BREEDING MATTERS Yearling Sales Edition 2017 February 2017 TYX Inspection welcome Phone Neil Rich Styx Stables TABLES 03 359 4323 or 027 451 4323 LOT 319 SURFING STYX ART MAJOR / STAR FLEET (ESPRIT NOIR) Colt first foal from Somebeachsomewhere mare by Art Major. This a reverse cross Sto Champion Captaintreacherous. Exciting pedigree. LOT 473 GINGER STYX LOT 484 STYX BLITZ ART MAJOR / PRIM & PROPER (TRADETTE) AUCKLAND REACTOR / FREE AS A BIRD (MAIKONA) Filly Full sister to Majorly Colt, Impressive, Athletic, Foxy Styx Winner of Group ½ to Johny White. ½ to 1, Group 2 & Group 3. Huey Lewis. Vender willing Unfortunately died before to take a share if it is reaching her potential. bought for syndication. Big Strong Art Major. • WILL BE SOLD ON SECOND DAY OF CHRISTCHURCH SALE • CONTENTS TYX Inspection welcome Phone Neil Rich Styx Stables From The Executive 4 TABLES 03 359 4323 or 027 451 4323 Brad Reid From The Chairman 5 John Mooney LOT 319 SURFING STYX New Season Sires 8 ART MAJOR / STAR FLEET (ESPRIT NOIR) John Mooney Colt first foal from Somebeachsomewhere From Sale Ring To Racetrack – Feeding During 10 mare by Art Major. This a reverse cross The Training Transition to Champion Captaintreacherous. S New Kid On The Block 12 Exciting pedigree. Duane Ranger The Cirrus Run 16 Bruce Steward Lot 221 Rosa Parks Fall Of Hammer Cover Is The Starting Gun 20 Net Ten Eom /Niftey Franco For Your Horse’s Career Filly is the first yearling by son of Somebeachsomewhere – Net Ten Eom to be Through the eyes of a Trainer: Robert Dunn 22 offered through the ring. Half to dual Group Brad Reid 3 winning and stakes placed Glenferrie Hood (22wins – $233,472). Family of Chancellor PGGW Wrightson Sale of the Stars Graduates 24 Cullen and Nevermore family. Brad Reid Lazarus As A Stallion Prospect 28 Frank Marrion 191 Winners And Counting 42 Brad Reid The Little Guys (And Girls) - South Island 46 The Little Guys (And Girls) - North Island 48 LOT 473 GINGER STYX LOT 484 STYX BLITZ If You Want a Superstar Horse, Start by Hacking Its DNA 50 ART MAJOR / PRIM & PROPER (TRADETTE) AUCKLAND REACTOR / FREE AS A BIRD (MAIKONA) Lexi Pandell Filly Full sister to Majorly Colt, Impressive, Athletic, Croon At Crossroads 52 Lot 398 Benbrae Foxy Styx Winner of Group ½ to Johny White. ½ to Duane Ranger Panspacificflight/Art For Artsplace 1, Group 2 & Group 3. Lovely looking colt by a sire who is kicking Huey Lewis. Vender willing NZ Yearling Sales A Nursery For Aussie Stars 54 goals from small numbers. Grandam won 20 Unfortunately died before to take a share if it is Peter Wharton reaching her potential. bought for syndication. including 13 in USA for $160,336 in stakes. Sir Lincoln Off To Flyer 56 Well worth inspecting. Big Strong Art Major. Duane Ranger The Value Of Good Kiwi Blood 58 Peter Craig Courage Plays On 59 Hayley Clarke Asserting His Muscle 60 Brad Reid Bachelor Hanover - The Legacy Of A Perfect Match 64 Bee Pears Prentice Has A Penchant For Kiwi Stock 66 Lot 492 Handbrake Harry Peter Wharton Somebeachsomewhere/Glenburn Jewel Superb type by Somebeachsomewhere. Breeding Basics: Selecting A Stallion 70 Dam won 5 and placed in 12 races. Marvin Pave Full brother The Honey Badger won twice as a 2YO. Looks like lightning will strike twice as PGG Wrightson Sales Series Stakes Increases 74 could be an early type also. & Expansions Preparer: Brent McIntyre COVER: Lazarus bolts in to win the 2016 New Zealand Cup by 10 lengths. Macca Lodge, Gore Frank Marrion takes a closer look at his future prospects as a stallion. • WILL BE SOLD ON SECOND DAY OF CHRISTCHURCH SALE • (03) 202-5506 or 027 752 2284 Page 3 overshadowed by those who continue to perceive the punter and FROM THE owner as being more important. Are we not all in this together? For the most part we as breeders are a positive bunch. We have EXECUTIVE to be! After all why would anyone persevere in a sport that many will tell you is on the back foot? MANAGER Occasionally it can be easy to lose sight of why we do something we love. February is a time in which breeders experience a vast array of By Brad Reid | emotions. Executive Manager Many will be ecstatic at the safe arrival of new born foals while others experience the heartbreak of losing livestock, whether it Having been in ownership for nearly five years, 2015/16 was to be be an embryo, mare, foal and tragically sometimes both. my first season as a breeder. Many will get the good news their mares are safely back in foal I recently was clearing out some of my old clutter, when I and carrying a potential future champion or sales topper, while stumbled across some of the activities I had completed on an others chew their finger nails in anticipation of a 14-day positive Outward Bound course at Anikiwa in the Marlborough Sounds. scan! It was there in late 2013 on the 21 day course that I made a lot of Many will put a yearling through the sales ring only to be bitterly decisions that have led me down the path to where I am today disappointed with the outcome. While others will put a yearling with The Breeders. through and be pleasantly surprised at where the hammer will I decided it was time to leave the shores of sunny Sydney, quit fall. my graduate job (which I hated) and move home to be closer to So much of what we do with livestock is outside of our control. family and look for more meaningful work in Aotearoa. What we can control to some extent is looking out for one One of the activities at Anikiwa was to complete a ‘bucket list’ another and working together for positive outcomes. of things to do before you die. Sounds cliché right? Go out in the bush for three weeks and come out with a bucket list; new goals Good luck if you are selling at this year’s sales! I hope to see you and fresh perspective and things will magically fall into place. there with a smile on your face in reward for the hard work and commitment in getting your investment to the ring. Call me a dreamer, but a kid who grew up sharing a room with three brothers until he was 15 had to be. It was at Anakiwa I had scribbled without ever giving it much further thought that I wanted to own a New Zealand Cup winner. But also that I wanted to breed the Cup Winner and have my own lifestyle block with black type broodmares. I’m light years away from rearing a cup winner on my own land like Judy and John Stiven of Arden Lodge. Yet the law of attraction suggests that the thoughts we cultivate can in fact become The piece of paper I dug out from the 2013 archives stating my reality through positive thinking, hard work and perseverance. horse breeding goals I still cannot believe it’s been over a year since accepting the role with the NZSBA. In doing so I have found the true essence of meaningful work. I am blessed to get out of bed every day INTERDOMINION QUIZ and work towards making this a viable and sustainable sport/ industry for breeders throughout New Zealand. Try answering this first without looking at reference material, googling it etc and if you are still having difficulty and to It’s not all rainbows and lollipops. check your answers, refer to page 58. We have some great challenges on our hands with the obvious decline of breeders and breeding numbers. A two part question - who am I?? We as the NZSBA are limited by both governance and resources a) I was a 2016 Interdominion contender in our ability to effect solutions and outcomes while other factors b) my fifth dam was such as the costs of veterinary services and rising land prices To assist you in your deliberations, here are a few clues : (agistment) we can do very little about. 1) all horses descend from the family of Fashion Queen Another issue causing breeders havoc this season, and again 2) the mare required (fifth dam) was dam of an something largely outside of our control, is the climate. Many Interdominion Pacing Grand Final winner mares don’t know whether its summer or winter and the costs of 3) this mare is the fourth dam of a New Zealand Cup winner serving and rescanning a mare failing to cycle can mount pretty 4) the NZ Cup winning mare left a Hunter Cup winner quickly! Bonus points given if you correctly nominate years, venues Breeders, despite providing the product and being at the of winning performances, breeding etc. frontline of financial risk have their commitment to the industry Good Luck!! Page 4 DENARIO FROM THE CHAIRMAN BREEDING CHRISTCHURCH LOTS By John Mooney | LOT 255: JIVE DENARIO NZSBA Chairman (A Rocknroll Dance / Presidential Sweet) – A strong bodied filly from 3 win sister to high class performer Gomeo Romeo. A product Welcome to the 2017 edition of the yearling featured Breeding Matters. of A Rocknroll Dance’s first crop, she has In the blink of an eye, or so it seems, it’s yearling sales season again. demonstrated intelligence during prep and should represent a great chance on the track. With that comes the hopes and dreams, albeit from different vantage points, of breeders, studs vendors, buyers, trainers and PGGW Standardbred. That’s not unusual.