OnAccount of EMERALD THOROUGHBREDS, Mandalong Lot 16 RAPID LIFT OFF (GB) 25 Bay mare (Branded nr sh. off sh.) Foaled 2000 9 Mill Reef ...... by Never Bend...... (SIRE) Shirley Heights ...... Hardiemma...... by Hardicanute...... SLIP ANCHOR...... Birkhahn...... by Alchimist ...... Sayonara ...... Suleika ...... by Ticino......
(DAM) Literat...... by Birkhahn...... Surumu ...... HOUSTON (GER)...... Surama ...... by Reliance...... 1992 Arjon ...... by Janitor...... Halina ...... Moss Hall ...... by Ballymoss ......
SLIP ANCHOR (GB) (1982). Head of The 1985 European 3YO Classification. Sire of 431 rnrs, 269 wnrs, 28 SW, inc. User Friendly (The Oaks, Gr.1), Morshdi, Posidonas, Slicious, Stowaway, etc. Sire of the dams of SW Imperial Monarch, Gonbarda, Mount Athos, Starlit Sands, Downtown, Steppe Dancer, Green Girl, Green Swallow, Gonfilia, Sailing, Gonlargo, Red Sea, St Mawes, Willie the Whipper, Celestial Way, Mr Kintyre, Hillfa, Bravo Tazio, Soulacroix, etc. 1st Dam HOUSTON (GER), by Surumu. 4 wins–1 at 2–1200 to 2000m in Germany. Blood- sister to Henderson, half-sister to Huxley. Dam of 7 foals, all raced, 1 winner, inc:- Rapid Lift Off (f by Slip Anchor). Winner. See below. 2nd Dam Halina, by Arjon. 3 wins at 2050, 2200m in Germany, 2d Phoenix Park Hermitage Farm S., L. Sister to HARRIS, half-sister to Holly (dam of HOLLYWOOD DREAM). Dam of 7 foals, all raced, 6 winners, inc:- Huxley (c Lagunas) 12 wins 1800 to 2400m in Italy and Germany, Milan Premio Primolo, Premio Cesate, 2d Milan Premio Carlo Porta, L, Hoppegarten Jubilaums Preis, L, Milan Premio UNPCPS, Premio Gignese. 3rd Dam MOSS HALL, by Ballymoss. Unplaced. Half-sister to PORT MERION, Palmural (dam of PENTATHLON). Dam of 12 foals, all winners, inc:- HARRIS (c Arjon) 9 wins–1 at 2–in Germany, Frankfurt Hessen Pokal, Gr 3- twice, Munich Grosser Hertie Preis, Gr 3, Dortmund Grosser Preis des Vogelpark Walsrode, L, Frankfurt Grosser Preis von Hessen, L. Sire. Halina (f Arjon) 3 wins. See above. Holly. 2 wins at 1600, 1700m in Germany, Dusseldorf 100 Jahre Sport Welt, 4th Baden-Baden Festa Rennen, L. Dam of 6 winners- HOLLYWOOD DREAM (f Master Willie) 5 wins 2000 to 2400m, £376,845, Rome Premio Presidente della Repubblica, Gr 1, Dusseldorf Deutschland Preis von Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gr 1. Grandam of- HOLLYWOOD KISS (g Paolini) 2 wins at 1600, 2000m, €101,511 in Germany, Grosser Preis der Sparkasse Dortmund, L. Hollywood Girl. 3 wins 1400 to 1800m in Germany. Dam of 5 winners- LANDINIUM (f Lando) 5 wins 1800 to 2400m, £197,040, Milan Premio Baggio, L, Premio Terme di Merano, L, 3d Milan Premio Mario Incisa, Gr 3-twice, 4th York Middleton S., Gr 3. Producer.
Race Record: Winner at 2200m in NZ. Produce Record: Dam of 2 named foals, 1 to race, 1 winner. 2006 (f by Danasinga). 2007 Missed to Shinko King (Ire). 2008 Motorboat Mike (g by Perfectly Ready). Winner at 1335m in 2012-13 in NZ. 2009 Harbour Grace (f by Lucky Unicorn). Unraced. 2010 (c by High Chaparral (Ire)). 2011 Missed to Street Sense (USA). 2012 Not served previous season. Not served