One of the biggest selling points at the NZB Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds is the sire power of 110 varied stallion profiles, each offering unique value.
Amongst this selection are internationally renowned Group One producers whose
high profiles offer buyers the opportunity to capitalise on their sought after
progeny.
Fourteen years have passed
since Darci Brahma (NZ)
(Danehill) himself went through the sale ring, topping the 2004 Premier Sale
with a price tag of $1.1 million. Retired to The Oaks Stud in 2007, he has been
named the Champion Sire in Singapore five times including the last three years
in succession. Also the Leading New Zealand Sire of 3YOs in 2015-16, Darci
Brahma has sired eight Group One winners in New Zealand, Hong Kong and
Australia in the last five seasons. In total, he sired 34 individual stakes
winners in those five seasons with a 9% stakes winners to winners ratio.
The sire of current Group One HKJC Centenary Sprint Cup winner D B Pin ,
who was purchased at the 2014 Premier Sale for $200,000, Darci Brahma will have
seven two-year-olds at the Sale including a half-brother to Group Three winner
Zilong (Lot 244 ) and a colt
who is a brother to four winners including two stakes performers (Lot 313 ).
With foal crops in both northern and southern hemispheres, Exceed and Excel (AUS) (Danehill) commenced stud duties in Australia at Darley Stud in 2004 and
shuttled to Great Britain and Ireland. He was crowned the Champion Australian
Sire and Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2012-13 while topping the 2YO sires table
again in 2014-15. His Group One-winning son Mr Stunning , who sold
through the 2014 Premier Sale for $250,000, bolstered his statistics in Hong
Kong last season to place him at the top of the Hong Kong Leading Sires table.
In the last five seasons he has sired eight Group One winners in both
hemispheres and a total of 100 stakes winners for an 11% strike rate of stakes
winners to winners.
Exceed and Excel will have two juveniles at the upcoming Sale with a
half-brother to Group Three performer Strength (Lot 68 ) and a colt
out of stakes-winning mare Secret Liaison whose two foals to race are winners (Lot 238 ).
Coolmore Stud's son of Danehill, Fastnet Rock (AUS),
has become a versatile star of both hemispheres having retired to stud in 2005
and shuttled to Ireland in 2010. He has won a multitude of sire awards from
Champion Sire in Australia and Hong Kong to Leading Sire of 2YOs in New Zealand
and 3YOs in Australia. Fastnet Rock has sired 27 Group One winners in both
hemispheres and 112 stakes winners in the last five seasons with a 12% stakes
winners to winners ratio.
The sire of New Zealand Champion 2YO Avantage, and $210,000 Premier Sale
graduate, Fastnet Rock will be represented by two colts in November with a
direct descendant from Group One Queensland Oaks winner Zagalia (Lot 89 ) and a
half-brother to dual southern Listed Guineas winner Excelleration (Lot 342 ).
A proven sire of quality sprinter-milers, Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Iffraaj (GB)
(Zafonic) commenced stud duties in Ireland in 2007. He first came to New
Zealand in 2008 and has left eight Group One winners in both hemispheres in the
last five seasons. A total of 55 stakes winners have been produced in that same
time for a 9% strike rate of stakes winners to winners. His progeny performance
secured him the Leading New Zealand Sire of 2YOs title in 2015-16 and 3YOs
title in 2014-16 and 2016-17.
Iffraaj sired his first Derby winner when $42,500 Ready to Run Sale graduate Gingernuts scored a brilliant win in the Group One New Zealand Derby, which he followed
with a victory in the Group One Rosehill Guineas. He will have eight
two-year-olds catalogued in the Sale including a colt out of a half-sister to
Vegas Showgirl (Lot 176 ), the dam of
world champion Winx , and a brother to Group Two Wellington Guineas
performer Star O'Fraaj (Lot 270 ).
The penultimate New Zealand-conceived crops of former Westbury Stud shuttler Makfi (GB)
(Dubawi) will be on offer at the Ready to Run Sale with 10 lots going through
the ring. Joining the stallion roster in New Zealand and Great Britain in 2011,
and now standing in Japan, Makfi has sired four Group One winners and 25 stakes
winners in New Zealand, Australia and Europe for a 9% stakes winners to winners
ratio.
He is the sire of New Zealand Horse of the Year and Champion Middle Distance
horse Bonneval who was purchased at the 2015 Premier Sale for $150,000.
Her Group One victories include the New Zealand and Australian Oaks as well as
the Underwood Stakes. Makfi's highlight lots at the Sale include a son of dual
Group One winner Lotteria (Lot 109 ) and a
brother to Group One Australian Oaks winner Sofia Rosa (Lot 383 ).
Waikato Stud's late sire Pins (AUS) (Snippets)
was twice honoured the Centaine Award and he was also Champion Sire in Hong
Kong twice. He produced dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ambitious Dragon and dual Champion Sprinter Aerovelocity , both graduates of the Karaka
sale ring. Pins will be represented at the Sale in November by 13 two-year-olds
including a filly out of a sister to Champion Miler in Hong Kong Beauty
Flash (Lot 142 ) and a colt
from the family of Hong Kong and Singaporean Group One winner Aerovelocity (Lot 258 ).
A son of immortal sire Galileo, European Champion 3YO Miler Rip Van Winkle (IRE)
commenced stud duties in Ireland in 2011 and shuttled to Windsor Park Stud that
same year. Now a permanent resident of the Cambridge-based nursery, he has
sired a Group One winner in the north and a total of 23 stakes winners in both
hemispheres from his last four seasons of runners. His stakes winners to
winners ratio sits at 8%.
Rip Van Winkle is the sire of a string of recent performers including Ready to
Run Sale graduates Te Akau Shark, winner of the Group Three Spring Sprint, and
Kingsguard, runner-up in the Group Two Shannon Stakes. He will have a draft of
six lots at the Sale including a three-quarter brother to Te Akau Shark (Lot 45 ) and a
half-brother to five winners from the family of New Zealand Champion 3YO and
Stayer Silent Achiever (Lot 420 ).
Another outstanding Waikato Stud resident, Champion Sire Savabeel (AUS)
(Zabeel) claimed his fourth straight New Zealand Sires Premiership with a
continuous run of Group performers stepping out each year. Also the winner of
the Dewar Award and Centaine Award for the third time, Savabeel has sired 15
Group One winners in the last five seasons including current Group One Livamol
Classic winner, Champion 3YO and Karaka graduate Savvy Coup . In total,
61 individual stakes winners in that same time bolstered the sire's 14% stakes
winners to winners strike rate.
The sire of Champion Sprinter-Miler in New Zealand Kawi will have 18
two-year-olds set to go through the auction ring including a brother to three
stakes winners, including Group One Queensland Derby winner Brambles (Lot 199 ), and a
brother to dual Group One winner Costume and stakes performer Masque (Lot 432 ).
A Champion 2YO Colt in Australia, Sebring (AUS)
(More Than Ready) commenced breeding duties at Widden Stud in 2009. He was
third on the Australian Sires List in 2014-15 and has sired four Group One
winners in the last five seasons including five-time Group One winners Dissident and Criterion (NZ) who have both since retired to stud. With 74
individual stakes winners in the same time, Sebring has a 17% stakes winners to
winners ratio.
He will have four juveniles at the upcoming Sale including a colt out of Group
Two-placed Lady Krovanh (Lot 87 ) and a colt out
of winning Encosta de Lago mare Solar Rock from the family of Champion 3YO Colt
and Sprinter Fastnet Rock (Lot 260 ).
Haunui Farm's former shuttle sire Showcasing (GB)
(Oasis Dream) first came down from Great Britain in 2011 and made a quick
impression topping the Leading New Zealand First Season Sire table in 2014-15.
That same season he was named the Leading New Zealand Sire of 2YOs and 29 of
his progeny have since gone on to win at stakes level. With a 10% stakes
winners to winners ratio, Showcasing has two Group One winners in the northern
hemisphere while also producing Singapore Champion 2YO Be Bee , a stakes
winner at two and three who was purchased at the 2016 Ready to Run Sale for
$250,000.
Showcasing placed second on the Singapore Sires Premiership last season and
will have nine two-year-olds at the Sale with highlights such as a half-brother
to two stakes performers, including Group Two winner The Justice League (Lot 99 ), and a
half-brother to recent stakes winner London Express (Lot 108 ).
With representation from the leading sires in New Zealand, Hong Kong and
Singapore, the Ready to Run Sale will also feature the Australian Champion SireSnitzel (AUS)
(Redoute's Choice) who has claimed the title two years in a row. He has also
topped the Australian Leading Sire of 2YOs and 3YOs for the last two
consecutive years. In the last five seasons he has sired 12 Group One winners
and a total of 80 stakes winners throughout Australasia and Asia.
With a 14% stakes winners to winners ratio, the Arrowfield Stud sire will have
two lots entered in November with a colt out of a three-quarter sister to two
Group One winners in Crisp and Why Why Why (Lot 12 ), and a colt
out of a sister to two stakes performers including five-time Group winner Here
de Angels (Lot 353 ).
The rise to stardom for Cambridge Stud stallion Tavistock (NZ)
(Montjeu) saw him crowned the Champion Sire in Hong Kong in 2015-16 when represented
by Hong Kong Horse of the Year Werther . With six crops on the ground, he
has sired four Group One winners including Derby winners Tarzino and Tavago ,
and Guineas winner Volkstok'n'barrell – all of which were sold through
the Karaka sale ring. He has also sired a total of 17 stakes winners with a 12%
stakes winners to winners ratio.
Tavistock will be represented at the Sale in November by 16 two-year-olds with
highlights such as a brother in-blood to four-time Group One winner Volkstok'n'barrell (Lot 412 ), and a
half-brother to Group One New Zealand Derby winner Habibi (417 ).
A proven sire of precocious talent, Written Tycoon (AUS)
(Iglesia) was the Leading Australian First Season Sire in 2010-11 and lead the way
on the Sire of 2YOs table in 2015-16. The Woodside Park Side stallion has sired
five Group One winners in the last five seasons, including Karaka graduate Music
Magnate . In that same time, Written Tycoon has had 23 individual stakes
winners with a 6% stakes winners to winners ratio.
Written Tycoon will have five two-year-olds catalogued in the Sale including a
half-brother to two recent winners from the family of Group One Guineas winner Magic
Cape (Lot 286 ), and a colt
out of winning mare Wantonly from the family of hot sire Shamexpress (Lot 325 ).
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