SON OF BLANDFORD

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 13

SON OF BLANDFORD

NINTH DUKE FOR WAIKATO

Another Blandford horse has been bought in England for import to the Dominion, the latest acquisition being Ninth Duke, who has been secured on behalf of the Waikato breeders, Messrs. Malcolm Bros., of Te Rapa, who already have the Craig an Eran stallion Hazrat at their stud. Ninth Duke is the fifth Blandford horse to come to the Dominion, the. four preceding him being Bulandshar, Solicitor General, Broiefort. and Baffles.

Ninth Duke raced successfully in France and in England, and he is described as a splendid type of thoroughbred. He is bred on attractive lines, somewhat similarly to the Italian horse Donatello 11. who is now standing at the stud in England at a fee of 400 guineas. Donatello II is by Blenheim, son of Blandford, and his dam is a great-granddaughter of Pretty Polly. Donatello II was unbeaten both as a two- and three-year-old in Italy, and it was because of his exceptional merit as a racehorse and of his purely English pedigree that he was bought for £45,000 for stud purposes in England. The similarity in the oreeding of the two horses is shown by the fact that Ninth Duke is by Blandford, and his dam, Goddess of Mirth, is a granddaughter of Miranda, an own sister to Pretty Polly. Though Ninth Duke is the fifth son of the great Blandford to come to the Dominion, there should certainly be an opening for him here when he has such excellent breeding on his danVs side as well to recommend him. He is being shipped from England next month along with Lang Bian.. who has been 'secured for Mr. Frank Ormond s Karamu Stud.