Sacred Falls (NZ) Races to G1 Doncaster Victory

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• Iffraaj 3YOs Claim NZB Filly Series Double
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• Shuka Romps Home in Canterbury Gold Cup
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• Linton Takes Fourth Stakes Win
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• Stakes Double for In-Form Elusive City
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• Luck of Smiling Flying in Macau
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• Sunshine Kingdom Seals Ready to Run Sale Stakes Double
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• NZB Weanling & Broodmare Sale Catalogues Out Now
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Sacred Falls (NZ) Races to G1 Doncaster Victory

Kiwi bred three-year-old colt Sacred Falls (NZ) has continued New Zealand’s outstanding run of success in Sydney’s Autumn Carnival with a scintillating victory in one of the world’s most prestigious mile races, the A$2 million Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday.

Bred, raised, sold and previously trained in New Zealand, Sacred Falls (O’Reilly x Iguazu's Girl, by Redoute’s Choice) downed Australia’s champion colt Pierro and fellow NZ bred and Karaka graduate Norzita (Thorn Park), winning by three-quarters-of-a-length for trainer Chris Waller.

“It was a very good performance,” said his previous co-trainer Tony Pike. “He was an exceptional performer in New Zealand and he has managed to produce that form across the Tasman.”

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Bred & offered: Waikato Stud, Purchased: Mulcaster Bloodstock – NZB’s 2011 Karaka Premier Sale - $160,000.

Iffraaj 3YOs Claim NZB Filly Series Double

With five fillies racing for the NZB Southern Filly of the Year title in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, it was If I Can I Can who raced to the Series victory, claiming a rare Filly Series double for her young sire Iffraaj.

With the three Series leaders all tied on seven points coming into Saturday’s race, If I Can I Can needed to win the race and see last start winner Kisses run out of the placings in order to take the outright Series victory.

With the result falling in If I Can I Can’s camp, the filly secured the Southern Filly of the Year title for her sire Iffraaj who also sired the NZB Filly of the Year Series winner Fix. Only Tights, who stood at Haunui Farm, the current NZ base for Iffraaj, and Three Legs have managed to sire the winner of both Series in 1994/95 and 1983/84 respectively.

To view the final standings for NZB’s Southern Filly of the Year Series, click here. To view the full article please, click here.

Bred: Fairdale Stud, Offered: Goodwood Stud, Purchased: Lisa Latta Racing Stables – NZB’s 2011 Karaka Select Sale - $60,000.

Shuka Romps Home in Canterbury Gold Cup

It was memorable day for Shuka and his trainers Peter & Dawn Williams who made a successful return to their old base in Riccarton to win the $100,000 Group 3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday.

Now trained at Byerley Park in Karaka, Shuka produced a dominant performance in the Gold Cup under inform jockey Mark Du Plessis, striding away in the straight to win by an easy 7.5 lengths.

“He’s a big horse that just needed some time to mature,” said co-trainer Peter Williams. “We will spell him now and hopefully he can take another step up in the spring where he will likely go back for the Group 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile.”

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Bred: Karreman Bloodstock, Offered: The Oaks Stud, Purchased: NZB as Agent – NZB’s 2010 Karaka Select Sale - $20,000.

Tweets of the Week

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@WaikatoStud: Woop woop! Congrats @RafflesRacing WS-bred
3YO O'Reilly colt Sacred Falls wins the G1 Doncaster! #SACREDFALLS

@TeAkauRacing “Te Akau's Mark Walker & Joao Moreira
again,win no 2 at Kranji tonight Select Gathering,by Choisir
bought by David Ellis @KarakaChat for $40k”

@PencarrowStud: That's what we like to see, the #Kiwis dominating in
Gr1 Doncaster @atc_racing #SacredFalls #Norzita #NZbred Congrats!!

Linton Takes Fourth Stakes Win

The now six-year-old grey Linton (Galileo x Our Heather) continues to impress on the track and took his fourth black-type victory on Saturday in the $80,000 Listed City of Adelaide Handicap (1400m) at Morphettville.

The six-year-old resumed his campaign at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes where he finished out of the placings behind Black Caviar but was back to his best on Saturday as he raced to a narrow victory under jockey Jamie Mott.

The grey has been a solid performer in Australia winning races including the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes, Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes, Group 3 R.A. Lees Stakes and placing in the Group 1 Australian Guineas and Group 1 Australian Cup.

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Bred: Standard 2080 Ltd, Offered: Lyndhurst Farm, Purchased: Rogerson Bloodstock – NZB’s 2008 Ready to Run Sale - $275,000.

Stakes Double for In-Form Elusive City

Former shuttle sire Elusive City is enjoying one of his best seasons at stud in New Zealand and has had another good weekend with Famous Seamus (NZ) and Luck of Smiling (NZ) winning stakes races in Australia and Macau.

The Noel Mayfield-Smith trained Famous Seamus (ex Clinique) (pictured) won Saturday’s Listed Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm by three-quarters-of-a-length, his second stakes win of the season after winning the Listed Lightning Stakes at Randwick in the spring.

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Bred: Keltern Stud & Trelawney Thoroughbreds, Offered: Trelawney Stud, Purchased: Flagtown Pty Ltd – NZB’s 2010 Karaka Select Sale - $70,000.

Luck of Smiling Flying in Macau

Kiwi bred five-year-old Luck of Smiling (ex Sunshine Gold) made it four straight wins in Macau last night in the M$1 million Listed Macau Chairman’s Challenge (1200m), completing the stakes double for his sire Elusive City.

The M C Tam trained Luck of Smiling has already tasted stakes success having won the Macau Sprint Trophy in July last year and has been a solid performer for his owner K. M. Ng having won 12 of his 21 career starts.

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Bred: Don & Wendy Pye, Offered: Haunui Farm, Purchased: Hawkes Racing – NZB’s 2009 Karaka Festival Sale - $40,000.

Sunshine Kingdom Seals Ready to Run Sale Stakes Double

The Y.Y.Choy and Y.T.Lam trained Sunshine Kingdom made it a stakes double for NZB’s Ready to Run Sale in Macau last night when taking his second career win and his first at stakes level in the M$550,000 Listed Macau Lisboa Challenge (1400m).

The three-year-old son of Darci Brahma has only had four starts in Macau and is one of a number of up and comers by the sire currently racing in Asia with others including Super Junior in Singapore and Hypersonic in Hong Kong who is unbeaten in two starts.

Linton completed the double for the Ready to Run Sale when winning the Listed City of Adelaide Handicap (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday.

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Bred: Peter and Philip Vela, Offered: Kilgravin Lodge, Purchased: Mr Kar Fai Lee – NZB’s 2011 Ready to Run Sale - $24,000.

NZB Weanling & Broodmare Sale Catalogues Out Now

Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale (8 – 10 May) are now in the post and can be viewed online and on the free iPad application.

The Sale will offer 355 weanlings and almost 330 broodmares plus yearlings, two-year-olds and raced & unraced horses. For more information and a preview on what’s on offer, click here.

To order a catalogue please email reception@nzb.co.nz.

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