In juvenile Gr. 1 events it is very rare to find a large number of stallions represented by their progeny. In this day and age where ‘boom’ stallions are all the rage, it is interesting to look at the number of different stallions that will have runners in Saturday night’s two feature events at Bathurst.
In the Alabar Bathurst Gold Crown, with emergencies included, there are thirteen different stallions with progeny that qualified. This is in stark contrast to last year’s Gold Crown where only five stallions had sons compete in the $100,000 event. Also pleasing for HRNSW and its breeding initiatives is the statistic that ten of the runners that qualified for the Gold Crown are eligible for the Breeders Challenge series later in the year.
“The Pepper Tree Farm Breeders Challenge for 2014/15 will begin in May with heats for the two and three year olds run across New South Wales and it is exciting to see so many breeders and owners supporting the series,” HRNSW Chief Executive Officer John Dumesny said.
“With such a wide range of stallions represented on Saturday night it goes to show that there is a lot of support for the different sires available to both the hobby and professional breeders.”
It is a similar story in the Slingsby Holdings Bathurst Gold Tiara with the fourteen finalists representing twelve different stallions. If the two emergencies fail to gain a start then every runner in the race will be by a different sire. Of the fourteen fillies, eleven are eligible to compete in the Breeders Challenge.
When the two races are combined there are 20 stallions with either a son or daughter that have qualified for the Gr. 1 races. The list of stallions include; Sportswriter, Always A Virgin, Village Jasper, Rock N Roll Heaven, Four Starzzz Shark, Village Jolt, Art Major, Mach Three, Jeremes Jet, Rock N Roll Hanover, American Ideal, Bettor Delight, Shadow Play, Kenneth J, Somebeachsomewhere, Gotta Go Cullect, Modern Art, Courage Under Fire, Tell All and Lis Mara.
Of the current top ten stallions on the NSW premiership five will have runners in the Gold Crown or Gold Tiara while it is no surprise that every stallion in the top ten of the Leading 2yo Sire category has a qualifier.
Five of the youngsters are also eligible for the rich Breeders Challenge Blue Series.
Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) is the controlling body for harness racing in New South Wales with responsibility for commercial and regulatory management of the industry including 31 racing clubs across the State. HRNSW is headed by an industry-appointed Board of Directors and is independent of Government.
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