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Master Elite Strikes Again
March 2010
Master Elite posted a deserved victory at Sha Tin on Sunday night
when he recorded his second career success in Hong Kong. The lightly-tried
five-year-old is a graduate of Fairdale Stud and was a $90,000 Premier
Sale yearling at Karaka in 2006. He was purchased by Michael Chang
Racing and made one trial appearance in New Zealand before he was
transferred to Hong Kong.
Master Elite has only once failed to weigh in from his 10 appearances
and has banked more than $375,000. He is by Van Nistelrooy from
a prolific Fairdale family with his dam, the winning Oregon mare
Pageant, a daughter of the former top-class racemare Harp. Pageant
is also a half-sister to Encore, who in turn left the triple Gr
1 winner Miltak (BMW Stakes, Auckland Cup, NZ Oaks).
Timely Stallion Coup For Fairdale
NZTM Feb 2010
Nom du Jeu possessed the pace to win as a juvenile and the class
and staying ability required to meet and beat the best three-year-olds
in Australasia. He trained on as an older horse to again star on
both sides of the Tasman under handicap and weight-for-age conditions
and acted on all types of going. That versatility combined with
a rich pedigree and ideal temperament make him a top-quality and
timely acquisition for Gerald and Duncan Fell's Fairdale Stud. Nom
du Jeu has been secured for stud duty by their successful Palmerston
North establishment where he will stand his first season this year
at $6000 + GST.
His arrival comes hard on the heels of a major increase in demand
for potential classic performers at the recently concluded NZ Bloodstock
National Yearling Sales. "Nom du Jeu was an exceptional racehorse,
has wonderful looks and boasts a fantastic pedigree," Gerald
Fell said. "He's the perfect stallion type for New Zealand
with the pronounced shift toward our middle distance horse emphasised
so clearly by their popularity at the sales series this year."
Prominent Australasian owner Rob McAnulty was among the buying
bench at Karaka to echo those sentiments "There's a big swing
back to buying horses for races like the Rosehill Guineas and the
AJC Derby," he told the New Zealand Herald. "You can make
a lot of money now with a stayer and any New Zealand breeder who
breeds staying horses and classic horses is going to be rewarded."
Nom du Jeu is by Sadler's Wells' champion son Montjeu, who has
enjoyed outstanding success after a glittering career on the track.
He was the six-time Gr 1 winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe,
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Prix du Jockey Club,
Prix du Saint-Cloud, Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Irish Derby. Montjeu
was an immediate success at stud with his first Northern Hemisphere
crop including Gr 1 winners Hurricane Run, Motivator, Scorpion,
Montare, Corre Caminos and Falstaff. Subsequent elite level winners
have numbered Authorized, Fame And Glory, Jukebox Jury, Frozen Fire,
Jan Vermeer, St Nicholas Abbey and Montmartre. In New Zealand he
is the sire of Gr 1 winners Wall Street, Tavistock and Sharvasti
with Roman Emperor and Speed Gifted in Australia. Wall Street confirmed
his standing as one of the country's hottest racing prospects with
his dominant victory in the recent Gr 1 Thorndon Mile at the expense
of a brave Tavistock. Out of the dual Gr 1 winning Prized Gem (Kelt
Capital Stakes, Brisbane Cup), Nom du Jeu's second, third and fourth
dams were also multiple winners.
He was trained throughout his career at Cambridge by Murray and
Bjorn Baker for four wins and 10 placings and stake earnings of
nearly $2.5 million. "He's just a beautiful, strong horse -
extremely good-looking and a lovely dark brown colour and 16.2 hands,"
Murray Baker said. "He's got a lovely temperament and my four-year-old
grandson has been on his back in the box." Nom du Jeu's career
highlight was victory in the Gr 1 AJC Derby at Randwick and he was
also Gr 1 placed in the Caulfield Cup, Kelt Capital Stakes and the
Queen Elizabeth Stakes. "He could go on any ground and won
the Waikato Guineas on a very firm track and his Caulfield Cup effort
was another terrific run when he came from last on the bend,"
Baker said. "He had a lot of speed and won his only two-year-old
start coming from last to first - he was a complete package."
Nom du Jeu was bred and raced by Billie Morton, of Brisbane, whose
family have retained a 50 percent holding in the stallion with fellow
stakeholders Fairdale and Goodwood Studs New Zealand Bloodstock
is managing the syndication of the remaining shares.
For further information: Contact Gerald Fell 0274 472134, Duncan
Fell 0274 604132
NZ Bloodstock: Danny Rolston 021 473209 Bruce Slade 021 02568282
Zavite, Stayer of the Year
NZTM August 2009
'Fairdale-bred stayer Zavite (NZ) (Zabeel) took the title of Stayer
of the Year at the New South Wales Owners' Association's 'Night
of Champions' Awards Dinner in Sydney earlier this month. Fittingly,
the Stayer of the Year award was presented by New Zealand Thoroughbred
Marketing.
Trained
by Anthony Cummings, the well-travelled Zavite (NZ) was rewarded
with the supreme distance acclaim following his outstanding triple
Cup-winning season, which ultimately saw him bankroll over A$640,000
in stake-earnings. Outlining his class with a dominant win in the
Gr.2 Adelaide Cup, Zavite demonstrated his ability over the two-mile
test, romping home to a 2.3 length win when carrying 57.5kg. It
was Zavite's first attempt at the 3200m, but the tough son of Zabeel
had clearly inherited plenty of the "Z" factor as he seemingly
cruised convincingly to the line.
Toughness and durability were also apparent of the Cummings-trained
galloper - his Adelaide Cup success came hot off the heels of a
solid performance to win the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m), with victory
in the Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) coming three starts prior.
A close second to fellow home-bred stayer Gotta Keep Cool (NZ) in
the Gr.3 Hobart Cup narrowly denied Zavite a fourth Cup title last
term.
All told, the talented million-dollar-earner has won eight from
38 starts, with additional black-type success counted in the 2007
Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth Handicap, and the Listed WJ McKell Cup two
seasons ago. Bred in New Zealand by Fairdale Stud, Zavite was sold
to a bid of A$80,000 from Anthony Cummings at the 2004 Inglis Sydney
Easter Yearling Sale. Initially labelled by Cummings as a Melbourne
Cup horse, Zavite's path to its 2008 running went awry after developing
a muscle tear when third in last October's Listed Bart Cummings
Hcp (2520m) at Flemington.
"I basically bought him to win a Melbourne Cup," said
Cummings of the now seven-year-old. "Things went wrong last
year, it was supposed to be his year, but it didn't work out,"
he said.
Twelve months prior Cummings had plotted a campaign to assure Zavite
a start the 2007 Melbourne Cup, but came-up agonisingly short of
making the field. Following a second-place effort in the Gr.2 Winning
Edge Presentation Stakes, and a narrow defeat in the Gr.3 Geelong
Cup, Zavite was unfortunately 29th in the Melbourne Cup elimination
order for the field of 24. Already qualifying for this year's renewal,
2009 could well be Zavite's year.
With the benefit of two trial outings under his belt, Zavite will
kick off his 2009 Melbourne Cup campaign in Saturday's Gr.2 Warwick
Stakes at Royal Randwick in Sydney.
"He has come back stronger this time around and his work is
up to its usual high standard," Cummings reported. "We
will look at running him in the Chelmsford at Randwick and then
the Hill Stakes before he heads to Melbourne. He'll run in the Caulfield
Cup, then the Mackinnon prior to the Melbourne Cup. He keeps improving
and the two miles is what he is bred for," concluded Cummings,
whose dad, Bart, has won a record 12 Melbourne Cups - 8 of those
with New Zealand-bred horses.
10 things to know about ZAVITE (NZ)
- He is the first horse in history to complete the Launceston
Cup - Adelaide Cup double
- 14 of his 16 starts last season were in races carrying a stake
of $100,000 or greater.
- He equalled the modern-day weight-carrying of 58.5kg's when
winning the Gr.3 Launceston Cup
- His time of 3.22.71 in the Adelaide Cup (3200m) was one second
faster than Efficient's 2007 Melbourne Cup winning time.
- He raced in four different states last season. (NSW, Melbourne,
South Australia, Tasmania)
- He travelled over 4000kms last season!
- He is owned by Mrs N K Falconer, Ms J L Clare, G Clare, Ms
S I Dalling, M J Dalling, K S Ince, Ms J M Ince & A Blood
- He is one of 121 stakes-winners for his super sire Zabeel (already
sire of 3 Melbourne Cup winners)
- He is one of three winning foals to race for his dam Miss Vita
- Currently in foal to Savabeel, Miss Vita will visit Alamosa
this season
Fully Fledged to stand at Fairdale
NZTM 12th May 2009
View pedigree & race
record for Fully Fledged (PDF file)
High
profile galloper Fully Fledged has been secured by Palmerston North's
Fairdale Stud to commence stud duties in the coming season.
Pace and class combined with the looks to match his precocious
pedigree have made Fully Fledged a perfect stallion fit for Fairdale
Stud. The Fell family's Palmerston North operation have secured
the handsome chestnut for stud duty this season.
"Fully Fledged had speed, brilliant two-year-old form and is
an outstanding-looking individual," said Fairdale studmaster
Duncan Fell.
"We are very fortunate to get him as he possesses all the ingredients
necessary to make a successful stallion."
Fully Fledged was retired as the Gr 1 Ford Diamond Stakes winner
of three races and was also placed four times in his 13-start career.
His racing career was prematurely ended by injury during his three-year-old
autumn campaign in Sydney.
"That was a great shame because he was a top-class animal and
never had a lot of luck," Cambridge trainer Murray Baker said.
"He's a gorgeous-looking horse with a ton of quality about
him and a lovely temperament."
Fully Fledged finished third in Australian Listed company in both
the Fireball Quality and Strada Stakes - each time giving weight
under his 58kg. He then ran a gallant fourth, again from a wide
barrier, in the Gr 2 Phar Lap Stakes at Rosehill behind Gr 1 Australian
Guineas winner Hearts Of Dreams.
"He raced very well in strong company and drew the outside
all the time - that makes it so tough in Sydney," Baker said.
"The form out of all his races was outstanding and it went
to show with no luck at all how good he was."
He's a gorgeous-looking horse with a ton of quality about him and
a lovely temperament
His fourth placing in the Phar Lap was all the meritorious as he
suffered the career-ending tendon injury during the race.
Fully Fledged had six starts as a two-year-old and began his career
with a runaway win at Taupo and stepped up to end his campaign with
back-to-back Gr 1 starts. He was an impressive winner of the Ford
Diamond Stakes and then ran fifth when hampered by a shifty track
in the Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes at Awapuni.
Fully Fledged returned as a three-year-old to finish runner-up in
the Gr 2 Hawke's Bay Guineas before a stylish victory in the Listed
Sarten Memorial at Te Rapa. He further showed his class when second
against the older horses in the Listed Newmarket Handicap at Ellerslie.
Fully Fledged hails from a family of top-quality sprinters on both
sides of his pedigree.
His sire Align, by the Northern Dancer horse Night Shift, won the
Gr 1 AJC Sires' Produce Stakes and the Gr 2 Todman Slipper Trial.
Align was the champion two-year-old of his year and headed the 1998-99
Australasian Free Handicap. He met with instant success at stud
with his son Nightlign heading the NZ 2YO Free Handicap after victory
in the Gr 1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes.
Fully Fledged is out Fledged, a winning daughter of the European
Gr 1 winning sprinter Bluebird (King's Stand Stakes). He is also
the dam-sire of hot young stallion Thorn Park (Gr 1 Stradbroke Handicap)
and Gr 1 winning sprinters Yell and Universal Queen. This season's
Randwick and Rosehill Guineas winner Metal Bender is also out of
a daughter of Bluebird.
Gr 1 winning two-year-olds and stallion sources of speed are plentiful
in Fully Fledged's immediate pedigree with his maternal line also
including Snippets and Lunchtime.
"It's a pedigree full of speed and high-class sprinting form,"
Fell said.
"Fully Fledged is a horse that that will suit breeders looking
for two-year-old speed and precocity at an affordable fee."
Fully Fledged will stand his first season at Fairdale at $4000 +
GST alongside proven sire Howbaddouwantit.
History making Zavite on Gr.1
trail
Tuesday Mar 10, 2009
The purple patch of form enjoyed by the Fairdale Stud-bred gelding
Zavite (NZ) (Zabeel) added another chapter on Monday...its
most important so far.
Previously victorious in the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (3200m), the Anthony
Cummings-trained galloper entered Australias racing archives
earlier in the week as the first horse in history to subsequently
land the jewel of Adelaides racing calendar, the Gr.2 Adelaide
Cup (3200m).
Ridden handy to the pace by regular pilot Nash Rawiller, Zavite
(NZ) thrived at what was his first attempt over 3200m on Monday,
opening the field up by 3 lengths in the straight and holding the
advantage to the line.
Describing Zavite (NZ) as a tough competitor who just loves
to win, Cummings has now earmarked the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m)
at Randwick on April 18 for the Zabeel galloper.
Interestingly, the Adelaide/Sydney Cup double has only ever been
achieved by one horse - Zavites paternal half-brother Gallic.
Owners Mrs N K Falconer, Ms J L Clare, G Clare, Ms S I Dalling,
M J Dalling, K S Ince, Ms J M Ince & A Blood could well be treated
with an additional Gr.1 outing prior to this however, with a start
in the BMW (2400m) at Rosehill two weeks earlier also deemed likely.
Initially bought by Cummings as a Melbourne Cup horse, Zavites
path to its 2008 renewal went awry after unthinkably developing
a muscle tear when 3rd in last Octobers Listed Bart Cummings
Hcp (2520m) at Flemington.
In all, Zavite (NZ) an A$80,000 yearling purchase,
has recorded four domestic Cup wins. Namely, the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup
(3200m), the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m), the Listed Australia Day
Cup (2400m) and the Listed STC WJ McKell Cup (2400m).
Successful also in the Gr.3 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2520m),
and the Listed VRC Better Boy Hcp (2000m), Zavites
career record now reads 36 starts for 8 wins, 7 placings and boasts
a healthy stakes earnings figure of A$972,000.
Tough from the get go, Zavites Fairdale Stud breeder
Gerald Fell was arguably the first to see the innate fighting qualities
that would later be unleashed on the track.
He was strong willed right from the very start, said
Fell. My son Duncan took him to the sales and he was very
difficult.
In keeping with the Palmerston North based studs policy of
acquiring well pedigreed mares, Zavite's (NZ) existence came
to be after a phone call had between Fell and the expatriate New
Zealander and now independent Bloodstock agent in Ireland and England,
Larry Stratton.
I bought Zavites dam Miss Vita (USA) from
Ireland, sight unseen over the phone, said Fell.
We are very keen on mares with strong taproots and
she had this in spades being out of a mare who was a 3/4 sister
to the Champion galloper Suave Dancer, who was himself the
winner of the 1991 Gr.1 Prix de L Arc De Triomphe (2400m)
and the Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes (2400m).
Landing in New Zealand at a cost of approximately NZ$70,000
NZ$80,000, Miss Vita (USA) (Alleged) was sent to Zabeel
in her first season for the respectively winners Mybigfatgreekhorse
(NZ) and Zavite (NZ).
Subsequently sent to Stravinsky in 2004 for the Brisbane
winner Trescorpioni, Miss Vita (USA) later patronised
Fairdale Studs own Gr.1 sire Howbaddouwantit in 2006,
producing a yet unnamed colt that is based in West Australia.
Looking ahead, high expectation should follow the Savabeel
foal that the three-from-three producer currently carries.
The Cox Plate winning sire is a son of Zavites own
Champion sire Zabeel a producer of no less than 39
individual Gr.1 winners.
In 2009, Miss Vita (USA) will visit the Australian Gr.1
winning sire Alamosa (NZ) (OReilly) who upon racing
retirement will reside locally at Palmerston Norths Wellfield
Lodge.
Zavite just too tough
Thursday Feb 26, 2009
The underlying toughness of the Fairdale Stud-bred galloper Zavite
(NZ) (Zabeel) was made plain to see in the Gr.3 AAMI 2009 Launceston
Cup (2400m) in Tasmania on Wednesday.
Having suffered a float mishap en route, Zavite (NZ) paraded
with abrasions to his hips, but just as had been earlier concluded
by the track vets, they proved no impediment to his win ability.
As was the case in his Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) win two
starts earlier, Zavite (NZ) dictated proceedings from the
front for the most part of the Tasmania Gr.3 feature.
Rated to perfection by Nash Rawiller, Zavite (NZ) kept finding
in the run to the line, eventually repelling the challenge of Centurytwentyone
by 0.75 of a length, with last years NZ-bred winner Ista
Kareem (NZ) (Germano) a neck away in third.
"This horse is so tough and he proved that yet again today,"
Rawiller said.
"Just when they think they've got him he finds another gear
and then digs deep to fight them off. He's a marvel"
In total, the six-year-old geldings 7 wins and 6 placings
have netted A$717,850 in earnings for owners Mrs N K Falconer, Ms
J L Clare, G Clare, Ms S I Dalling, M J Dalling, K S Ince, Ms J
M Ince & A Blood.
Trained by Anthony Cummings, Zavite (NZ) had previously rewarded
his A$80,000 yearling price tag with black-type wins in the Gr.3
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2520m), the Listed AJC Australia Day
Cup (2400m), the Listed STC WJ McKell Cup (2400m) and the Listed
VRC Better Boy Hcp (2000m).
Looking to stakes starts ahead, it is likely that Zavite (NZ)
will pin his ears back in the Group Two $400,000 Adelaide Cup (3200m)
at Morphettville on March 9
Zavite (NZ) is by the prolific Gr.1 sire Zabeel and
is out of the Alleged mare, Miss Vita, who has produced three
winners from as many to race.
Karaka Yearling Sales 2008
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The
beginning of a new era!
10 December 2008
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Big Profit (NZ) Strikes Win
Hat-Trick in HK Sale Challenge
NZTM 8 December 2008
The smart Howbaddouwantit gelding Big Profit (NZ) gave rivals a
galloping lesson at Sha Tin on Saturday, flying home for a dominant
win in the HK$1.6 mil International Sale December Challenge (1400m).
Taken straight to the front by Brett Prebble, Big Profit (NZ) dictated
terms throughout and had his rivals off the bit in the run to the
line, winning by 3.75 lengths.
The win added to his last start win in the HK International Sale
November Challenge (1200m) and was his third consecutive success.
Purchased originally by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for NZ$160,000
at the 2007 Premier Yearling Sale, Big Profit (NZ) was later resold
at the Hong Kong International Sale for HK4.3mil, where successfully
purchased by Yem Ming.
With just eight starts under his belt, the 3YO gelding has already
made significant inroads into this outlay, with HK2, 687,000 achieved
here so far.
Bred by Fairdale Stud, who stand his sire Howbaddouwantit, Big Profit
(NZ) is a full brother to Howmuchyacharging - a Gr.3 winner of the
2005 Hawke's Bay Highview Stakes (1200m).
Standing for NZ$6000 plus GST, Howbaddouwantit (USA) has been best
represented to date by the Gr.1 galloper Mi Jubilee and has a 58.3
per cent winners-to-runners ratio.
Fairdale breeds Canterbury Belle
Stakes winner
22 September 2008
METROPOLITAN, a 3yr old filly by Elusive City out of Our Diva by
Oregon, won the listed Canterbury Belle Stakes on Saturday 20th
September at Riccarton.
METROPOLITAN is a product of the Fell family's Fairdale Stud, successful
breeders for over 60 years, who have owned five generations of METROPOLITAN's
family. She descends from Ajasco, a Group 1 winning daughter of
Fairdale's great sire Pakistan ll. Grand dam Concert, a Group 3
winner, was also bred and raced by the Fell family as was Our Diva
by another Fairdale sire, Oregon. This family also includes Group
1 winners Silver Liner and Petrava (champion 3 yr old in South Africa)
and is strongly represented in the Fairdale broodmare band.
Fairdale holds a 20% share in Elusive City who has been very successful
with his first crop of 2 yr olds in the Northern Hemisphere and
is shuttled to Haunui Farm.
METROPOLITAN is raced by Mr. Phil Bayly, a long time supporter
of Fairdale Stud. The manner of her win suggests that there are
many more to come.
Gerald Fell honoured
NZPA 2 June 2008
Manawatu breeding and racing administrator Gerald Fell believes
the foundations have been laid for the success of racing in the
lower North Island.
Fell was the first chairman of the Race group (Racing Awapuni Combined
Enterprise), which initially was a partnership of four Manawatu
racing clubs.
It has since expanded to six clubs, including the Wellington Racing
Club, and Fell believes it was part of the reason he was today named
a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to racing
in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
The Race group started out as combination of the Manawatu, Rangitikei,
Feilding and Marton racing clubs but has since been joined by the
Wellington and Otaki-Maori racing clubs.
"The thing I'm most proud of is helping create Race and putting
those clubs together," Fell told NZPA yesterday.
"I think it will prove the saviour of racing clubs in the
lower North Island."
The assets of each club are shared by the partnership as well as
raceday profits and losses. Racing tracks can be shared and racing
dates moved amongst the different clubs.
Fell said it took some work to convince clubs to put aside their
parochial stances but he believed it had helped retain racing's
strength in the lower North Island.
"It took quite a lot of massaging to encourage the clubs to
put all their assets together," he said.
"But I'm sure it has helped retain horses and horsemen in
the area.
"Instead of being club versus club it is now all for the common
good of racing in the region."
Fell was involved in setting up racing's Hall of Fame, is a past
president of the Manawatu Racing Club of which he has been a member
for more than 50 years and for five years was a director of New
Zealand Thoroughbred Racing.
But he is best known as a breeder through Fairdale Stud in Palmerston
North.
The stud came to national prominence through the spectacular success
of sire Pakistan II in the 1960s but the horse died prematurely
at the age of 13. Fairdale Stud also bred 1979 Melbourne Cup winner,
the Bart Cummings-trained Hyperno.
Steady stream of winners continues
for Howbaddouwantit.
12 June 2008
Consistent sire Howbaddouwantit made it four winners in three different
countries last week adding to what has already been a very successful
season.
First up was D'Mighty General who won over a mile in Malaysia,
continuing his good run of form. Eager Chat was next at Tauranga
who fought hard to win at just his second start. This was followed
on the same card by the promising galloper Pactus, who made it two
wins from two starts. Rounding out the week was All Ready Got It,
a very impressive winner of the $70,000 VRC Eugene Morgan Handicap
at Flemington, making three wins on end for her trainer Mike Moroney.
Also in Singapore, Aces and Aces formerly known as Needuask, went
under in the last stride to finish second in the $500,000 GR1 Singapore
Turf Club Patrons Bowl. This adds to his already impressive CV,
having won at GR 2 and Listed level and a GR 1 second in the Railway
Handicap in New Zealand before being transferred to champion trainer
Laurie Laxon.
Master Elite Wins In Hong Kong
Wednesday 25th June, 2008
Fairdale Stud-bred Master Elite (Van Nistelrooy x Pageant) won
in fine style on debut in Hong Kong in the Class 1 Juvenile Sprint
Trophy on Sunday night.
Fairdale Stud-bred Master Elite (Van Nistelrooy x Pageant) won
in fine style on debut in Hong Kong in the Class 1 Juvenile Sprint
Trophy on Sunday night.
Michael Chang Racing purchased Master Elite from his breeders,
Fairdale Stud, at the 2007 New Zealand Karaka Premier Sale for NZ$90,000
and he is now raced by owner Chan Chau Fai.
Master Elite is a half-brother to Listen Pal (Tale of the Cat)
who was third in the Group 3 BTC Doomben Classic and is from the
family of the outstanding filly Miltak (McGinty).
Stable Adds To Success With Family
Thursday 19th June, 2008
The Busuttin stable added to a fine record with the family of Revere
who won at Ruakaka on Wednesday.
The Busuttin stable added to a fine record with the family of Revere
who won at Ruakaka on Wednesday.
The Riviera three-year-old filly is a daughter of former outstanding
racemare Plume who was trained by Paddy Busuttin.
Plume was the winner of 12 races including the Group 1 New Zealand
One Thousand Guineas at Riccarton and she was also runner-up in
the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks at Trentham.
Trent Busuttin, who is now in partnership with his father Paddy,
recalls the brilliance of Plume on the racetrack.
"She was a wonderful racemare and Dad always speaks very highly
of her as one of the best horses he has trained during his career,"
said Trent Busuttin. "I was about 10 or 11 years old at the
time and realised that she was something out of the ordinary."
Revere has obviously inherited some of the family ability. Her
sire, Riviera, is a son of Kris and stands at Fairdale Stud near
Palmerston North which bred Revere. It was the second winner in
recent weeks for Riviera who was also represented by True Intentions
in the winners circle earlier in the month.
Revere had registered her first success two starts earlier at Awapuni
and then lined up in the New Zealand Oaks but did not finish in
the money in that event. "She got well back in the Oaks and
made up ground alright at the finish but nothing came from behind
that day," Busuttin said.
She was freshened up and returned with a three-quarter length win
at Ruakaka in the hands of leading apprentice James McDonald.
Revere is owned jointly by her breeders, Fairdale Stud and the
Central Districts Thoroughbred Partnership Syndicate.
Howbaddouwantit In Top 10 Sires
Of NZ
Thursday 3rd April, 2008
Howbaddouwantit is enjoying a strong season which sees him among
the top 10 New Zealand sires for 2007/08.
Howbaddouwantit, who stands at Fairdale Stud near Palmerston North,
is currently among the top 10 leading New Zealand sires for the
2007/08 season.
To date the son of Rahy"s progeny have earned $843,302 in
earnings this season. This positions him in 10th position on the
sires" table.
Howbaddouwantit has been represented by 28 individual winners in
New Zealand in 2007/08. These horses have won a total of 39 races.
The latest success story for Howbaddouwantit came at Hastings on
Thursday when four-year-old mare Likenonthinelsie scored in the
Tremain Real Estate Sprint Rating 90 1400.
Likeonthinelsie is trained at Waipukurau by Kelly Burne and was
ridden by Jason Waddell.
Needuask Wins Listed Newmarket Handicap
Saturday 29th December, 2007
Needuask has won the Listed Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie
on Boxing Day and now shoots for Group 1 glory in the $200,000 Railway
Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year"s Day.
Needuask has won the Listed Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie
on Boxing Day and now shoots for Group 1 glory in the $200,000 Railway
Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year"s Day.
The Howbaddouwantit confirmed his growing reputation with stylish
win and showed that he is one of the most promising sprinters in
the country at present.
Co-trainer Richard Yuill said the Railway is a race Needuask can
win with a handy barrier draw. "If we get a good barrier draw
in the Railway we are a big hope. If we don"t then she (Samantha
Spratt) will have to ride him for luck and he can still be very
competitive."
Needuask is raced by Auckland couple Barry and Deidre Neville-White.
Needuask"s win was his sixth success from only 18 starts.
Success Spreads To Hong Kong
Tuesday 25th December, 2007
Bullish Cash has spiralled the success of Fairdale Stud
sire Howbaddouwantit to Hong Kong racing with his fine win
in the feature event at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Bullish Cash has spiralled the success of Fairdale Stud sire Howbaddouwantit
to Hong Kong racing with his fine win in the feature event at Sha
Tin on Sunday.
The New Zealand-bred galloper proved too smart for his rivals in
the HK$1.6 million Cuckoo Handicap (1800m) for class one horses
and was ridden in superb style by in-form rider Marco Chui who settled
the gelding three horses back on the rails and pushing his way into
the clear at just the right time. It was a perfect ride and one
that drew the young rider many compliments.
Bullish Cash is trained by Tony Cruz who celebrates his 51st birthday
this week.
Bullish Cash, as the name implies, is raced by the man whose colours
terrorised Japans best milers in 2006, Wong Wing-keung, of
Bullish Luck fame.
Bullish Cash won four of his six starts in New Zealand, where he
raced as Wewantit, and looked a sure-fire top grade horse in Hong
Kong when he produced a storming run under Robbie Fradd to finish
second at his local debut.
Howbaddouwantit is currently in fifth position on the New Zealand
general sires" premiership having been represented by 19 individual
winners in the country in the 2007/08 season. His progeny earnings
stand at $536,535.
Spratt Has Big Opinion Of Needuask
Friday 7th December, 2007
Talented apprentice jockey Sam Spratt says Needuask showed blistering
acceleration in scoring an authoritative win in the Group 2 Concorde
Handicap (1200m) at Avondale on Wednesday.
Talented apprentice jockey Sam Spratt says Needuask showed blistering
acceleration in scoring an authoritative win in the Group 2 Concorde
Handicap (1200m) at Avondale on Wednesday.
"The way he went past them in the home straight was amazing,"
Spratt said. "All I did was give him a slap on the shoulder
and he had an amazing turn of foot which left the others in his
wake."
"He"s improved so much with every race he"s had
and is a very talented horse," she said. "He still has
a lot of improvement in him and has got a big future in the sprinting
ranks," she said.
Spratt, 21, comes out of her apprenticeship time on February 2
and is making every post a winner in her successfual apprenticeship
with 155 wins currently to her credit.
Needuask is trained at Pukekohe by Richard Yuill and is a son of
Fairdale Stud sire Howbaddouwantit who has been enjoying a fantastic
run of results in the 2007/08 season.
Howbaddouwantit is currently lying fifth on the New Zealand general
sires" premiership with progeny earnings of $462,923.
He has been represented by a total of 68 individual winners including
five individual stakes winners. His other black-type winners have
been Mi Jubilee, Final Reality, Howmuchyacharging and Itmaybeyou.
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