Friday August 30, 2008 |
Edition 142 |
Edited by TARA MADGWICK |
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One of the greatest thoroughbred stallions in recent times, legendary Japanese based sire Sunday Silence has been in the news this year with a global treble of Classic winners for his sire sons and the arrival in Australia of his dual Group One winning son Hat Trick (Jpn) at Independent Stallions in Victoria.
Winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup Classic, Sunday Silence was the one that got away for the North Americans, sold to stud in Japan where he became a superstar for Shadai Farm.
Since the immortal sire Lexington (1861-1874), only two stallions have led a general sire list for twelve consecutive years or more-Sadler’s Wells (1992-2004) in England/ Ireland and SUNDAY SILENCE (1995 to present) in Japan.
Crowned Champion Three Year Old and US Horse of the Year, Sunday Silence was originally slated to retire to Stone Farm in 1991 at a fee of $50,000, but with only luke warm interest from American breeders in the son of Halo, an offer of around $10million from Japan was accepted and thoroughbred history changed course.
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Samantha Family Breeds Success
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Last season’s champion two year-old filly Samantha Miss is a card carrying member of the ‘blue-bloods club’ having fetched the tidy sum of $1.5 million when offered by Willow Park Stud at the 2007 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, but with a Group One triumph on her resume and the distinct promise of more to come, the daughter of Redoute’s Choice is one expensive yearling who has proven to be worth every penny.
One of 13 Group One winners for Australia’s most expensive sire Redoute’s Choice, Samantha Miss combines the blood of two champion sires as her unraced dam Milliyet (NZ), is by the great New Zealand sire Zabeel.
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Sire Tracker Focus on Golden Rose
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The Breednet Sire Prospect Tracker provides an updated list of potential stallions and with spring racing really starting to get rolling it’s well worth a look to see who the key players are.
The Group Two STC Golden Rose is a million dollar race and a forerunner to the big Group Ones to follow, so for the Red Ransom (USA) colts Duporth and All American a victory could prove a great commercial boost.
After two promising efforts at two, Duporth has blossomed this preparation to win the Group Three AJC San Domenico Stakes and was a good thing beaten last Saturday when third in the Group Three AJC Up and Coming Stakes.
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QUIZ
1/ Champion sires Encosta de Lago and Redoute’s Choice had a stakes-winner apiece at Warwick Farm last Saturday, can you name them?
2/ How many races at Moonee Valley has track specialist Kaphero won?
3/ Stakes-winners Bank Robber and Minnesota Shark are cousins as their dams are half-sisters and they share the same grand-dam, what is her name?
4/ Debut stakes-winner Dreamscape is a home-bred for which well known overseas owned breeding operation based at Mudgee?
5/ A trio of $2million plus yearling purchases have won races this week, can you name them?
Answers are at the bottom of this page .
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TOP PRICED 2&3YO SELLERS |
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Randwick Bloodstock - Broodmare listings |
| PRICE |
VENUE |
HORSE |
| $1,500,000 |
CHEL. R2 |
GRAND JARDIN |
| $520,000 |
CAUL. R2 |
MISS SCARLATTI |
| $500,000 |
CAUL. R4 |
SUGAR BABE |
| $425,000 |
CHEL. R2 |
BALLERINA GIRL |
| $380,000 |
CAUL. R2 |
FLY HIGHER |
| $360,000 |
K GR. R2 |
SUPREMATOR |
| $350,000 |
RHIL. R7 |
CHASTELAIN |
| $330,000 |
CHEL. R2 |
MONTELIMAR |
| $310,000 |
CHEL. R2 |
ECLAIR FANTASTIC |
| $300,000 |
RHIL. R7 |
EMPEROR BONAPARTE |
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TARA MADGWICK
Sydney Race 9 No. 7 Bobadah
Probably wants a touch further that the 1100 metres, but is fresh and runs home hard. Each way. |
CRAIG TOMPSON
Sydney Race 7 No. 4 Duporth.
Saw nothing last week to put me off. Think he's a good horse on his way through the ranks.
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