The catalogue for NZ Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale scheduled for November 20 & 21 is now online.
The NZB Ready to Run Sale has produced 9 individual Group 1 winners in the last five seasons and has averaged 14 individual stakes winners every season over the same period.
The Ready to Run Sale has come off another highly successful season which saw its graduates win two Group 1 races in Australia and Hong Kong, and claim three Derby titles to take the Sale’s Derby tally to six since 2010.
Sangster (Savabeel) was a headline performer for the Ready to Run Sale last year with his runaway success in the G1 Victoria Derby. He was one of three graduates to win Derbies last season with Mr Ambassador (Danasinga) winning the Perak Derby and Fay Fay (Falkirk) winning the coveted Hong Kong Derby.
Also in Hong Kong, the warhorse Able One (Cape Cross) won his third, and arguably most prestigious Group 1 race, the Hong Kong Mile. Able One received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the HKJC’s 2012 Champion Awards in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Hong Kong and international racing.
With Karaka graduates claiming 8 of the 11 Champion Awards for last season, fellow Ready to Run graduate Glorious Days (Hussonet) was also successful earning the Champion Award for Hong Kong’s Most Improved Horse.
Graduates have also been making headlines in Singapore with Flying Fulton (Flying Spur) taking two stakes wins this season alone. The Ready to Run Sale has some hugely promising three-year-olds in Singapore including Super Ninetyseven (Show a Heart), Huka Falls (Align) and Silveron Warrior (Spartacus).
In addition, Ready to Run Sale graduates include Six O’Clock News (Zabeel) who claimed the G3 Trentham Stakes – G2 Wellington Cup double, Linton (Galileo) won the G3 Lee Stakes and Folding Gear (Johar) took his third Group win in Saturday’s Naturalism Stakes.
The New Zealand Ready to Run Sale has produced a Group 1 winner from every Sale for the last 10 years and this year’s catalogue features 407 well-bred athletic two-year-olds by a leading selection of 115 New Zealand and Australian sires.
With 370 of the 407 entries colts and geldings, some of the many highlights on offer include:
Siblings to over 30 stakes winners including New Zealand’s Champion 3YO and G1 NZ Derby winner Silent Achiever (O’Reilly), G1 Singapore Krisflyer International Sprint winner Green Birdie (Catbird), G1 Easter Handicap winner Pasta Post (Postponed) and more.
Progeny from 19 stakes winning mares including G1 winners Deebee Belle (Bin Ajwaad), Fayreform (Tights), Moire (Crested Wave) and G2 winners Pulcinella (Stravinsky) and Star Affair (Star Way).
Seven two-year-olds by Australia’s Champion Sire Fastnet Rock and 11 from New Zealand’s Champion Sire O’Reilly who has made a great start to the 2012-13 season with Sacred Falls, Emerald Queen and the hugely promising Mosse.
Two-year-olds by hot young sires including Bernardini, Casino Prince, Darci Brahma, Elusive City, Falkirk, Iffraaj, Savabeel, Starcraft and Stratum.
Leading New Zealand and Australian sires are all well represented with two-year-olds by Commands, Danehill Dancer, Encosta de Lago, Exceed and Excel, High Chaparral, Lonhro, Pentire, Pins, Redoute’s Choice, Stravinsky, Testa Rossa, Thorn Park, Volksraad, Zabeel and more.
The Ready to Run Sale breeze Ups will be held on October 15 & 16 with DVD copies of the Breeze Ups available from October 23.
To request a catalogue of the NZB Ready to Run Sale, please email: reception@nzb.co.nz
For more information visit: www.nzb.co.nz or call +64 (0)9 298 0055.
View the NZB Ready to Run Sale catalogue online here.
The NZB Ready to Run Sale catalogue is also on the free iPad app.
SANGSTER
NZ Ready to Run graduate wins 2011 Victoria Derby