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BENSTUD STANDARDBREDS NNEEEEDD TTOO HHUURRRRYY TTOO CCAATTCCHH AA LLOOOOKK AATT TTHHEESSEE BBEENNSSTTUUDD GGIIRRLLSS If you are based in New South Wales and are anxious to inspect any one or all of the Benstud fillies located north of the Victorian border you need to get moving. On March 18th Benstud will be moving eight fillies to Victoria to enable the final polish to be put on these outstandingly bred and put-together yearlings. Each of the eight fillies is NSW Breeders Challenge eligible and a number of them are also Vicbred eligible, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown eligible. While the Nutrien Sale isn’t until the 10th and 11th of April the fillies will be photographed and filmed for the Nutrien interactive on-line catalogue so that if you aren’t able to make it before the 18th of March you can catch up at the Nutrien website. Each of the eight fillies has outstanding credentials to make a top-flight race-horse and they also have longer term residual value as next generation broodmares. 11AM - 1PM YEARLING TOUR AT BENSTUD WITH BBQ & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS CONTACT CRAIG JUDD FOR CATERING NUMBERS PH 0458 658 273 Lot 50 Lot 50 is a bay American Ideal filly from the Christian Cullen mare Localize which makes her a half-sister to 3yo New Zealand Sires Stakes winner Our Golden Goddess p,1:53.1 $442,410 which won a second Group One race when she took out a Victorian Ladyship Cup. a full-brother to Our Golden Goddess in Sushi Sushi p,3,1:54.1 $1,103,327 was named Australian 3yo Colt/Gelding of the Year on the back of four Group One wins in the Victoria Derby, Great Northern Derby, NSW Breeders Challenge and Australasian Breeders Crown at that age. The cross of American Ideal over a Christian Cullen mare has already produced 49 individual winners including 11 which have each won more than $100,000. Five of those 11 are fillies and include the 2yo Group One NSW Breeders Challenge winner Miss Halfpenny p,3,1:55.0 $235,403 and the 3yo Group One New Zealand Breeders Stakes winner Luisanabelle Midfrew p,1:52.2 $225,107. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge and Bathurst Gold Crown Series Lot 55 Lot 55 is by the gun sire Art Major from the well-performed Christian Cullen mare Luda p,1:52.5 $216,653. Despite drawing the outside barrier Luda started favourite when she won the Group One 4yo Mares NSW Breeders Challenge final at Menangle in June 2015 after being placed three times at Group One level as a 2yo and 3yo. After a further three starts in August that season Luda was retired to stud and in 2016 she produced her first foal a Bettors Delight gelding which was named Bettor Back Louey and it won as a 3yo last season in 1:59.8. Her current yearling Art Major filly is bred on an ultra successful cross which has produced 111 winners including 17 $100,000 earners headed by the previously-mentioned Our Golden Goddess which was a multiple Group One winner on her way to a record of 1:53.1 and earnings of $442,410. Series. The Western Australian Group One WA Mares Classic winner Majorly Foxy Styx p,1:52.8 $211,635 is another bred on this cross as is another outstanding WA mare in Miss Sangrial p,1:55.5 $244,528 which numbered a Group Two Empress Stakes at Gloucester Park among her 19 wins for trainer Michael Brennan. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge, Vicbred, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown Series. 11AM - 1PM YEARLING TOUR AT BENSTUD WITH BBQ & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS CONTACT CRAIG JUDD FOR CATERING NUMBERS PH 0458 658 273 Lot 100 The Golden Cross of Australasian harness racing for the past decade has been Bettors Delight over a Christian Cullen mare and no less than 293 winners have been bred on this cross including 79 $100,000 earners and five millionaires headed by the remarkable Lazarus p,1:48.6 $4,423,391. The fillies bred on this cross include the Great Northern Derby and Great Northern Oaks winner Amazing Dream p,3,1:53.3 $892,915 and the New Zealand 2yo and 3yo Filly of the Year Spanish Armada p,3,1:52.1 $787,470 which won a total of six Group One races across the two seasons. Lot 100 is a filly bred on this cross being by Bettors Delight from the Christian Cullen mare Ohana which is a full-sister to the outstanding New Zealand pacer Gotta Go Cullen p,2,1:58.3 $1,173,343. Gotta Go Cullen won twice at Group One level as a 2yo in the New Zealand Sires Stakes and New Zealand Juvenile Championship on his way the 2yo Colt of the Year status. He came back as a 3yo to win the NSW Derby and then won an Auckland Cup and Messenger Championship as a 4yo to take out the award for New Zealand 4yo Horse of the Year. Gotta Go Cullen isn’t the only millionaire in this filly’s immediate pedigree as his dam is a half-sister to Il Vicolo p,1:56.7 $1,580,948 while a half-sister to his dam is the dam of Stunin Cullen p,3,1:54.1 $1,493,716. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown Series ALL NSW BRED CONTACT CRAIG JUDD FOR NSW INSPECTIONS TODAY 0458 658 273 11AM - 1PM YEARLING TOUR AT BENSTUD WITH BBQ & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS CONTACT CRAIG JUDD FOR CATERING NUMBERS PH 0458 658 273 Lot 172 The Falcon Seelster mare Tintinara won a total of 12 races and $121,453 in stakes was placed at Group Three level on three occasions and took a mark of p,1:52.3. Her first foal will be sold as Lot 172 at the Nutrien Sale. Lot 172 is a filly by boom young sire Captaintreacherous who sired his third Australasian Group One winning 2yo when Montana D J won the Cardigan Bay Stakes at Alexandra Park in Auckland on March 5th. Montana D J was the first Captaintreacherous colt to win a Group One 2yo race as his other two Group One winning juveniles were fillies in Tough Tilly (2yo Vicbred Super Series) and Treachery (The Allwood). His first crop of 112 Australasian foals are currently 3yos and he has 52 downunder winners (46.43% winners/foals) with more than nine months of the season still to go. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown Series Lot 188 The Art Major mare Wicked Nights has her second foal and first filly in the Nutrien Sale as Lot 188 . This filly is by American Ideal whose top fillies include The Orange Agent p,3,1:51.1 $746,423 a winner of 23 races including four at Group One level as a 3yo when she was named New Zealand 3yo Filly of the Year. Wicked Nights is a 3yo winning half-sister to South Australian Derby winner Flaming Flutter p,1:49.2 $863,876 which has now won four races in North America since joining the Team Tritton Stable. She is also a half-sister to the multiple Group One placed Two Times Bettor p,1:52.0 $204,570 and the dam of smart Gloucester Park winner Cyclone Banner p,1:55.1 $140,400. The grand-dam of Lot 188 is Twice As Hot p1:59.6 who is a half-sister to Mark Dennis p,1:51.4 $339,689 and the dam of New Zealand 2yo Filly of the Year Elle Mac p,1:51.6 $607,678 and Queensland Oaks runner-up Miss Streisand p,1:52.6 $167,516. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown Series. 11AM - 1PM YEARLING TOUR AT BENSTUD WITH BBQ & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS CONTACT CRAIG JUDD FOR CATERING NUMBERS PH 0458 658 273 Lot 252 When chasing a top filly racehorse it is logical to look at pedigrees with a number of top class female winners in the immediate family. That logic certainly applies in the case of Lot 252 as not only is this filly by American Ideal but she is out of the quick Christian Cullen mare Coppagoodone p,1:57.0 who is a half-sister to one of the great fillies of the last 20 years in De Lovely p,3,1:54.0 $656,113. De Lovely won the New Zealand Oaks, Australian Oaks, Breeders Crown and New Zealand Diamond on her way the New Zealand 3yo Filly of the Year honours. Their dam Copper Beach p,3,1:58.6 $179,794 also won New Zealand 3yo Filly of the Year honours with wins in both the New Zealand Oaks and Victoria Oaks. Coppagoodone’s first foal is the Gloucester Park winning mare Bettor Copagoodone p,1:59.6 $62,617. There are 11 $100,000 earners bred on the cross of American Ideal over a Christian Cullen mare and five of the 11 are fillies. This filly is eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge, Australasian Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown Series Lot 265 At the top of the catalogue page for Lot 265 is the name of Art Major’s richest Australasian winner My Field Marshall p,1:46.9 $1,493,182 whose 29 wins includes a Miracle Mile in Australian Record time.