Waikato Stud High Chaparral x Breccia (Fastnet Rock) $20,000+gst Tivaci Group One winning sprinter Tivaci will add to Waikato Stud s outstanding stallion roster this coming breeding season and will stand for a fee of $20,000+gst. He is a son of High Chaparral and out of the Fastnet Rock mare Breccia, who is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap winner Allez Wonder and the Gr.3 Chairman s Handicap winner Pretty Pins. Trained by Michael Moroney, Tivaci was bought by Moroney s brother Paul for A$250,000 as a yearling. He went on to win the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes before his retirement, as well as the Gr.3 CS Hayes Stakes, Gr.3 Sunshine Coast Guineas and Listed Kensington Stakes. Race Record : 21 Starts 6-3-2 A$992,250. 6 wins from 1000m to 1600m, A$992,250, to 2016-17, ATC All Aged S., Gr.1, VRC CS Hayes S., Gr.3, Sunshine Coast Guineas, Gr.3, VRC Kensington S., L, 2d VRC Bobbie Lewis H., Gr.2, UCI S., L, Pakenham RC Australian Seed & Turf H., 3d VRC Cantala S., Gr.1, MRC Toorak H., Gr.1, 4th ATC TJ Smith S., Gr.1, BRC Fred Best Classic, Gr.3.
Tarzino Last season s champion Australian three-year-old Tarzino will stand his first season at stud in 2017 at Gerry Harvey s Westbury Stud for a fee of $15,000+gst. The first son of Tavistock to stand at stud, Tarzino is out of the Zabeel mare Zarzino, a half-sister to the Group One-winning juvenile Kindacross and a sister to Gr.2 Perth Cup winner Respect and to the Group One-placed Kind Return. Westbury Stud Tavistock x Zarzino (Zabeel) He won four of his 14 starts for Caulfield trainer Mick Price with his career highlights including Group One victories in the VRC Derby and the Rosehill Guineas. He was also a close second in the Australian Guineas. $15,000+gst Race Record : 14 Starts 4-1-2 A$1,647,050. Champion 3YO Colt in Australia in 2015-16. 4 wins from 1400m to 2500m, A$1,647,050, in 2015-16, Victoria Derby, Gr.1, ATC Rosehill Guineas, Gr.1, MRC Cove Hotel H., 2d VRC Australian Guineas, Gr.1, 3d MVRC Dilmah Vase, Gr.2, 4th ATC Australian Derby, Gr.1, MRC Autumn S., Gr.2.
Windsor Park Stud Iffraaj x Indomitable (Danehill) $15,000+gst Turn Me Loose Triple Group One winner Turn Me Loose, one of Australasia s fastest and toughest milers, will stand at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge this spring for a service fee of $15,000+gst. Turn Me Loose is one of eight Group One winners for his sire Iffraaj, who has also been represented this season by outstanding European galloper Ribchester and star New Zealand-trained threeyear-olds Gingernuts and Jon Snow. From an internationally successful family, Turn Me Loose is the only colt to date produced by Indomitable, a daughter of the breedshaping sire Danehill. Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman he was successful in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas. Turn Me Loose cemented his position at the head of the best milers of his generation with formidable victories in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington and in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Race Record : 20 Starts 7-4-1 NZ$321,250, A$1,309,100. Champion Sprinter & Middle Distance Horse in NZ in 2015-16. 7 wins-1 at 2-from 1200m to 1600m, NZ$321,250, A$1,309,100, to 2015-16, VRC Emirates S., Gr.1, New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, MRC Futurity S., Gr.1, Hawke s Bay Guineas, Gr.2, MVRC Schweppes Crystal Mile, Gr.2, Seymour Cup, L, 2d MRC CF Orr S., Gr.1, VRC Paris Lane S., L, Hawke s Bay Guineas Prelude, Cambridge JC Cambridge Equine Hospital 2YO H., 3d Waikato RC James & Annie Sarten Memorial S., Gr.3, 4th MRC CF Orr S., Gr.1.
Vadamos Rich Hill Stud will be the Southern Hemisphere home of the blueblooded European Group One winner Vadamos. He will stand at the Walton property for $15,000+gst. The stud, with support of a high-profile group of New Zealand breeders, has purchased 50 percent of the stallion who will shuttle to New Zealand from 2017 onwards. The French-bred Vadamos is the son of Monsun, who has made a significant impact in Australia by siring three of the last four Melbourne Cup-winners - Protectionist, Fiorente and Almandin. Out of the Stakes-winning Peintre Celebre mare Celebre Valada, Vadamos comes from a female family of high-class milers and middle-distance horses which has been nurtured by Jean-Luc Lagardere, the Aga Khan and Haras de Saint Pair. Rich Hill Stud Monsun x Celebre Valada (Peintre Celebre) $15,000+gst Vadamos was one of Monsun s very best and he won the Gr.1 Prix du Moulin over a mile at Longchamp, the Gr.2 Prix du Muguet at Saint Cloud, the Gr.2 Oettingen-Rennen at Baden and the Gr.3 Prix Messidor at Maisons-Laffitte from the stable of leading international trainer Andre Fabre. Race Record : 20 Starts 8-5-0 0, 677,225, A$220,000, 0Dhs. 8 wins from 1600m to 2400m, 677,225, A$220,000, to 2016 in France and Germany, Chantilly Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Gr.1, Baden-Baden Oettingen Rennen, Gr.2, Saint-Cloud Prix du Muguet, Gr.2, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Messidor, Gr.3, Vichy Prix Frederic de Lagrange, L, Chantilly Prix de Coye, Longchamp Prix du Canal Saint-Martin, 2d Deauville Prix Jacques Le Marois, Gr.1, Chantilly Prix Montjeu, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Diatome, 4th MVRC WS Cox P., Gr.1, VRC Emirates S., Gr.1, Chantilly Prix d Ispahan, Gr.1.
Preferment Brighthill Farm Zabeel x Better Alternative (Flying Spur) $12,500+gst Preferment, a four-time Group One winning son of Zabeel, will return to his country of birth to stand at Nick and Anne-Marie King s Brighthill Farm next season for a fee of $12,500+gst. A brother to the Gr.3 SA Fillies Classic winner Rezoned, Preferment is a son of the Flying Spur mare Better Alternative, who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Villiers Stakes winner Dances On Waves. It is also the family of the Gr.1 Salinger Stakes winner Ancient Song. Sold through Cambridge Stud s 2013 Premier Sale draft at Karaka, Chris Waller went to $190,000 to secure the colt. Preferment showed an early return on that investment for the champion Sydney trainer when he broke his maiden with victory in the Gr.1 VRC Derby and finished runner-up in the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas. The following season he won the Gr.2 Hill Stakes and at his next start claimed top honours in the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes. In the autumn of 2016, Preferment returned to Flemington to reign supreme in the Gr.1 Australian Cup and then back to Sydney to add the Gr.1 The BMW to his imposing record. He retired as the winner of five races and more than $3.6 million in stake earnings. Race Record : 29 Starts 5-4-1 A$3,432,730, HK$0. Champion Stayer in Australia in 2015-16. 5 wins from 2000m to 2500m, A$3,432,730, to 2015-16, Victoria Derby, Gr.1, ATC BMW S., Gr.1, VRC Australian Cup, Gr.1, Turnbull S., Gr.1, ATC Hill S., Gr.2, 2d ATC Rosehill Guineas, Gr.1, Geelong Classic, L, ATC Testa Rossa at Vinery H., More Than Ready P., 3d MRC Grand Hotel Frankston 2YO H., 4th ATC Chipping Norton S., Gr.1, VRC Turnbull S., Gr.1, BRC PJ O Shea S., Gr.2, NSW Tatt s RC Chelmsford S., Gr.2, GCTC AD Hollindale S., Gr.2.
Belardo Haunui Farm will welcome Champion European two-year-old Belardo to their stallion roster in 2017, where he will stand for a fee of $12,000+gst. The multiple Group One winner is a son Lope de Vega and a halfbrother to multiple Stakes winner Berling, being out of Ireland s 2002 Champion two-year-old filly Danaskaya. A debut winner at two, Belardo went on to win the Listed Washington Singer Stakes (1400m) at Newbury before capturing his first Group One in the Dewhurst Stakes. His three-year-old season was marred by near-misses. Belardo finished fourth in the Gr.1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas, less than two lengths behind winner Gleneagles. He also finished third in the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Newmarket and second in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1600m) behind Solow at Ascot. Haunui Farm Lope de Vega x Danakaya (Danehill) $12,000+gst At four he went on to claim arguably his finest moment with victory in the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes (1600m). He then finished runner-up to Tepin in the Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes in what was voted the best male performance of Royal Ascot 2016. It saw him retire with a Timeform rating of 126. Race Record: 16 Starts 5-2-1 894,666, 9,000. Champion 2YO Colt in Europe in 2014. Champion 2YO Colt in GB in 2014. Won Newmarket Dewhurst S., Gr 1 (), Newbury Lockinge S., Gr 1 (), Doncaster Doncaster Mile, L (), Newbury Washington Singer S., L (), Yarmouth Haven Seashore at Great Yarmouth 2YO Maiden S. (), 2nd Ascot Queen Elizabeth II S., Gr 1, Royal Ascot Queen Anne S., Gr 1, 3rd Newmarket Challenge S., Gr 2, 4th Curragh Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr 1, Doncaster Champagne S., Gr 2, Newmarket July S., Gr 2, Sandown Mile S., Gr 2
Windsor Park Stud Street Cry x Rabsha (Dehere) $8,000+gst Rageese Rageese will join Vanbrugh and Turn Me Loose as new comers to Windsor Park Stud next season and will stand for a fee of $8,000+gst. Owned in partnership with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum the imposing son of Street Cry is a direct descendant of champion race mare Emancipation and is closely related to Group One winners Virage De Fortune and Stratum Star. He showed his quality early on as a two-year-old when runner-up in the Gr.1 ATC Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick behind Pride of Dubai. In his classic season, Rageese s spring form included a third in the Gr.2 ATC Stan Fox Stakes, fourth in the Gr.1 ATC Golden Rose Stakes and an unlucky fifth in the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas. He added further to his CV with a runaway stakes win in the Listed Nitschke Stakes at Morphettville and this season he scored a decisive victory in the Gr.3 VRC L Oreal Paris Stakes at Flemington. Race Record : 22 Starts 4-3-1 A$563,760. 4 wins to 1400m, A$563,760, to 2016-17, VRC L Oreal Paris S., Gr.3, SAJC HC Nitschke S., L, MRC Ladbrokes Mega Margin H., 2d ATC Sires Produce S., Gr.1, Pago Pago S., Gr.2, MVRC Mitchelton Wines H., 3d ATC Stan Fox S., Gr.2, 4th ATC Golden Rose S., Gr.1, Rosebud H., L, MRC Weekend Hussler S., L.
Vanbrugh Vanbrugh will join the stallion roster at Windsor Park Stud this coming breeding season and will stand for a fee of $6,000+gst at the Cambridge nursery. A son of multiple champion sire Encosta De Lago, Vanbrugh is the winner of more than $A740,000 and hails from the outstanding Waikato Stud family of Group One winners Diademe and Sacred Star. Windsor Park Stud Encosta de Lago x Soho Secret (Lucky Owners) Trained by Chris Waller, Vanbrugh won five of his 21 starts including the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes as a three-year-old before claiming the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes. $6,000+gst Race Record : 21 Starts 5-2-0 A$742,375. 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1200m to 2000m, A$742,375, to 2016-17, ATC Spring Champion S., Gr.1, Gloaming S., Gr.3, MRC Coongy H., Gr.3, ATC All Too Hard at Vinery H., Employee Long Service Celebration 2YO P., 2d ATC McGrath Estate Agents 2YO H., TAB Rewards H., 4th ATC Rosehill Guineas, Gr.1, George Main S., Gr.1, Hawkesbury Gold Cup, Gr.3.
Puccini Mapperley Stud Encosta de Lago x Miss Opera (Paris Opera) $5,000+gst Former champion New Zealand three-year-old Puccini will stand his first season at Mapperley Stud s Matamata property for a fee of $5,000+gst. A son of champion stallion Encosta de Lago, Puccini is out of stakeswinning Paris Opera mare Miss Opera. The quality broodmare is also the dam of six-time Group One winner Sir Slick and fellow first season stallion Verdi. Puccini was the star performer in New Zealand in his classic season when, under the guidance of Peter and Jacob McKay, he triumphed in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby off the back of Group Two wins in the Great Northern, Waikato and Avondale Guineas. He came back the following term for Group Three victories in the Merial Metric Mile and the Thompson Handicap. He was subsequently runner-up in the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes and then went one better in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile. Puccini later had stints with Darren Weir and Wayne Walters in Australia where he was a multiple Group placegetter. Race Record : 57 Starts 8-9-5 NZ$920,175, A$242,000. Champion 3YO in NZ in 2013-14. Top on The 2013-14 NZ 3YO Free H (1600m+). 8 wins from 1600m to 2400m, NZ$920,175, A$242,000, New Zealand Derby, Gr.1, WRC Thorndon Mile, Gr.1, ARC Avondale Guineas, Gr.2, Great Northern Guineas, Gr.2, Waikato Guineas, Gr.2, WRC Thompson H., Gr.3, Marton JC Metric Mile, Gr.3, 2d WRC Captain Cook S., Gr.1, BRC Premier s Cup, Gr.3, MRC Eclipse S., Gr.3, SAJC Lord Reims S., Gr.3, Pakenham Cup, L, 3d ARC Rich Hill Mile, Gr.2, VRC TAB Rewards S., Gr.3, ARC Champagne S., L, 4th New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, WRC Levin Classic, Gr.1, MRC Easter Cup, Gr.3, Mornington Cup, L, Ipswich Cup, L, Ballarat Cup, L, Bendigo JC Yalumba Golden Mile, L.
Telperion Street Cry s well-performed son Telperion will join Westbury Stud s stallion roster this coming season and will stand for a fee of $5,000+gst. He is out of the Redoute s Choice mare Yavanna, herself a daughter of the Group Three winner Wild Queen, who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Ascot Vale Stakes winner So Gorgeous and the family of the great matriarch Denise s Joy. Westbury Stud Street Cry x Yavanna (Redoute s Choice) Telperion is a half-brother to Golden Rose favourite Kemantari, an impressive juvenile winner for Godolphin. Telperion was third on debut as a two-year-old for trainer John O Shea. He then won the Listed Lonhro Plate at the expense of the subsequent Group One winner Prized Icon and was fourth in the Gr.2 Skyline Stakes before he filled a similar placing in the Gr.1 Golden Slipper Stakes. $5,000+gst He stormed home from the tail of the field and, in doing so, he recorded the fastest closing 600 metres of the race. The handsome colt was then runner-up in the hands of James McDonald to the dual Group One winner Yankee Rose in the Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick. Race Record : 6 Starts 1-1-1 A$482,100. Winner at 2, A$482,100, in 2015-16, ATC Lonhro P., L, 2d ATC Sires Produce S, Gr.1, 3d ATC Viridian Lightbridge 2YO P., 4th ATC Golden Slipper S., Gr.1, Skyline S., Gr.2.
Highview Stud High Chaparral x Desert Classic Wrote Highview Stud will welcome High Chaparral stallion Wrote to their stallion roster this coming breeding season at a fee of $5,000+gst. By High Chaparral, sire of 18 Group One winners, Wrote is out of the Green Desert mare Desert Classic. The Irish-bred Wrote won three of his nine starts for Aidan O Brien including the Gr.1 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf. $5,000+gst The only Group One-winning two-year-old son of High Chaparral was also placed at Group Two level in the Royal Lodge Stakes, the UAE Derby at Meydan and in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown in Ireland. Race Record : 11 Starts 3-0-4 10,760, 39,170, US$544,000, 734,000Dhs. 3 wins at 2, 10,760, 39,170, US$544,000, 734,000Dhs, Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf S., Gr.1, 3d Leopardstown Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S., Gr.2, Newmarket Royal Lodge S., Gr.2, UAE Derby, Gr.2.
Prince of Brooklyn Jason Coutts and Charlotte Young will have their first foray into the stallion business when they stand Prince of Brooklyn at their Otago property this coming season. The Stakes winning son of Magnus will stand for a fee of $3,000+gst. He is out of the Zabeel mare Tristabeel, whose seven foals all have been winners, including Duke of Brunswick, the winner of seven races. Unbeaten at two, Prince of Brooklyn won the Gr.3 National Stakes at Morphettville on debut from the leading Caulfield stable of Mick Price and he ended his juvenile season with further success in the Elvstroem Classic at Swan Hill. Grassyards Farm Magnus x Tristabeel (Zabeel) $3,000+gst Race Record : 10 Starts 3-4-0 A$273,945. 3 wins-2 at 2-to 1400m, A$273,945, to 2016-17, SAJC National S., Gr.3, Swan Hill JC Elvstroem Classic, MRC Beveridge Williams P., 2d VRC AR Creswick Series Final S., L, MRC Ladbrokes Odds Boost H., Catanach s Jewellers H., MVRC Kane Constructions 3YO H.
Long Acres Stud Zabeel x Miss Opera (Paris Opera) Verdi Verdi will begin his stallion career this year at Long Acres Stud, the Canterbury operation of Myles Gordon and Deborah Clark. He will stand in association with Joe Smithies, of Monovale Farm for a fee of $3,000+gst. The son of Zabeel won three of his eight starts before a tendon injury pre-maturely ended his career. $3,000+gst Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Verdi is a halfbrother to fellow first season sire Puccini and multiple Group One winning people s champion Sir Slick. Race Record : 8 Starts 3-1-2 NZ$33,335. 3 wins from 1400m to 2100m to 2016-17, Waikato RC Hamilton Taxis H., 3d BOP RC Gartshore H., Counties RC Lone Star Pukekohe H