Karaka 2026 - Book 2

SUPER SETH (AUS) (Bay 2016-Stud 2020). 5 wins-2 at 2, MRC Caulfield Guineas, Gr.1. Leading Sire of 2YOs in NZ in 2024-25. Sire of 104 rnrs, 58 wnrs, inc. SW La Dorada (Manawatu Sires' Produce S., Gr.1), Linebacker, Maison Louis, Feroce, Sethito, Super Photon, Poetic Champion, SP Sanctified and of Kilman, Patch of Cosmo, Puntin, Diablo Blanco, Savour the Dream, Frosty Girl, Madiyya, Super Rosa, Rapid Cheval, etc.

1st dam

RUBY ARMANI, by Makfi. 5 wins 1200m to 1550m, NZ$93,475, Feilding JC Anzac H., L, ARC Swiss Deli H., 2d Manawatu RC Flying H., L, 3d Rangitikei Gold Cup, L, Rotorua RC New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series H., Counties RC Mount Shop H. Half-sister to Our Tigress. This is her fourth foal. Her third foal is a 2YO. Dam of two foals to race, inc:-

Naval Command (g by Merchant Navy). Placed in 2024-25.

2nd dam

TRUJILLO, by Saint Ballado. Unraced. Sister to PORTRAYAL (dam of COME ALIVE). Dam of 11 foals, 8 to race, 6 winners, inc:-

RUBY ARMANI (Makfi). 5 wins. See above.

Our Tigress (Tiger Hill). 2 wins at 1150m, 1600m, ARC New Zealand Herald H., 2d MRC Ladies Day Vase, L, VRC PHHWV Second Chance P., 3d BOP RC Rimpac-Owens 3YO P. Producer.

General Custer. 8 wins 1380m to 2250m, A$209,255, SAJC Australian Made H., Hughes Limousines H., Womens & Childrens Hospital H., James Boag's H.

Trendy. 3 wins at 1200m, Cambridge JC William Inglis & Son H., Waikato RC Mike Thomas Lodge Real Estate 3YO H., 2d ARC Diet Coke H., BOP RC Windsor Park Karaka Yearlings H., 3d ARC NZ Herald H. Producer.

3rd dam

TRUE GLORY, by In the Wings. Winner at 11f in GB. Three-quarter-sister to WAREED, Libretto (dam of COLETTE, METASTASIO), half-sister to TRULY A DREAM (dam of DREAM PEACE), Solo de Lune (dam of CERULEAN SKY, MOONSTONE, DINER DE LUNE, L'ANCRESSE). Dam of 8 foals, 6 to race, 2 winners, inc:-

PORTRAYAL (Saint Ballado). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1200m, 2000m, Newmarket Severals S., L, Chantilly Prix de Villemetrie, 2d Chantilly Prix d'Aumale, Gr.3, 3d Maisons-Laffitte Prix Robert Papin, Gr.2, York Middleton S., Gr.3, 4th Deauville Prix du Calvados, Gr.3. Dam of 6 winners-

COME ALIVE (Dansili). 3 wins-1 at 2-at 1400m, 1600m, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Amandine, L, 2d Deauville Prix des Lilas, L. Dam of 2 winners-

NAVAL CROWN (Dubawi). Champion 3YO Miler in UAE in 2020-21. 4 wins-1 at 2-1207m to 1600m, £769,791, €27,668, 911,261Dhs in GB and U.A.E, Royal Ascot Platinum Jubilee S., Gr.1, Meydan Al Fahidi Fort S., Gr.2, Meydan Classic S., L, 2d Newmarket July Cup, Gr.1, Royal Ascot Jersey S., Gr.3, Newmarket European Free H., L, 3d Saint-Cloud Prix Thomas Bryon, Gr.3, Meydan UAE Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.3, ParisLongchamp Prix La Rochette, Gr.3.

SPRING PROMISE (Lope de Vega). 3 wins in succession at 1409m in GB and Germany, Hannover Grosser Preis der Hannoverschen Volksbank, L, 3d Hannover Großer Preis der VGH Versicherungen, L.

Belle Boyd (Oasis Dream). Winner at 1m, 2d Chelmsford City Queen Charlotte S., L, 3d Leopardstown Glencairn S., L, Dundalk Cooley S., L.