WINTER THOROUGH BRED SALE

Northern Advocate, 2 June 1947, Page 7

WINTER THOROUGH BRED SALE

ATTRACTIVE CATALOGUE The catalogue of the eighth annual Winter Thoroughbred Sale to be held at the Epsom Showgrounds at 10.45 a.m. on Friday contains particulars of 70 lots. There are some superbly bred brood marcs and yearlings on offer as well as untried stock and racehorses, and the recently imported English stallion, KARNOOL. by the notable young sire, PANORAMA, who was unbeaten in seven starts as a two-year-old. There are seldom so many attractive mares on offer as appear in this catalogue. Lot 1 for example. GAY CITY, is a (ive-year-ok. mare by the champion stallion. FOXBRIDGE. and is closely related to good winners like MONTE CRISTO, ntNA. KRAAL, the great race-mare and Auckland Cup winner LOTTIE, and so on. This mare has been submitted lo the pregnancy test and has given a positive return to the service of the popular young sire, PROBATION, whose yearlings made a record at the National Sales for a first season sire. Her clam, CHASTISEMENT', in foal to MARBLE FAUN, another young imported sire, is also catalogued. An exceptionally attractive n:arc is the Phalerott bay mare. RAEWIN. wind, is closelv related to the recent winner of the One Thousand Guineas in England, the French-bred filly. IMPRUDENCE. This mare is a daughter of PREVAIL, a sister to the Avondale Stakes winner. AIWAI, now in Australia, who was by that great sire of brood mares. CHIEF RUL.F.R. from the imported mare. YEOMANRY. This latter mare, which is very closely related to the 2000 Guineas winner, MR. JINKS, was especially imported for the Woslmere Stud and is from the No. 22 family, which is also responsible for the great mare, EULOGY. RAEWIN has an attractive filly foal at loot by CHATSWORTH and is in foa! to CONTACT. now also siring winners. There is also an English mare catalogued. SALMON BLONDE, a six-year-old brown daughter of the Goodwood Cup winner, SALMON LEAP, who is at the stud in France. The dam. ITALIAN BLONDE, is by the noted French sire. APELLE. son of the champion stallion, SARDANAPALE. while her grand-dam is by HURRY ON. This highly bred staying marc is directly descended from llie dam of that fine stayer. STEDFAST. who won both the Jockev Club Stakes and '.lie Coronation Cup, etc. She is tested positively in i'oal to MARBLE FAUN, half brother to the noted performer KHALED, who was unbeaten m England as a two-year-old. Mares with foals at foot include LADY VIXEN, by FOXBRIDGE from LADY LAP bv LAPIDARY, her colt foal being by JOVIAL SON. while the mare has been served again by PICTAVIA, a highly bred son of the great sire NEARCO and the English Oaks winner LOVELY ROSA. LADY LULU, the half sister to the champion SLEEPY FOX and which is by SPEAR

DANCE. SPEARMINT'S son, who is also the sire of the dams of ROYAL SCOT, FINANCIAL. GREY MOMENTS, . etc., has a filly foal by LEIGHON, son of GAINSBOROUGH and has been served by CONTACT. The Estate late Jas. Price, of Matamata. offers the NIGHTMARCH mare, MARCHPIIAR, a well bred South Island mare with a colt foal at foot by TE HERO and served again by that brilliant galloper. The Baffles mare, APPLES, from the same family as FOX--IANA and ARCO and coming from a sister to the N.Z. Cup winner. TORTULLA. has a fitly foal at foot by FEARLESS COMMANDO and is in foal to GREAT TRADITION, the latest sire to he imported descending from the great mare CINNA. The popularity of the new method of pregnancy testing is upheld in the catalogue, as there are no less lhan 11 mares which show a positive return to this test. In addition lo GAY CITY. RAEWIN and SALMON BLONDE, already referred to. lliese include the highly bred South Island mares, TARNHELM. a C-year-oid brown mare bv the Son-in-law horse SEIGFRIED, and IRISH LINNET, an aged mare bv the brilliant galloper and successful .sire, SONG BIRD. This successful race mare is in foal lo the Ascot Gold Cup winner, FINIS, who is a half brother lo the great sire and Derby winner, FELSTEAD. TARNHELM is in foal lo ROYAL ARCH, who was imported to the Elioughton Grange stud at Timaru. He is one of the best performed horses at the stud in N.Z. and is by the great racehorse and sire, COLORADA KID. while lie is closelv related on the dam’s side lo the champion sire. FOXBRIDGE. ASIA, the dam of TARNHELM, was bred by Mr G. M. Currie, of Koatanui, and is a sister lo a host of good winners, including SIR JOHN, who won the V.R.C. Sires Produce Slakes, etc., and is by LIMOND from ihe imported mare, JEWEL OF ASIA, the dam of seven winners. Mares tested 1o be in foal include TO-NIGHT, bv NIGHT ft AID and bred by the late T. H. Lowry, of Okawa. She is from Ihe noted Australian-bred producer. SILVER GREY, and is also in foa! to GREAT TRADITION. Others tested include APPENDAGE, also served by GREAT TRADITION and bv GAINSCOURT from the Martian mare, BATTLE TORQUE and the attractively bred mare, FLYING SPRAY, a winner and a half sister to that good performer. STONY BROKE. She is tested to be in foal to tiie uopular young sire. HELLO PETER. by the Derby winner. BLUE PETER. The aged mare. FANTASTIC, whose daughter recently sold at Trenlhnm for 1550 mis., is tested in foal lo MARBLE FAUN. This very well bred mare is by DAY COMET, whose successful daughters in'dudo tiie dams of LORD CHANCELLOR, BRIGHT FOX, KILCASH. etc. She is very highly related, as her half sisters have been great producers. LADY LOIS being the dam of AL-SIRAT iN.Z. Derby), BRIDGE ACRE, LORD BARWON. etc. Another aged mare bred in the South Island at the famous Stonyhurst stud is SAILOR’S LOVE, a sister to the great racehorse. WATERLINE, who defeated PHAR LAP at w.t'.a. She is the dam of tiie recent winner. MISS CAROLINA, and has been served by BRER FOX, successful soil of FOXBRIDGE. In the same class as the dam of a winner is the Musketoon mare. MARINA, who has a colt foal at foot bv the sire of BEAU LE HAVRE, etc., in BEAU REPAIRE. Another winner-producing mare is ELLA BUNS3Y. ihe dam of FOXBUN. This close relative to BELLE STAR MAJORITY. MINORITY, etc., is by CORONACH'S staying bred half-brother. CAPTAIN BUNSBY. and is in foal to the ponular vounff son of BAHRAM in TREASURE HUNT, whose first crop of yearlings to be sold at the National Sales in January are certain to create great interest, as they arc exceptionally high class. He is at the Mardella Stud with PROBATION, whose first crop of vearlings made a great average a< the National Sales. Two very well bred mares, also tested ns positively in foal to this Son-in-Law horse are BARCOLE by THE .ACE and the Solicitor General mare. PRUDENT, which is also out of BATTLE TORQUE. This daughter of Martian, bred by Ihe late J. Buchanan, of Little River, Canterbury, is out- of the English mare TORQUATO, a relative of CORONACH, and is a sister to GAUNTLET, winner of six races, and to MARTIAL DAWN, the winner of seven, and the dam of the Grand National Hurdles winner, CALLAMART. BARCOLE also carried the blood of the ereat Martian and is from a noted Stonvliurst family. Her dam is a half sister to the Manawatu Steeplechase winner. BIRKOLOGY. and the high class fiat racer. TOWN MAJOR, being out of a sister to the N.Z. and Great Northern De>by winner, CHERUBINI. Another mare from this family is MISS CARDINE. by KINCARDINE. This seven-year-old bay mare is already the dam of the current season's winner. MABEL KNIGHT, a daughter of MEDIEVAL KNIGHT, and she is again in foal to this successful son of GAY CRUSADER. Another South Island mare which should create interest is the Paper Money mare, REPUDIATION. A good winner herself and the dam of two winners, she is a sister to the high class winner. CATERPILLAR, who also produced a classic winner in JOYGIVER, ot the D J.C. Champagne Shakes. This valuable mare is in foal to the Trelawney Stud horse, COLUMCILLE. which son of FOXLAW continues to meet with outstanding success in England, where his stock have won over all distances. His latest success is the two-year-old. STRANDGLOSS. which has won three two-year-old races on end in England this season. A young mare that should also create interest is NAINI TAL. She is a sister lo the high class performer, HAKIM, winner of the Wellington Handicap this season, being bv BULANDSHAR and from the N.Z. Oaks winner, KOROKIO. an Australianbred mare going back to the great sire. WALLACE, son of CARBINE. This mare is in foal to FEARLESS COMMANDO. An interestingly bred mare is ROSANT. a six-year-old mare bv VERSANT, a son of SURVEYOR. She is out of a threequarter sister to that great racehorse and sire, CROUPIER, her dam, ROOD, also being by SURVEYOR. This nice type of mare is safe m foal to an early service to tiie very successtul Alton Lodge sire, REVELATION, by the Derby winner, MANNA. REVELATION is a halfbrother to WITHIN-THE-LAW, who sired , the recent winner of tiie Liverpool Grand National. The youngest mare in the catalogue is a sister to the recent South Island winner, TWEEDSIDE. a promising stayer. She 's by the French-bred TWEED 11., and is closely related on the dam's side to another recent South Island winner m DIAMETER. This mare was also served by GREAT TRADITION. Breeders looking for prospective brood mares will also find a number of very well bred lots in tiie untried section, and amongst the list of racehorses, notable examples being the winners, MISS BEAU, by BEAU REPAIRE, from STAR OF GOLD by HUNTING SONG and coming from DESERT GOLD’S family. MABEL KNIGHT, by MEDIEVAL KNIGHT, previously referred to, and the promising filly, JEAN HARLOW, by THEIO from WHERO KATOA. a half sister in the brilliant-w.f.a. horse, PINK COAI, her dam being by PSYCHOLOGY from RED EDNA, and thus closely related to the highly promising two-year-old winner, APOLLO. This is AMMON RA S family. Tiie yearling section of the catalogue contains 20 lots and these represent some of tiie most highly bred sires in the country, including FINIS (Ascot Gold Cup). ROBIN GOODFELLOW. BULANDSHAR TIDE; RACE. HELIOS (a very successful M «> HYPERION in Victoria), SOLICITOR GENERAL, VAALS. BALLATER, NINTH DUKE. TE HERO, FOXBRIDGE'S successtul son, BRER FOX, ORELIO (brother toVaikare, sire of the dual A.J.C. Doncaster winner, BLUE LEGEND). JOVIAL SON. MEDIEVAL KNIGHT. RHODES SCHOLAR ARVAKUi . CHIEF LORD. etc. The colt by HELIOS is one of four yearlings being sold bv Dr. Blundell of Te Awamutu. He is a nallbrolher 'to the recent winner TATANGA. being out-of the brilliant GAif SIIIfLi-iD mare NAMAKIA, a half sister to another noted performer in NEENAH. Two ot the other yearlings, the filly by TE HERO, and te colt by ROBIN GOODFELLOW are also from this family, while there is also a Idly by FINIS from ROIANUI. a young mare by SOLICITOR GENERAL from KOTU. a good two-year-old winner from the great EULOGY family, coming down through the noted mare. HOMAGE the dam of the Derby winners, HONOUR and CC JRTCRAFT. Most of the yearlings are out oi wmncr-pioducnig dams and are closely “ . SLE ".^ rny SILVER ROD, TIDOWNA, OuK JEAN. ROBIN LEIGH. GOLD VAALS. genf.ro, canda lux. raymasier. OMAPA, CROUPIER. MABEL KNIGHT (in addition to a full sister to this recent winnor there is also a colt loal claiming relationship) RINK. BATTLEDRESS. HONOUR. COMMENDATION. NANCY LEX,, KUMARI (recent two-year-o.d winner), me. These offer an excellent selection. . Much interest will also be shown in the rc-entiv imported stallion. KARNOOL, bred in "Ireland in 1942, and who won two races n England as a three-year-old. From the same family as lire Italian Deroy winner. ORTELLO and LIMOND S s>re. DESMOND, he is sired by (he brilliant English sprinter. PANORAMA, while J l ’ s is by the ot Leger winner, SALMON TROUT, son oi T Raceh™es R hi H iraining include Mr A. W Fbbett’s team. SIR STANDFAST, winner of Sv races and the promising youngsters. MISs'bEAU and KELOWNA BOY. Other Recent winners mchide TIFOX NANCY VAALS. DiLS EAUa lA rnd a number of promising sorts in .raining, rata oeues of the 70 lots may be obtained from the Bloodstock Auctioneers Mesas Wright, Stephenson & Co. Ltd.. ..j aioci Street, Auckland.