SALE OF THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION OBLIGADO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2735, 15 August 1906, Page 22

SALE OF THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION OBLIGADO.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows: — We have sold privately, at a very satisfactory price, on account of Mr J. O'Brien. Oamaru. his well-known thoroughbred stallion Obligado (imp.) to a North Island client. In appearance Obligado is an ideal stallion, and when Messrs G. G. Stead and P. Campbell imported him, it was generally admitted that they had secured one of the finest-bred horses' that every came to these" colonies. Obligado has plenty of ftize and substance, with nicely rounded frame »nd beautiful quarters. Such a- horse would take -well anywhere, 'for his 'breeding is of the best, and his fine proportions .are well suited to both thoroughbred and iisrifbred mares. He has left some splendid stock in North Otago, and his reputation as a successful weeding horse is unsurpassed. A giance svt, bis pedigree will show how fashionably fared he is. Orville, his sire, is a son of the unbeaten Ormonde, who claims amongst hie many .victories both the Derby and St. Xifger. Another descendant of the Bend Or iiqrse is. Flying Fox. one of the greatest racehorses oi modern days. Orville's dam, Shotever, was also a great performer, and a winner of the Derby and- Two Thousand Guineas. Flirt, the dam of Obligado, was got by Trapjaisl, a brilliant horse, who won we Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, and whose tin was the famous Derby winner Hermit. Frivolity, by Macaroni, from Miss Agnes, is a full sister to Lady Agnes, the dam of Ormonde. From this it will be seen that only three removes back in nis pedigree Obligado claims cix Derby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermit and 5J!Tes Agnes families. Obligado is related to St. • Ambrose, Play Away, and Hexagon (a recent winner in Englaind), and has sired Zetland (for whom 500gs Bras refused), Rosebloom, Cathxon, and others.