Top Family Strikes Again
August 2010

A famous Fairdale Stud family added another victory to its prolific record last Friday when Scouting was successful in Melbourne.
The five-year-old son of Stravinsky saluted at Geelong with a strong staying performance over 2200 metres.
Scouting is a half-brother to three winners and is out of the Oregon mare Pageant, herself the winner of two races.
She is out of Fairdale's Gr 3 Hawke's Bay Cup winner Harp who was also runner-up in the Gr 1 Auckland Cup.
It is the family of the outstanding mare Miltak who did claim the Ellerslie staying feature as well as the NZ Oaks and BMW Stakes at the top level.

Breeders Flocking To Nom Du Jeu
August 2010

Debut sire and Gr 1 winner Nom Du Jeu is proving a major hit with breeders with 115 mares already booked to the Fairdale Stud Stud stallion.
Notable among his court is the triple Gr 1 winner Tall Poppy and the dams of Gr 1 winner Cent Home and Gr 2 Waikato Gold Cup winner Passchendale.
The imported Alleged mare Miss Vita, the mother of Gr 1 Auckland Cup winner Zavite, is another to visit the son of Montjeu.
"He is an outstanding looking horse and if his foals look anything like him, I’m sure they will sell well," Gerald Fell said.
“He’s very popular and rightly so, he is very well priced for what he is. He ticks all the boxes.
"He won his only start at two, he is the son of the best living sire in Montjeu and he won at every distance from 1200m to 2400m.
“He really is the complete package and we are very lucky to have him here.
“If he had come down from the Northern Hemisphere with his credentials, he would most likely be standing somewhere else at a much higher fee”.

Jack's Back In Style
July 2010

Well-related Fairdale Stud graduate I'm Back Jack was a dominant winner at yesterday's Waverley meeting for trainer Kevin Gray.
The five-year-old son of Howbaddouwantit has been in good form this preparation and is now the winner of four of his 22 starts.
I'm Back Jack had weighed in at three of his previous four appearances since returning from an autumn break.
He is out of the unraced Truly Vain mare Miss Kimbolton who is a sister to the dam of former NZ Horse of the Year Tit For Taat.
He won 15 races including the NZ 2000 Guineas, Telegraph Handicap, Captain Cook Stakes, Bayer Classic and Waikato Sprint at Gr 1 level.
Tit For Taat's racetrack deeds also earned him champion three-year-old, weight-for-age and sprinter-miler honours.