) and a
half-brother to Group Three-placed Omineca (Lot 253 ).
A Group One-winning son of champion sire O'Reilly, the Windsor Park Stud Shamexpress (NZ)
was the Leading New Zealand First Season Sire in 2017-18. Results on the
racetrack has seen the stakes-placed Cyber Attack step up to claim his first
win at black-type in the El Roca Trophy, while London Express is a stakes
winner and Qiji Express a stakes placegetter.
Shamexpress will be represented at the Sale by 16 juveniles including Lot 80 who is
out of a half-sister to Group One winner The Party Sand and Lot 324 who is out of
a sister to Group Two winner Te Akau Rose.
Another star Coolmore Stud sire, kiwi-bred So You Think (NZ)
(High Chaparral) was a winner of 10 Group One's in both hemispheres including
the Cox Plate twice and the Mackinnon Stakes. The Champion 3YO Colt in
Australia has had three crops in both hemispheres for 30 stakes performers. His
Group One-winning progeny includes New Zealand One Thousand Guineas
winner La Bella Diosa , SAJC Schweppes Oaks winner Sopressa ,
Rosehill Guineas winner and current Group One performer D'Argento ,
and Randwick Guineas winner Inference .
So You Think will have two colts at auction in November with a direct
descendant from Group One-winning filly and Australian Oaks placegetter Isolda
(Lot 129 ) and a colt
who is out of a half-sister to two Group winners (Lot 264 ).
The dual Group One winner and son of Northern Meteor, Zoustar (AUS),
joined the stallion roster of Widden Stud a six-time winner including four at
Group level. He was the Leading Australian First Season Sire in 2017-18 and has
sired seven stakes performers from his first crop including current Group One
Golden Rose Stakes runner-up Zousain, Group Two Run to the Rose winner Lean
Mean Machine and Group Three Quezette Stakes winner Sunlight.
Zoustar will have a colt who is out of a half-sister to four-time Group One
winner Volkstok'n'barrell (Lot 372 ).
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