Coin of Gold for N.Z.

Press, 27 May 1978, Page 20

Coin of Gold for N.Z.

I PA Wellington! ! The purchase has been I [announced of the well-! I performed Welsh Pageant horse,; Coin of Gold, tor Mr Dave Pol- ( Haiti’s Linton Park Stud, at | Palmerston, North. | Coin of Gold is an attractive! proposition for New Zealand! ; breeders, as he combines blood | ! which Is already well proven | ’ |in New Zealand with perform-1 lance in high-class company. As! | a two-year-old his wins in-! — !eluded the. Ascot Royal Lodge) I Stakes (Group II). But he was I | disqualified and demoted to sec-! I ond place. At three he won the ■ i Ascot Churchill Stakes (2400 ml ! and ran a very meritorious sixth ( I in the King George VI and Queen ( ; Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. In the latter, race lie finished in | front df a number of classic! winners. His pedigree is full of appeal. His sire, Welsh Pageant, was aj top-class miler and has made a ( great impact at stud siring the | winners of over $400,000, with his first three crops to the races.: Welsh Pageant is by Tudor Mel-! ody, tile sire of Silver Dream, and is out of the Court Martial! mare, Picture Light, from one ( of Mr J. B. Joel’s best families.! which has given New Zealand; many notable sires in the past, I I most recently All A’Light. ! The dam of Coin of Gold is! ■ Mesopotamia, which was the I champion two-year-old filly in I : both England and Ireland in 19631 . i and ran third in the Irish 1000: Guineas the next year. Mesopotamia is a half-sister to the dam ol Bandmaster 11 the sire of Uncle Remus. Coin of Gold is to stand at a stud fee of $1250, and a few shares still remain available at $3OOO. He is expected to arrive in New Zealand in midJune.