Phantom Brew Steps Up To The Mark
Mark down Phantom Brew as a horse to follow after he again demonstrated his ample talent at yesterday's Ballarat meeting in Melbourne.
Trained at Caulfield by Colin Little, the Goodwood Stud graduate showed his appreciation of a metric mile with a stylish victory.
The son of Elusive City has now won twice from his eight starts and also has a further four placings on his record.
He was purchased by Little for $25,000 out of the Palmerston North farm's 2009 Select Sale consignment to Karaka.
Phantom Brew is out of the Dahar mare Pina Colada who is a half-sister to the Gr 2 Enerco Stakes winner Marconee.
She has left five winners from six foals to race and Listed New Zealand St Leger winner Arrevirderci also features in the family.
Semper Plus Trounces Rivals
Promising three-year-old Semper Plus continued her hot form at Wingatui on Boxing Day with another impressive victory.
The Goodwood Stud graduate claimed the Dunedin Guineas Prelude in fine style for the third victory of her 10-start career.
Trained by John and Karen Parsons, she is a daughter of the farm's resident stallion Howbaddouwantit.
Semper Plus, who was stakes placed in the Listed Ray Coupland Stakes, is out of the winning Star Way mare Grandiose.
She is in turn a daughter of the Gr 3 winner Touch Of Silver who is a half-sister to the champion South African filly and multiple Gr 1 winner Petrava.
The Imposing mare was also a fine producer at stud and left the champion filly Hoeberg and leading sire Jallad.
Stud Resident Sires Rising Star
Howbaddouwantit's happy knack for consistently producing quality racehorses was again evident in today's Gr 1 Levin Classic at Otaki.
His lightly-tried son Randall overcame the outside gate to finish a courageous second in the prestige metric mile.
He was away quickly to take up a handy sit and stuck strongly to his task in the straight for his runner-up finish.
Trained by Gareth McRae, Randall has won two of his previous four starts and looks set to significantly add to his record in the future.
The Goodwood Stud stallion Howbaddouwantit has previously been represented at the top level by the Gr 1 Ellerslie Sires' Produce Stakes winner Mi Jubilee.
The well-performed sprinter and Telegraph Handicap placegetter Maximum Star has been another top-flight performer for the son of Rahy.
The son of Rahy is also the sire of the Gr 2 winners Final Reality (Coupland's Bakeries Mile) and Needuask (Concorde Handicap).
Top Pedigree To Fore
An international pedigree was to the fore at Timaru today when he Goodwood Stud graduate Semper Plus added to her record.
The daughter of resident sire Howbaddouwantit has now won twice from eight appearances for John and Karen Parsons.
She was also a strong fourth in the Listed Ray Coupland Stakes in which Shuka beat subsequent Gr 1 NZ 2000 Guineas winner Rock 'N' Pop.
Semper Plus is from the winning Star Way mare Grandiose who the daughter of the Gr 3 winner Touch Of Silver.
She is a half-sister to the champion South African filly and multiple Gr 1 winner Petrava
Her daughter Hoeberg also attained champion honours at three while a son Jallad was a Gr 2 winner and influential sire
Gold Cape Back In Style
Well-bred mare Gold Cape bounced back to her best form at New Plymouth with a strong performance to score over 1800 metres.
The Cape Cross mare had previously been unplaced at Te Rapa, although she did finish close up after a tough run.
Part-owned by Rex Fell, Gold Cape is trained by John Wheeler and has now won four of her 19 starts.
She is out of the Irish-bred mare Casting For Gold who is a three-quarter sister to the Gr 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner and sire Mujtahid.
It is also the family of the French Gr 2 winner Just Happy and the American stakes winners Tanaasa and Sopran Mariduff.
A half-sister to four winners, Gold Cape holds a nomination for the Gr 2 Wellington Cup.
Dragons Highly Popular At RTR Sale
Chinese Dragon's colts were hot property at the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka with both the subject of spirited bidding.
The first into the ring was out of Mavis Davis and was knocked down to Singapore interests for $120,000.
The mare won three races and is from the family of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint placegetter Great Attack.
The second of the Chinese Dragons was purchased by Magus Equine, of Hong Kong, for $110,000.
He is a colt out of the English-bred mare Obscure whose first foal Cricketer was a Goodwood Stud graduate.
By Choisir, he was a $90,000 buy from the 2009 Premier Sale and has won from a handful of starts.
Chinese Dragon stands at Goodwood at a fee of $5500 + GST alongside Howbaddouwantit.
Another Score For Top Family
A filly hailing from a prolific Fell family has wasted little time in adding her name to the roll of honour.
The lightly-tried Semper Plus struck the first wining blow of her four start career at Waimate yesterday.
The Goodwood Stud graduate is a daughter of Howbaddouwantit and the Star Way mare Grandiose.
She won five races and at stud has now produced five winners, including Semper Plus' stakes-performed sister Fantastic Angel.
Most notably, this is the female family of the Gr 1 Railway Handicap winner Silver Liner.
She proved a gem at stud with her daughter Petrava a multiple Gr 1 winner and champion South African filly.
She also produced the triple Gr 1 winner Hoeberg and the Gr 2 winner and successful sire Jallad.
Jetset Lad Thumps Rivals
Jetset Lad opened his four-year-old campaign with a commanding home-track victory at New Plymouth at the weekend.
Co-bred by Goodwood Stud, he resumed after a six-month break and under topweight of 59kg thumped his opposition.
Jetset Lad made all the play out in front and the son of Elusive City strolled away to win by four and three-quarter lengths.
He is out of the wining Jetball mare Jetset Lass who is a half-sister to Gr 3 Singapore Committee's Prize winner Sky Frontier.
It is also the family of Gr 1 Underwood Stakes and Doomben Cup winner Perlin and the Listed winner and Gr 1 Queensland Oaks runner-up Midnight Babe.
Prepared by John Wheeler, Jetset Lad has won three of his 12 starts and was placed in last season's Gr 3 Wellington Stakes.
The New Plymouth trainer also has a good opinion of Jetset Lad's Goodwood-bred juvenile half-sister by Chinese Dragon.
First Dragon Makes Good Impression
The first racetrack representative of Chinese Dragon has made an encouraging start to her career.
Juvenile filly Grace O'Malley finished a close-up fourth at Otaki after overcoming a tardy start.
She showed good speed to dispute the pace and kicked on bravely to finish less than a length from the winner.
Grace O'Malley is trained by part-owner Francis Finnegan and is out of the winning St Hilarion mare Molten Metal.
Chinese Dragon won seven times in his 13-start career and highlighted by his Gr 2 San Francisco Mile success.
Also placed at Gr 1 level in the Kilroe Mile, the striking son of Stravinsky retired to Goodwood Stud in 2008.
He has been well-received by breeders and stands this season at the attractive fee of $5500 + GST.
Cricketer In Sterling Form
A change of environment has quickly brought out the best in a lightly-tried son of Choisir who was bred and sold by Goodwood Stud.
Cricketer was a $90,000 yearling at Karaka in 2009 and was transferred to Tasmania after two Sydney appearances.
The chestnut made an instant impression from his new quarters with a runaway first-up win over 1100 metres.
Earlier this month the four-year-old Cricketer admirably handled a class rise at Hobart to finish runner-up.
He is out of the English-bred Salse mare Obscure who is a half-sister to the Gr 1 Santa Anita Handicap winner Urgent Request
Misty Headed For The Top
Top jockey Hayden Tinsley is confident the exciting mare Misty can make her mark in top company this preparation.
He has ridden her in three of her four career wins, including an impressive last-start victory at Awapuni.
"She's a lovely horse and well capable of winning a Group race this season," Tinsley said.
Trained at Foxton by David Haworth and Matt Dixon, Misty led all the way when resuming from a four-month spell.
"She's still only 80 percent ready and there's a lot more yet to come from her," Tinsley said.
"There was no clear leader so the plan was to go forward and she relaxed and then kicked really well."
Co-bred by Goodwood Stud, she is out of the Sky Chase mare Sky Mist who won three races, including the Gr 3 Gold Trail Stakes.
Misty is a sister to the Gr 2 Concorde Handicap winner and Gr 1 placed sprinter Needuask and Anca who won seven races.
Wai Not Cashes In At Trentham
Wai Not's timing was spot on when he cracked his maiden in a special conditions event at Trentham on Saturday.
The promising Goodwood Stud graduate, who had placed on debut, was a dominant winner of the $16,000 event.
A chestnut son of Riviera from Glenn Old's Matamata stable, Wai Not raced clear to score by three-quarters of a length.
The three-year-old is the first foal of the unraced Howbaddouwantit mare Not Now.
She is a half-sister to the multiple winner Wigan Prince who was also Gr 1 placed in the Auckland Cup.
Madamoiselle Adds Performance To Pedigree
A classic pedigree was to the fore at Te Rapa recently when Madamoiselle opened her winning account in fine style.
Part-owned by Goodwood Stud's Rex Fell, she is a daughter of the Cox Plate winner Savabeel and the former crack mare Tall Poppy.
Madamoiselle had placed in both her previous appearances and appreciated the step up to 1600 metres at the weekend.
She settled toward the tail of the field before improving across the top and stormed home in the straight to win by
"She's taken time to mature both physically and mentally," Ardmore trainer Stephen McKee said.
"I said to Alysha (Collett) that if she got caught wide to sit back on her and wait for the last run."
Madamoiselle's dam Tall Poppy won 11 races including the Lion Red Stakes, Thorndon Mile and the Waikato Sprint at Gr 1 level.
By Kaapstad, she is out of the Gr 1 Jarden Mile winner Fun On The Run and the family of the Gr 2 winner and Gr 1 placegetter Frenetic.
Tall Poppy is also the dam of the rising Melbourne staying star Base who has won five of his eight appearances to date.
Phantom Brew Prompts Celebrations
Promising Goodwood Stud graduate Phantom Brew has wasted no time in striking his first winning blow in Australia.
He had finished runner-up at Sale on debut and returned to the Melbourne track yesterday to go one better.
The three-year-old son of Elusive City was a dominant winner over 1400 metres under rider Ben Knoebel.
Prepared at Caulfield by Colin Little, Phantom Brew was bought out of Goodwood's 2009 Select Sale draft for $25,000.
He is the fifth winner for his dam Pina Colada, a half-sister by Dahar to the Gr 2 winner Marconee.
Another sibling Jellybean was a multiple winner and produced the New Zealand St Leger winner Arrreviderci.
Lift For Karaka Bound Colt
A Chinese Dragon youngster bound for the Karaka sale ring next month received a timely pedigree boost at the weekend.
The colt will be offered by Goodwood Stud at the 2011 National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Bloodstock Sale.
He is a half-brother to Snippins, who was an impressive winner at Saturday's Hawke's Bay meeting.
The Pins mare was a deserved victor after posting four runner-up finishes in her previous five outings.
"She's a gutsy mare and really deserved this," said co-trainer Guy Lowry who prepared the five-year-old with Grant Cullen.
"She was well-ridden (by Mark Hills) and capped off her form - she's been up a while and it was a tough win."
The Chinese Dragon weanling is out of the Irish-bred Alzao mare Twizzle who is from a strong European black-type family.
Closer to home the Listed South Island Breeders' Stakes winner Platinum Princess also features within the pedigree.
Quality draft of weanlings and broodmares for the upcoming Karaka mixed bloodstock sale
Goodwood stud will be presenting and anual unreserved clearance sale at Karaka this year. The draft is made up of weanlings all by the studs foundation stallion in Chinese Dragon. His stock was very well recieved at the Karaka yearling sales selling up to $ 80,000 and averaging 5 times his service fee. With great reports comig back from the breakers he will certainly be a sire to watch over the next 12 months.
also a number of mares in foal to chinese dragon and fully fledged will be available.
Our weanlings draft will be available for viewing at barn G , Karaka sale complex from saturdayy 30th april.
Please click on sales to view our draft.
Black Type for Smart 3YO
Talented three-year-old Simply The Best has come through his toughest test in Singapore so far with flying colours.
The son of Stratum bridged the gap to stakes company with a brave performance at Kranji on Friday night.
Against hot opposition, Simply The Best ran third in the Gr 3 Singapore 3YO Sprint after a torrid run.
He missed the jump, was then forced to race three wide and still rounded off his effort in the straight.
Trained by Desmond Koh, Simply The Best was sold by Goodwood for $210,000 at the 2009 Ready to Run Sale.
He is out of the winning End Sweep mare Career Start whose Pins colt made $170,000 during the Premier Sale at Karaka earlier this year.
This is the family of the recent Gr 1 Oakleigh Plate winner Eagle Falls.
Simply The Best now boasts the impressive record of four wins and four placings from his eight career appearances.
Gold Cape Continues Winning Roll
Progressive four-year-old Gold Cape struck another impressive winning blow at Wanganui today to further her record.
The daughter of Cape Cross followed up her successful New Plymouth outing by accounting for her Rating 80 rivals.
Part-owned by Goodwood Stud, the mare has now taken her career record to three wins from just nine appearances.
"She has been a little bit nervous on raceday but she's much more settled now," said Linda Wheeler, wife of trainer John.
"She's got great acceleration and she's going to really make it."
Ridden by Buddy Lammas, Gold Cape was midfield on the outer and had the leaders within her sights on the turn.
She was cramped for clear room until late in the straight before diving through a gap close to the post to win in fine style.
Gold Cape has added further performance to her international pedigree as she is a half-sister to the French winner and Swedish stakes performer Golden Gift.
Their dam Casting Ford Gold is a three-quarter sister to the Gr 2 York Gimcrack Stakes winner and sire Mujahid
Well-bred Mare Strikes Gold
Highly-regarded Cape Cross mare Gold Cape took a positive step yesterday toward future black-type goals with a stylish winning performance.
The four-year-old showed the benefit of a first-up run earlier this month when she thumped the Rating 70 sprinters at New Plymouth.
Part-owned by Goodwood Stud, Gold Cape is prepared by leading trainer John Wheeler who is confident she can make her mark in good company.
"I've always thought she was a pretty good horse and rated her my best chance of winning a race today," he said.
Gold Cape has now won two of her eight starts and a possible long-term goal for her is the Gr 1 Railway Stakes at Ellerslie.
The mare boasts a strong international pedigree and is a half-sister to the French winner and Swedish stakes performer Golden Gift.
Their dam Casting Ford Gold is a three-quarter sister to the Gr 2 York Gimcrack Stakes winner and sire Mujahid.
She is further a half-sister to Gr 2 Deauville d'Ornano winner Just Happy and Canadian stakes winner and Gr 1 performer Tanasaa.
The Goodwood Stud-bred and owned Lol will also return to action tomorrow in the three-year-old sprint at Tauranga.
The stakes placed daughter of General Nediym has not raced since December but was a recent trial winner.
Goodwood Family Strikes Again
Pins filly Never Forget continued her family's proud winning tradition when she was successful at her second start in Melbourne yesterday.
The three-year-old was runner-up on debut last year and returned from a break at Ballarat for a comfortable victory over 1000 metres.
Trained by Tony Noonan, Never Forget was a $70,000 purchase from Goodwood Stud's Premier Sale draft to Karaka in 2009.
She is out of the American-bred mare You Remember Me and all six of her foals to race have now been winners.
They include the Zabeel mare Etoile Du Nord who was successful in the Listed Marton Cup and placed at Group level.
Goodwood's Chinese Dragon colt out of You Remember Me was sold at Karaka this year to Awapuni trainer Mike Breslin for $35,000