RACING Splendid Colts From Trelawney

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31576, 13 January 1968, Page 6

RACING Splendid Colts From Trelawney

Fourteen yearlings from the famous Trelawney Stud, near Cambridge, will be on the road to Trentham early tomorrow morning.

They are from a stud which has produced six Melbourne Cup winners in the last 21 years, and the great Tulloch besides.

The scale of bidding for the early offerings from the Trelawney draft should establish the over-all trend for the sale.

Trelawney has been associated with many sales records, the most recent one being the 12,000gns paid last year for the Alcimedes— Florabunda colt.

Several more splendid sons of Alcimedes, the sire of Galilee and Prince Grant, are in the sale this year, and bidding for them should be spectacular.

Trelawney’s star lot this year could be the brother to Honeyland, winner of the Canterbury Guineas in record time in Sydney in the spring. The dam-of this powerful, handsome youngster is Beehive, a half-sister by Pride of Kildare to Foxzami, one of the Melbourne Cup winners bred at Trelawney, and to Bali Ha’i, a classic winner in New Zealand for the late Sir Ernest Davis, and a winner in England in the colours of the Queen Mother. Beehive now has a colt foal bv Rousseau’s Dream, sire of the New Zealand Derby winner, Jazz. The basic strength of Trelawney is in the quality of its females, close relations of an impressive percentage of the very best performers produced in the last 10 years. Valuable Youngsters In one paddock at Trelawney last week “The Press” racing writer inspected 10 yearling fillies, which are being kept to complement the stud’s brood mare strength. It would be hard to estimate the value of these youngsters. Mr Seton Otway! said he would not even try, as he proudly inspected a three-quarter sister to Galilee (Alcimedes —Kansu): a halfsister by Alcimedes to Pell Mell; a daughter of The Summit and Nereid (the dam of Fox Myth); a daughter of Follow Suit and the classic winner, Cicada: a daughter of Rousseau’s Dream and Misty Moor; and a daughter of Alcimedes and Cuban Fox. The Alcimedes—Cuban Fox filly will be sent to Australia this year to be trained by A. Armanasco for the partnership of Mr Otway and Mr J. Dixon. Supreme Prince, a halfbrother by Test Case to this filly, was an impressive winner at Randwick on December 30. and was then put aside. His trainer, T. J. Smith, hopes that he will be a good Derby prospect. Famous Matron A “must” for all visitors, especially Australians at Trelawney, is a visit to another paddock where Galilee’s dam, Galston, is running with her latest foal, a filly. A CATALOGUE OF 158 STANDARDBRED YEARLINGS will be offered at the 24TH N.Z. NATIONAL SALES to be held at ADDINGTON SHOWGROUNDS, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1968. SIRES represented for the first time are Bachelor Hanover (imp.) (1.50 2-5). Lumber Dream (imp.) (1.58 2-5) and Hundred Proof (imp.) (1.59 1-5). These sires between them have 11 colts and 10 fillies all from excellent families. Catalogues now available from Auctioneers. P.O. Box 292. Christchurch. —Advt.

Like the Cummings-trained ! champion, this youngster is ■ by Alcimedes, apd she would I command a record price if offered for sale, but that is unlikely. Galston’s 1965 foal, also by Alcimedes, which was withdrawn from last year’s sale because of a turn in a foreleg, is now on his way to South Australia to a stud being established by Messrs Trim Brothers.

! It was a great pity that this youngster was not straight in front. He would have commanded a record price in the 1967 sale, and would have far outstripped the next best. Other richly-related foals inspected at Trelawney last week by several visitors, including Galilee’s trainer, J. B. Cummings, and Mr D. B. Clarkson, bloodstock manager of Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd, ■ were an Alcimedes colt from Ark Royal’s sister, Karapiro; an Alcimedes colt from Cuban Fox; and an Alcimedes colt from Winnipeg, a good winner in Australia. Last year the stock of Alcimedes fetched an average of more than 10,000 dollars. This year some quality lots offered by “outside” breeders will supplement the strength of the demand for the best from Trelawney. It will be surprising if there is not heavy competition among the free-spending Australians for the half-brother to Ziema, the brown colt from Brilliante, and the black colt from Gabardine. These are three splendid individuals. They have the obvious qualities to back their close relationship to brilliant racehorses.

Ziema's half-brother—the dam is Najmi—was bred by Mr G. D. Shepherd, of Te Awamutu. Also from Te Awamutu is the Alcimedes —Brilliante colt. He was bred by Mr G. A. Pollard from a Fair’s Fair mare which produced Bright

Blend, winner of 24 races including the South Australian St Leger. The Alcimedes—Gabadan colt was bred by Mr R. W. Moore, who farms a splendid property at Papakura about 20 minutes’ drive from Auckland’s busy Queen Street. The Alcimedes—Gabardine colt, like many of the great horses from Trelawney, is a descendant of Ann Acre, so is closely related to Prince Grant, Bridge Acre, Al Sirat and many other winners.