With the Queensland breeding industry flourishing with
the likes of Spirit of Boom, Better Than Ready, Whittington and Sidestep it is
easy to forget that on our own doorstep resides a Group 1 winning Stallion with
bloodlines that are very rare in this country.
When
Avilius (pic) took out his consecutive Group 1 victory last Saturday in the
Tancred Stakes he took his Sire Pivotal progeny career earning's to
$126,675,030. He also claimed the super stallions 313 Stakes Race win, of which
155 of those have been recorded in Group races. In total, Pivotal has produced
29 Individual Group 1 winners.
One of those is the Sire of Grandview's Group 1 resident stallion Under the
Louvre. Excellent Art saluted at the famous Royal Ascot meeting in the time
honoured St James Palace Stakes and he to has done a stellar job at stud. He
has sired 20 Stakes winners and along the way accumulated $37,896.018 in prize
money.
It is Under The Louvre's Grand Sire Pivotal (pic's below) however that has
proven to be the golden ticket. The stallions results with his progeny put him
up there amongst the best Stallions of all time and he is proving around the
world to be a Sire of sires.
Those sire sons include Kyllachy who produced 32 Individual stakes winners
amassing $47,851,713 in winning 80 stakes races. The other standout is arguably
the hottest stallion right now in the world Siyouni. What he is doing at
studis nearly beyond belief.
From only 2 good sized crops to hit the track after having very limited numbers
in his first 2 seasons, he has already produced 27 individual stakes winners of
48 stakes races accumulating $24,750,269, two of those Group 1 winners. He has
it all in front of him being only 12 years of age this year.
What does all this mean for Queensland breeders? It means that you have direct
access to these bloodlines through our Group 1 winning stallion Under the
Louvre at a price that is in reach of us all. Under The Louvre has left great
types on the ground and this was represented in his second year at
studwhere he served 30% more mares than he did in his first season.
Owner Michael Grieve was the first person to see the early foals and could not
have been more pleased with them. " Breeders who sent Under The Louvre one
mare in the first season sent him two the next as they were simply thrilled
with what he left on the ground" he enthused. He went on to say " at
$6,600 his fee is set at a price to allowbothbreed to race and
commercial breeders a chance to send their mares to him".
Over the past 4 breeding seasons, Queensland breeders have had a golden
opportunity to breed to stallions who have gone on to take the national scene
by storm. All at Grandview believe that for the 2019breeding season that
stallion is standing in the paddocks at their base at Peaks Crossing.
Our Group 1 winning stallion UNDER THE LOUVRE continues to throw types that
look like they will run and run early. He has stamped his progeny with
consistency and importantly thrown types that look like himself rather than
that necessarily of the mare. He is dominating the gene pool!!
Under the Louvre himself was a racehorse who could run sectionals which put him
in the top echelon of sprinters in this country. Actually, that is underselling
his ability, in all he was 4 times Group 1 placed with the combined margin of those
defeats being only 2.85 lengths. Of course, he was also the winner of Qld's
most famed race The Stradbroke Handicap.
At $6,600 incl. GST the opportunity is there to breed to Under The Louvre
knowing that his foals are looking much like himself. That has to be a good
thing!