Northern Interest In Tiber

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31908, 8 February 1969, Page 7

Northern Interest In Tiber

Shares In the English-bred Tiber, the first thoroughbred to be syndicated for a stud career in the South Island, have been taken up by four leading North Island studs.

North Island members of the syndicate include the Te Parse Stud, home of the syndicated Oncidium and Agricola; Mr T. C. Lowry, owner of the Okawa Stud; Mr A. S. Fell, of the Fairdale Stud, home of the brilliant young sire, Pakistan II; Mr F. Robertson, of Platform Farm, Greytown; Mrs P. J. Borthwick, of Masterton; Mr C. K. Long, Masterton: and Mr C. M. Fleming, of Wellington. Otago and Southland owners make up a good percentage of the South Island holding in the Hugh Lupus horse, which will arrive in New Zealand this autumn and will stand at Mr and Mrs R. E. Adair’s Inglewood Stud, Kaiapoi, next season. Southern syndicate members Include Mr and Mrs H. G. McLeod. Messrs F. J. Donnelly, and J. White, of Central Otago; D. H. Robertson fGore), T. K. S. Sidey, P. S. Georgeson, W. L. Cameron, and J. M. Palmer, of Dunedin; D. G. Mackie, of Otautau; and V. Vickery, of Otautau. Canterbury shareholders inelude Messrs J. B. Douglas-Clif-ford. of Stonyhurst; L. H. Power, of Rangiora; and J. H. K. Woodhouse, of Racecourse HUI. As the first son of Hugh Lupus to come to New Zealand, Tiber comes in for special attention. Hugh Lupus achieved allround excellence by winning the Irish Two Thousand

Guineas, the Champion stakes and six other races, then siring the likes of Hethersett (St Leger) and Poupaler (1000 Guineas).

Hugh Lupus’s sire. Djebel. raced for four seasons and won 15 races, seven of them in an unbeaten record at five years. His victories included the French 2000 Guineas and the Prix de I’Arc de Triomphe. Because of wartime restrictions he could not contest the English Derby in 1940 but it is generally agreed that he was considerably superior to Pont L’Eveque, which won the classic.

Hugh Lupus was doubly bred to Djebel’s sire Tourbillon, his dam, Sakountala, being by Goya, a successful son of the 1931 French Derby winner.

Tourbillon was champion sire in France on four occasions before he died in 1954. Goya won the Ascot St James Palace Stakes and several other races in England, France and Germany. He became the champion sire in France before being bought for the United States.

River Run, the dam of Tiber, was by Chamossatre, winner ot the St Leger, a champion sire and a son of Precipitation, whose sons. Summertime, Agricola and Count Rendered have had and are having a tremendous influence on New Zealand and Australian racing. Like Bockfel (Oaks) and her famous son Rockefella, Tiber’s dam traces to Lady Susan. Tiber's grand-dam. Fair Amagon, was by Fair Trial—-the sire of Court Martial, Palestine and Petition—from Quick Arrow, the dam of nine winners, Including Steady Aim (Oaks).