Night Shift (USA) - Super Trend (Aus) by Red Anchor.
Champion 2yo of Australasia 1998-1999.
2010 Service Fee $7,000 +gst.
Align
Align (Aus) 1996 ch 16.0h
SIRE STATISTICS
- Sire of 109 individual winners (as at May 1 2010)
- Sire of the winners of 253 races (as at May 1 2010)
- Sire of winners in 7 different countries
- Exceptionally high strike rate of 60 per cent winners/starters
- Sire of five individual Group winners and 12 individual stakes performers
- Versatility with winners from 1200m to 3200m
- Sire of champion 2yos Nightlign and Fully Fledged
- Sire of NZ Cup winner Everswindell
- Sire of four times stakes winning sprinter Coup Align, winner of the 2009 Gr. 3 CJC Stewards Stakes, and rated the fastest horse over 1200m in New Zealand by leading trainer Michael Pitman.
COMMERCIALITY
Yearlings sold to $150,000 in 2010.
Average price paid at 2010 Karaka yearling sales was 5.1 times his service fee for 2007
Align is particularly suited to New Zealand mares on both type and pedigree. He consistently throws good, correct types that are eagerly sought by buyers.
Align’s has close affinity to Showdown, Sir Ivor and Grey Sovereign mares. Both his Group 1 winners have 2 out of 3 of those strains. Night Shift himself has a strong affinity with both Grey Sovereign and Showdown.
Align scored his Group 1 victory in the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes at Royal Randwick.
Trainer John Hawkes said: "Of all my outstanding 2yos I consider only Octagonal to be slightly superior at two years. Align was a brilliant 2yo and should have been undefeated. A horror Golden Slipper Stakes draw and subsequent trip saw him beaten only in the last stride. Align is all class and a horse full of character. I feel sure he will be a success at stud."
