STALLION FOXBRIDGE

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3335, 25 July 1935, Page 4

STALLION FOXBRIDGE

STUD DUTY AT CAMBRIDGE ACQUISITION TO WAIKATO The imported sire, Foxbridge, brought out from England by Mr L. S. Otw r ay this year for stud duty at Cambridge, is one of the finest individuals that- has reached the Dominion, being a beautifully balanced horse of 16 hands high, true to the Son-in-Law type, but showing much quality. As -would be expected from his performances, he has the powerful head and jowl of the stayer, fine width between the eyes, and altogether a grand head, keen ears, a full set-on neck, and true action of a perfect thoroughbred. Foxbridge is certain to appeal to every lover of a horse of true conformation and quality. He stands on a great set of feet and legs, is short-coupled and deep ribbed, has great strength of loin, and shows exceptional power in ids quarters for a staying colt. Few imported ho’.’scs could have better credentials in the way of performances and breeding to recommend them.

His half-sister, Cresta Run, won £14,54.0 in stakes, including the One Thousand Guineas and Imperial Produce Stakes. Foxbridge himself won the Atlantic Cup, of £2520, over one mile and two furlongs, and followed that up running third to Loaningdalo and the St. Legcr winner, Firdaussi, in the Eclipse Stakes, of £9122, and beating both the Oaks winner, Chatelaine, and Canon Law, winner of the St. .James Palace Stakes at Ascot, and who was considered to be Hyperion’s strongest opponent for the St. Legcr.

As a four-vear-old Foxbridge, Sst 121 b, ran second in the Newbury Summer Cup, £ll7O, one mile four furlongs to Belfry, to whom he was conceding a stone in weight, in 2min 30. ; ec. After being placed several times in distance races, Foxbridge, who is only now five vears old to English time, was purchased bv Mr Otway to conic to New Zealand. Successful No. 14 Family Foxbridge, who comes from the very successful No. 14 family, was lived by Lieut.-Col. Giles Loder, and is by Foxlaw, that highly successful racehorse and most promising sire, from Bridgemount, whose progeny have won something like £IB,OOO in stakes and who herself accounted for four races and one second in her only five starts winning stakes of a value of £2354. She is, of course, the dam of that high-class mare, Cresta Run. Brigeinount is by Bridge of Earn (Cyllene—Santa Brigida, by St. Simon). Foxbridge’s second dam, Mountain Mint, was a high-class racehorse also, her last important success being the National Breeders’ Produce Stakes of £4357. ’ She is by Carbine’s famous Derby son, Spearmint from Adula, own s'ster to that oilier of the turf, Pretty Polly, who won 23 races of a value of £37,327, bvludin" the One Thousand Guineas, Oaks, and St. Legcr. Adula herself won throe races, value £3OOO, and her produce included Knockfeerna, winner of the Coronation Stakes of £2750, the Lanca-sbi-e Breeders’ Produce Stakes of £1614 and Cheveley Park Stakes of £1025. Admiration, the dam of Adula and Pretty Polly, produced nine winners who accounted for a total in stakes of £52,715. Amongst her daughters was Veneration 11., who produced the disqualified Derby winner, Craganour, who was afterwards sohl for 30,000 guineas to become a leading sire in Argentina. The descendants of Admiration have accomplished such deeds as to almost require a stud book of their own. Amongst them may be mentioneoil Silvias, a very successful young sire in Australia to-day, who is represented by the V.B.C. St. Legcr and Australian Clip winner Sylvandale, and is also credited with Braeburn, winner of the Queensland Derby and Cup; Aborenl, another winner of the Queensland Cup; Silvado, wilier of the Port Adelaide Cup; and a host of other promising winners. Foxbridge’s Sire Lines Foxbridge is directly descended from one of the most successful sire lines in the Stud Book to-day. His own sire, Foxlaw, is doing extremely well at the stud and has been a success from the first appearance of Ids progeny in the English Turf. In 1034, he had Foxliunter to represent him as the winner of the Doncaster Cup and Tudor Stakes, and the following year this high-class horse accounted for the Ascot Gold Cup and Queen’s Prize. This past season, another of his sons, Foxcraft, accounted for the Coronation Stakes and Irish Oaks; Tiberius ran second in the St. Legor and won four good races; and Bagman won the Woodcoto Stakes. Foxlaw himself won five races of a value of £1?!,536, including the Ascot Gold Cup and the .Jockey Club’s Stakes. He has already sired the winners of 57 races of a value of £3.3,573. and undoubtedly is tho most successful

of the many sons of Son-in-Law at the stud. Son-in-Law was the leading stallion in England in 1924 and again in 1930, and his fee to-day is still 300 guineas. Foxlaw, his outstanding son, is also represented in England at the stud by Foxhuntcr, who is standing at a fee of 9S soys. Mr Otway has, therefore, brought to New Zealand a horse of exceptional merit and breeding and his enterprise in this regard is in keeping with the progressive spirit dominating She leading breeders in the Dominion ro-day.