Sweet Offer gives sire a big boost

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33444, 28 January 1974, Page 15

Sweet Offer gives sire a big boost

(, The Press" Special Service The syndicated stallion, Sucaryl, received a great boost when his daughter. Sweet Oller, downed the favourites, Jandell and Prepak, on Saturday in the first New Zealand Oaks to he run at Trenthani. Sucaryl, one of the more ex- < pensive stallions imported to New Zealand in recent years,; was not received as enthusiastic-i ally as high priced stallions often j are when his fust crop appeared at the National Yearling Sales in 1971. Sweet Offer is the first horse

iaced by Mr and Mis I Parsons, of Waitotara in Taranaki. They bought her at the 1972 National Yearling Sales for $4OOO. Saturday’s success alone, carrying $15,600 in first money, returned that with interest. Sweet Offer is the third foal of Fair Oller which, though by Knight’s Romance, must have imparted a measure of stamina to the Oaks winner. Fair Offer is a half-sister to another female classic winner. Trial Offer, which before she was sold to the United States won 11 races, including the New Zealand Derby and Oaks and the (Great Northern Oaks. B. F. Deacon, who trains Sweet i Offer, said that she would prob--1 ably run in the remaining Philip Morris “Filly of the Year” races. Sweet Offer, which had not been in the running for the award before Saturday, is now

second to Prepak. which has 34J points compared with Sweet Offer’s 17 and Zariishka’s 131. Prepak ran a great race for second —she was never far from ‘ the pace but was forced wide from tile 1006 metres. She ran to the front soon after straight- ; ening up but failed to hold off I Sweet Offer by three-quarters of I a length. Sobeit. which was in the first ' three most of the way. fought on well for third. She had a better run than the favourite, Jandell. which came from the back as usual. According to N. ; Harris, she ran into all sorts of trouble from the 1000 m. and did i well to finish close. Europium, ridden handy, was ; a useful fifth ahead of Bellote, I which did not stay quite well ■ enough. Anita Kay was next, (then Free Gold. Sugar Talk, and ' Phius.