Mapperley Stud

A Group I winning juvenile by champion sire Snitzel, Summer Passage will stand at Mapperley Stud in New Zealand this spring.

Charismatic High Chaparral stallion Contributer (IRE) was a popular member of the Godolphin racing team in Australia achieving Group I wins in the ATC Chipping Norton Stakes and Ranvet Stakes with his first yearlings set to make their presence felt next week at Karaka.

The countdown to a young stallion's yearling sale debut is a time of great excitement for any stud farm, and Mapperley Stud has double the anticipation in the lead-up to Karaka 2019.

The first New Zealand-based son of Makfi will go to stud this year with Savile Row to stand at Valachi Downs, the Matamata breeding operation of the stallion’s owner Kevin Hickman.

Next month’s Group III Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield will be a campaign deciding run for Summer Passage.

New Zealand colt Summer Passage is one of two Group I winners nominated for Saturday’s Group II Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington where he has come seeking drier weather.

The success of young High Chaparral (IRE) son So You Think has put the spotlight on his sire sons to follow including his dual Australian Group I winning son Contributer (IRE), whose first foal has been born at Mapperley Stud in New Zealand.

ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes runner-up Summer Passage will trial on both sides of the Tasman before a Melbourne spring campaign.