Danroad Opportunities at Highview Stud Sale

Highview Stud's Deplenishing Sale on 29 March isnow online.

The Sale will offer sixteen opportunities for discerning buyers to invest in the stock of the hot, young sire Danroad.

Danroad (Danehill - Strawberry Girl, by Strawberry Road)

With the assistance of some recent star performers, Highview Stud's resident stallion continued his ascension of New Zealand's Leading Sires table, now just one spot below Zabeel in eighteenth position, and eighth of the New Zealand-based sires.

His son Down the Road (Danroad - Dixies Girl, by Stark South) has been an impressive contributor, winning the Group 2 ARC Championship Stakes and just bobbed on the line in a tight finish in the $2.2 million Group 1 NZ Derby.

Following on from that impressive performance during the Auckland Cup Week, Danroad's daughter Amazing Sky (Danroad - Quasi Stellar, by Catrail) won by an impressive one and a quarter length yesterday at Ellerslie, the second day of the Carnival. It was the second win for the three-year-old who was a winner and stakes placed as a two-year-old.

Danroad's oldest crop are just three-year-olds, and with just two small crops of 45 and 38 foals he has sired Australian Group 1 winning two-year-old Rockdale (Danroad - Komplete Kaos, by Desert Sun) along with Down the Road, Amazing Sky and nine other winners.

A winner of four races at two, including the Group 3 WRC Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1200m) and placing in the Group 1 Manawatu Sires produce, it is no surprise that Danroad's progeny go early. Of his twelve winners, five won at two, and all bar last start winner Piece of Art (Danroad - Princess Marengo, by Umatilla) won races before Christmas of their three-year-old seasons.

Danroad's statistics support the emergence of a 'new star' with 41% winners to runners at this early stage, and 6.8% Group 1 performers to runners, an achievement that leaves him without a peer at this stage.

Highview's Sale on 29 March will offer ample opportunity for those buyers looking to take advantage of the young sire's 'upward swing' in the market.

Four weanling colts with pin-hook potential, and three fillies with residual value, will be presented for auction at the Hamilton property.

Highlights include:

Lot 1 - Br. Filly - Danroad x Go Norn (Clay Hero): Go Norn was stakes placed and won three races, one at two, but is best known for producing full brothers Life of Reilly (Kreisler) and (Mr) Royston (Kreisler) who won twenty three races between them, including a Group 3 victory and multiple Listed victories. Go Norn has a 100% strike rate, leaving seven foals for seven winners.

Lot 2 - Br. Colt - Danroad x Our Aspiration (Mi Preferido): Our Aspiration won five races herself, two at two, including the Listed WRC Lightning Stakes. His full sister made $25,000 at Karaka 2009, and the colt shares the same damsire as Mufhasa.

Lot 5 - Bay Colt - Danroad x Strawberry (Marscay): Strawberry won two races and was fourth in the Group 3 SAJC Auraria Stakes. Her dam, by Danehill, won races two at two, and the family has produced outstanding Group 1 winning gallopers such as Agnes World, Dubai Destination and Librettist.

Other Danroad entries include a yearling filly and eight mares in foal to the speedy son of Danehill. These are highlighted by:

Lot 12 - Hacienda (Bletchingly), a half sister to Group 1 racehorse and sire Snippets. This is also the family of Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Forensics, and the colt she defeated that day in Zizou. She is sold with a positive test to Danroad-LSD 1/12/2008.

Lot 25 - Strawberry (Marscay) won two races and was fourth in the Group 3 SAJC Auraria Stakes. Her dam by Danehill won two at two, and the family has produced outstanding Group 1 winning gallopers such as Agnes World, Dubai Destination and Librettist. She is sold in foal to Danroad - LSD 11/12/2008.

Lot 26 - Swit (General Nediym), a two-time winner over 1000m, Swit hails from an outstanding two-year-old family which includes Worth, Sudden, Burst, Allez France, Superfly and Victory Prince. She is in foal to Danroad - LSD 1/09/2008.

Lot 28- Ahava (Semipalatinsk), winner of the Listed WATC Jungle Dawn Classic, and the dam of outstanding Singapore galloper Capablanca, winner of the Listed Lion City Cup twice. She is sold with a positive test to Danroad-LSD 28/09/2008.

Catalogues for the Highview Sale are now online, with hard copy catalogues available on request from Wednesday 11 March.

For more information please contact New Zealand Bloodstock (reception@nzb.co.nz) or 09 298 0055) or Brent Gillovic (brent@highview.co.nz ).