Sixteen New Zealand-breds line up in Group or Listed Stakes races at Royal Randwick
this Easter Saturday, traditionally one of the most important racedays of the
Australasian season.
Kiwi-breds are most strongly represented in the Australian Derby and the Chairman's
Handicap, two races in which they have an outstanding record. Ten of the last 20
Derby winners were bred here, while 13 of the past 20 Chairman's winners have carried
the (NZ) suffix.
This year is significant as the 20th anniversary of one of the very best Derby winners
in its 146-year history, the magnificent Bonecrusher, bred in New Zealand by Bill
Punch, trained by Frank Ritchie and ridden by Gary Stewart for owner Peter Mitchell.
Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan figure as the breeders of four runners on the card: Dane
Tristalight (whom they also race), Zabeat, Fooram and Cross Bar, and Cambridge Stud's super-sire Sir Tristram appears in the immediate pedigrees of all of them. The Hogans have already bred three Australian Derby winners, Tristarc (1985), Octagonal (1996) and Don Eduardo (2002), but do not have a runner in that race this year. Instead, their attention will be focussed on their three representatives in the Chairman's Handicap, a race that has so far eluded them. They are part of a strong group of five Kiwi-bred horses, led by Auckland Cup runner-up Zabeat, in that field.
De Beers, bred by Peter & Philip Vela and managed by Rob McAnulty for a largely
New Zealand-based syndicate, and Waikato Stud's brilliant homebred sprinter Glamour Puss offer us the best chance of Group One success on Saturday. De Beers comes into the Derby after winning the Rosehill Guineas G1, while Glamour Puss is hoping to add a
Sydney Group One sprint to her two Group victories at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in
the spring.
- Susan Archer
this Easter Saturday, traditionally one of the most important racedays of the
Australasian season.
Kiwi-breds are most strongly represented in the Australian Derby and the Chairman's
Handicap, two races in which they have an outstanding record. Ten of the last 20
Derby winners were bred here, while 13 of the past 20 Chairman's winners have carried
the (NZ) suffix.
This year is significant as the 20th anniversary of one of the very best Derby winners
in its 146-year history, the magnificent Bonecrusher, bred in New Zealand by Bill
Punch, trained by Frank Ritchie and ridden by Gary Stewart for owner Peter Mitchell.
Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan figure as the breeders of four runners on the card: Dane
Tristalight (whom they also race), Zabeat, Fooram and Cross Bar, and Cambridge Stud's super-sire Sir Tristram appears in the immediate pedigrees of all of them. The Hogans have already bred three Australian Derby winners, Tristarc (1985), Octagonal (1996) and Don Eduardo (2002), but do not have a runner in that race this year. Instead, their attention will be focussed on their three representatives in the Chairman's Handicap, a race that has so far eluded them. They are part of a strong group of five Kiwi-bred horses, led by Auckland Cup runner-up Zabeat, in that field.
De Beers, bred by Peter & Philip Vela and managed by Rob McAnulty for a largely
New Zealand-based syndicate, and Waikato Stud's brilliant homebred sprinter Glamour Puss offer us the best chance of Group One success on Saturday. De Beers comes into the Derby after winning the Rosehill Guineas G1, while Glamour Puss is hoping to add a
Sydney Group One sprint to her two Group victories at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in
the spring.
| New Zealand–bred runners at Randwick, Sydney 15 April 2006 NZ-trained runners in italics | ||
| HORSE | SIRE-DAM (DAMSIRE) ANZ Taproot mare | BREEDER(S) |
| $A100,000 Fernhill Handicap 1600m 2yos LR | ||
| GORKY PARK | Montjeu-Steluta (Defensive Play) | Mrs R.A. Savory |
| $A125,000 Adrian Knox S. 2000m 3yo fillies G3 | ||
| DANE TRISTALIGHT | Danehill-Our Tristalight (Sir Tristram) | Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan Cambridge Stud Waikato |
| FANCYFREE | Danasinga-Girls Talk (Festal) | David & Marie O'Sullivan Waikato |
| ALBERGHETTI | Carnegie-Wusool (Gulch) | Bloomsbury Stud Waikato |
| $A600,000 T.J. Smith S. 1200m 3yo+ wfa G1 | ||
| GLAMOUR PUSS | Tale Of The Cat-Escada (Centaine) Eleusis (GB) 1885 | Garry Chittick Waikato Stud Waikato |
| $A450,000 Sires' Produce S. 1400m 2yos G1 | ||
| UNIVERSAL QUEEN | Scenic-Biscay Bird (Bluebird) Queen's Garden (IRE) 1976 | Strawberry Hill Stud NSW |
| $A2 million AJC Australian Derby 2400m 3yos G1 | ||
| DE BEERS | Quest For Fame-Chimeara (Danehill) Eight Carat (GB) 1975 | Peter & Philip Vela Pencarrow Stud Waikato |
| KINCHARM | Ebony Grosve-Stretto (Dance Floor) Mermaid (GB) 1860 | Emblem Ltd & Graeme Rogerson |
| LE CELIBATAIRE | Montjeu-Nikki's Bride (O'Reilly) Sunbride (GB) 1942 | Don Gordon & Bryan Hutchinson, Hawke's Bay, and Little Avondale Trust, Wairarapa |
| BIG EAGLE | Montjeu-Trisynd (Sir Tristram) Golden Jest (GB) 1919 | Jim & Ann Gibbs Waikato |
| $A200,000 Chairman's Handicap 2600m 3yo+ G2 | ||
| ZABEAT | Rhythm-Zabest (Zabeel) Czaravina (USA) 1982) | Sir Patrick Hogan, Mark, Shelley, N. & Mrs P.M. Treweek Waikato |
| FOORAM | Maroof-Sinjani (Sir Tristram) Lady Wayward II (GB) 1905 | Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan Cambridge Stud Waikato |
| CROSS BAR | Cape Cross-Lady Leica (Sir Tristram) Lady Chester (GB) 1870 | Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan Cambridge Stud Waikato |
| WILLY SMITH | Volksraad-Sound Lear (Sound Reason) Hebrew Maid (GB) 1904 | Peter Smith Wanganui |
| THREE CHIMNEYS | Generous-Star On Ice (Half Iced) Fairy Path (IRE) 1965 | Andrea & Mervyn Hall South Canterbury |
| $A200,000 Sapphire S. 1200m 3yo+ fillies & mares G2 | ||
| RETRACT | Flying Spur-Nanshan (Nashwan) Nanshan (GB) 1993 | Mr R.A. Ferguson |
- Susan Archer
