Rookie sires to give Bathurst sale a boost

19 March 2018 | Peter Wharton
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First crop sire A Rocknroll Dance.

First crop sire A Rocknroll Dance.

THE unprecedented success of first crop sires A Rocknroll Dance, Pet Rock, Shoobees Place, Caribbean Blaster and Alta Christiano in the first few weeks of the two-year-old racing has given a terrific boost to next Sunday’s Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale.

The sale, featuring 120 superbly bred yearlings, will be conducted by Graeme Board & Company at the Bathurst Showground from 11am.

A Rocknroll Dance, who is represented by two colts and four fillies, figures as the sire of the winner of the Group 1 $100,000 WA Sales Classic Final for two-year-old colts in Its Rock And Roll (1:56.6).

Pet Rock, who has six entries (3 colts and 3 fillies), has already left the dual Bathurst winner and Pink Bonnet placegetter Ally Rogan (1:58.3) and the Albion Park winner and Paleface Adios Classic placegetter Maywyn Tough.

Both A Rocknroll Dance and Pet Rock ranked among the top bracket of two-year-old sires in North America last year.

The fast Artsplace horse Shoobees Place, who has a 10-strong draft including six colts and four fillies, has sired the NSW provincial winners Shoobee Doo (1:58.8) and Tsunami Charlie (2:00).

The colonial bred stallions Caribbean Blaster and Alta Christiano, who are represented by six and three lots respectively, have both gotten off to a flying start with their stud careers. Caribbean Blaster’s three winners include the Victoria Premiere Stakes winner Scheu Creek (1:56.8), while Alta Christiano has left a single winner, Martys Party.

Established sires Art Major (4 lots), Roll With Joe (4), Rock N Roll Heaven (3), Sportswriter (3), Four Starzzz Shark (3), Western Terror (3), Modern Art (3) and Courage Under Fire (2) are all strongly represented at the sale.

Pedigrees for all sales entries are now available online at www.graemeboard.com

For a hard copy of the catalogue or further information phone Graeme Board on 0408 636 273 or email gboard@bobberry.com.au

 

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