20 January 2010
For more than 20 years Hamilton’s Highview Stud has proven to be an excellent nursery for breeding thoroughbreds and has provided a steady stream of outstanding racehorses over this period.
The 2009/10 racing season has proved no exception with two of New Zealand’s most exciting sprinters of the current year having been bred and reared at Highview Stud.
Wealth Princess has emerged as one o f the most talked about sprinters in a long time with her sensational winning efforts this season.
She is unbeaten in five starts with the most recent of these successes coming in the Listed Newmarket Handicap at Ellerslie on Boxing Day where she produced a stunning last-to-first win.
At her previous start Wealth Princess produced a breath-taking track-record breaking win over 1200m at Te Rapa.
Coup Align has also compiled a brilliant record this season leading his trainer, Michael Pitman, to describe him as the fastest racehorse in the country.
At the New Zealand Cup meeting in November Coup Align completed a black-type sprint double winning the Listed Pegasus Stakes on the first day and the Group 3 Stewards Stakes (1200m) on the final day of the meeting.
Coup Allgn, a son of quality Highview Stud stallion Align, has won nine of his 13 starts to date.
Wealth Princess and Coup Align will go head-to-head in the Group 1 $1 million Telegraph Handicap (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday, January 23.
In the past Highview Stud has bred horses of the quality of Caulfield/Melbourne Cup winner Let’s Elope and has been a New Zealand Breeder Of The Year, breeder of an Australian Horse Of The Year (Let’s Elope) and breeder of a New Zealand Horse Of The Year (Tycoon Lil) as well as the high-class Australian 3yo Richfield Lady.
Horses bred or sold by Highview Stud have won many of Australasia’s highest-profile Group 1 races including the Melbourne Cup, LKS MacKinnon Stakes, Caulfield Cup, Australian Cup, Kelt Capital Stakes, New Zealand 1000 Guineas, New Zealand Oaks, Canterbury Guineas, South Australian Oaks, Brisbane Cup, VATC One Thousand Guineas, VRC Oaks and Thorndon Mile.
The 2010 Karaka Yearling Sales will see another quality draft of 23 yearlings go through the ring giving buyers the chance to buy another successful racehorse from Highview Stud.
This year’s Highview draft features yearlings by exciting stallions such as Dehere, Encosta De Lago, Fastnet Rock, Fast and Famous, General Nediym, Lucky Owners, O’Reilly, Pins, Savabeel, Starcraft, Towkay and resident Highview stallions Align and Danroad.
The 2010 Highview Stud draft for the Karaka Sales is:
Premier Sale
Lot 19 Dehere x Llanga filly: First foal from Australian Group 2 placed mare. American pedigree which is proven in our region. Family of the well performed Hong Kong galloper Cheerful Fortune.
Lot 31: Fastnet Rock x Lute colt: By up and coming sire from a wonderful well proven New Zealand family including dual Gr. 1 winner Foxwood and the likes of Gurner’s Lane and Sovereign Red.
Lot 37: Pins x Make Me Dream filly: Good type of filly from a proven Sadler’s Wells mare. Family chock full of black type winners.
Lot 110: Encosta de Lago x Prized Glory colt: By a champion sire from arguably one of the best female pedigrees in the world. Family of the Caulfield Cup winner Diatribe.
Lot 123: Strarcraft x Real Gem filly: By a young sire who was a racetrack sensation and from a stakes producing Danehill mare.
Lot 134: O’Reilly x Rory’s Helen colt: By a champion sire and himself a half-brother to the New Zealand Derby winner and dual Gr. 1 winner Wahid.
Lot 282 Savabeel x Bass colt: He is closely related to the Singapore superstar Waikato, winner of the Singapore 4YO Sprint, and his third dam is the outstanding Australian galloper Vivarchi.
Lot 392 General Nediym x Entrust colt: Closely related to the exciting Singapore galloper Big Maverick who won five stakes races including two legs of the Singapore Three Year Old Challenge.
Lot 461 Danroad x It’s Spring Again colt: By an up and running sire and himself a half-brother to the Sydney triple black type winner Moti and family of Gr. 2 winner Beautiful Gem.
Select Sale
Lot 518 Align x Macanudo colt: By a proven Gr. 1 sire from a successful imported family. Closely related to Gr. 1 Queensland Oaks winner Vouvray and Gr. 2 winner Real Success.
Lot 635 Towkay x Quasi Stellar colt: By a sire who has a proven record at siring high-class gallopers in Australasia and Asia. Half-brother to the talented filly Amazing Sky.
Lot 639 Align x Racing Honour colt: By a Group 1 sire with a proven record and from a well performed imported family.
Lot 700 Savabeel x Slinky Planet colt: By an up-and-coming sire from a stakes-winning mare who posted nine wins.
Lot 702 Fast ‘N’ Famous x Snadame colt: By a promising first-season sire from a Gr. 3 winner and himself a half-brother to a Gr. 3 winner.
Lot 712 Towkay x South Street colt : By a proven sire and a three-quarter brother himself to a Gr. 1 winner.
Lot 776 Starcraft x Turtle Bay colt: By a new sire with a big reputation and from a stakes-winning Danehill mare.
Lot 870 Align x Beaver colt: By a proven Gr. 1 sire and from one of the best pedigrees in the world. The catalogue page is full of black-type winners.
Lot 884 Danroad x Brindillemousse colt: By an up and coming sire from a Last Tycoon mare.
Lot 920 Lucky Owners x Clowning filly: By an up and coming sire from a very talented New Zealand family and herself a half-sister to the stakes-winner, Chuckle.
Lot 954 Align x Diamond Lady colt: By a proven Gr. 1 sire and himself a three-quarter brother to the Gr. 3 winner and top multiple stakes winning sprinter Coup Align.
Lot 955 O’Reilly x Dilemma filly: By a champion sire from a Rory’s Jester mare. This is the family of top sire and Gr. 1 winner Pins.
Lot 1028 Danroad x Go Norn filly: By an up and coming sire and a half-sister to two stakes winners.
Lot 1069 Danroad x Ishkala colt: By an up and coming sire from a proven stakes placed Zabeel mare with a strong pedigree.
