Standardbred January 2019 NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL STANDARDBRED 2019 YEARLING SALE
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NZB BREEDING MATTERS Standardbred January 2019 NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL STANDARDBRED 2019 YEARLING SALE AUCKLAND 17 & 18 February, Karaka Sales Centre CHRISTCHURCH 19 & 20 February, Canterbury Agricultural Park Karaka Sales Centre: 10 Hinau Road, Karaka, AKL | Christchurch Office: Level 1, 17 Birmingham Drive, Middleton, CHC P: +64 9 298 0055 E: [email protected] W: www.nzbstandardbred.co.nz TYX Inspection Welcome Phone: Penny Boyle 027 769 3756 TABLES Neil Rich 027 451 4323 LOT 323 (UNNAMED) Lot 40: HIGHMOON Lot 94: SHOW ME HEAVEN CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (Somebeachsomewhere – Ohoka Moon) (Somebeachsomewhere – Timeless Perfection) / STYX SLEEKNFLEET Somebeach colt from a 9 win mare. He’s a brother to 4 September filly who belongs to the Pacific Flight family. She Filly. Half to Sleekn Styx, 2 WA wins. individual winners. is a standout filly. Top NZ family with the leading 2018 USA 2YO sire. Lot 81: SPICE IT UP Lot 123: JERSEY BOY (Captaintreacherous – Soul Sister) (Somebeachsomewhere – Carabella) LOT 207 PENELOPE STYX LOT 220 STYX SWEETIE A standout filly from first season sire downunder, out of a half Colt from a multiple group winning mare whose first 2 foals sister to Carabella. are race winners. A classy individual. BETTOR’S DELIGHT / FOXY STYX BETTOR’S DELIGHT / FREE AS A BIRD Filly. The golden cross with Filly. Half to Jonny White. Christian Cullen. Half to Family of Jonny B Good Majorly Foxy Styx 11 Aust 26 NZ, Aust and wins $211,636 & full to USA wins and Dizzy Styx Vixen, 8 NSW wins. Miss Lizzy. Make sure you view the rest of our potential superstars on our Facebook page or NZB Standardbred Website: Lot’s 12, 25, 56, 67, 109, 146, 167, 185, 356 For inspections please contact Sara Smith 021 237 4223 Dancingonmoonlight Farm Will be sold 20 February 2019 • Christchurch TYX Inspection Welcome Phone: Penny Boyle 027 769 3756 TABLES Neil Rich 027 451 4323 LOT 323 (UNNAMED) Lot 40: HIGHMOON Lot 94: SHOW ME HEAVEN CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (Somebeachsomewhere – Ohoka Moon) (Somebeachsomewhere – Timeless Perfection) / STYX SLEEKNFLEET Somebeach colt from a 9 win mare. He’s a brother to 4 September filly who belongs to the Pacific Flight family. She Filly. Half to Sleekn Styx, 2 WA wins. individual winners. is a standout filly. Top NZ family with the leading 2018 USA 2YO sire. Lot 81: SPICE IT UP Lot 123: JERSEY BOY (Captaintreacherous – Soul Sister) (Somebeachsomewhere – Carabella) LOT 207 PENELOPE STYX LOT 220 STYX SWEETIE A standout filly from first season sire downunder, out of a half Colt from a multiple group winning mare whose first 2 foals sister to Carabella. are race winners. A classy individual. BETTOR’S DELIGHT / FOXY STYX BETTOR’S DELIGHT / FREE AS A BIRD Filly. The golden cross with Filly. Half to Jonny White. Christian Cullen. Half to Family of Jonny B Good Majorly Foxy Styx 11 Aust 26 NZ, Aust and wins $211,636 & full to USA wins and Dizzy Styx Vixen, 8 NSW wins. Miss Lizzy. Make sure you view the rest of our potential superstars on our Facebook page or NZB Standardbred Website: Lot’s 12, 25, 56, 67, 109, 146, 167, 185, 356 For inspections please contact Sara Smith 021 237 4223 Dancingonmoonlight Farm Will be sold 20 February 2019 • Christchurch WHY YOU SHOULD LOOK BREEDING Seriously MATTERS January 2019 AT LOT 365 FROM THE EXECUTIVE 5 CHAIRMAN’S CORNER 8 EVERY DAY COUNTS 11 INDUSTRY AREAS AT YEARLING SALES 12 TONY DICKINSON HAS A LOVELY BUNCH OF COLTS FOR LIKELY SWANSONG 14 SBSR A PEDIGREE WITH SUCCESS 16 SOUTH PRODUCES TWO YEAR OLD DOUBLE 18 CONDITIONING FOR THE YEARLING SALES 20 AUSSIE SPLURGE ON NZ YEARLINGS PAYING DIVIDENDS 22 LIGHTNING STRIKE 24 ROBERTSON & HOLLIS: YEARLING PREPARATION WITH A PASSION FOR GETTING IT RIGHT 26 HARNESS MILLIONS SERIES Q & A 28 LOOK FOR FILLY SIRES AND FILLY FAMILIES BY: SWEET LOU WHEN SEARCHING FOR FILLY PROSPECTS 32 Last seasons USA Leading 2yo Sire (1st crop to race) TROTTING UP A STORM 35 Foals Starters Ave $ Total LITTLE GUYS (AND GIRLS) SOUTH ISLAND 40 LITTLE GUYS (AND GIRLS) NORTH ISLAND 42 SWEET LOU 97 80 $31,312 $3,037,299 NZB STANDARDBRED FINANCE Q & A 44 2nd LEADING SIRE 113 83 $29,275 $3,308,045 NIHILATOR’S IMPACT ON NEW ZEALAND HARNESS RACING 46 SALE COULD BE LAST FOR LEX & HEATHER 54 OUT OF: A 100% American Dam BUY & SELL 56 JOHN LOHMAN STILL HAS THE MIDAS TOUCH 58 A early November Colt KENNEDY RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS 62 2nd Foal BG’S BUNNY’S LEGACY 64 1st Foal already a winner LINCOLN FARMS AND JOHN STREET DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE 68 A stunning individual SOUTHERN LIGHT - SOUTHERN MIGHT 74 IMPULSE BUYING IN THE MAINLAND 76 So put the odds in your favour WEST FINDS EDGE WITH JOE 78 and Seriously consider this colt 4 LOT 365 As with anything shiny and new, it’s easy to get WHY YOU carried away thinking it’s bigger, better and brighter, FROM THE simply because it’s the newest ‘toy’ in the sales room. EXECUTIVE Thankfully not, and given that the owner of the SHOULD LOOK sales room is a proven performer on the global thoroughbred stage, this is one ‘toy’ we don’t mind Brad Reid | NZSBA Executive Manager sharing. Seriously There was confusion from our stakeholders initially, The rich history of the New Zealand Standardbred is but few would disagree the previous company not to be understated. had dropped the ball and the whole sales concept AT LOT 365 We are after all the home of the world’s first needed a makeover. millionaire racehorse. Since the day I met Andrew Seabrook, James Fifty years on, the New Zealand breeding industry is Jennings & Charlotte Porter at HRNZ HQ, it has been now responsible for the first mare winning a million hard not to be impressed. dollars in a single season. They have breathed fire into the Christchurch team Let that sink in. and reinvigorated it, in some cases re-inspired vendors and purchasers alike with their professional There will never be another Cardigan Bay. and personal approach. Will there ever be another Shartin? The marketing team have raised the bar for what our industry is previously used to in terms of campaigns. A lot has happened in the twelve months since we last printed this very special publication. And in less than six months, the harness racing industry has gotten around them with support for The feats of the breed have been truly remarkable their sales concept while Peter, Bruce, Cam, Rachel on the back of performances both here and abroad. and Grant have written a studbook by hand which is I feel lucky as a fan of the sport to have seen a horse no mean feat. like Lazarus in the flesh. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but in this case it felt like While his sale disappointed many of his fans, he did it has been. more for our breed then he could have at home. And Ultimately NZB Standardbred will be judged by in truth, his sojourn opened the pathways for some results, and rightly or wrongly they have publicly competitive racing over the Spring. BY: SWEET LOU accepted this as the case. My first experience with this wasn’t a kind one (My The industry is not for NZB Standardbred to save and Last seasons USA Leading 2yo Sire (1st crop to race) teenage hero, Auckland Reactor) so I watched with nor should it be. tempered expectations when Laz lined up in the Dan Foals Starters Ave $ Total Patch. That task is for the hierarchy at the Racing Board, as well as the board at HRNZ and their incoming CEO, Several hours later he was on the national news as a Peter Jensen. SWEET LOU 97 80 $31,312 $3,037,299 national hero! 2nd LEADING SIRE 113 83 $29,275 $3,308,045 The last 12 months have not all been positive, and Heck, he had the racing media from across the ditch the perseverance of integrity and public perception calling him Australasian, he must be pretty handy. remain paramount if our industry is to prosper. OUT OF: A 100% American Dam Field Marshal became the seventh fastest horse of As breeders, it hurts to see the viability of an all time, and he did it in the Southern Hemisphere. I industry in question due to the actions of individuals, must ask me old mate Jim Dalgety if he ever thought particularly when our investments are not for the A early November Colt he’d see the day? faint hearted, and for many it is their livelihood at 2nd Foal Shartin became the first New Zealand bred pacer to stake. 1st Foal already a winner win a Breeders Crown Final. What NZB have done is restore hope at a time when Tiger Tara backed up a herculean New Zealand Cup we desperately needed it, and I can’t wait to see how A stunning individual performance by winning the Interdominion Final, the next month unfolds. while Tornado Valley went from nice intermediate Good luck if your selling, and go well if you are trotter to nigh on unbeatable when winning the buying. trotting equivalent. So put the odds in your favour You can do so in confidence knowing that both the And finally, a glimmer of hope appeared on the sales company and the product are world class. and Seriously consider this colt horizon by the name of New Zealand Bloodstock. 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