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Listed Win for Obsession	8 Mar 2010



*Obsession holds a late close by Casabella Lane, with Ruud Van Slaats (3rd) and Nadege (4th). Kenton Wright* *www.raceimages.co.nz* www.thoroughbrednews.com.au 6^th March, by Jeff Dore A couple of races prior to his son training the winner of the Telecom NZ Derby, Frank Ritchie provided a special training performance of his own, when Obsession (3 Br. F. Bachelor Duke – Mystery Creek, by Kaapstad) produced an impressive display to win the $45,000, Listed, Westbury Classic (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The only three-year-old in a race for fillies and mares, Obsession had towelled her Rating 70 rivals at Ellerslie over 1400 metres three starts ago, but found 2000 metres behind Katie Lee (Pins) beyond her at this stage in the Sir Tristram Fillies Classic at Te Rapa last start. Between times she had finished fourth to Keep The Peace (Keeper) after leading over a mile in the Desert Gold Stakes at Trentham and a combination of dropping back to 1400 metres plus further fitness saw her prevail in dominant style. Given the run of race by rider Michael Coleman, Obsession sprinted off the trail to challenge the pace making favourite Ruud Van Slaats (Van Nistelrooy) at the 200 metres and found another gear when asked for her best before being punched out under hands and heels. Casabella Lane (Volksraad) boomed out of midfield to finish second, while Ruud Van Slaats stuck solidly to her task under top weight of fifty-eight kilograms, for third. Nadege (Giant’s Causeway) found the line stylishly for fourth, after dropping back from a mile win at her previous start. Ritchie said, “Bringing her back from 2000 metres I was a little worried she might have trouble getting up on the speed, straight back to 1400m in a group race, but she did it very well and it was great ride by Michael. At this stage 1400 and 1600 are going to be her trips." While Coleman commented, “It’s great to win for one for Dick Karreman and The Oaks Stud. She gave me a beautiful ride.” The time for the 1400 metres was 1:21.68, last 600m in 33.52. Her strapper, Jane Ivil, was left lamenting the fact just prior to the start that the odds for Obsession was too prohibitive for her liking, and that $15 would have been more to order, but punters were obviously to the fore as she started third favourite, returning $7.80 & $2.80.

Darci Brahma's first-crop yearlings - Sought at Karaka 2010	9 Feb 2010



Darci Brahma finds favour with Karaka Buyers The Oaks freshman stallion Darci Brahma concluded his Karaka sales debut finishing as the leading first season sire across the combined Premier/Select sessions. Darci Brahma’s yearlings sold up to $480,000, with his 36 Premier yearlings averaging $140,972 and his 48 yearlings averaging $119,552 across the Premier/Select sessions. A great return for breeders’ with his Premier average nearly five times that of his 2007 service fee of $30,000. Especially pleasing for The Oaks and Darci Brahma’s supporters was the support shown by many of Australia’s top trainers. Among those to buy his yearlings were: Bart Cummings, Gai Waterhouse, Mick Price, John Hawke’s, Mark Kavanagh, Lee Freedman, Leon Corstons, Bede Murray, Sheila Laxon, and Danny O’Brien. With his yearlings now spread amongst Australasia's top trainers, Darci Brahma continues on his path towards stallion success. Lot 402 Darci Brahma – Fairy Lights (Fairy King) colt. Purchased from The Oaks Premier draft for $480,000 – buyer Dean Hawthorne. Lot 181. Darci Brahma ex Southern Sunset (Polish Precedent) colt. Purchased for The Oaks Premier draft for $210,000 – buyer Mick Price. Lot 45. Darci Brahma ex Merle Park (Machiavellian) filly. Purchased from The Oaks Premier draft for $110,000 – buyer Star Thoroughbreds/Gai Waterhouse. Lot 132. Darci Brahma ex Rivertaine (Centaine) colt. Purchased from Little Avondale Stud’s Premier draft for $250,000 – buyer Bart Cummings. Lot 179. Darci Brahma ex South Carolina (Southern Halo) colt. Purchased from The Oaks Premier draft for $180,000 – buyer Mick Price. Lot 242. Darci Brahma ex Wyndham Special (Centaine) filly. Purchased from Cambridge Stud’s Premier draft for $140,000 – buyer Mark Kavanagh. Lot 405. Darci Brahma ex First Cut (Diesis) colt. Purchased from Wentwood Grange’s Premier draft for $210,000 – buyer Danny O’Brien. Lot 26. Darci Brahma ex Loudenne (Palace Music) colt. Purchased from the Pencarrow Stud Premier draft for $310,000 – buyer British Bloodstock Association- Ireland. Lot 178. Darci Brahma ex Sound Lover (Sound Reason) colt. Purchased from Little Avondale Stud’s Premier draft for $220,000 – Dominic Li (IDL Racing).

Prince of Wales, Keyora, Bewitch, Obsession - A big weekend for Bachelor Duke	28 Jan 2010



Three Bachelor Dukes’ to start in Sundays $200,000 NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile Bachelor Duke will have three of his first-crop progeny racing in the $200,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile, at this Sundays Ellerslie twilight meeting. Open to graduates of the 2008 Karaka sale, Bachelor Duke colts Keyora and Prince of Wales will compete, together with his filly Bewitch who placed 3^rd in last year’s $1,000,000 Karaka Million as a 2YO. All-three were bred at The Oaks, the colts selling in the stud’s Premier draft and Bewitch in the Select. Included in this year’s Oaks draft are a Darci Brahma half-brother to Keyora - Lot 402, and a full sister to Prince of Wales - Lot 153. Another high class 3YO representing Bachelor Duke this weekend is last start winner Obsession. Frank Ritchie’s talented filly will take on Katie Lee and co in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes at Trentham, and though drawn wide, Ritchie rates her a strong chance on reasonable footing. With Bachelor Duke eldest progeny 3YO’s, he continues his rapid rise as one of New Zealand’s most exciting young sires. The leading first season sire of 2008/09, his first-crop again have him to the fore as the leading second season sire. Click below – NZ Second Season Sires table. http://www.arion.co.nz/reports/SireTabs/snz.asp

Frank Ritchie has Obsession on target for The Oaks in March	17 Jan 2010



Obsession’s reputation as ‘a top filly in the making’ continues to gather momentum, and she now looks a serious contender for the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks in March. Obsession was a standout juvenile for Frank Ritchie, and he rated her highly as a 3YO prospect - though injury ruled her out of the spring opportunities. Returning to the racetrack on December 28^th , Obsessions first-up effort (pictured) resulted in her running a slashing second to the well regarded Redoute’s Choice filly Nina From Pasadena. Showing she’d lost none of her dash or competitiveness, her resuming effort that day was full of merit and though beaten (by a nose) Ritchie and regular jockey Michael Coleman and were all smiles. Obsession's return to top form continued with an emphatic win yesterday at Ellerslie. Her dominant win, saw Kilkenny and hot favourite Blonde Bombshell struggling as she cruised two lengths clear of both at the winning post. This latest win continues the exciting run among Bachelor Duke's first crop, with his colts Keyora and Prince of Wales both fancied in the Derby calculations. Ritchie will target Obsession towards the New Zealand Oaks in March, and though supremely confident she has the necessary ability, he is conscious that the filly must continue to do everything right given the tight deadline leading into the March feature.

Prince of Wales - Another leading Derby prospect for Bachelor Duke	28 Dec 2009



Prince of Wales - Another top Derby prospect for Paul Moroney and for Bachelor Duke Paul Moroney’s Bachelor Duke colt Prince of Wales looked every inch a top New Zealand Derby prospect when running second in Saturdays $100,000 Gr.2 Great Northern Guineas. Stepping-up from the mile to 2100m, Prince of Wales showed an impressive turn-of-foot when kicking away from the field by 2½ lengths in the home straight. Mark Walker’s well regarded Zabeel filly Zarzuela set chase, and showing the benefit herself of having a previous run over ground, she fought strongly to peg the colt back and win by a head. Purchased by Moroney as a stallion prospect, Prince of Wales looks a big chance to gain further valuable black type over the summer/autumn months; though the colt is perhaps a little unlucky not to have already further enhanced his stakes record after some luckless runs which include the Gr.1 Levin Classic where he was denied a clear run in the home-straight. Moroney has made no secret that he rates Prince of Wales a ‘serious horse,’ and reports some ambitious plans for his charge. Firstly though, the colt will take a short break and freshen-up before his immediate target – either the Wellington Stakes or Trentham Stakes at the end of January. Following on, Prince of Wales will return to Ellerslie for the Derby Trial and the $2.1 million New Zealand Derby, giving Moroney an enviable double shot at the riches with illustrious stablemate Monaco Consul also on the Derby trail. Prince of Wales also gives his own sire Bachelor Duke a great double shot at the Derby, with John Wheeler’s dual guineas winning colt Keyora also rated a leading chance in the early betting market.

Champion mare Seachange foals at The Oaks	11 Dec 2009



Zabeel colt for Seachange Dick Karreman’s champion racemare Seachange foaled a bright and healthy bay Zabeel colt, Saturday December 5^th at The Oaks. The Oaks foaling manager Kylie Burt reports the foaling went very smoothly, and that Seachange is proving herself to be a very attentive (and protective) first-time mother. A seven time group one winner, Seachange was renowned for her courage and class on the racetrack, and also for her less than perfect front leg conformation. However, to his satisfaction The Oaks General Manager Rick Williams reports her Zabeel foal was born correct and with plenty of leg for a first foal. "He's a good sized colt for a first foal. He's got good legs and we're very happy with him," Williams said. With Seachange foaling so late in the season, Williams will wait to see how she comes through her foal heat examination before deciding on whether to breed Seachange this season.

Sakhee's Secret receives his opportunity in Year One at The Oaks	10 Nov 2009



The Oaks new stallion Sakhee’s Secret has been enthusiastically received by top New Zealand breeders in his first season at stud. The Champion European sprinter of 2007 was guaranteed his stallion opportunity when The Oaks’ General Manager Rick Williams first put together the New Zealand syndicate to purchase equity in the horse. Among those who enthusiastically committed to take up the available shares in Sakhee’s Secret were high profile breeders such as: Sir Patrick Hogan (Cambridge Stud), Peter & Philip Vela (Pencarrow Stud), Kevin & Joanne Hickman (Valachi Downs), former New Zealand Breeder of the Year Scott Williams, and Tom Jamison. A number of New Zealand’s prominent private breeders have also shown their support and booked mares to Sakhee’s Secret, ensuring him a top- class book in Year One. By agreement with The Oaks northern partner Whitsbury Manor Stud (Britain), Sakhee’s Secret is restricted to serve a maximum book of 120 mares and is expected to serve close to that number. Attached below is a list detailing some of the mares in Sakhee’s Secrets current book. Mark Walker’s former top race filly Shikoba* is among the quality mares now in-foal to Sakhee’s Secret. Owned by Micaela Murray, Shikoba is pictured here at The Oaks with her Encosta De Lago colt at foot. MARES BOOKED TO SAKHEE’S SECRET - 2009 ARDUOUS Mohamed Abdu – Sandra Kae ex Bold Tale Six wins. Dam of Elblitzem (Elnadim) – winner of the Gr.3 Marton JC Metric Mile and the Listed Matamata Cup ASTROLOGY Zabeel – Star Worship ex Star Way Six wins. Dam Star Worship (Star Way) - winner of the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeder’s Stakes and second placed in the Gr.1 South Australian Oaks. ATLANTICO Redoute’s Choice – Anakela Bay ex Fairy King Dam Anakela Bay is a half sister to Blues Traveller (Bluebird) - successful sire and winner of the Gr.2 Hollywood American Handicap, Gr.2 Bay Meadows Handicap, 2^nd Gr.1 Belmont Manhattan Handicap, 3^rd Gr.1 The English Derby, Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Handicap. AVELINA Nashwan – Balenare ex Pharly Unraced. Dam of Maureen Dorothy (Spartacus) – 2^nd in the Gr.3 ARC Eclipse Stakes, Listed NZ Bloodstock Karaka Million. Dam Balenare is the second dam of Montare (Montjeu) – winner of the Gr.1 Longchamp Prix Royal Oak, Gr.2 Prix de Royallieu, Gr.2 Prix du Conseil de Paris (twice), 2^nd Gr.1 Longchamp Prix Vermeille. BACKCOUNTRY Valley Crossing – Miss Sib ex Ack Ack Dam Miss Sib is a full sister to champion sire Broad Brush (Ack Ack) and a half sister to the dam of Coolmore Stud’s young Danzig stallion Mull of Kintyre. BALLYCAHILL Barathea – Cache Creek ex Marju Winner at 2. Dam Cache Creek is the winner of 6 races including the Listed Gowan Denny Cordell Lavarack Memorial Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 Cork Blue Wind Stakes, 3^rd Gr.3 Leopardstown Meld Stakes. BEAUTY QUEEN Keeper – Drama Queen ex Prince of Praise Half sister to The Fuzz (Danasinga) – winner of the Gr.2 VRC Blamey Stakes, Gr.3 Geelong Cup, 2^nd Gr.2 WATC Perth Cup, Gr.3 VRC Saab Handicap, Listed Bart Cummings Handicap. Dam Drama Queen is a half sister to Kainui Belle – winner of the Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2 Wellington Guineas, Gr.3 Manawatu RC Eulogy Stakes, Listed Matamata Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.2 ARC Royal Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas. BLACK GRACE Postponed – Diamond Fire ex Kaapstad 2 wins. Second dam is Golden Fuego (Tierra Fuego) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.2 Great Northern Oaks & the Gr.3 Counties RC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. She is the dam of Zespri Gold (Last Tycoon) – winner of the Listed ARC HIH Insurance Classic, 2^nd Listed ARC Soliquy Stakes. BLOOMING Stravinsky – Down the Avenue ex Salieri Winner. Placed 3^rd in the Listed CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes. Her dam Down the Avenue is a full sister to Shaftesbury Avenue – winner of the Gr.1 VRC Honda Stakes, Gr.1 Lightening Stakes, Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap, Gr.1 AJC All-Aged Stakes, Gr.1 George Main Stakes, GR.1 VATC Caulfield Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 VRC Honda Stakes, Gr.1 AJC Doncaster Handicap, Gr.1 All-Aged Stakes, Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas, 3^rd Jpn-1 Japan Cup BLUCHEETAH Bluebird – Rancheetah ex Rancher 2 wins. Out of a stakes winning Rancher mare. Half sister to both Gallopini (Canny Lad) - winner of the Gr.2 QTC Cup; and Land Speed Record (Blue Bird) – winner of the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Stakes and multiple stakes placed. CALCEOLARIA Sackford – Suzerainty ex Damascus 5 wins. Dam of Magnetism (Marju) – winner of the Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas, Listed AJC Carbine Club Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 AJC Frank Packer Plate, Gr.3 BOP RC Tauranga Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Levin Classic, Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Stoney Bridge Stakes. CARELESS TEASE Honor Grades – Careless Flirt ex Seattle Slew Winner. Dam Careless Tease – placed 3^rd in the Gr.2 Saratoga Adirondack Stakes & Listed Del Coronado Stakes. Second dam Queen Louie (Crimson Satan) was Champion 2YO filly in Canada in 1970, her wins included the Can-1 Woodbine Princess Elizabeth Stakes. CENT FROM ABOVE Centaine – Dove From Above ex Victory Dance Winner. Half sister to Lismore Cup winner Hecentadove (Centaine). Dam Dove From Above is a half sister to Gr.1 AJC Metropolitan Cup winner Victory Smile (Victory Dance). CHALEUR Stravinsky – Evanilda ex River Special Winner at 2. From the family of Gr.1 VRC Emirates Stakes winner Bezeal Bay (Zabeel), Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes winner Coalesce (Zabeel), and stakes winners Incisive (Sharpen Up) and Gisarne (Diesis). CHANTANEY Warning – Chanzi ex El Gran Senor Unraced. Dam of Chant (Traditionally) – Top filly on The 2005/06 New Zealand 2YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.3 ARC Eclipse Stakes, Listed Waikato RC Fairview Ford Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 ARC Diamond Stakes. CLEAR ROSE Deputy Govenor – Thosada Rose ex Namnan Joint top filly on The 1995/96 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.2 BOP RC Japan-New Zealand International Trophy, Gr.3 WRC Desert Gold Stakes, Gr.3 Manawatu RC Eulogy Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand Derby. COLOURSHIP Rainbow Quest – Up Anchor ex Slip Anchor Unraced. Half sister to Red Sea and Sailing. Dam Up Anchor – winner of the Gr.3 Newbury St Simon Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Oaks d’Italia. Red Sea (Barathea) – winner of the Gr.3 Royal Ascot Coventry Stakes, Gr.3 Woodbine Connaught Cup, Gr.3 Labeeb Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Longchamp Grand Criterium. Sailing (Arazi) – winner of the Gr.3 Mario Incisa, Listed Premio Baggio. CRAMOISY Arazi – Qirmazi ex Riverman 2 wins. Dam of stakes placed Our Lily Belle (Bertolini). Dam Qirmazi was Top filly on The 1989 French 2YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.3 Longchamp Prix Vanteaux, Gr.3 Deauville Prix de Cabourg, 2^nd Gr.1 Longchamp Prix de la Salamandre, Gr.1 Deauville Prix Morny, 3^rd Gr.1 Longchamp Prix Saint-Alary. CRYSTALLINE Zabeel – Clear Rose ex Deputy Governor Winner. Dam Clear Rose - Joint top filly on The 1995/96 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.2 BOP RC Japan-New Zealand International Trophy, Gr.3 WRC Desert Gold Stakes, Gr.3 Manawatu RC Eulogy Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand Derby. DANCING VIKING Nureyev – From Sea to Sea ex Gregorian Half sister to Sealaunch (Relaunch) – winner of the Can-2 Woodbine Canadian Maturity Stakes, Listed Keeneland Seattle Slew Stakes, 2^nd Can-1 Woodbine Summer Stakes, Can-2 Toronto Cup, Can-3 Seagram Cup Handicap, 3^rd Can-1 Woodbine Breeders’ Stakes, Can-1 Cup and Saucer Stakes. Dam From Sea to Sea (Gregorian) – placed 2^nd Can-2 Woodbine Ontario Colleen Stakes, 3^rd Can-2 Woodbine Wonder Where Stakes, Listed Rockingham Skipat Handicap. Half sister to Secreto (Northern Dancer) – Gr.1 The English Derby, Gr.3 Curragh Tetrach Stakes, Gr.1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas. Successful sire. DANEHILL PRINCESS Danehill – Latino l’Amour ex Diesis Dam Latino l’Amour is an unraced half sister to Hallhoo (Indian Ridge) – placed 2^nd Listed Newmarket Fairway Stakes. This is the immediate family of successful sire Danehill Dancer. DANE TRISTALIGHT Danehill – Our Tristalight ex Sir Tristram 2 wins. Dam Our Tristalight was the Top filly on The 1991 NZ 2YO Free Handicap. Her 6 wins included the Gr.1 Australian Oaks, Gr.1 South Australian Oaks and Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes. She is the dam of Danske – winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas and 2^nd Gr.1 WRC Captain Cook Stakes. Dane Tristalight’s second dam was the brilliant filly Tudor Light (All A’light 11) – 16 wins, Joint ‘Head of The 1974-75 NZ 2YO Free Handicap’ and winner of the Gr.1 Railway Handicap and Gr.1 ARC Easter Handicap. DANTESSA Danasinga – Tessa ex Bassenthwaite 6 wins. Dam Tessa is a half sister to Gr.1 South Australian Oaks runner-up Whispering Spring (Marceau). This is the family of Concrete Crusher (Nassipour) – Gr.3 WTC Winter Cup, My Serene (Sir Tristram) – Gr.3 WTC Strickland Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 West Australian Oaks, Smart Bet (Cossack Warrior) – Singapore Horse of the Year. DARDA Thunder Gulch – Canon Song ex Rory’s Jester Winner. Dam Canon Song – winner of the Gr.3 VATC Merson Cooper Stakes, Listed VRC Neat n’ Trim Uniform Stakes. Canon Song is a half sister to North Bell (dam of both Northerly and North Boy). Northerly (Serheed) – Champion middle distance horse in Australia in 2002 & 2003. ‘Horse of the Year’. 19 wins, including the Gr.1 VRC Australian Cup (twice), Gr.1 MVRC Cox Plate (twice), Gr.1 VATC Underwood Stakes (twice), Gr.1 Yalumba Stakes, Gr.1 MRC Caulfield Cup, Gr.1 WATC Railway Stakes. North Boy (Rory’s Jester) – Joint top of the 2001/02 Australian 3YO Classification (sprint). Winner of the Gr.2 VRC Ascot Vale Stakes, Gr.3 Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Sprint Stakes, Listed VRC Australian Cup Carnival Stakes, Listed MVRC Leslie Froggat Stakes, Listed VATC Vain Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 VRC Newmarket Handicap, Gr.1 MRC Oakleigh Plate. DESERT LILY Green Desert – Habibti ex Habitat Winner. Dam of Lafleur (Zabeel) – Third top filly on The 2002/03 NZ 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.2 ARC Royal Stakes, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, 2^nd Gr.2 ARC Queen Elizabeth Handicap. Dam Habibti (Habitat) was a champion sprinter (and half sister to blue hen mare Eight Carat). Habibti– Top of The 1983 European 3YO Classification, Top filly on The 1982 Irish 2YO Free Handicap. Winner of the Gr.1 Newmarket July Cup, Gr.1 Royal Ascot King’s Stand Stakes, Gr.2 Curragh Moyglare Stud Stakes, Gr.2 Haydock Sprint Cup, Gr.2 York William Hill Sprint Championship Stakes, Gr.2 Lowther Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp, 3^rd Gr.1 The One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 York William Hill Sprint Championship Stakes. DEVIL’S SONG Stravinsky – Devil’s Lair ex Sir Tristram Unraced half sister to Vapour Trail and Santagostino. Vapour Trail (Jetball) – NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year 2002, winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks, Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Listed ARC Guineas Trial, 2^nd Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas, Gr.2 Royal Stakes. Santagostino (Giant’s Causeway) – winner of the Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas, Listed Gold Coast Gold Bracelet, 3^rd Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic. DONEZE GIRL Volksraad – Miss Trump ex Last Tycoon Half sister to Diamond Deck (Octagonal) – winner of the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Highview Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 QTC Sires’ Produce Stakes, Listed Avondale JC 2YO Fillies’ Stakes, 3^rd Gr.2 BATC Champagne Classic. Dam Miss Trump is a half sister to Lonhro & Niello. Lohnro (Octagonal) - Champion 3YO in Australia in 2002 & Australian Horse of the Year. Joint top of the 2004 World Rankings (mile). Top of the 2001-02 Australasian 3YO Classification (middle). 26 wins, including the Gr.1 VRC Australian Cup, Gr.1 LKS Mackinnon Stakes, Gr.1 AJC Chipping Norton Stakes, Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr.1, George Main Stakes, Gr.1 VATC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.1 STC George Ryder Stakes (twice), Gr.1 MRC CF Orr Stakes, Gr.1 Yalumba Stakes (twice), Gr.2 AJC Royal Sovereign Stakes, Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes, Gr.2 Expressway Stakes, Gr.2 Apollo Stakes, Gr.2 Stan Fox Stakes, Gr.2 NSW Tatt's RC Chelmsford Stakes (twice), Gr.2 MRC St George Stakes, Gr.2 AJC Warwick Stakes (twice), 2nd Gr.1 AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr.1 Warwick Stakes, Gr.2 STC Wests Illawarra 2YO Handicap, 3rd Gr.1 MVRC WS Cox Plate. Sire. Niello (Octagonal) – winner of the Gr.1 AJC Spring Champion Stakes, Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas, Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas, Gr.3 AJC Kindergarten Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 Newcastle JC Spring Stakes, Gr.3 AJC Maurice Lacroix Tomorrows Classic 2YO Handicap, 3rd Gr.2 AJC Warwick Stakes, Gr.2 STC Todman Slipper Trial Stakes, Gr.2 NSW Tatt's RC Chelmsford Stakes. Sire. DREAM PRINCESS Maroof – Night Mare ex Mercury 2 wins. Half sister to Run Like Al (Al Akbar) – placed 2^nd Gr.1 Levin Classic, 3^rd Gr.1 Waikato Draught Sprint. Dam Night Mare is a half sister to top colt Prince Of Praise (Crossways) – winner of the Gr.1 Ellerslie Sires’ Produce Stakes and Gr.1 AJC All Aged Stakes. Dream Princess’ 3^rd dam is Gabardine, ancestress of the famous ‘Moore’ family of Soliloquy, Solveig etc. EL BULLI Zabeel – Grace and Power ex Brief Truce 2 wins. Half sister to Abbey Drive (Zabeel) – 5 wins, placed 2^nd in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes. Second dam Tantum Ergo is a half sister to Benediction (dam of Might and Power). EMERALD CHARM Carnegie – Emerald Cove ex Shirley Heights Half sister to Elegant Emerald (Unbridled's Song) – 5 wins, placed 3rd in the Listed Marton 1600m Handicap and 4th in the Gr.1 WRC Telegraph Handicap. This is the family of Fairy Footsteps (Mill Reef) - winner of the Gr.1 The One Thousand Guineas; Desert Prince (Green Desert) - winner of the Gr.1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas; and Chinese Dragon (Stravinsky) - winner of the Gr.2 Golden Gate San Francisco Mile Stakes, 3rd Gr.1 Santa Anita Frank E Kilroe Mile. EMERALD ZEEL Zabeel – Royal Riband ex English Harbour 2 wins. Half sister to Via Suez & Duke’s Deal. Via Suez (Sea Road) – winner of the Gr.3 WRC Trentham Stakes, Gr.3 Rotorua Challenge Plate, 3^rd Gr.1 ARC New Zealand Stakes, Gr.2 Waikato Gold Cup, Listed Marton Cup (twice). Duke’s Deal (Fixed Flush) – winner of the Listed Matamata Cup, 2^nd Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas, Gr.3 Marton JC Metric Mile, Listed Matamata Cup, 3^rd Gr.3 Marton JC Metric Mile, Listed ARC Guineas Trial, Listed Matamata Cup, Listed Levin Ryder Stakes. FEEL Zabeel – Stella Artois ex Star Way Half sister to (My) Tusker (Volksraad) – Joint third top filly on The 2004/05 NZ 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.2 ARC Championship Stakes, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2 Manawatu RC Awapuni Gold Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 Waikato RC International Stakes, Gr.2 Cambridge JC Travis Stakes, 3^rd Gr.3 WRC Wellington Stakes. Second dam is Horlicks – Japan Cup winner, Champion racemare, and the dam of Brew, Bubble and also second dam of Fiumicino and Solo Flyer. FINAL LEICA Sir Tristram – Better Leica ex Century 2 wins. Half sister to Betta Watch It (Kashani) – winner of the Listed Counties RC Metric Mile, 2^nd Gr.3 CJC Winter Cup, Listed Bendigo Cup, Listed Matamata Cup, 3^rd Gr.2 Waikato Gold Cup. From the family of Leica Smile (At Talaq), Moon Dragon (Danehill), Redding (Nassipour), Nothin’ Leica Dane (Danehill). FLOATING WORLD Fuji Kiseki – Forget Paris ex Bluebird Winner. Dam Forget Paris is a half sister to Twiglet (Twig Moss) – winner of the Gr.2 VRC Edward Manifold Stakes; and dam of Fairy King Prawn and Easy Rocking. Fairy King Prawn (Danehill) – HK-1 HKJC Chairman’s Prize (twice), HK-1 Stewards Cup, HK-1 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Jpn-1 Tokyo Yasuda Kinen, 2^nd Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile, HK-1 HKJC Chairman’s Prize, Gr.2 Nad al Sheba Duty Free Stakes, HK-2 Centenary Cup, HK-2 Sha Tin Vase. Easy Rocking (Barathea) – Gr.1 VRC Salinger Stakes, Gr.2 AJC Challenge Stakes, Gr.2 STC Canterbury Stakes, Gr.3 AJC Kindergarten Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 BTC Doomben Ten Thousand, Gr.2 VATC Caulfield Sprint Handicap, Gr.2 AJC San Domenico Stakes, Gr.2 Up and Coming Stakes, Gr.2 Royal Sovereign Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 VRC Lightening Stakes. FLORELLA Volksraad – Calceolaria ex Sackford Half sister to Magnetism (Marju) – winner of the Gr.2 ARC Great Northern Guineas, Listed AJC Carbine Club Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 AJC Frank Packer Plate, Gr.3 BOP RC Tauranga Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Levin Classic, Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Stoney Bridge Stakes. FLYING COUP Tuscany Flyer – Blue Barney ex Big Bluffer 6 wins, including the Listed CJC Canterbury Stakes. Dam Blue Barney was stakes placed and is a half sister to Ban The Blues (Nose for Money) – 16 wins, including the Gr.3 Calder Christmas Day Handicap. FLYING FIREBIRD Stravinsky – Hairini ex Zabeel 3 wins, including the Listed VRC Adams Platform Ottawa Stakes. Second dam is Ardee One (Sharivari) – winner of the Gr.1 ARC Railway Handicap. FLYING FLORENCE Centaine – Falcons Fire ex Khapstad Winner at 2, and dam of Richard Collett’s talented Stravinsky filly Poetic Music. Second dam is stakes winning filly Najaba (Touching Wood) – group two placed in the Te Aroha JC NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, and grand dam of multiple stakes winner Chartreuse (St. Petersburg). FORELSA Pins – Raumancer ex Otehi Bay Winner. Half sister to Palos Verdes (dam of El Segundo) – winner of the Gr.3 STC NE Manion Cup, Gr.3 TRC Hobart Cup, Listed VRC Bagot Handicap, Listed Mornington Cup. El Segundo (Pins) – winner of the Gr.1 MVRC Cox Plate, GR.1 MRC Yalumba Stakes, Gr.1 Underwood Stakes, Gr.1 CF Orr Stakes. FOR KEEPS Keeper – New Star ex Kaapstad 3 wins. Half sister to promising Spartacus 4YO Spartica. Dam New Star is a half sister to Wyndam Special (Centaine) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.2 VATC Sandown Guineas, 3^rd Listed VATC Summoned Stakes. This is the family of Nouvelle Star (Luskin Star), Double Reef (Last Tycoon) and Star of Nouvelle (Star Watch). FRITZY Hermitage – Trillionaire ex Vaguely Noble Unraced. Dam Trillionaire – winner of the Gr.3 Ascot Princess Royal Stakes; and dam of Lock’s Dream (Youth) – winner of the Listed Spring Fiesta Cup Handicap, 3^rd Gr.3 Golden Gate Yerba Buena Handicap. GIGGLE Volksraad – Amoroso ex Sir Tristram Winner. Dam Amoroso is a half sister to Chuckle (Danehill) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.2 AJC Light Fingers Stakes, Gr.2 STC Silver Slipper Stakes, Gr.3 Sweet Embrace Stakes. GROVE NYMPH Grosvenor – Field Nymph ex Northfields 2 wins. Half sister to both Field Dancer and Just A Dancer. Field Dancer (Star Way) – winner of the Gr.1 ARC Easter Handicap, Gr.1 New Zealand Stakes. Just A Dancer (Star Way) – winner of the Gr.1 AJC Sydney Cup, Gr.1 QTC Brisbane Cup. GYPSY’S DAUGHTER Mi Preferido – Jean Gordon ex Amalgam 7 wins, including the Listed Manawatu Breeder’s Stakes, Listed STC Neville Sellwood Stakes. Half sister to Kiss N’ A Shilling (Crested Wave) – winner of the Listed Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. Dam Jean Gordon is a half sister to Joal (Alvaro) – 16 wins, including the Gr.3 Counties RC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 ARC Cornwall Handicap, Gr.3 Waikato Gold Cup, Gr.3 Avondale JC New Zealand Handicap, Gr.3 Rotorua Cup. HALLOWEEN Encosta de Lago – La Lagune ex Danehill 2 wins. Dam La Lagune – winner of the Listed VATC Quezette Stakes, Listed SAJC Queen Adelaide Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 VATC Blue Diamond Stakes, Gr.2 SAJC Breeders’ Stakes. HERESHECOMES Barathea – Cache Creek ex Marju 4 wins. Half sister to Toffant (Lord Ballina) – 9 wins, 2^nd in the Listed WRC Whyte Handicap, 3^rd Listed VATC Heatherlie Handicap. Second dam Baccalaureate (Crowned Prince) – placed 3^rd in the Gr.2 Royal Ascot Coronation Stakes; dam of Corwyn Bay (Caerleon) – winner of the Gr.3 Curragh Anglesey Stakes, Gr.3 Santa Anita Ancient Title Handicap, Listed Curragh Waterford Testimonial Stakes, Listed Phoenix Park Cartier Million Stakes. HONOURABLE Balmerino – Linecall ex Sir Tristram 6 wins, placed 2^nd in the Gr.3 WRC Trentham Stakes. Half sister to Linesman (Touching Wood) – winner of the Gr.1 AJC Sydney Cup, Gr.2 St Leger, Gr.3 Chairmans Handicap, Gr.3 Summer Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 AJC Metropolitan Handicap, Gr.2 Mooney Valley Gold Cup. Dam Linecall is a half sister to Bound to Honour (Balkan Knight) – Second top filly on The 1980/81 2YO & 1981/82 NZ 3YO Free Handicaps, winner of the Gr.2 Great Northern Oaks, Gr.2 ARC Great Britain-New Zealand Stakes, Gr.2 WRC Wakefield Challenge Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 QTC Brisbane Cup, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Ellerslie Sires’ Produce Stakes. IMPASSION Sir Tristram – Fire Twig ex Twig Moss Winner. Dam of Keep The Passion (Keeper) - winner of the Gr.2 ARC Royal Stakes. Dam Fire Twig was placed 2nd in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks and is the dam of Fire Arch (Kenmare) - winner of the Gr.1 Clairwood Topsport Bloodline Derby, Gr.1 Turffontein Premier's Cup, 2nd Gr.1 Turffontein First National Bank Stakes, Gr.2 Clairewood Gold Vase, 3rd Gr.1 Greyville Daily News Two Thousand Stakes. JAN VALACHI Kingdom Bay – Northern Melody ex Tights 9 wins, including the Listed South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 CJC Canterbury Breeders Stakes. Family of Le Drakkar (Anabaa) – winner of the Gr.1 Kenilworth Cape Guineas, Gr.1 Kenilworth Cape Derby. KADESA Zabeel – Wild Applause ex Sadler’s Wells 2 wins. Half sister to Zingo (Zabeel) – winner of the Listed SAJC Rain Lover Plate, 2^nd Listed SAJC St Leger. Second dam Noble Mark (On Your Mark) – winner of the Gr.2 Phoenix Stakes, Gr.2 Curragh Stakes, Gr.3 Duke of York Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 Ascot One Thousand Guineas Trial, Gr.3 York Lowther Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Royal Ascot King’s Stand Stakes. KEEPA CRUISIN Keeper – Just Cruising ex Broad Reach 3 wins, including the Gr.1 Levin Classic, Gr.3 WRC Desert Gold Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.3 Taranaki 2YO Classic, Gr.3 Egmont RC Stoney Bridge Stakes, Listed ARC Soliquy Stakes, Listed Waikato RC Annie Sarten Memorial, 3^rd Gr.1 Te Aroha JC New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic. Half sister to Seachange and Korau Road. Seachange (Cape Cross) – 14 wins, seven at Group One including the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 WRC Telegraph Handicap, Gr.1 Waikato Draught Sprint, Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Mudgway Stakes (twice), Gr.1 Stoney Bridge Stakes (twice), 2^nd Gr.1 VRC Myer Classic, Gr.1 WRC Telegraph Handicap, Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes, Gr.1 MRC Futurity Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Kelt Capital Stakes. Korau Road (Cape Cross) – 8 wins, placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 ARC Easter Handicap, Gr.3 WRC Wellington Stakes, 3^rd Listed Marton 1600 Handicap. KEEPTHECHANGE Keeper – Miss Presto ex Straight Strike Half sister to Lord Presto (T.V. Heart Throb) – 6 wins, placed 2^nd in the Gr.2 Taranaki Cup, Gr.3 WRC New Zealand St Leger, 3^rd Gr.2 Wellington Guineas; half sister also to Is Good (Pompeii Court) – 4 wins, 3^rd Gr.2 Wellington Guineas. LADY LAVISH Traditionally – A Goodlookin Broad ex Broad Brush Unraced. Half sister to Pure Theatre (Nureyev) – winner of the Gr.3 VATC Guineas Prelude, 3^rd Gr.1 VATC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.2 MVRC AAMI Vase. Dam A Goodlookin Broad – winner of the Listed Hawthorne Illinois Oaks, 2^nd Gr.3 Arlington Heights Oaks. LALLA Silver Hawk – Mystify ex Batshoof Un-raced. Dam Mystify – placed 2^nd in the Listed Ascot Fern Hill Stakes, Listed Rosemary Handicap; half sister to Squeak (Selkirk) – winner of the Gr.1 Hollywood Beverly Hills Handicap, Gr.1 Matriach Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Hollywood Gamely Handicap. LA MEMOIRE Tale of the Cat – Moire ex Crested Wave 2 wins. Half sister to Mr Lofty (Grosvenor) – 9 wins, including the Gr.3 MRC Coongy Handicap. Dam Moire – 8 wins, including the Gr.1 ARC Easter Handicap, Gr.3 Waikato RC Let’s Elope Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 ARC Bluebirds Food Trophy, 3^rd Gr.1 WRC Thorndon Mile LA TEBALDI Cure the Blues – Tesio’s Love ex Tom Rolfe 3 wins. Dam of French Lady (Entrepreneur) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Australian Oaks, 4^th Gr.1 WRC New Zealand Oaks. Dam Tesio’s Love is a half sister to Annual Reunion (Cresta Rider) – winner of the Gr.1 Santa Anita Santa Ana Handicap, 2^nd Gr.1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes, Gr.3 Hollywood Honeymoon Handicap, 3^rd Gr.1 Santa Anita Santa Barbara Handicap. LAVA LADY Kenmare – Volcanic ex Pompeii Court 6 wins, placed 2^nd in the Listed VRC Matron Stakes, 3^rd Gr.3 SAJC St Leger. Half sister to Lahar (Kenmare) – winner of the Listed STC Christmas Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 BTC Doomben Cup, Gr.3 AJC Adrian Knox Stakes, GR.3 STC Shannon Handicap, Gr.3 Qld Tatt’s RC Tattersall’s Cup, Gr.3 AJC Chairman’s Handicap, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Sydney Cup, Gr.1 VRC Melbourne Cup. 2003 UN-NAMED MARE King of Kings – Lori’s Plan ex Ankara Dam Lori’s Plan was a winner of 3, and is a half sister to Marlin (Sword Dance) – 9 wins, including the Gr.1 Hollywood Derby, Gr.1 Santa Anita San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Gr.1 Arlington Million Stakes, Gr.1 Arlington Secretariat Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Cup, 3^rd Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Handicap, Gr.1 Belmont Man o’ War Stakes, Gr.1 Turf Classic. LOUDERS Danasinga – Echostatic ex Prince Echo Unraced, half sister to Coup Ray and Singalong. Dam Echostatic – placed 2^nd in the Gr.3 Avondale JC Classic Stakes, 3^rd Gr.3 HBJC Gold Trail Stakes. Coup Ray (Exploding Prospect) – 11 wins, including the Gr.2 Avondale JC Concorde Handicap, Gr.3 WRC Wellington Stakes, Listed Otago RC James Hazlett Stakes, Listed Champagne Stakes. Singalong (Danasinga) – NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year 2001, winner of the Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.3 WRC Desert Gold Stakes, Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Guineas, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks. MADAM STRAVINSKY Stravinsky – Standing Ovation ex Ruling 5 wins, including the Listed CJC Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes, 2^nd Listed Timaru Cup, 3^rd Gr.3 Otago RC White Robe Lodge Handicap. Half sister to Zastov (Zabeel) – 6 wins, placed 2^nd in the Listed AJC Toy Show Handicap, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Epsom Handicap, Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap, Gr.2 Emancipation Stakes, Listed STC Millie Fox Handicap. MAGICAL MOMENT Sadler’s Wells – Interval ex Habitat Unraced. Dam of Fears Nothing (Faltaat) – placed 3^rd in the Gr.3 Waikato Guineas. Half sister to Short Pause (Sadler’s Wells) – winner of the Gr.3 Longchamp Prix d’Hedouville, Listed Prix de Boulogne, Listed Deauville Prix de Reux, 2^nd Gr.2 Longchamp Prix Dollar, Gr.2 Prix Foy, Gr.2 Prix d’Harcourt, Gr.2 Maisons-Laffitte. Dam Interval - winner of the Gr.2 Deauville Prix Maurice de Gheest, Listed Newbury Hackwood Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 York Lowther Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 The One Thousand Guineas. MAREVA Zabeel – Summary ex Tierce Winner. Half sister to Shikoba (Chief Bearheart) - NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year 2006, her wins included the Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2 Royal Stakes, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Listed CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes, and placed 2^nd Gr.1 Levin Classic, 3^rd Gr.1 ARC New Zealand Stakes. Mareva shares the same second dam (Pampas Fire) as Melito (Redoute’s Choice) – winner of the Gr.2 AJC Furious Stakes, Gr.2 STC Silver Slipper Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 STC Riesling Stakes, Gr.2 STC Tea Rose Stakes. MATTIOCCO Last Tycoon – Purchasepaperchase ex Young Generation Winner. Half sister to Matiya and Toreador. Dam Purchasepaperchase – winner of the Listed Sandown Atlanta Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Longchamp Prix Saint-Alary. Matiya (Alzao) – winner of the Gr.1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas, 2^nd Gr.1 The One Thousand Guineas, 3^rd Gr.1 Ascot Fillies Mile, Gr.1 Chantilly Prix de Diane. Toreador (Danehill) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Clairwood Gold Challenge Stakes, Gr.2 Newmarket TC Sentinel Sprint Handicap, Gr.2 Turffontein Hawaii Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Kenilworth Queen’s Plate. MAUREEN TERESE Stravinsky – Stilts ex Flying Spur Unraced. Dam Stilts is a half sister to Australian city winners Luxford – 10 wins, and San Simeon – 10 wins. Third dam is La Caissiere (Luskin Star) – winner of the Gr.2 VRC Wakeful Stakes, Gr.2 AJC Flight Stakes, Gr.3 Surround Stakes, Listed VRC Great Western Handicap, 2^nd Gr.1 Queensland Oaks, Gr.2 AJC Apollo Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Champagne Stakes, Gr.2 Chipping Norton Stakes. MERCURY ISLAND O’Reilly – Madiya ex Natroun 2 wins. Dam Madiya is a half sister to Manntari (Doyoun) – winner of the Gr.1 Curragh National Stakes, Listed Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial; and half sister to the dam of Lethals Lady (Rudimentary) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Hollywood Matriach Stakes, Gr.2 Chantilly Prix de Sandringham, Gr.3 Singapore Classic. MER DE CHINE Almutawakel – Sulina ex Mi Preferido Dam Sulina is a half sister to Pace Invader (Westminster) – winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 Thorndon Mile, Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 ARC Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes, Gr.2 Royal Stakes, Gr.2 Counties RC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes, Gr.2 Te Aroha JC New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. MIDDLEBROOK Royal Academy – Klairessence ex Sir Tristram Winner. Dam Klairessence is a half sister to Bonanova, Telesto and Fraternity. Bonanova (Star Way) – 8 wins, Second top filly on The 1999-2000 Australasian 4YO+ Classification, winner of the Gr.1 VRC Emirates Stakes, Gr.2 Hardy Brothers Classic Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 AJC Flight Stakes, Gr.1 All Aged Stakes, Gr.1 STC Coolmore Classic, Gr.1 George Ryder Stakes. Telesto (Star Way) – winner of the Gr.1 AJC Chipping Norton Stakes, Gr.1 STC George Ryder Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 AJC Epsom Handicap, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Doncaster Handicap. Fraternity (Star Way) – winner of the Gr.1 AJC Spring Champion Stakes, Gr.3 Craven Plate, 3^rd Gr.1 AJC Derby, Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas. MINELLI Danasinga – Simple Luxury ex Northern Prospect Unraced. Half sister to Bay City Roller (Success Express) – 7 wins, placed 3^rd in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes; Born To Perform (Success Express) – 8 wins, placed 2^nd in the Listed SAJC KMPG Stakes MISS SMUG Volksraad – Smile ex Sackford Winner. Half sister to Spin ‘n Grin and Mr Smugg. Spin ‘n Grin (Spinning World) – winner of the Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic, 2^nd Gr.1 Te Aroha JC Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, Listed ARC Soliloquy Stakes, 3^rd Gr.2 ARC Royal Stakes. Mr Smugg (Spectacular Love) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.2 GCTC Prime Minister’s Cup, Listed QTC Easter Cup, 3^rd Listed SCTC Caloundra City Cup. MYSTERIOUS SOUND Danzig – Iva Reputation ex Sir Ivor Dam of Deloraine (More Than Ready) – winner of the Listed TRC Hobart Guineas, 2^nd Gr.2 Mooney Valley Fillies Oaks Classic, 3^rd Gr.1 STC Coolmore Classic, Gr.3 AJC Frank Packer Plate. Half sister to Triple Wow (Coastal) – 14 wins including the Can-1 Woodbine Selene Stakes, Can-2 Ontario Matron Handicap, Can-2 Greenwood Maple Leaf Stakes, Gr.3 Aqueduct Next Move Handicap, 2^nd Can-1 Woodbine Belle Mahone Stakes. Triple Wow is the dam of Alywow (Alysheba) – Champion 3YO filly in Canada in 1994 & Canadian Horse of the Year – winner of the Can-1 Woodbine Natalma Stakes, Can-1 Canadian Breeders’ Cup Handicap, Can-2 Canadian Maturity Stakes, Gr.3 Saratoga Nijana Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Belmont Flower Bowl Handicap, Gr.1 Woodbine Rothmans International Stakes, Can-1 Princess Elizabeth Stakes, 3^rd Can-1 Canadian Oaks, Can-1 Woodbine Selene Stakes. NOTHIN’ LEICA RIPA Nothin’ Leica Dane – Ann Juliet ex Bletchingly Unraced. Dam of Nothin’ Leica Cat (Tale of the Cat) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks, 3^rd Gr.3 AJC Adrian Knox Stakes, 4^th Gr.1 Queensland Oaks. Half sister to I Am A Ripa (Mukaddamah) – winner of the Gr.2 MVRC Champagne Stakes, Gr.2 VATC Angus Amanasco Stakes, Listed QTC Sir Douglas Wadley Handicap. NOVICE MISTRESS Almutawakel – Zydeco ex Centaine 6 wins. Dam Zydeco is a half sister to Love Dance (Kaapstad) – Second top filly on The 1995/95 New Zealand 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Kelt Capital Stakes, Gr.1 Avondale Gold Cup, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, 2^nd Gr.1 Australian Oaks. QUEEN PETROLIA Farma Way – Lock’s Dream ex Youth Dam Lock’s Dream – winner of the Listed Fair Grounds Spring Fiesta Handicap, 3^rd Gr.3 Golden Gate Yerba Buena Handicap. Lock’s Dream is the second dam of both Akanti and Lock and Key. Akanti (Key of Luck) – winner of the Listed Leopardstown Rochestown Stakes, Listed Louisiana Blue Skies Handicap. Lock and Key (Key of Luck) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.3 Curragh Round Table Stakes, Gr.3 International Stakes, Gr.3 International Stakes, Gr.3 Leopardstown Brownstown Stakes. RATTLE Stravinsky – Twentyfirst Century ex Sadler’s Wells Unraced. Third dam is Pushy (Sharpen Up) – winner of the Gr.2 Royal Ascot Queen Mary Stakes, Gr.3 Ascot Cornwallis Stales, 3^rd Gr.1 Newmarket Cheveley Park Stakes ROYAL PROCLOMATION Kingmambo – Only Queens ex Transworld Dam Only Queens – winner of the Gr.1 Aqueduct Demoiselle Stakes, Gr.2 Tempted Stakes and dam of Tactile (Slew o’ Gold) – winner of the Gr.1 Belmont Gazelle Handicap, Gr.1 Beldame Stakes, Listed Laurel Harbour Place Stakes. SHIKOBA Chief Bearhart – Summary ex Tierce NZ Bloodstick Filly of the Year 2006. 7 wins, including the Gr.2 ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2 Royal Stakes, Gr.2 Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Listed CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Levin Classic, 3^rd Gr.1 ARC New Zealand Stakes. Shikoba shares the same second dam (Pampas Fire) as Melito – winner of the Gr.2 AJC Furious Stakes, Gr.2 STC Silver Slipper Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 STC Riesling Stakes, Gr.2 STC Tea Rose Stakes. SHINKO BLU Shinko Forest – Lunchtime Blues ex Snippets 6 wins. Dam Lunchtime Blues is a half sister to Our Quartet (Palace Music) – winner of the Listed WRC Wellesley Stakes. This is the family of Hancock Park (Pompeii Court) – Second top filly on The 1991-92 2YO Free Handicap in South Africa, winner of the Gr.3 Greyville JB McIntosh Fillies Classic Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 Kenilworth Fillies Championship Stakes, Gr.3 Sceptre Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 Scotsville Allan Robertson Fillies Championship Stakes. SHOWZEEL Zabeel – Winsomely ex Sovereign Edition 2 wins. Half sister to both Confiscate and Sarah Fay. Confiscate (Sir Tristram) – winner of the Gr.3 VRC Yallambee Stud Stakes, Gr.3 STC Frederick Clissold Handicap, Gr.3 Ajax Stakes, Gr.3 Concord Stakes (twice). Sarah Fay (Sir Tristram) – winner of the Listed AJC Craven Plate, 2^nd Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes, 3rd Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks. SILVAROLA Paris House – Vera’s Queen ex Kreisler 2 wins. Second dam is Vera’s Pal (Mussorgsky) – 15 wins, including the Listed Waikato RC Foxbridge Plate, Listed Rotorua Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 Waikato RC Lion Brown Sprint, Listed Fielding Stakes, 3^rd Gr.3 Manawatu RC Eulogy Stakes. Vera’s Pal is the dam of Jim’s Mate (Three Legs) – 10 wins, including the Gr.2 VATC JJ Liston Stakes, Listed CJC Churchill Stakes. SINGADABLUES Danasinga – Centolde ex Centaine Second dam Tisolde (Tights) – placed 2^nd Gr.2 VRC AV Kewney Stakes, Gr.3 Tasmanian Oaks, Listed Bendigo Cup, 3^rd Gr.3 VRC Frances Tressady Stakes. Tisolde is also the dam of Great Command (Marscay) – Champion 3YO in New Zealand 1996/97, winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby, Gr.1 Waikato RC International Stakes, Gr.3 ARC Clifford Plate, Gr.3 Waikato Guineas, Listed ARC New Zealand Derby Trial Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas, Gr.2 Avondale Guineas. SOIXANTE Rock of Gibraltar – Our Echezeaux ex Zabeel Dam Our Echezeaux is a sister to Grand Echezeaux and three quarter sister to Romanee Conti. Grand Echezeaux – winner of the Gr.1 SAJC Australasian Oaks, Gr.3 Auraria Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 Mooney Valley Oaks, Gr.2 VRC AV Kewney Stakes, Listed SAJC Widden Stud Stakes. Dam of DARCI BRAHMA Romanee Conti (Sir Tristram) – winner of the Gr.3 STC Queen of the Turf Stakes, Gr.3 Hong Kong International Cup, Listed AJC Emancipation Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 AJC Queen Elizabeth Randwick Stakes, Gr.1 WRC Thorndon Mile, Gr.2 AJC Surround Stakes, 3^rd Gr.1 WRC Telegraph Handicap, Gr.2 STC Phar Lap Stakes. SOLANTO Grosvenor – Solano ex Red Glow Unraced. Dam of Spontaneous (Spartacus) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Levin Classic, 3^rd Listed ARC Champagne Stakes. Half sister to Soelin (Stravinsky) – placed 3^rd in the Gr.3 Masterton RC Lowland Stakes. Dam Solano is a winning half sister to Soliloquy (Sobig) – 13 wins, winner of the Gr.1 Waikato RC Lion Brown Sprint, Gr.3 Avondale JC Classic Stakes, Gr.3 Masterton RC Lowland Stakes; and dam of Solveig (Imposing) – New Zealand Filly of The Year. SOUNDS LIKE GOLD Kaapstad – Sounds Like Fun ex Sound Reason Dam of Spectacular Icon (Monolith) – 10 wins, placed 3^rd in the Gr.2 Manawatu RC Awapuni Gold Cup, Listed Marton Cup. Dam Sounds Like Fun (Sound Reason) – 11 wins, including the Gr.2 Great Northern Oaks, Gr.2 Waikato RC International Stakes, Gr.3 ARC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr.3 Waikato Gold Cup, Gr.3 Rotorua Challenge Stakes, Gr.3 ARC Quantas Handicap, 2^nd Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks, 3^rd Gr.1 ARC Air New Zealand Stakes, Gr.1 New Zealand Stakes. SPRING DANCER Danasinga – Spring ex O’Reilly 5 wins. Half sister to Daffodil (No Excuse Needed) – winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 Australian Oaks, Gr.1 Hawke’s Bay Windsor Park Challenge Plate. Dam Spring is a half sister to Good Faith (Straight Strike) – Top filly on The 1996/97 2YO Classification, winner of the Gr.1 ARC Ellerslie Sires’ Produce, Gr.3 Great Northern Foal Stakes, 2^nd Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes. STARBOARD LIGHT Mark of Esteem – Light Ship ex Warning Winner. Second dam Bireme (Grundy) – Joint third top filly on The 1980 English 3YO Free Handicap, winner of Gr.1 The Oaks, Gr.3 York Musidora Stakes. STAR OF FLIGHT Marscay – Malibu Light ex Capote 7 wins, placed 3^rd in the Listed BTC Glenlogan Park Stakes. Dam of Bewitch (Bachelor Duke) – placed 2^nd in the Listed WRC Wellesley Stakes, 3^rd Listed ARC Karaka Million. STRANAMI Straight Strike – Ala Nami ex Crested Wave Unraced. Half sister to Classic Babe (Classic Fame) – winner of the Gr.3 ARC Nathans Memorial Handicap, 2^nd Gr.3 Rotorua Challenge Plate Handicap, Listed Fielding Gold Cup. Dam Ala Nami is a half sister to Danjiki (Markella) – winner of the Gr.2 Te Aroha JC New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, Gr.3 Avondale JC Waikato Stud Stakes, Listed ARC Redoubt Classic, Listed VRC Honda Prelude, Listed VATC Tristarc Stakes, Listed Waikato RC Sprint Handicap, Listed Guineas Trial, 2^nd Gr.1 QTC Stradbroke Handicap, Gr.2 Avonda JC Concorde Handicap, Gr.3 VRC Rupert Steele Stakes. STRIKE A ROSE Straight Strike – Rhapsody Rose ex Frassino 3 wins. Dam of Shizu (Manntari) – winner of Gr.1 VATC One Thousand Guineas, 2^nd Gr.3 VATC Vanity Stakes, Listed Waikato RC Fairview Ford Slipper, 3^rd Gr.1 VRC Oaks, Gr.2 Mooney Valley Oaks. Shizu is the dam of Zuapone (Flying Spur) – winner of the Gr.3 SAJC Spring Stakes, 3^rd Listed SAJC Dermody Stakes. Strike a Rose is a half sister to Loader (Pre Catalan) – winner of the Gr.1 ARC Railway Handicap, Gr.1 WRC Telegraph Handicap; and also Native Chief (Native Priss) – winner of the Gr.3 ARC Cornwall Handicap, Listed Matamata Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 Avondale Gold Cup, Listed ARC Champagne Stakes. SURREPTIOUS Machiavellian – Nadma ex Northern Dancer Winner. Dam Nadma is a half sister to Sabin (Lyphard) - Third top filly on the 1984/85 USA 4YO+ Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 Hollywood Gamely Handicap, Gr.1 Santa Anita Yellow Ribbon Stakes, Gr.2 Belmont Sheepshead Bay Handicap (twice), 3^rd Gr.1 Hollywood Matriach Stakes, Gr.1 Saratoga Alabama Stakes. SWEETLINER First Norman – Bay Breeze ex Beaufort Sea 4 wins. Dam of Sweet Thunder (Thunder Gulch) – placed 2^nd in the Listed TRC Strutt Stakes. Dam Bay Breeze is a half sister to Zonda and Magnolia Hall. Zonda (Zabeel) – Joint Head of The 1997/98 NZ 3YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby, Gr.1 ARC The Oaks Stud Classic, Gr.2 MVRC Alister Clark Stakes, Gr.2 Avondale Guineas, Gr.3 ARC King’s Plate, 2^nd Gr.1 VRC Australian Guineas, 3^rd Gr.2 VATC Autumn Classic. Magnolia Hall (Noble Bijou) – winner of the Gr.2 QTC PJ O’Shea Stakes, Gr.3 AJC Summer Cup, 3^rd Gr.1 VRC Melbourne Cup, Gr.1 AJC Metropolitan Handicap. TRESPIER Zabeel – Rhythm Kingdom ex Vice Regal Winner. Half sister to Volcada (Stravinsky) – winner of the Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes; Royal Harmony (Marscay) – placed 2^nd in the Listed AJC James HB Carr Stakes, Listed Widden Stakes. Dam Rhythm Kingdom is a half sister to Ideal Planet (Planet Kingdom) – Second on The 1981/82 Australian 3YO Classification, winner of the Gr.1 BATC Doomben Hundred Thousand, Listed QTC Tatt’s RC WJ Healy Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 VRC Newmarket Handicap, Gr.2 AJC Galaxy Handicap VEGA SICILIA Rodrigo de Triano – Georgiana ex Nassipour 3 wins. Placed 3^rd in the Gr.1 Waikato RC International Stakes, Listed BTC Rough Habit Plate. Half sister to Filante Etoile (Soviet Star) – winner of the Listed QTC Metropolitan Handicap, 2^nd Gr.1 WRC New Zealand Oaks, Gr.2 Waikato Gold Cup. Dam Georgiana is a half sister to Star Dancer (Star Watch) – 14 wins, including the Gr.1 Auckland Classic, Gr.1 ARC Japan Racing Association Classic, Gr.1 VATC Futurity Stakes, Gr.2 AJC Warwick Stakes, Gr.3 ARC King’s Plate, Gr.3 VATC Myer Stakes, Gr.3 Te Aroha JC Thames Valley Stakes (twice). VERCORS Catbird – Alpine ex Zabeel 4 wins. Winner of the Listed Wairarapa RC Breeders’ Stakes, 3^rd Gr.2 Cambridge JC Travis Stakes. Half sister to Lord Ted and Manawa King. Lord Ted (Lord Ballina) – Joint Head of The 1995/96 NZ 2YO Free Handicap, winner of the Gr.1 ARC Ellerslie Sires’ Produce Stakes, 2^nd Gr.1 SAJC Adelaide Cup, Gr.3 WRC Wakefirld Challenge Stakes. Manawa King (Zabeel) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 AJC Sydney Cup, Gr.2 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes. VIENNESE WALTZ Danehill – Demure ex Machiavellian Half sister to Il Warrd (Pivotal) – winner of the Listed Kempton Easter Stakes, Listed Redcar Guisborough Stakes, 2^nd Gr.3 Royal Ascot Jersey Stakes, Listed Newbury Duty Free Cup; and Coy – winner of the Listed Ascot Valiant Stakes, 2^nd Listed Royal Ascot Sandringham Handicap. Second dam Shy Princess (Irish River) – placed 2^nd in the Gr.1 Deauville Prix Morny. VOLKSRASCAL Volksraad – Miss Matty ex Noble Bijou 2 wins. Dam Miss Matty has had three to race, all winners. This is the family of Starlit (Star Kingdom) – Head of The 1963/64 NZ 2YO Handicap; Star Lot (Imperialist) – winner of the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes; Starline (Sir Tristram) – winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks; Pentathon (Pentire) – winner of the Gr.2 New Zealand Cup, 2^nd Gr.1 AJC Sydney Cup; Beechcraft (Sea Anchor) – winner of the Gr.1 VATC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas. WAGGLE Dehere – Gemstone Glitter ex Half a Year Winner. Half sister to Gary Alton’s smart performer and five race winner Castles Burning (Pins). This is the family of sires Lear Fan (Roberto), Pirate Army (Roberto) and Hong Kong’s Champion middle distance horse of 2002 Olympic Express (Bishop of Cashel). WINNING SPREE Zabeel – Quietly Lucky ex Fortunate Dancer Winner. Dam Quietly Lucky is a half sister to successful sire Don’t Say Halo (Halo). ZAABI Zabeel – A Goodlookin Broad ex Broad Brush Half sister to Pure Theatre (Nureyev) – winner of the Gr.3 VATC Guineas Prelude, 3^rd Gr.1 VATC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.2 MVRC AAMI Vase. Sire. ZARIA Zabeel – Snow Quill ex Blue Bird 2 wins. Sister to Zagalia – winner of the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks, 2^nd Listed AJC Toy Show Handicap, 3^rd Gr.2 VRC Craiglee Stakes. ZEVITA Zedative – Te Akau Jo ex Sir Tristram Half sister to Partee (Sandtrap) – winner of the Listed Matamata Cup, 2^nd Gr.2 ARC Champion Stakes, 3^rd Gr.2 Waikato Gold Cup. Dam Te Akau Jo is a three-quarter-sister to Riverina Charm (Sir Tristram). Riverina Charm is the dam of both Paolini (Housebuster) and Sarwatch (Jetball), and was herself the winner of the Gr.1 Air New Zealand Stakes, Gr.1 VATC One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 STC Canterbury Guineas, Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas.

Another stakes winner for the family of Sakhee's Secret	2 Nov 2009



*Queen’s Grace in the pink & purple proves too dominant in the finish up the testing Newmarket straight.* Daughter of Sakhee's Secrets’ half sister wins Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes The Listed £30,000 EBF Igloos Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket on Friday was won by the Hughie Morrison-trained Queen's Grace (Bahamian Bounty), who raced prominently under Steve Drowne before finding plenty up the rise to the line when refusing to buckle despite pressure from the 13-8 favourite Puff and Henry Cecil's Tomintoul Singer. A Newbury maiden winner in August, Queen's Grace was third in a Salisbury Listed contest last month on her first try in stakes company. Morrison said: “She was not quite right and came back coughing after her run at Salisbury, but she is tough in all walks of life and has a real good engine. She didn't seem to be stopping at the end today so we'll put her in the One Thousand Guineas next spring and see how we go.” Homebred by Bridget Swire, Queen's Grace is out of five-time Listed sprint winner Palace Affair, herself a sister to the Listed-placed winner King's Caprice and a half sister to Group One July Cup winner Sakhee's Secret. The second dam Palace Street won the Listed John of Gaunt Stakes and the Cammidge Trophy.

Keyora Wins Wellington Guineas	27 Oct 2009



Keyora and Hayden Tinsley have the Guineas parcelled up THOROUGHBRED NEWS, October 3 - by Jeff Dore A horse labelled by trainer John Wheeler as a potential superstar, Keyora (3 Br. C. Bachelor Duke – Fairy Lights, by Fairy King) recorded his second guineas success in October, with an authoritative win the the $85,000, Group II, New Zealand Bloodstock Wellington Thoroughbred Breeders Guineas over 1500 metres for Three-Year-Olds at Trentham on Saturday. On Kelt Day at Hastings on October 3 Keyora had produced a herculean performance to win the group two Hawkes Bay Guineas and again with Hayden Tinsley in the saddle the gelding of great temperament to match his ability was far too good. After travelling keenly towards the rear in a field of eight, Keyora easily reeled in the leader when asked to quicken at the 300 metres and apart from second placed Descarado (High Chaparral) he won virtually unopposed. The margin separating the first two was one and a quarter lengths, with a further four lengths to Military Move (Volksraad) in third. After receiving over one-hundred millimetres of rain in the week leading up to the meeting, the initial track reading was Heavy11, but upgraded to Heavy10 prior to the Guineas in the middle of the programme, and described by jockey Mark Du Plessis, when asked for his opinion, as ‘very holding’. Keyora had proved his mettle when not only coming from the rear of the field over 1400 metres to win his previous start at Hastings, but sustaining a massive run in the straight after being flushed very wide on the home turn, to beat high-class filly St Germaine (Keeper) in a head bobbing finish. Bred at The Oaks Stud by Karreman Bloodstock Ltd, Keyora was purchased by John Wheeler at the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale for $200,000 and races for owners E M & Miss N A Bourke, M I Eliason, J P Fleming, A R Piercy, J A Washer & Est Late B J Fleming. The focus for Keyora is now the $1m, Group I, 2000 Guineas at Riccarton Park Racecourse in Christchurch on November 7.

Bachelor Duke's Single Currency rated 'Top Class' by Cambridge trainer Chris Wood	16 Oct 2009



Bachelor Duke gelding Single Currency set to put the Chris Woods stable name back ‘in lights’ *Single Currency makes it two-from-two when cruising to the post 1½ lengths ahead of a game Sitara yesterday at Hastings.* THOROUGHBRED NEWS, October 15 - by Jeff Dore The performance by Single Currency (pictured) suggested the winner of two races from as many attempts has a promising future. Scratched on a couple of occasions due to unsuitable footing after bolting in by nearly four lengths on good ground over 1200 metres when debuting at Taupo on September 9, Single Currency was equally impressive taking out the www.thekiwichallenge.com Rating 70 over 1200 metres. Wood said, “He has to have reasonable footing to show his best and we had to put a line through him on a couple of occasions before getting this opportunity.” In a race for apprentice riders, Samantha Collett managed to balance Single Currency in tight quarters handy to the pace, yet he lost touch with the leader from third when covering some extra ground rounding the home turn. But once Collett balanced him up again he produced a big finish to reel in the leader and score impressively by one and a half lengths before rolling on past the post in good fashion. In a competitive field, he covered the 1200 metres in 1:11.31 after a shower of rain prior to the race had dampened the footing to dead. Proven to be a bargain buy at the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Festival Yearling Sale, Wood outlaid $29,000 and shares part ownership with G H Mander, Mrs F McDonald, G J McMahon, P G Proverbs, R P Rosenberg, & Miss J Wah. A son of The Oaks Stud stallion Bachelor Duke (Miswaki), Single Currency follows in the footsteps of Keyora (ex. Fairy Lights, by Fairy King), another talented son by the same sire who recently took out the group two Hawkes Bay Guineas on the Hastings track. “I like the Bachelor Duke’s”, said Wood, “they’ve got good attitudes and the four in my stable all have ability.” With twenty-two in work, Wood said it was timely to have a horse like Single Currency to put the stable name ‘in lights’ and he is hoping to step his charge up a notch by contesting the $85,000, Group II, Wellington Thoroughbred Breeders’ Guineas (1500m) at Trentham on October 24. “We’ll go there if the footing is okay and maybe look at Levin at the end of November. He might go over more ground as he seems to relax, so there is also the Derby.” Acting on a range of footing, his dam, Pennies In Heaven, won five times from 1400 metres to 2170 metres and the genuine attributes that she displayed seem set to offer Wood and fellow connections plenty of scope with their latest star.

Sakhee's Secrets half-brother Palace Moon takes listed £40,000 BET365 Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket	31 Aug 2009



Sakhee’s Secrets dam Palace Street adds another stakes winner to her impressive broodmare resume. The Oaks new stallion Sakhee’s Secret received a further boost on Saturday with his half-brother Palace Moon (pictured) taking out the £40,000 listed BET 365 Hopeful Stakes over 1200m at Newmarket. Confidently backed into 9-4 favourite, Palace Moon (Fantastic Light) scored by a neck from Swiss Diva. The winning margin slightly flattering to the runner-up with Palace Moon edging left in the final running despite clearly having the measure of Swiss Diva. Palace Moon, who has had just six runs previously, put in a solid performance at his last two starts when fourth in the Gr.2 CGA Hungerford Stakes at Newbury and second in the listed Salisbury Cathedral Stakes. Rated highly by trainer Hughie Morrison, consideration is now been given to starting the talented four year old in September’s Gr.2 Diadem Stakes at Ascot. Palace Moon’s dam Palace Street was a multiple stakes winning sprinter-miler, competing 19 of her 22 starts in Group or listed company. Having already produced one Champion sprinter in Sakhee’s Secret (Sakhee) as well as the five-times listed winning sprinter Palace Affair (Pursuit of Love), her latest stakes winning sprinter is by Fantastic Light a stallion renowned as a high class stamina influence. The impressive turn-of-foot shown by Palace Moon simply adds further credence to the family’s reputation for producing **top-class speed horses – a family which includes the highly respected Champion sprinter (and sire) Stravinsky**.

BACHELOR DUKE : LEADING FIRST SEASON SIRE 2008/09	4 Aug 2009



The Oaks resident sire Bachelor Duke has taken out the 2008/09 New Zealand First Season Sires Award finishing ahead of NZ based sires King’s Chapel, Savabeel, One Cool Cat, Handsome Ransom and Scaredee Cat. An encouraging start to his stallion career and more-especially given this was achieved from a first foal crop of just 49 foals. With Bachelor Duke’s progeny widely expected to improve as three and four year olds his future at The Oaks looks assured. “We are very happy with what we’ve seen to date and the signs are good,” said The Oaks Manager Rick Williams. “The trainers are saying they like his progeny. They seem happy to give them a bit of time and generally expect them as three year olds to really begin to hit their straps.” With a number of Bachelor Duke's more impressive trials winners turned out to spell after winning and some talented juveniles seen out on raceday, one gets the impression the richly bred Bachelor Duke is well on the way to establishing himself among the up and coming sires. Some Bachelor Duke three year olds to watch for in the spring include: Prince of Wales (ex Serenity Princess by Encosta de Lago), Bewitch (Star of Flight by Marscay) – Paul Moroney, Keyora (ex Fairy Lights by Fairy King) – John Wheeler, Disarm (ex Amaroo by Zabeel) – Stephen McKee, Single Currency (ex Pennies in Heaven by Pompeii Court) – Chris Wood, Obsession (ex Mystery Creek by Kaapstad) – Frank Ritchie, Crystal Duke (ex Starfire Glow by Danasinga) – Kevin Hughes.

Presvis joins Sakhee's Secrets as another top-liner from Sakhee's first season foals	3 May 2009



Hong Kong’s QE 11 Cup winner Presvis boosts the stocks of new sire Sakhee’s Secret The Informant – Friday May 1st The Oaks Studs’ Rick Williams had reason to smile after Sundays impressive winning performance by Presvis in the HK$14 million Queen Elizabeth Cup (2000m). Presvis and The Oaks new sire and former Champion European Sprinter Sakhee’s Secret (pictured) both hail from the first crop of young British sire Sakhee. Sakhee himself is best remembered as a former Goldolphin trained superstar galloper that won the 2001 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and was voted 2001 Horse of the Year. Presvis, trained in Newmarket by Luca Cumani, showed his own star qualities on Sunday night when storming home from last to win the rich Hong Kong Group One race. His winning margin a comfortable one length and going away from the Hong Kong champion Viva Pataca with former Kiwi galloper Thumbs Up in 3^rd place. Presvis is rated by Cumani as a ‘star in the making.’ The lightly raced gelding had already shown his class when previously beating home nine individual Group One winners while running second to Gladiatorus in the $5 million Dubai Dutyfree Stakes. Cumani is now considering a trip to Singapore for the Gold Cup and his ambitious plans include a return trip for Hong Kong’s big race in December, the Hong Kong Cup.

Seachange rated World Champion Turf Sprint Mare	14 Jan 2009



World rating for Seachange By AIDAN RODLEY - Waikato Times \| Wednesday, 14 January 2009 Star Cambridge mare Seachange is today a world champion. The two-time horse of the year was rated as the best four-year-old and older mare in the world on turf over a distance of 1000m-1300m on the 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings, released yesterday. And to cap that news, seven-time Gr I winner Seachange was yesterday scanned and found to be in foal to supersire Zabeel. Seachange earned her international rating of 115 for her win in last year's Gr I Telegraph Handicap (1200m) at Trentham. Trained for that race by Cambridge's Ralph Manning before Te Awamutu's Graeme Sanders took over for her England campaign last year, she joined the Murray and Bjorn Baker-trained Nom du Jeu and the John Sargent-trained Red Ruler as the three New Zealand gallopers on the list. To merit inclusion, a horse must have been rated at 115 or above by the World Thoroughbred Rankings Conference. The trio each earned an international rating of 115 Nom du Jeu earning that rating twice for his performances in winning the AJC Derby and his second placing in the Stoney Bridge Stakes, and Red Ruler for his Kelt Capital Stakes second. Strangely, Princess Coup failed to make the list despite defeating Nom du Jeu in the Stoney Bridge and Red Ruler in the Kelt, possibly attributable to her mare's allowance in each weight-for-age race. Rick Williams, racing manager for Seachange's owner-breeder Dick Karreman, was rapt with Seachange's international recognition. 'For her to be internationally ranked is huge. 'Darci Brahma made that list a couple of years ago but not many New Zealand horses get on it there's not many horses in the world that get on it,' Williams said. 'The Telegraph Handicap was a weight-carrying record for a mare and she was only a hundredth of a second outside a world record. 'When we were at Newmarket they showed that performance and a lot of the media there were taken by it. 'But New Zealand horses don't normally get recognition for something they do in New Zealand. It's a great honour.' There were 16 New Zealand-bred horses on the list, placing New Zealand sixth on the country list, behind the United States, Ireland, Australia, Great Britain and Japan but heading off France, Germany and South Africa. The highest New Zealand-bred horses were Cox Plate winner Maldivian on 118, the same rating as Armada and Able One. Seachange was retired to stud after a northern hemisphere campaign last year with a record of 14 wins from 28 starts and earnings of $1,758,285. She was meant to have an early mating with Zabeel but she failed to adjust to the changing seasons and had to undergo colic surgery in October. She was finally served on December 21. 'It will be a late foal but we'll let her foal down and I'll give her a rest next year,' Williams said. 'With her coming back from the northern hemisphere, she just didn't come into season and the colic surgery didn't help.'

2008 Mercedes Racing Awards	16 Aug 2008



2008 Mercedes Thoroughbred Racing Awards ‘Celebrating Excellence’ *Mercedes Horse of the Year* - Seachange Mercedes Champion Sprinter - Seachange Mercedes People’s Choice Award - Seachange Mercedes Broodmare of the Year - Just Cruising Mercedes Owner of the Year - Dick Karreman Dick Karreman (left) owner of The Oaks Stud and principal of Karreman Bloodstock receiving the Owner of the Year** award from NZTR Owners Representative John Rennie. Dick Karreman’s racetrack success in 2007/08 and his contribution to both the New Zealand racing and breeding sectors were aptly recognised at this years Mystery Creek Mercedes Thoroughbred Racing Awards night. Karreman as both an owner and breeder was called to the podium on five separate occasions to accept his awards. In graciously accepting these accolades Karreman wished to share them with his team - Rick Williams, The Oaks Stud staff, and the trainers caring for his horses. He was also categoric in his praising of New Zealand as “the best place in the world to breed champion racehorses.” *Mercedes Horse of the Year* - Seachange Seachange was awarded three titles including the major award ‘Horse of the Year’ for her magnificent season at home and abroad – (her achievements) Four Group 1 wins in New Zealand, sixth in a star-studded Group 1 lineup in the Dubai Duty Free and her fourth at Group 1 level at Newmarket in England This latest racing season saw the Karreman Bloodstock racing team again to the fore – this time with five group one wins in New Zealand and Seachange featuring prominently at both the Dubai World Cup and the Royal Ascot carnival. With Karreman’s blue & white silks an ever familiar sight at our local race meetings, New Zealand racegoers have enjoyed the pleasure of watching his star racehorses – including the likes of Seachange, Keepa Cruisin, Magnetism, Chant and Diamond Deck. Mercedes Broodmare of the Year – Just Cruising A proud moment…but one also tinged with sadness as Dick Karreman and Rick Williams accept Just Cruising's 'Mercedes Broodmare of the Year' award from Karen Fenton-Ellis. Just Cruising had only weeks earlier been euthanized after losing her battle with laminitus. A full sister to The Oaks former stallion Yachtie, Just Cruising has left three Gr.1 performers, including: the 7 times Gr.1** winner and Champion race mare Seachange, her Gr.1 winning half sister Keepa Cruisin and the Gr.1 placed Korau Road. The legacy of Just Cruising will long continue at The Oaks. Seachange is now retired to stud (and visiting Zabeel). Keepa Cruisin, her unraced sister (2YO) and a yearling full sister to Seachange are all destined for The Oaks broodmare paddocks on retirement from racing.

Spartacus Secures NZ First Season Sire Title	1 Aug 2008



The Oaks Stud's dual group one winning Danehill stallion Spartacus has claimed the coveted title of *New Zealand's Champion First Season Sire* for the 2007/08 season. Spartacus ($263,850) took honours ahead of a number of exciting young sires including Captain Rio ($177,825), Thorn Park ($135,525) and Gold Mine ($119,300). 'We are delighted to see Spartacus make such a solid start to his stud career in New Zealand', reflected The Oaks Stud's General Manager Rick Williams. 'He has hit the ground running and has already shown the ability to leave both fast and staying types. All reports indicate that there are some exciting types to step out in the new season and we have high expectations that his early success will continue. Spartacus proved very popular with breeders last season covering 170 mares, and will serve a quality book of 120 - 130 mares again this year'.

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