Well-bred filly not for sale

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33814, 10 April 1975, Page 8

Well-bred filly not for sale

At this time of the year no-one with an eye for a good picture would have any trouble at all getting a photograph of a brood mare with her foal. There is nothing unusual about the mare in the photograph above—she is the product of local parents—but there is certainly something special about her daughter. The impudent filly, looking the cameraman right in the eye, as it were, is from the first crop of the im-peccably-bred American

sire. Imperialist, and is the first of his offspring to come to the South Island. At this stage it would be pretty hard to assess what the filly might he worth but that is of little consequence, for her breeder. Jack Tutton, of Riccarton, who will race her in partnership with his wife, has no intention of selling. The filly is by a sire from one of the world’s ton families. Imperialist, which stands at the Te Parae Stud, near Masterton, is a son of the late Bold Ruler.

himself the winner of $V5764,20l on the racetrack and the sire of the winners of SUS 13m up till 1972.

In addition Bold Ruler was the champion sire in the United States for seven consecutive years, between 1963 and 1969, and is represented around the world by a host of outstanding sire sons.

Imperialist’s dam. Monarchy, won seven races and 5U585.737 in stakes. But, more important, she was a sister to Round

Table, winner of 43 races and 5U51,749,869 and sire of the winners of more than SUS7m. Monarchy’s dam, Feola. was the granddam of the great sires. Aureole, Doutelle and Above Suspicion. Although the filly’s dam is the product of local parents she also has a fair bit going for her on the distaff side of her pedigree. Her dam. Smack, is a daughter of Final Orders and Natter, which won the New Zealand Oaks in the Xutton colours in 1965.