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