GUIDE FOR FIRST TIME THOROUGHBRED HORSE BUYERS

DO YOUR HOMEWORK ,PREPARE WELL, MAKE A GOOD PLAN.
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1...A new opportunity has now unfolded for anyone contemplating
buying their first Thoroughbred Racehorse here in New Zealand.

2...Catalogues have become available for the sale of 293 READY
TO RUN TWO YEAR OLDS, which is set for down for sale in
five weeks time at the Karaka Sales Complex on 17th November.

3...Do your homework by getting your Catalogue, check out all
those doing a breeze-up at Te Rapa Racecourse on Mon 19th and
Tuesday 20th October 2009. Check your funds, arrange agistment,
arrange float transport, & register as a buyer. If you require help
with bidding, then you might think about engaging an experienced
trainer or Bloodstock Agent to help you through this process.
Do lots of homework, make a clear plan, and be very clear in
your instructions, even to the point of writing it down for all
parties, so there will be no misunderstanding for everyone.

4...Of the utmost importance is a thorough reading and
understanding of the conditions of sale. You can be penalised if you
are not conversant with all the clauses, and like every situation where
dozens of rules are extant, they tend to favour very strongly the rule
maker, and protect all their options extremely well. Compliance can
be very costly, so be well aware of all legal and financial implications
and also your compliance obligations. Legal or experienced advice
could be very beneficial to you having a very smooth first transaction.

5...There are some good advantages from such a 2yo sale. Firstly,
the animals are much more mature than weanlings, or yearlings that
are usually offered. If you look carefully at the physical conformation,
you can see an almost fully developed animal that is getting very close
to its maximum height, balance, type, muscling and shape. There are
some really worthwhile clues here when allied with selection, ancestry,
and breeding methods.

6...The "BREEZE UP", or gallop for a couple of furlongs down the
straight should give you quite a lot of information. Look at its
"ACTION", its "LENGTH OF STRIDE", how settled the horse is
due to its handling, & the direction the galloping legs go. If the horse
has been "FORCED" or over sprinted it may be very nervous, or
tucked up, or too light in condition. This could minimize the future
potential of your investment, so do your homework on the stables
or breeding establishments that produce many good horses,
because they have got their handling and feeding right.

7....Look at the horses' "OVERSTEP", relate the horses shape
and make to its ancestors, pedigree and relations to see if it is
true to type. Look at its muscling, height, length, balance,
conformation and temperament which should give you good
indications on its speed or stamina potential. You should be able
to get a line on whether it is likely to mature early or later.

8...The time a horse runs in an unspecified, very short sprint down
the straight may have very little correlation with it's future ability
as a racehorse. Just about any horse can run quite quick over a
short distance, so look at its stage of preparation, its action ,
its maturity and if its breeding has speed on both sides of its
pedigree.

9...Many slower developing stayers that will win Cups races
would not be expected to sprint fast as an early 2yo, so some
common sense, and insight is needed here. Look at the type,
the action, how its handled and the horses attitude in relation
more to its type and pedigree. A stayer with a good action
and nicely held may need a careful check. If such a horse also
shows good speed, then it may warrant special attention.

10...Look especially for leg turn out, back at the knee, toe in, knee
maturity, offset knees, slope of shoulder, rein, pastern length,
sickle/straight hind hock, big/small hooves, down on it's heel,
brittle hooves, flat sole, contracted hooves, white horn, smaller
or leaner or bigger hind quarters, flat or rounded and defined
muscle, coarse or dense bones, and dozens of other strengths
or weaknesses.

11...This type of 2yo sale can save you quite a lot of time compared
with breeding or buying yearlings. A very, very small percentage of
yearlings pay their way as a 2yo, so in most cases you will be
paying a substantial amount for your yearling and then have to pay
for the next two years until it's 3yo career before you could expect
your purchase to mature and race consistently well.

12...If you intend to breed, you have to purchase and agist the mare
during the first year of pregnancy, (and remember the big risk where
about 50% of mares don't have a foal each year) and then add
substantial yearly Stud Fees and agistment for 3 more years until
your first foal gets it's chance to compete for a fuller mature season.
If you breed stamina to stamina, you may even have to wait another
further year for your pride and joy to mature sufficiently to race well.

13..This shows the advantage of buying a 2yo-( you save a big
three years up front compared with starting to breed a foal), and you
have the big advantage of being able to assess immediately and
thoroughly its growth, action, temperament, how well it's been
broken in, its type, speed and balance.

14..With breeding your own, you have more chance of not getting
a foal, automatic long years of wait, more chances of conformation
faults which you are then stuck with for quite a few years and may
prejudice your chances of having a good winner or getting a good
sale after putting in a lot of time, effort and money.

15..The advantage of buying a 2yo saves a lot of time...(3yrs?)
and there is a basic cost of $15,000 to $18,000 to put a middle
of the line well bred yearling in the sales ring, so you can calculate
the $20,000 to $25,000 production costs into your buying plan.

16...Because about 52 to 54% of horses racing each season
don't earn any money, an injudicious purchase or buying faulty
or slow stock can be very hard on the pocket. Make sure you
get the best advice available rather than rely on fickle luck.

17...Buying has another huge advantage over breeding because
you can compare your selection with hundreds of others and
keep culling lots until you have quite a lot of desirable traits that
would give you a big advantage over all the ones that failed your
high selection criteria.

18...You have to accept what you breed, and obviously there will
be just about as many CULL animals that fail the leg accuracy test,
or growth test, or action/speed/muscling/type/temperament tests
as compared with those that do measure up in a pleasing way.

19...Don't be misled, there are dozens of traps in the sale ring,
and its a very costly ring of experience for newcomers.

20...It's amazing how many people rush back to see the new horse
they have bought, only to realize upon close inspection big faults or be
shown a number of glaring inadequacies in the horses conformation.

21..The auction or buying ring is truly a LET THE BUYER
BEWARE situation, and reinforces the often repeated mamim of
THOROUGH INSPECTION STRATEGIES BASED ON
SOUND KNOWLEDGE AND A SOUND BUSINESS PLAN.

22...A veterinary inspection is a must for a newcomer, and also
get your intending trainer to thoroughly examine him based on
his expertise and years of experience. Both these methods are
not foolproof, but would certainly help you make less mistakes.

23...Some of the main problems with this sale are the reasonably
high proportion of horses that went through the Yearling Sales
and failed to find homes. Watch out for these slower maturing
ones especially those that also have leg alignment problems.

24...From experience of checking out the vast majority of 2yos
entered in some previous sales, it is easy to see faults of one kind
or another in over 80% of entries. Having looked very carefully
at several hundred of the best gallopers in NZ for over 40 years,
it has been an eyeopener to see that many of them also actually
had observable leg faults. The trick at Yearling or 2yo sales is to
be able to pick the big performance motors where the leg
conformation problems do not or would not stop the horse from
achieving its potential on the racecourse.

25...Faults will inevitably hinder soundness, cause soreness,
shorten stride, shorten a horses career, so be very, very careful
of faults that are deal breakers. It is hard enough if your horse is
sound , tough and free of leg problems, so keep on looking for
those nasty faults that make your intending purchase a bad
racing proposition.

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SIRES OF 1,367 MILLIONAIRE EARNING RACEHORSES

SIRE......No.MillionaireProgeny.....No.StakesWinners

DANEHILL................49 ......................349 SW
SADLERS WELLS....34 ......................298 SW
SUNDAY SILENCE..30 .....................169 SW
ZABEEL.....................22 ......................117 SW
DANZIG....................19 ......................200 SW
RAHY........................16 ........................82 SW
STORM CAT............15.......................167 SW
A. P. INDY................13 .....................125 SW
ENCOSTA DE LAGO..13.....................58 SW
MR PROSPECTOR..12 ......................181 SW
DYNAFORMER.......12.........................90 SW
RED RANSOM.........11 ........................94 SW
SEEKING THE GOLD..10.....................88 SW
SILVER HAWK.......10 .......................105? SW
THEATRICAL..........10 ........................76 SW
DEPUTY MINISTER..10.......................89 SW
KINGMAMBO..........9..........................74 SW
KRIS S.......................9 .........................93 SW
MONTJEU.................9 .........................63 SW
SEATTLE SLEW.......9 .......................114.SW
NUREYEV................8 ........................137 SW
RUBITON.................8 ..........................39 SW
GIANTS CAUSEWAY..7......................62 SW
HENNESSY.............7............................63 SW
PLEASANT COLONY...7.....................77 SW
PRIVATE ACCOUNT..7 ......................61 SW
REDOUTES CHOICE...7......................47 SW
ROYAL ACADEMY...7 .....................153 SW
SCENIC..................7 ...........................68 SW
GRAND LODGE....6 ............................61 SW
EL PRADO.............6 ............................71 SW
LYPHARD..............6 ..........................115 SW
SMART STRIKE....6.............................63 SW
UNBRIDLED..........6 ............................49 SW
SNIPPETS..............6 ............................57 SW
THUNDER GULCH...6 ........................57 SW
ALYDAR...............6 ............................77 SW
ANABAA..............6 ............................63 SW
COZZENE.............6 ............................58 SW
DISTORTED HUMOR..6.....................72 SW
BROAD BRUSH...5 .............................80 SW
CAERLEON.........5 ............................120 SW
DEHERE...............5 ..............................62 SW
FAPPIANO..........5 ..............................48 SW
FLYING SPUR.....5 ..............................68 SW
GONE WEST.......5 ...............................91 SW
GREEN DESERT...5..............................87 SW
HALO...................5...............................63 SW
LAST TYCOON...5 ..............................81 SW
LEAR FAN...........5 ...............................61 SW
MAJESTIC LIGHT..5.............................72 SW
MARSCAY..........5 ...............................68 SW
SALIERI...............5 ...............................18 SW
SILVER DEPUTY...5 ............................77 SW
SIR TRISTRAM...5..............................130 SW
TIZNOW..............5 ...............................21 SW
TONY BIN...........5 ...............................30 SW
WOODMAN........5..............................100 SW
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19 more sires left 4 Millionaires each
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48 more sires left 3 Millionaires each
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KARAKA SPRING SALE-Next Friday-25Sep09

1....For an intending newcomer to horse ownership in New
Zealand, there is an fresh opportunity for buying coming up
in a week's time at the Karaka Sales Centre.

2....The advantage is that the present owners wish to sell
these horses so you don't have to beg or twist their arm,
as well, information regarding their breeding and family
ability is available in the published catalogues well in advance
of the sale. Ideally, all these horses are at one venue, allowing
prospective buyers the opportunity to view all these horses
in a short period of time, and make worthwhile comparisons.
Don't rely on your memory. Make good sensible comments
on the Catalogue page, so you can refer to them quickly in
those very quick 2 or three minutes when the auctioneer is
making loud bid taking yells. Too late in the ring to make
judgements, assessments and hunt for faults. You need to
be well prepared in advance, do your sums and put your
limit price at the top of each page.

3....There are only 75 lots on offer here, 31 of them being
yearlings, 8 two year olds, 8 unraced stock, 4 racehorses,
24 brood-mares.

4...Make sure you have your paddocks or agistment all
set up. Sort out your insurance. Check your partners, hold
a meeting and make sure you have got written intentions,
money limits and agreements all sorted. From heresay situations
I would estimate that the majority of partnerships have problems
so it will save much future anguish to pre-empt problem areas.

5...Make sure everyone in the group is aware and clear about
the level of financial committment required and the length of
time of the partnership.

6...You need to be clear about what your goals are, so do
your homework thoroughly and get good professional advice.

7...Selecting from within the COMMERCIAL FRAMEWORK
is important because if it is not comercially desirable, you may
find that no one else will want it, or be willing to buy its progeny,
so you are liable to lose money the moment you get the horse
home as well as be faced with giving away the horse or its
progeny for less than your investment, and that is bad business.

8...Remember to aim for the top 6 or 7% where horses have a
good chance of earning enough to pay for their purchase,
agistment, and all racing costs. That is a selection of just 1
horse from every 17 you thoroughly investigate.

9...If we relate that to the numbers in this sale, then you
would be limiting your investigation and selection to one of
the 4 top ranked horses in the sale. If your selection stands
out, then it will probably attract the attention of other would
be buyers, so it is important to stick fast to the realistic
valuation you have assessed the horse at and which won't
put too much stress on your finances. Your valuation
should reflect your group's ability to finance the purchase
and also the ongoing racing or breeding costs.

10..How would you select these possible 4 best horses?

a....Look for PROVEN sires over NON-PROVEN,
because the majority of new cedentialled sires will
eventually prove to be disappointing or relative failures.

b...Look for good racing ability in the first 3 dams.
or a family that has produced lots of winners or STAKES
WINNERS because that represents the CLASS factor.

c...Look for good crosses, or horses bred the way top
horses have been bred previously.

d...Look for SPEED close up somewhere in the pedigree.
Hard to win races without having competitive speed.

e...Check great racehorses, and make sure the breeding
methods in their pedigrees are appearing and working
in your selected pedigree.

f...CHECK YOUR HORSE OUT PHYSICALLY.
Good balance, speed or stamina conformation
according to its pedigree. Constitution, good hooves,
legs, action, temperament, good doer, accurate leg
alignment and action. Or limit faults to acceptable
ones if there are several absolutely outstanding
traits that would ensure top performance.

8..Having extended these 75 pedigrees out to 10 generations,
we found there were some that had good indexes and by
checking them against each other, it is possible to RANK
ALL PEDIGREES on more than 50 traits.

9...The best idea would be to look very carefully at all those
horses that made the TOP 10 on any of the lists. These
would be the nucleous group to investigate fully to find that
top horse among the possible 4 best ones.

10...As you get more experienced, you will get better and
better at recognising good conformation, good sires, good
families, good pedigrees and other beneficial traits.
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11..Here is the RANGE for linebreeding for these 75 horses.
11 index = 1 horse- 10 index = 1 horse- 9 = 3 horses-
8 = 11 horses, 7 =16 horses - 6 = 12 horses - 5 = 16 horses
- 4 = 12 horses- 3 = 3 horses.

Generally speaking, the higher the index, the more pre-potent
the sire or dam would be, the more chance of better combinations,
the more chance of hitting pre-potency, the more chance of
beneficial build-ups, better Matching and more Intricates.

Checked out 6,524 BROODMARES that left 2 or more
STAKES WINNERS...and 1,317 had linebreeding indexes
over 10..so some very high indexes among the best proven
broodmares.
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12...Number of duplicated ancestors in pedigrees are quite
important, although the sex they are, the position and several
other items can really enhance the situation.

26 = 1 horse, 25 = 2 horses, 24 = 3 horses, 23 = 2 horses
22 = 4 horses, 21 = 6 horses, 20 = 4 horses
Of the 6,524 multiple Stakes Winner producing mares
mentioned above, 1,749 had more than 25 duplicated
ancestors within 7 generations.
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13...Balance comes in several forms and outputs into
some quite worthwhile advantages.

Here is one expression...Over 60% = 9 horses
1,163 multiple Stakes Producing broodmares had
more than 60% balance.
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14...Genetic relative crosses
Over 300 = 1 horse, Over 200 = 13 horses, Over 180 = 9

Over 2,664 broodmares that left 2 or more Stakes winners
had over 300 genetic relative crosses.
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15..Average wins for first 31 MALE ancestors
Over 12 = 1 horse, 11 = 13, 10 = 19, 9 = 9 horses

848 outstanding broodmares had their first 31 male
ancestors average more than 11 wins each
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16..Average wins for first 31 FEMALE ancestors
Over 5 = 2 horses, 4 = 16, 3.5 = 13, 3 = 10 horses

Over 972 outstanding broodmares that left 2 or more
Stakes Winners had their first 31 female ancestors
average more than 4 wins.
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17..F4 method
Over 30 = 3 horses, 20 = 1, 15 = 5. 10 = 14 horses

1,194 outstanding broodmares had 30 or more
F4 crosses.
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18..MATCHING..
200+ = 2 horses, 170 = 3, 160 = 7, 150 = 4 horses

Here is a biggie. 5,631 outstanding broodmares had
indexes for MATCHING over 200.
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19...HITTING PRE-POTENCY
80+ = 6 horses, 70+ = 3. 60+ = 10, 50+ = 6 horses

495 outstanding broodmares hit pre-potency greater
than 80%.
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20..There are nearly 300 other ways you can RANK
a group of horses, so this can be extremely valuable
to help you make comparisons, and ensure your
selections have all the requirements to become an
outstanding galloper, or outstanding broodmare..

21...Of course when you run these measures across
a few hundred Champions most are very high on
a large number of the indexes, but several traits are
contradictory so they are usually very high on one
of the opposing traits.

22..Many outstanding horses have superior speed
in double strength which places a limitation on their
distance capacity, but they also have to have many
outstanding stayers in their background

23... Superior stayers have stamina in abundance
but also a fair amount of specialist speed if they
are to have that necessary speed or acceleration.

24...There are special indexes which can help to
measure these critical traits. If you don't have the
equipment to get these, then you need to source
this information.

25...Another good exercise to make an approximate
guess as to what distance or TYPE your horse is
leaning towards is to rule a page down the centre.
List about 10 or more stamina traits down the left
hand side, and the opposing speed trait down the right.
Tick each trait and see if the horse looks to have more
speed or more stamina.

RED MAGIC-Pre-training with Phil Stevens(July-Aug09)

1...Another step has been completed in the education towards
racing for our future racehorse RED MAGIC by doing 7 weeks
pre-training with Phil Stevens at Matamata.

2.. Karen, a Syndicate member of the RED MAGIC racing team
is patting RED MAGIC in the photo above when we went to see
how he was progressing a week or so after he was gelded.


3..Phil Stevens is running an experienced hand over RED MAGIC in
the photo above. When we arrived, the horse was on a WALKING
MACHINE with five very expensive youngsters by Encosta De Lago,
Danehill Dancer and Tale Of The Cat. We still can't understand why
Phil had a big preference for these big, sleek, well-bred, million dollar
colts in preference to our little, light framed gelding.

4..Phil took our horse off the walker and kindly showed how he led,
tied up and how settled, quiet and well handled he was. We were
very impressed. Phil said some horses were knocked by gelding and
RED MAGIC seems to be one of these. He did lose quite a bit of
weight and lightened up considerably with the breaking in process,
in combination with the increased exercise, and the gelding effects.

4..Phil has been developing his property for 15 years and it is very
well appointed with Walking machines, stalls, his own training track,
and all the necessary breaking in lungeing areas, yards , paddocks
and other facilites.

5..Phil has been breaking in and pre-training all Te Akau/Mark
Walker's yearling for many years and Mark Walker has been
New Zealand's premier trainer for several seasons recently.
On our visits and seeing the good attitude of his horses, their
condition and the quiet and sensible response to his knowledge,
understanding and experience, we can see why the horses
leaving his care and moving on to the training stable are doing so
well on the racetrack. He has done a masterly job with our horse.


6..Helen, myself, Barbara and Carl did an early morning trip over
to see RED MAGIC do several rounds of Phil's track. My camera
came up with a memory full message, so didn't get any photo's.
The jockey said he had a nice action. We could see he had a very
long stride for a small horse, so were very pleased. Phil had changed
his mind somewhat and said he was doing everything right. He said
the gelding process had cured all his attitude problems and that he
was actually a very friendly horse and quite people orientated. He
also said he was big enough if he was good enough. Since he has
come home, we can see he has grown over half and inch, and he lies
down a lot and is obviously still growing. Another projected inch or
two will make all the difference when he matures more next year.

7..In the photo above, he is getting hosed down after doing a
couple of rounds of the Matamata racecourse.



8...In the photo above, another person enters the plot. This is
Mary Dodson, a friend who lives in Arapuni right next to the hill
paddock where the horse lives half the time. Mary has owned
horses and been a keen rider on the vast open spaces down in
the South Island on big sheep stations. She is a very knowledgable
person with dogs and has shown distinctive Dalmations and has
a huge number of trophies. Mary has spent many hours grooming
RED MAGIC, feeding him carrots and marshmellows etc. She
considers him her own, and we are just the bill payers. The first
morning we went to Matamata, she didn't sleep all night, and was
so keen she walked a mile down in the dark to our place. We
drove through the dark and fog for 40 minutes but managed to
miss his workout on the Matamata track. However, we enjoyed
seeing him tie up, get hosed down, spoke to Phil and the jockeys
about his education, and took the photo of his hosedown 2 photos
above, plus saw him load nicely into the horsefloat.

9..A week later we were up a lot earlier and saw him do a nice
solid workout over two rounds of the Matamata track. Phil said
he was very pleased with him and that nothing bothers him. He is
always alert in the stalls and calm about everything. looks like he
has the right attitude to take the pressure of racing.

10..We took Mary up to the KARAKA Yearling Sales and she
was overawed by the complex. The 2 yearlings she liked best
were Lot 344, a huge One Cool Cat Black colt that went for
$100,000 to John Wheeler, and Lot 339, a big well built Grey
colt by No Excuse Needed at a cost of $210,000 to David
Ellis, & no doubt will be educated by Phil Stevens in due course.



11..Above is RED MAGIC in the stalls after his 2 lap gallop.



12...Phil had hosed him down after his pacework. The girl rode him
and Phil rode the bigger stronger horse that had been out for a spell
and was nearing the end of its second training session.The girl said
he had a nice action. Phil had 7 horses in his early 5 o'clock float
load to the track and had another 7 horses in this load finishing about
7 o'clock, before heading home to work on other youngsters.

13..The Matamata Track is well equipped to handle lots of horses
and has an excellent set of lights right around the track, with dozens
of horses working all over the place. One person said they had
about 800 horses in work at this time of the year and they thought
it might be only 2nd to the Cambridge track which reportedly has
had about 1500 or so horses in work at one time or another.

14...RED MAGIC getting saddled to do an Official JUMP

OUT. We saw about a dozen lots of youngsters jump out

of the Club Starting Stalls and gallop round about 1200m

to the finishing post in a good educational gallop.

15...Helen and I were the only 2 to go over for this gallop just after

dawn because we were under pressure to fly over to Matamata and

then get back for an all day Bowling Club Bus trip from Putararu,

and just made it.

16...Aboard RED MAGIC is CYRIL, a French jockey riding for

Mark Walker to get a line on the horse. Mark had previously told

me that he thought the horse was going quite well and had a good

stride. In another e-mail he went out to check him at Phil's place

and said he was quite pleased with him, and after the gallop he

would assess him and map out a plan for him.

17..About 3 weeks before this, Phil said the horse was a bit

immature and weak, therefore the best plan was to work him

through all the learning needed at the Matamata Track, spell

him for 3 weeks to mature, rest and strengthen up, then give

him another 4 to 5 weeks of pre-training leading to 1 or 2

trials before a Christmas spell.

18..I spoke to Graeme Boyd about a year ago, the Owner

Trainer of GINGA DUDE, another chestnut lookalike by

ISTIDAAD. I said our one was smallish and light framed,

and that he would probably not mature until a late 3yo, and

possibly be better as a 4yo. He said his horse was small as

a 2yo, but kept growing evan as a 4yo. His advice was to

turn our one out until he was a 4yo.

19...GINGA DUDE won the main Open Class race at Ellerslie

last week and has won 9 races worth $333,625. He beat the

NZ Champion SIR SLICK-20wins$1,897,470 and 4 other

horses that have won amounts in excess of his own earnings.

Last week RED MAGIC'S sire ISTIDAAD ranked SECOND

on the NZ Sires Table to MONTJEU after GINGA DUDE'S

fine fast finishing run for victory at Ellerslie.

20..Both RED MAGIC and GINGA DUDE hit SECRETARIAT

quite well, GINGA through a genetic brother, MAGIC through

2 crosses and 2 genetic sisters. In the photo above, can anyone

else see the strong chestnut coat colour and white blaze like

SECRETARIAT that he is linebred to, the way I can?

21...RED MAGIC'S parents are Brown and Bay, so it seems

likely that he has thrown back to the chestnut Secretariat which

appears in both sides of his pedigree.

22..Phil said he was weak at the moment, but would be better

for the spell, and although immature, did not necessarily lack

constitution. I have always thought he acted and looked like he

would be fine for toughness and constitution when he matured.

230..Here is RED MAGIC going out for his JUMP OUT, with

French Jockey CYRIL up. All the JUMP OUT horses went out for

a short warm up. They had a saddle cloth with a gold identifying

circle on it. I went down from the Track Watchers building several

times to see how the youngsters were stretching out in their gallops

down the main grass track.

24..However, I noticed that several of them tended to shy if a

person was near the rail, so I decided not to use a flash or take a

photo of his gallop down the straight.

25...Here is RED MAGIC after his gallop.He came back very

settled and quietly. Phil was thrilled that he took it all in his stride.

The other horse was puffing and blowing a bit, and had a much

bigger physique. RED MAGIC was very relaxed and not puffing

at all, so was reasonably fit, and being light framed probably does

not need a lot of work. I checked and saw he did not blow up

over the kidneys, so was well prepared for the gallop.

26...I spoke to CYRIL, the French Jockey and he was full of

praise fot the horse. Although he thought he was immature, he

said he was a good horse now, but would be very good later on.

27..Lots of ISTIDAAD'S are slow away, drop back to mid-field

and then come with a run at the finish. CYRIL said he jumped

well, but then didn't know what to do, so he urged him on and he

then got the idea and really went well.

28...CYRIL said they galloped together for the education, but

if he had of kicked him up, he felt as though he would have

accelerated away quite nicely, so that was good to hear.

29..Phil hosed the horse down, scraped him down, towelled him,

covered him and then loaded him for home. He was going to give

him a ride around his track the next morning to see if he came

through the 1200m gallop without any after effects.

30...SUMMARY

Some positive things we learned..Another 5th jockey said he had

a good action. He showed good speed. He jumped well. He was

very settled after the gallop. Phil said he takes everything in his stride.

Nothing ever worries him, so he has the right temperament to

handle the stress of racing. He had a long stride. He doesn't take

much work to get fit.He is very clean winded. Phil said he is a

good doer, and is eating them out of house and home. Overall,

a lot of positives that lead us to believe that when he grows and

matures, he should be able to give us all a lot of fun and pleasure

by winning a race or two.

CHECKING OUT NZ SIRES FOR YOUR MARE

1...For new owners of a broodmare in the Waikato Region of
New Zealand, there is a valuable aid to assist you in selecting a
suitable stallion for your new broodmare, and that is the ANNUAL
Waikato Stud Tour.

2..Each year the Waikato branch of the Thoroughbred Breeders
Association arrange an Open Day to view Stallions around the
very fertile Matamata and Cambridge areas. Similar viewing of
stallions in the Auckland, Manawatu and Canterbury areas are
also very popular for breeders to see the established, the proven
as well as the new stallions.

3..These days are so popular and valuable because they are
timed just previous to the stud season and you can make good
comparisons of sires all on one day, plus get round a huge number
in much quicker time than if on your own, plus it's a huge time
saver for busy stud people where one showing allows an inspection
for up to 200 to 300 people, instead of bringing out the stallions
200 to 300 times for individual breeders.

4...The well established and serious breeders will have spent the
last several months at Sales, at Stables, at Bloodstock Agent's places
or in Industry related publications or Stud Books to find mares
that suited their requirements.

5..If you are a newcomer breeder, and have not purchased your
new mare yet, it will probably put you under pressure for this
season and may lead to snap decision making. I could write a
book about many people making snap decisions on their
purchases, and the majority of these have not turned out well.
PLEASE RESIST THE TEMPTATION

6..Over the last 30 years or so, it is very noticeable that these
impulsive buys are mostly resold or passed on within a few
years. Most of these resales lost money, and cost a lot of time
and effort, for no worthwhile gain. This is just not a good
business practice.

7...Make sure you do your homework thoroughly, inspect your
intending purchases for accuracy, for standout physical traits
and document carefully all the faults because they may come
back to haunt you in your foals.

8...You want the best possible successful ancestors up close,
you want the best possible conformation you can get, you
want the least number of faults, (you can tolerate minor ones,
but steer clear of major ones), you want as much speed
conformation within a middle distance framework as you can
get . If you put too much speed with too much speed, your foals
will probably go fast early and fade before the 1200m distance.

9..If you put too much stamina over more stamina, your chances
of having enough speed to win a race would be very limited.
That essential stamina usually comes with conformation that allows
for improvement with age, better shock absorbation equipment,
leaner muscles with more fatique resistance, longer stride for
ground covering advantage, and sometimes more relaxed
temperament and more soundness.

10..Make sure you have some really high class speed somewhere
up close in your pedigree, because that seems to be a vital component
in the makeup of the really outstanding gallopers. There are several
breeding methods in the makeup of the best broodmares which
seem to allow their progeny to have more speed and compete
successfully in the best Stakes Races.

11...Also of vital importance for your future broodmare is having
pre-potency, the result of the good selection proceedures we
have mentioned, but more importantly the line-breeding methods,
amount, position, build-up, hitting pre-potency, intricates,
intensity and specialization which are pre-eminantly important in
your mare's pedigree.

12..A final piece of advice here is that if your mare does have racing
ability, it stands to reason that you can transer this more easily to your
foals than having to bring this ability through several generations
of undistinquished ancestors. In many of these cases some faults may
have become entrenched, and if you proceed with intensifying the
pedigree by good matching ancestors techniques, you may have to
contend with very strong negative faults.

13...No matter how brilliant or talented your foals are, they can
be struck low by unsoundness, so this is a major trait to select for.

14..The biggest problem of all with racehorses IS LACK OF SPEED.
If youe foal is not fast enough, you won't win races, and the costs will
exceed the costs of production, training and racing, so look very
intently at all the essential speed conformation factors in your
broodmare purchase, and all the high class speed horses in her
pedigree, as well as the very importance speed breeding principles
in her pedigree.

15...NOW YOU KNOW MOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR YOUR NEW MARE, IT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE MATTER
OF TAKING YOUR TIME, CHECKING OUR A FEW
DOZEN MARES, MAKING A WISE CHOICE AND MAKING
SURE YOU HAVE GOT ALL YOUR PRINCIPLES RIGHT
TO SELECT A HIGH CLASS STALLION FOR HER.

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16...THERE ARE SOME VERY HIGHLY CREDENTIALLED
STALLIONS AT STUD IN THE WAIKATO.

Among them are ZABEEL, Millionaire earner, an elite club,sire of
120 SW, again in the top dozen in the whole breed history, and
Multiple Champion sire in NZ and Australia

Also O'REILLY , multiple Champion Sire in NZ and Hong Kong,
last seasons Champion Sire in New Zealand.

VOLKSRAAD...Seven times Champion New Zealand sire.

Here are some details of the ones we saw recently on the Stud Tour..

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ALIGN-1996...4w-G12-$1,013,413
By NIGHT SHIFT..sire of 82SW..Dam by champion Red Anchor
from Champion race-mare EASTERN BAY-7wG2L,2G12233

ALAMOSA-2004-10w-G1111-$1,171,875
By Champion sire O'Reilly from daughter/s of Champion sires
CENTAINE-6wins, SOUND REASON-13w , ONCIDIUM
& Champion racemare CHIQUITA-16wins

ANY SUGGESTION-2001..9w-L,2G1$363,450
By DANEHILL sire LION HUNTER-17SW from 6win
daughter of food sires REGAL ADVICE-5wG2 and
BOUCHER-6wins

BACHELOR DUKE-2001..G1,3G3-P286,657
by Champion sire MISWAKI-(94SW) from daughter of
Champion SEATTLE SLEW-(14w$1,208,726) from
daughter of Champion NORTHERN DANCER-(14wins)

BAHHARE-1994-3w-G2,3G1,4G1-P114,315
By Champion 2yo WOODMAN-(110SW) from daughter
of Champion NIJINSKY-(11w$677,112 and duaghter of
Champion BOLD BIDDER-(13w-478,021)

DARCI BRAHMA-2002- 10winsG1111$1,188,975
By great sire DANEHILL-(347SW) from G1 winning
daughter of Champion sire ZABEEL-(6w$1,131,400) from
daughter of Champion VICE REGAL-21wins

DANROAD-1999 -6winsG2,2G1-$149,700
By great sire DANEHILL(347 SW) from daughter of Champion
STRAWBERRY ROAD-17wins-6xG1-$2,286,200

DEPUTY GOVERNOR-1984 -5wins$615,273
By MASTER WILLIE-7wG111-P340,858 from daughter
of VICE REGENT-sire of 90 SW.

DUELLED-2002 -1winG2,2G1VictoriaDerby,3G1
By Champion sire REDOUTES CHOICE-5wG1111
$1,567,650 from daughter of great sire
SIR TRISTRAM-sire of 130 SW


EKRAAR-1997 -8winsG1-P945,162
By top sire RED RANSOM-sire of 94 SW from
brilliant racemare SACAHUISTA-8wG111$1,298,842,
duaghter of Champion USA sire RAJA BABA.

EL HERMANO-2005..

FALKIRK-2000

FAST' N' FAMOUS-2002

GREAT BRITAIN-2002

GUILLOTINE-2004

HAWKEYE-1998

HIGH CHAPARRAL

KEENINSKY-2001

KEEPER-1997

KING's CHAPEL-2000

LUCKY UNICORN-2002

MR NANCHO-2000

NO EXCUSE NEEDED

O'REILLY-1993

PATAPAN-

PENTIRE-1992

PERFECTLY READY

PINS-1996

ROYAL GEM-1999

SAKHEE'S SECRET

SAVABEEL-2001

SCAREDEE CAT-2000

SHINKO KING-1991

SIR PERCY-2003

SPARTACUS-2000

STORM CREEK-1993

St REIMS-1999

THORN PARK-1999

VIKING RULER-1998

VOLKSRAAD-1988

ZABEEL-1986

MULTIPLE CHAMPION SIRES

1...The following list of sires is a collection of MULTIPLE
CHAMPION SIRES that I have found. Following the name is
each horse's Foaling Date, the Country where the horse was
the Premier Sire, then his number of Championship Titles.

2...I have been investigating these sires for many years because
it is a huge advantage to know if a new sire is going to be
pre-potent, or successful in the future. Also beneficial when
selecting sires for a good mating, or yearlings at sales, or Trial
Winners to assess their future racing potential.

3...Some of these really outstanding sires show an amazing
intensity in their pedigrees. However, a few lesser sires have
pedigree principles missing in comparison with the really
outstanding ones that do lead one to believe that there is
some incorrect ancestry recording in their backgrounds.

4...Following are some principles attached to many of the
sires to show the strong build up in most of their pedigrees.

5...Having investigated all these sires, it is apparent that very
good judgements can be made if you collect enough information
and make careful comparisons with the absolute best Champion
Sires in the Thoroughbred breed.

CHAMPSIRE.. File [L and H Pratt] 8/22/2009
Name .........................Country...... Titles
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A.P.Indy1989............. USA ..........2
Won 8 racesG111$2,979,815. By Seattle Slew14w$1,208726
Dam7wG3-left4SW, she by Secretariat-16w$1,316,808
4x3 BoldRuler,5,5x4 Nasrullah,5x4,6 Princequillo
11.453 index, 24 ancestors,11 female,45.83% balance
718 chains,2 intric,18 F4, 10.06 wins av for 62 ancestors
31/31 male and 23/31 female ancestors good performers
1st 4 dams 23wins/produced 40 winners/18 SW
21 inbred ancestors, 73.33% prepotency, 15/39.656
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Absurd1909................ NZ ............5
5winsG1MiddParkP.By Sundridge-16wins,Amphion-14w
Dam left 8winners,by Melton-11wMPS,Derby,L,JuC
4x4 Hermit, 5,5x6,7 Stockwell, 6,5x5,6 Newminster
21 BLUE, 858 Chains, 25 ancestors, 11,781 index
80.00% balance, 277 genetic crosses,27intricates,
F40 10-143, 390 matching, 84 F4,95% prepotency
15/96.875
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Acatenango1982........... GER.......... 5
16winsP891,970..By Surama3wG12-6xChampSire
4x5Hyperion, 6x6FriarsDaughter..7.195 index
22 ancestors,13 female,6 BLUE, 3 intricates
9-55F40, 30male/16female performers,33%P
218male54%/38female47%-15/116
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Afghan1939................ CHI ...........2
1wins$653..By Derby winner Mahmoud-5w,his sire Derby
winner Blenheim,from daughter of Derby winner Coronach
and great racemare Selene-16wins, dam of Hyperion-6xChS
5x4CantPilgrim,7x667777 Hermit, 766x467 St Simon
9.633 index, 23 acestors, 11 female, 16balance=69.57%,
16 BLUE, 759 chains,12 intricates,F4-18, 30male/26female
good performers, 62 ancestors av 5.17 wins, 1st 4 dams
won 22 races, left 29 winners & 12 SW. 38 Inbred ancestors
Prepot 11=68.75%,15gen148
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Ahmad1975............... ARG ..........2
13winsG111performer..By GoodManners-9wins, son of Nashua
22wins.BroodMSire-Churrinche-7w10pArC,Derby,Hx2.
6x6Phalaris,5x6Sardanapale,6x6L'Josephine,7x677StSimon
23duplications, 7,742 index, 755 chains, 8-68F40, 157 Matching
12F4, 31 males av 8.42wins, 26 sires good performers/12dams
Prepot 9/60%, 215males/57%, 15gen/140.719
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Alcantara1908............ FR............. 2
Won6races-FrDerby,Fr2000,FLp. By Perth-7w-PJC,PRO,
GPP, from daughter of Champion Le Sancy-27wins.
Next 2 dams won NasS and 1000G.
11.438 linebreeding index.5x4Thormanby,6x567AliceHawthorne
28 dup ancestors,15 female.24 BLUE, 894 chains,290 genRel.
25 intricates, 10-107F40, 278 matching, 69 F4, 4.89 wins av
for 62 ancestors, 28 sires good performers, 7 mares.
Prepot=21/91.30%, 124male=64%,38female=55%, 15/112.344
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Alchimist1930............ GER........... 2
6wins10starts-DDerby,DU,DGB,BB,Z. Son of Champion
Herold-7wDDerby,DGB,DD,DLeger. Dam by Nuage-6w
9s$96,392-GP,FGr,FML.1st 4 dams good racemares.
3x3 ArdPatrick,5x45 StSimon,5x6BlairAthol,666x5667Galopin
11.719 index, 24dup ancestors, 13 female, 6 BLUE,895 matching
218 genetic relatives, 31 males av 7.90 wins, 1st 4 dams won
18 races and produced 25 winners.Prepot=19/95%
131male/56%, 41 female/54%,15gen/96.594
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Alcimedes1954.......... AUST......... 2
Won6races,17p2SW-P8,623
AldisLamp1943...........BEL...........12

ArdPatrick1899..........GER ...........4
Won6races,Derby,EclipseS-P26,616
Asbestos1932 ............SAf............ 5
1win-SAMetH
Aureole1950.............. Eng ............2
Won7racesCorCup$119,458
BadgerLand1983........SAf............ 2
5wins2p14s$519,625
OldBagot1780........... IRE ............4
Balconaje1968 ...........CHI........... 3
-
Balloch1939............... NZ............ 2
Unraced
Barsac1904................ CHI.......... 2
-
BayBolton1705........... Eng........... 7
Won7races,best horse of his year.
BayMiddleton33..........Eng............ 2
Bayardo1906 .............Eng .............2
BeauPere1927............ NZ............. 2
BeauPere1927 ............AUST........ 3
BetterBoy1951........... AUST........ 3
BigShuffle1984............GER........... 3
Birdcatcher833............Eng............. 2
Birdcatcher833............IRE .............4
Birkhahn1945............. GER............ 3
BlairAthol1861............Eng.............. 4
Blandford1919............ FR.............. 1
Blandford1919............ Eng............. 3
Blank1740.................. Eng............. 3
Bletchingly970..............AUST........ 3
BobBooty1804............ IRE............ 5
BoldRuler1954............. USA.......... 8
BonaVista1889.............HUN...........5
BonnieScotla53.............USA.......... 2
Boston1833................. USA.......... 3
Boveney1929............... SAf............ 2
Bozzetto1936............... IT.............. 3
BritisEmpire37..............ARG.......... 2
Brook1970...................IT...............3
Broomstick1901...........USA.......... 3
Bruleur1910................. FR............. 3
Buccaneer1857.......... HUN20........8?
Buccaneer1857.......... GER............ 4
Buccaneer1857............Eng............. 1
Buccaneer1857............AUT............7
BullLea1935............... USA............ 5
Cade1734.................. Eng.............. 5
Caerleon1980............. Eng.............. 2
Caissot1923............... HUN............ 5
Campanajo1892......... SAf.............. 2
Canisbay1961.............IT..................2
Cav.D'Arpino26..........IT................. 5
Chamant1874............ GER.............. 6
ChancePlay1923.........USA............. 2
Chester1874.............. AUST........... 4
ChiefRuler1920...........NZ............... 2
Chocolate1777........... IRE.............. 2
Cipayo1974............... ARG............. 3
Clackmannan919.........JAP.............. 2
ComedyKing1907.......AUST........... 2
Commodore1793....... IRE ...............4
Congreve1924........... ARG .............7
Copenhagen1954........NZ................ 2
Copyright1918........... ARG............. 2
CountRendere45.........NZ................ 2
CourtHarwell54..........ARG.............. 1
CourtHarwell54..........Eng................ 1
CourtMartial42...........Eng................ 2
Crab1722.................. Eng ................3
Cyllene1895............... Eng................ 2
Cyllene1895............... ARG.............. 1
Danehill1986.............. AUST............ 9
Danehill1986.............. Eng................ 4
Danehill1986.............. FR................. 2
Danzig1977................ USA.............. 3
Danzig1977 ................SPA.............. 1
Danzig1977................ UAE.............. 1
DarkRonald1905........GER............... 5
DeAlbertis1933...........DEN...............8
Deimos1940 ..............SAf................ 2
DelvilleWood42.........AUST............. 5
DeputyMinist79..........USA............... 2
DiamondJubil97..........ARG.............. 4
Diolite1927................ JAP............... 3
Diomed1777.............. USA.............. 7
Dorpat1950............... POL.............. 3
DrDevious1989.......... IT................. 3
DrumBeat1953.......... SAf ...............2
DschingisKhan........... GER............. 2
Ebor1905.................. JAP.............. 6
Emilius1820............... Eng............... 2
Energy1880............... FR................ 2
Exclu'Native65...........USA............. 2
Fair'sFair1943............NZ............... 2
FairPlay1905............. USA............ 3
Fairthorn1942............ SAf.............. 6
Fairway1925............. Eng............... 4
FamousStar1979........NZ............... 2
Fearnought1755.........USA........... 12?
Fervor1906 ..............GER.............. 4
Flibustier1867............GER............. 3
Fly'Childers15............Eng...............2
FlyingFox1896.......... FR............... 3
Foveros1976 ............SAf ..............8
Fox1714................... Eng ..............2
Foxbridge1930......... NZ............. 11
Frari1970.................. ARG............ 2
Frontal1964 .............GER.............. 2
FullSail1934............. ARG............. 2
Fulmen1880............. GER............. 3
Gainsborough15........Eng............... 2
Galeazzo1893........... IT................ 2?
Gallinule1884............ Eng.............. 2
Galopin1872............. Eng.............. 3
GayHermit1883........ ARG............ 4
Genoves1883........... CHI............. 3
Glencoe1831............ USA............ 8
Glenelg1866.............. USA........... 4
GodolphBARB724....Eng.............. 3
Gonin1894............... CHI............. 2
Goya1934................ FR............... 2
Grafton1894............ AUST.......... 4
GreatNephew963.....Eng ..............2
Greatorex1900........ SAf............ 10
GulfStream1943.......ARG............ 3
Halo1969................ USA............ 2
Hannibal1891...........GER.............2
Hanover1884.......... USA............ 4
Harkaway1834........ IRE............. 2
Hastings1893........... USA........... 2
Havresac1915.......... IT............. 11
Heliopolis1936..........USA........... 2
Hermit1864............. Eng ..............7
Hermit1864............. FR............... 1
Herod1758.............. Eng.............. 8
Heroic1921............. AUST.......... 7
Herold1917............ GER............. 2
HighestHonor83.......FR............... 2
Highflyer1774.......... Eng ............13
Hindostan1946........ JAP.............. 7
HuntingSong919.......NZ............... 6
Hussonet1991......... CHI.............. 7
Hyperion1930......... Eng............... 6
Imperial1960............HUN.............6
Imperial1960............AUT..............4
JetMaster1994........ SAf............... 3
JungleCove1966......SAf............... 5
Kaiseradler957........GER.............. 2
Kampala1976..........IT...................2
Kenmare1975......... FR................ 2
KingTom1851......... Eng............... 2
KingdomBay1981....NZ................ 2
Kingston1884......... USA.............. 2
Kisber1873............ GER.............. 3
Koenigsstuhl76........GER.............. 3
Kumohata1936...... JAP............... 6
LastReason1909.....CHI............... 3
LeFilou1946.......... NZ................. 4
LeSancy1884........ FR.................. 4
Leamington1853.....USA............... 4
Leviathan1823....... USA............... 3
Lexington1850....... USA............. 16
Licencioso1941......CHI................. 2
Limond1913.......... NZ.................. 1
Limond1913.......... AUST............. 1
Linacre1904.......... AUST............. 2
Lochiel1882.......... AUST............. 4
LordClifden860......GER............... 1
LordClifden860......Eng................. 1
Luthier1965........... FR.................. 4
Lyphard1969......... USA............... 1
Lyphard1969......... FR.................. 2
Magpie1834.......... IRE................. 2
Maltster1897........ AUST.............. 5
Manitoba1930 ......AUST.............. 2
Maporal1961........ CHI.................. 2
Marscay1979....... AUST............... 2
Marske1750......... Eng................... 2
Martian1901......... NZ................... 7
MasterBagot787....IRE.................. 8
Matchem1748...... Eng................... 3
Meddler1890....... USA................. 2
Medoc1829......... USA................. 2
Melbourne1834.... Eng.................. 2
Mellay1961........... NZ.................. 2
Midstream1933.... AUST.............. 3
MillReef1968........ Eng.................. 2
Monsun1990........ GER................. 4
Monsun1990.........SLO..................1
MrLong1969........ CHI..................5
MrProspector70....USA................ 2
Musket1867..........NZ...................4?
Musket1867......... AUST.............. 3
Mustafa1910........ CHI.................. 2
Nasr-El-Din946.....CHI.................. 2
Nasrullah1940....... Eng................... 1
Nasrullah1940....... USA................. 5
Neapolis1885........ ARG................. 7
Nearco1935 ..........Eng................... 2
Nearctic1954........ CAN................. 7
Neckar1948.......... GER................. 6
NeverBeat1960..... JAP.................. 3
NewSouthWales.... SAf.................. 2
Newminster1848....Eng ...................2
Newminster1873....AUST............... 2
NicDell'Arca38.......IT..................... 2
NidD'Or1922........ CHI.................. 5
NightRaid1918...... AUST............... 2
NobleBijou1971.....NZ.................... 4
NobleChiefta52......SAf................... 3
North'Dancer61.....USA.................. 2
North'Dancer61.....Eng.................... 4
North'Taste971......JAP................. 10
Nuage1907.......... GER................... 3
Nureyev1977....... FR...................... 2
O'Reilly1993.........NZ.......................1
O'Reilly1993.........HK......................2
O'Reilly1993.........MAC...................1
Olascoaga1904 ....CHI.................... 2
OldMan1901....... ARG................... 3
Oleander1924...... GER................... 9
Oncidium1961...... AUST................ 2
Oran1898............. CHI................... 4
Orbit1885 .............ARG.................. 2
Oregano1930........ CHI ...................2
Orlando1841......... Eng.................... 3
Orsini1954............. GER.................. 3
Ortello1926............ IT...................... 6
Orville1799............. Eng................... 2
Pakistan1958........... NZ................... 3
Palmy1877.............. CHI.................. 3
Pardon1896.............HUN..................3
Partner1718............. Eng ...................4
Pazman1916.............HUN.................2
PearlDiver1882.........SAf................... 6
Perion1916 ..............JAP................... 2
PersiaWonder59.......SAf ....................6
Persimmon1893....... Eng.................... 4
Perth1896................ FR..................... 3
Phalaris1913............ Eng.................... 2
Phantom1808........... Eng.................... 2
Pharos1920.............. Eng.................... 1
Pharos1920.............. FR..................... 1
Phoenix1902 ............ARG................... 6
Pilade1930............... POL................... 3
Polymelus1902......... Eng..................... 5
Polystome1912........ SAf................... 11
Postin1940.............. PER..................... 6
Practicante966.........ARG.................... 3
Priam1827.............. Eng...................... 2
Priam1827.............. USA.................... 4
Priamos1964.......... GER..................... 2
PrinceTaj1954........ FR........................ 2
Princequillo40..........USA..................... 2
Pronto1958............ ARG..................... 3
Prunus1915............ GER...................... 5
Rabelais1900.......... FR........................ 3
RainbowsF'Life........CZE.......................2
Ranjit1944.............. SAf....................... 2
Regulus1739............Eng....................... 8
Ribot1952............... Eng....................... 3
RisingFlame947........JAP...................... 3
Riverman1969......... FR........................ 2
Roy1983................. ARG..................... 2
Roy1983................. CHI...................... 9
Rubens1805............ Eng....................... 3
Ruthless1941........... NZ........................ 2
SadlersWells81........Eng...................... 14
SadlersWells81........FR......................... 3
Salpicon1916......... CHI........................ 2
Saphir1894............ GER........................ 3
Saraband1883....... GER........................ 2
Sardanapale911......FR........................... 2
Savernake1873.......GER........................ 4
Scelto1959.............ARG/CHI................ 3
Sedan1955..............IT............................2
SeatoDelaval89.......NZ.......................... 2
SelimHassan938.....ARG........................ 2
Sharke1771........... USA........................ 3?
Showdown1961..... AUST..................... 2
Sickle1924............. USA....................... 2
Sideral1948........... ARG........................ 3
Signorino1902........ IT.......................... 10?
Silurian1919........... ARG........................ 3
Simonian1888......... FR........................... 2
SirArchy1805......... USA...................... 10
SirCharles1816........USA........................ 5
SirGallahad920........USA........................ 4
SirHercules826........IRE.......................... 4
SirPeterTeazle.........Eng-1784............... 10
SirTristram971........AUST....................... 6
SirTristram971........NZ............................ 1
SmartStrike992.......USA......................... 2
Snap1750.............. Eng........................... 4
Son-In-Law1911....Eng........................... 2
Sorcerer1796......... Eng........................... 3
Souepi1948............ CHI.......................... 2
Soult1890............... NZ........................... 5
SouthernHalo83.......ARG...................... 10
SriPekan1992.......... IT........................... 3
StAlbans1870.......... AUST..................... 2
StFrusquin1893........Eng.......................... 2
StLeger1881............ NZ.......................... 8
StSimon1881........... Eng.......................... 9
StWolf1905............. ARG........................ 4
StarKingdom946......AUST...................... 5
StarShoot1898........ USA........................ 5
Stepniak1889.......... NZ........................... 3
Stockwell1849........ Eng........................... 7
StormCat1983........ USA......................... 2
Sultan1816.............. Eng........................... 6
Summertime1946......NZ........................... 3
SundaySilenc86........JAP........................ 13
Sunstone1921......... SAf........................... 5
Surumu1974........... GER.......................... 6
Sweep1907............ USA.......................... 2
TaleOTwoCities......CHI ...........................2
Tantieme1947......... FR............................ 2
Teddy1913............. FR............................ 1
TescoBoy1963....... JAP........................... 6
TheBard1833......... FR............................. 2
TheBuzzard1926.....AUST........................ 2
TheFont1930......... CHI............................ 2
ThePalmer1864...... GER........................... 2
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ISTIDAAD, CATSEEKA, DANS'ORE

1...My first articles were all text, so am attempting to introduce
some visual aids in the form of photographs.
2...Above is a photo of ISTIDAAD-1992, the sire of our future
racehorse RED MAGIC-2006.
3...ISTIDAAD has the lines of a finely made staying horse. Strong
bay in colour, dense bone, exceptional temperament, good
constitution, fine build, but with good hind quarter power.
4...A couple of weeks ago (Sep 09) when his very good racing son
GINGA DUDE won the main flat race at Ellerslie, ISTIDAAD was
2nd on the NZ sires table, and this week he is still up there in 4th
place after 2 months of the season gone. NB...GINGA DUDE
RAN A GREAT RACE TODAY -[3 Oct 2009] in the $1,200,000
KELT CAPITAL AND GOT 2ND BY HALF A LENGTH.
5..Apparently, he has not been given commercial opportunities
by NZ top breeders, having RECEIVED no mares that have ever
qualified their progeny for the Premier or Select yearling sales.
6..For the last few seasons he has been averaging a winner per
week which is better than all but the top few sires in NZ that
have been given hundreds of the best mares in NZ each year.
7....Even though he has served a lot of mares, the majority of
them had very limited ability in the first few dams, and many of
their progeny were not raced but sent to the polo fields.
8..Because they were finely made, polo pony size, very keen and
had endless bottom, many have excelled in this field and been in
keen demand, to the detriment of an increase in his racing statistics.
9..The other negative is that ISTIDAAD has a specialist pedigree
which requires selection for speed & matching bloodlines to hit his
pre-potency and he has had only a handful of these suitable mares.
10..In spite of very average mares, lack of selected mares, lack
of pre-potent mares, or suitable mares, ISTIDAAD has shown he
is one of NZ's better or PROVEN sires.
11..He has left 6 STAKES WINNERS to date, and a dozen Stakes
Placed horses. For the last five seasons he has been 11th on the NZ
sires table, 21st, 6th, 8th and 16th...and is currently 4th this season.


12...ISTIDAAD was a high class racehorse. He was very sound,
has fine dense bone and was a top stayer, running 3rd in the Eng G1
St Leger, 2nd in G2 Pr. of Wales S, 3rd in G3 Goodwood Gordon
Stakes as a 3yo in England, earning P75,155.
13..In Australia he raced at 4, 5 and 6yrs earning $1,594,410.
His 6 wins included G1 Australian Cup, G2 Moonee Valley Gold
Cup, G2 St George S, G2 St George S a 2nd time.
14..His placings were also impressive. 3rd G1, 3rd G2, 3rd L,
4th G1, 2nd G1, 2nd G1, 3rd G2, 2nd G1.


15..Above is ISTIDAAD taken last year with my wife Helen and
daughter Barbara who are both partners in the future racehorse
son of ISTIDAAD that we have named RED MAGIC.

16...The mare above is CATSEEKA...She was imported from
the USA as was ISTIDAAD. She is average sized at about 15'3".
She was placed and a winner here in New Zealand. Even though
she has significant speed in her pedigree, and is balanced line-bred
4x3 to Champion galloper and sire NORTHERN DANCER,
her make and shape is more like a middle distance horse.
17...Her sire is MOUNTAIN CAT-1990, (a son of the outstanding
speed sire STORM CAT), he proved to be a very precocious 2yo
and 3yo in the USA and was the first horse of his year to win
over $1 million dollars. Final tally = 6wins,11starts$1,478,901.
18...His dam was by Champion KEY TO THE MINT-14wins,
a son of the very fast GRAUSTARK which won 7 in a row.
19...His 2nd dam was by Champion 2yo and 3yo NEVER BEND,
--13 wins, and out of top racemare DANDY PRINCESS-15wins
20..CATSEEKA;s dam was unraced but her 4 foals were all winners.
Her sire MINING was a G1 winning son of brilliant speed sire
MR PROSPECTOR . MINING was very inbred and won 6 of
his 7 races worth $264,030.
21..The third dam was a good racemare. Won 2 races, 7 places,
$29,440-(Dam of 2 SW)...a daughter of Champion galloper and
Champion Sire NORTHERN DANCER -(14 wins) out of good
racemare DORIS WHITE-4wins, 9 places, 25 starts, $34,980.
She was a good broodmare that left 3 Stakes Winners.


22...Here is a photo of our pride and joy RED MAGIC at about
15 months of age. He had just come through a 7 week drought
where no hay was available in the district, and because he showed
a lot of fight and wouldn't load to come out to our place, Brian
Corbett kindly had Aaron Taata above sort him out at his property
above for 6 weeks.
23...This is at the end of that period and Aaron said he was very
light in condition as you can see above, but he was a good doer.
He also had a good action, was taught to lead, load, was front
feet shod, tied up, covered, and backed. Because he was so light
in condition and it rained for most of the time there and was very
boggy, Aaron did not do any pacework with him.


24...Here is RED MAGIC being tied up, with the other 4 members
of our syndicate: Karen, Carl, Barbara and Helen looking on.
Notice that he is a rich chestnut colour, (Just like SECRETARIAT),
with a similar type of blaze. If you look at the previous photos, you
will see that his sire is a dark bay colour, and his dam is a light bay
colour.
25..This means his sire and dam have inherited a bay gene from
one parent and a chestnut gene from the other parent. At conception
the two chestnut genes which are recessive have united.
If you look at the pedigree of HYPERION, you can see that he
got his chestnut coat colour from the chestnut ancestors behind
his bay sire GAINSBOROUGH and bay dam SELENE in the
same manner.
26...RED MAGIC is linebred 4x5 to SECRETARIAT, plus he
has 2 mares that have similar bloodlines, so we are hoping these
strong ancestry crosses & background buildup can be beneficial .


27...The mare above is DANS'ORE, a 1994 mare bred in the USA.
For one reason or another, she was unraced, but all her 4 progeny
to race have been winners. She is a well muscled and strongly made
mare. Her pasterns indicate speed, as does her muscling, her canon,
her forearm, her gaskin, her rein, and her hind quarters.
28..Her sire MINING was a G1 winner, her grandparents MR
PROSPECTOR and NORTHERN DANCER were exceptionally
fast, and next sires BUCKPASSER-(25wins) and BLACKBEARD
(6wins) were top racehorses.
29...She has good size, and when I went up to check out her
height, she looked about 16 hands and perhaps half an inch.
She made about $55,000 at this sale last year which was a good
price for a 14yo mare. We were hoping she would pass on her
good muscling, speed and size to our horse.
30..However, it seems that we have missed out on size, because
our youngster was a first foal which sometimes works against
good size for horses. Plus he was foaled in mid summer, 20th Jan,
2007, which means his nutrition from the mare would have been
lessened by dry summer pasture. He was the product of two
middle distance horses that would give him a lighter staying frame
and reduce the overall muscling. He was linebred 3 times to the
smallish NORTHERN DANCER so by being smaller himself,
he is true to type. Finally, he went through a 7 week drought where
the whole Waikato region was bare and brown, and he got no
supplementary food, so it knocked his condition quite badly.
31...We have a long way to go to prove we have got a racehorse
that can win a race or 2.
32...We thought that we could pre-train him starting 1st July,
take him through to a trial in September, win a maiden race within
three starts before Christmas, and after a summer break, come back
and be quite competitive perhaps March,April and May which are
our Autumn months.
33..However, the horse and Phil has told us that he needed the 7
weeks pretraining, and after a 3 week spell, Phil said he would
need another pre-training spell just to get him to a trial, with
probably little chance of getting into a race before another
necessary summer spell.
34...Therefore, based on that information, my plan is to give him
extra time to grow and mature. He has been home for 5 weeks
now. I'm feeding him really well and he has got a nice shiny coat.
He certainly likes his feed. Best of all is the fact that he is lying
down a lot, so he may be doing some growing and maturing. I'm
planning to give him an extra 2 months in the paddock before going
back to Phil Stevens about 1st December. That will give him plenty
of time to get through pre-training and a trial so that he can race
seriously through March, April and May if he comes up well.


35...Above is another photo of his grand-dam DANS'ORE. I was
particually impressed with her at this sale, because she represented
a contribution of quite a bit of speed to the pedigree.

36..Until I saw her, all I had to go on was the lighter frame of both
CATSEEKA and RED MAGIC, so I resigned myself to having a
late maturing three year old, and likely to hit his straps even later as
a 4yo.

37...Above is the photo of our "SECRETARIAT" with his
staying build and white blaze the day he arrived at our place, which
was in May 2008, about 17 months ago. He was 15 months old.
38...Although "LIGHT" or "FINE" in build, he seems to have about
seven or 8 other conformation points that are quite good and make
the intended transition to a racing prospect worthwhile.


38...Above is Syndicate member Carl McComb and RED MAGIC
is possibly the first horse he has ever handled. Carl has delved into
all the horse books in my library and has really got the bug. Carl
is nearly 6ft 3 inches, so makes MAGIC look a bit small. Carl and
I have lunged him on many occasions when he made the drive over
from Tauranga on alternate weekends.
39...As RED MAGIC got older, he did get much bolder and he
definitely was not a learners horse, and tended to bite and use his
front feet, despite much corrective discipline. Carl is pretty tough
and he and Karen didn't seem to mind too much the big bite marks
they got when they lost their awareness of where the colt was.


40...RED MAGIC stretching out on the long rope. Carl and the colt
learned quickly, and we noticed the colt was better for the exercise.

41..RED MAGIC was always keen in his work and usually
controlled, but did have his moments. If he got away with anything,
he always tried it again, and needed a lot of practice to ensure he
was doing the correct option. We found he was certainly a people
horse and was always very friendly, but without being nasty, he was
definitely dangerous if you were in the wrong place or turned your
back on him. This workout was about 3 months after we got him,
and at the end of winter. His coat was thick.


42...Several month further on and RED MAGIC has his summer
coat up in the hill paddock next to Mary Dobb's place.


43...Another Syndicate member, Barbara getting ready for a
serious lungeing session with the colt.

44...Above is Barbara lungeing the colt. After this the colt got quite
difficult, and Barbara settled down to having a baby, we got tied up
with piles of work, the colt had an accident and we took off for a
month over seas for a break after all our work, so he wasn't worked
for 3 or 4 months, just got fed well.


45...Here is a nice photo of the colt just before his accident.
He had a nice summer coat and was growing well.

46...This photo shows that he had matured a bit, he had got the
benefits of good feeding. He shows he has a nice hind leg, good
hind quarters and pasterns are the right length to expect a bit of
speed within his staying framework.


47....The colt got caught up in an iron frame and chains, and his four
legs were all severely lacerated. He had the chains around his neck
for a couple of hours and nearly choked himself to death. While
getting him undone, the Vet said he might have to put him down.


48...For nearly 3 weeks before we went over to Australia, I hosed
him several times a day, and put plenty of antiseptic ointments and
washes on to keep infection away while he healed.
49...The vet gave him a barrage of injections and each time he came
he was amazed at how quickly he healed. RED MAGIC never
showed any pain from his deep wounds and never left a feed.


50...Helen is raking the cut grass on the driveway. This is one of
about 10 van loads of grass that I cut, raked up, spread out, dried,
turned, wheelbarrowed and staked in the garage.
51...For 3 months through the first winter, I remember the hours
I spent pulling long grass to fill 3 large sacks each day.

52...Above is another load being dried, and turned so it can be
stored in the garage. We have a full quarter of the garage filled
right to the roof, and only just enough room to get the 3 vehicles in.

53...Helen is having a lot of trouble with her double hip operations,

plus knee cartilege problems and bone displacement in the foot,

but has always helped with the colt, and the grass collecting.

54...However, her lack of mobility was a problem when the colt

played up, and she found it very difficult with the uneven slopes and

surface of the paddocks.

55...Above, the colt has made a good recovery, and starting to

put back on a little bit of weight.

56...Starting to feel very well. Legs and neck have healed and

plans being formulated to sort out pre-training options.

57...Above, RED MAGIC at his favourite pasttime of eating.

He is getting his feet trimmed before going off to pre-training.

RED MAGIC....Gelded 2nd July, 2009

RED MAGIC...Taken 2 months ago, before going into training.

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1...Below is a photo of RED MAGIC when we first went to
check him out as a 13 month old colt in Jan 2007. He was one
of a dozen N.H.T yearlings that were being prepared for export
to England. A French buyer selected him as the best conformed
and best type in the paddock and wanted to buy him, but our 2
daughters were very keen to race him, as planned.



2....The first photo was taken of our colt RED MAGIC about
two months ago by part owner Barbara and being held by her
husband Carl McComb. It was taken about 14 months after the
second photo.

3...He was foaled here in New Zealand to Northern Hemisphere
time...(20th Jan, 2007)...so the 1st photo shows him at 2years
and 5 months of age. I had been trying very hard to overcome
his late start in life plus the further handicap where his dam
would have had less grass and made less milk for him being
foaled in the in the middle of summer.

4...He was small and very light when we saw him, then suffered
further set backs when he went through a 7 week drought with
no hay available, then had persistant rain when he was broken in.
I gave him plenty of feed during the last year, but had to be very
careful with grain, because as he grew he developed a tendency
to chase about 6 or 7 lots of people out of his paddock, which
was disconcerting because he never ever took a backward step.

5...I have previously helped serve mares with 5 different stallions
and trained a 3yo and a 4yo colt side by side to win races so
had no real problems with handling him, but he always took
advantage of anyone else who was unaware of his wayward
tendencies. He tended to bite and run over them, and although
I was always on guard, he also got me three times when I was
momentarily distracted.















6...The picture above was taken a couple of weeks before we
loaded him onto the float to go to pre-training in Matamata on
Monday 29th June, 2009.

7...We had plans to race him as a colt and if he displayed the
ability we hoped he would have, then we were going to stand
him at stud in Australia where there are hundreds of mares with
bloodlines to match his duplicated lines of Secretariat, (16wins,
$1,316,808 and Nashua,-(22wins-$1,288,568) plus close up
lines of outstanding sires DANZIG-(200 SW), ROBERTO-
( 86 SW), STORM CAT, ( 163 SW), MR PROSPECTOR,
( 175 SW), and NORTHERN DANCER-(147 SW),

8..These are among the most outstanding sires of Stakes
Winners in the world and there are only a handful of other
sires that are better or equal.

9...All these plans went for nought because when the colt
arrived at the pre-training facility belonging to Phil Stevens
in Matamata, he charged the staff, propped and lashed out
with both hind legs at another staff member.

10..The phone call that immediately came said geld
him, shoot him or take him away immediately. We were very
concerned because it had cost $1,500 to get him fully boken in
the previous March and April and we had done a lot of
handling, lungeing, saddle work, ramp-loading, feet-trimming
work etc to ensure he would have a good transition into the
pre-training phase of his education leading to full training
and racing.

11..However, I had good talks with Phil Stevens, plus our
ownership group, and the outcome seemed to be that his
lack of size, finely made build, general perception regarding
his sire Istidaad made him less of a stallion prospect than the
other 4 or 5 million dollar colts already being pre-trained in
the stable.

12..As well, Phil Stevens doubted he could be pre-trained
with the temperament and fight he displayed. Phil wouldn't take
him unless gelded, and he also doubted that the colt would be
able to concentrate on racing with his attitude and he said Mark
Walker wouldn't take him if he was a big problem.

13...In the end, our hand was forced, and the girls agreed
that it was better to have a tractable horse that would at least
have a chance of racing well, as against an unruly or savage
horse that no-one could handle, and that would have no stud
value if he could not be trained successfully.

14..For all newcomers into the breeding or racing game or
business, the situation or problem of gelding will arrise and
you will need to be prepared and ready to make decisions
according to your plan or situation.

15..Statistics are available in NZ showing foals by sires that
served 10 or more Stud book mares. Over the last 6 years
annual foal crops are shown as, 4,513 - 4,496 - 4,110 -
4,061 - 3,965 - 3,778 foals. The slide shows the influence
of a declining economy, but as approximately half of these
foals will be colts, decisions over gelding will reach about
a couple of thousand each year. This operation has only a
small risk for a few dozen younsters, and is usually routine.
One stud has done them for $200, but there is quite a big
propfit margin for vets that usually operate in the $350
to $400 range.

15...There are lots of good books and Vets available to give
you good information on the best time to geld to allow for the
best development of your horse, and to explain all the
advantages for general handling, for training and for
concentrating more successfully on a racing career.

16...For 20 years I have been compiling all the pedigrees of
every sire that has stood in New Zealand. At the moment I
have 276 NZ sires and can match every mare out to 15
generations and rank all the matings on dozens of breeding
principles. More than three quarters of NZ bred sires
and also imported ones just do not have the right bloodlines,
ancestry, race performance, pre-potency, location, opportunity
or breeding principles to succeed. This is the newcomers
biggest area of concern and you need to spend considerable
time and effort making sure you get the right sire.

17...However, over the last 40 years or so out of 100 to
200 New Zealand bred colts given opportunities at stud,
only a handful like Defaulter, Sobig, Vice Regal, Syntax,
Kingdom Bay, and O'Reilly have become resoundingly
successful and therefore very successful commercial sires.

18...This is a telling statistic to ensure a high rate of colts
are castrated for the many benefits that this operation offers.

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