Only son of Montjeu at Karaka
31 January 2010
After Montjeu Karaka graduates quinellaed the Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) yesterday at Trentham there was an extremely happy vendor on the complex yesterday who boasts the only yearling son of Montjeu at southern hemisphere auction sales in 2010.
Wall Street (Montjeu x Villa Wanda, by Grand Lodge) made it six wins from his last seven starts when he trounced a quality field of 17 runners to give his champion international sire Montjeu his third individual Group 1 winner this season in Australasia following Speed Gifted's AJC Metropolitan and Tavistock's Mudgway Stakes.
Sold by Jo Wilding's Te Mania Thoroughbreds, Wall Street fetched $100,000 at the Karaka Premier Sales to the bid of Paul Moroney Bloodstock on behalf of the GG Syndicate.
With nineteen Group 1 winners it is interesting to note Montjeu's superior colt success. Worldwide, 17 of his 19 Group 1 winners are colts and in Australasia his colts have averaged $104,000 in prize-money while his fillies have averaged $14,000 (figures courtesy of Arion).
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| �Lot 301, the only yearling colt by Montjeu set for auction in 2010 |
Esker Lodge will offer the only Montjeu yearling colt in the southern hemisphere at the 2010 Karaka Premier Sale at Lot 301.
Bred on the same cross as Wall Street, both are out of Danzig line mares, Lot 301 is a strapping rich bay �whose pedigree combines the very best stallion power being out of Danehill mare. The 26 August foal has a truly international pedigree which includes top fillies Cerulean Sky, Moonstone, and L'Ancresse, along with successful Group 2 winning and Group 1 placed Montjeu stallion Honolulu.
Though the services of Montjeu are not available to southern hemisphere breeders any longer the leading sire is represented by two sons at stud in New Zealand, Gallant Guru at White Robe Lodge, Mettre En Jeu at Letham Thoroughbreds,�and Guillotine at Windsor Park Stud.
Gallant Guru, winner of the Group 2 Sandown Classic, is represented by his first crop of yearlings at Karaka 2010, including two in the Select Sale.
These include Lot 690, a brown half-brother to Group 3 Higgins and Listed Anniversary Handicap fourth Sharp Princess, Lot 724, and a half-brother to leading South Island sprinter Cherry Creek, winner of the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes.
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| �Lot 690, a colt from the first crop of Gallant Guru |
Wall Street provided New Zealand Bloodstock with Group 1 winner number 12 for the season, again the current leading southern hemisphere auction house.
Karaka graduates also took out the Group 2 Wellington Cup yesterday when Red Ruler (Viking Ruler) continued his wonderful form for his trainer John Sargent who picked him out as a yearling for $60,000 from Trelawney Stud.
Viking Ruler will be represented by 20 progeny at Karaka including five at Premier.