Exciting Debut for First Season Sires at NZB Weanling Sale

Six exciting�young sires will be represented by their first crop of weanlings at the National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka from 3 - 5 May.

The progeny of these first season sires make up 48 lots of the 463-strong catalogue of weanlings on offer.

Any Suggestion: Lion Hunter - Advisable (Regal Advice)

Any Suggestion is the Group 1 performing son of Australian champion first season sire of 2001-02, Lion Hunter (Danehill).

Any Suggestion won nine times up to 1200 metres, with his career-best effort finishing runner-up to the then world's top-ranked sprinter Miss Andretti in the Group 1 Australia Stakes. His dam, Advisable, is half-sister to Miss Suggestion, dam of the four-time Group 1 winner and Australian champion first season sire for 2005/2006 Show a Heart.

Any Suggestion stood at Rich Hill Stud in 2009 for $6,500. Click here to view weanlings by Any Suggestion.

Cecconi: Encosta de Lago - Tonicity (Blazing Sword)

A son of Australia's Champion Sire Encosta de Lago, Cecconi won the Listed Blue Diamond Preview over 1000 metres as a juvenile. He trained on at three to place in the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m).

Cecconi is out of the dual stakes-winner Tonicity and closely related to the Group 1 Golden Slipper winning sire Stratum.

Cecconi stood at Westbury Stud in 2009 for $4,500. Click here to view weanlings by Cecconi.

Great Britain: Green Desert - Park Appeal (Ahonoora)

Great Britain is a son of successful sire of sires Green Desert. Out of Group 1 winning mare Park Appeal (Ahonoora), Great Britain is full-brother to Group 1 winner Cape Cross who has sired the likes of the outstanding gallopers Ouija Board, Sea the Stars and Seachange.

Great Britain performed best over 1200-1400m and was a winner over 1400m on his debut at three, with his biggest victory in the Listed Al Quoz Sprint at Nad Al Sheba over 1200m.

Great Britain stood at Stoneybridge in 2009 for $6,500. Click here to view weanlings by Great Britain.

Iffraaj: Zafonic - Pastorale (Nureyev)

By champion European two and three-year-old Zafonic, Iffraaj represents the successful Mr Prospector sire line. Iffraaj raced from two to five-years of age and won seven of 13 starts including three Group 2 races as well as being the highest rated speed horse of 2006 by Timeform.

Iffraaj is out of Pastorale, a half-sister to Cape Cross, and from the immediate family of champion older sprinter in Europe in 1999, Diktat.

Iffraaj stood at Haunui Farm in 2009 for $12,000. Click here to view weanlings by Iffraaj.

Patapan: Stravinsky - Pappa Reale (Indian Ridge)

Joint champion older sprinter in Italy in 2006, Patapan is the winner of 16 races over six seasons including six wins as a two-year-old.

Patapan is by champion New Zealand sire of two-year-olds in 2005-06, Stravinsky, and out of champion Italian older mare in 1997 Pappa Reale. He has successful broodmare sire Indian Ridge as his damsire and is a half-brother to last year's Italian champion three-year-old sprinter, Per Incanto.

Patapan stood at Brighthill Farm in 2009 for $4,000. Click here to view weanlings by Patapan.

Thano: Southern Halo - Di Machine (Digression)

Thano is by the multiple-champion sire in Argentina in Southern Halo whose deeds in the Southern Hemisphere are more famous as the sire of More Than Ready.

The winner of the Group 1 Palermo G.P. General San Martin is from Di Machine (Digression), a three-quarter sister to triple Group 1 winner Di Escorpion, from the family of 2007 Dubai World Cup winner Invasor .

Thano stood at Grangewilliam Stud in 2009 for $5,000. Click here to view weanlings by Thano.

Click here to view the full catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock's National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka on 3-5 May 2010.