Plenty of Pedigree Appeal in National Online Yearling Sale

From its first two years, New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale has already produced stakes performers Contagious (NZ) (Proisir), Timeless (NZ) (Time Test) and Bolshoi Star (Russian Revolution). The catalogue for the 2023 edition, which is being held on Gavelhouse Plus this month, features plenty of yearlings with the right credentials to follow suit.

Among a select catalogue of 92 yearlings, there are 15 siblings to black-type performers, eight progeny of stakes-performed mares, and many more close relatives to top-flight racehorses.

Stakes-Winning Siblings

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  Lot 24, by exciting young Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth, is a half-brother to Zigwig (NZ) (Zacinto). A three-race winner including the Listed Champagne Stakes (1200m), Zigwig is also the dam of three-race winner Super Six (NZ) (Teofilo). In addition, Lot 24 received a notable recent pedigree update from another half-sister, two-year-old filly Augment (NZ) (Exceed and Excel), who placed in the Group Three Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) in Perth on April 1.
• Lot 50 is a half-brother to two stakes performers including Paisley Park (NZ) (Azamour), who won this season’s Listed Matamata Cup (1600m).
• Lot 53 is out of Next Century (NZ) (Stravinsky), whose four foals to race have all been winners. The highest-profile of that quartet is this colt’s half-sister Volks Lightning (NZ) (Volksraad), who won the Group Three Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) and the Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m). Volks Lightning was also a placegetter in five other stakes races, headed by the Group One Railway (1200m).
• Lot 64 is an Ace High half-sister to the Listed winner Formidable (NZ) (Shocking).
• Lot 65, another filly by Ace High, is a half-sister to the stakes-winning stayer Kilowatt (NZ) (Shocking). That 10-race winner added more black-type to this pedigree page with a runner-up finish in this month’s Listed Riverton Cup (2147m).
• Lot 92 is a half-sister to Xpression (NZ) (Showcasing), who won the Group Two Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1200m) and Group Three Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) and placed in the Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). Xpression has also made a superb start to her broodmare career, with first foal Rhetorical (NZ) (Snitzel) winning two races as a two-year-old this season and placing in the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m).
   

Stakes-Winning Dams

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  Lot 18 is a filly by Preferment (NZ) out of Casabella Lane (NZ) (Volksraad), whose six wins included the Group Two Japan-New Zealand International Trophy (1600m). She is the dam of three winners from five foals to race.
• The dam of Lot 40 is Lady Alberton (NZ) (Golan), who won the Group Three Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and was placed in another three stakes races up to Group Two level. All of her four foals to race have been winners.
• Lot 42 is out of La Sizeranne (NZ) (Stravinsky), who won six races headed by the Group Two Winter Stakes (1400m) in Queensland – now known as the Group One Tatt’s Tiara. She won three other stakes races and was runner-up in the Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). La Sizeranne is the dam of nine winners from 11 foals to race, including Listed winner Za Moulin Rouge (Street Cry).
• Lot 67 is out of Rideitlikeustoleit (NZ) (Alamosa), who is a Group Three-placed half-sister to the Group One New Zealand Derby (2400m), Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and Windsor Park Plate (1600m) winner Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj).
• Lot 89 is a Vadamos colt out of Tip The Wink (NZ) (Stravinsky), who won twice at Listed level and placed in the Group One Railway (1200m). Tip The Wink is the dam of four winners from five foals to race.
   

Other Notables

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  The second dam of Lot 4 is a half-sister to Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (Al Akbar), the stakes-winning dam of legendary mare Winx (Street Cry).
• Lot 6 is out of an unraced full-sister to multiple Group Three winner and Group One-placed Milford (NZ) (Savabeel), as well as this season’s Group Two placegetter Savoir Faire (NZ) (Savabeel). The second dam is a full-sister to quadruple Group One winner and sire Sacred Falls (NZ) (O’Reilly).
• Lot 15 is a filly with some international flavour to her pedigree. The second dam is the Sadler’s Wells mare Dance On By – a winning full-sister to multiple Group One winner and globally influential sire High Chaparral.
• Lot 26 is a Tivaci filly out of Ensemble (NZ) (Pins) – a winning daughter of multiple Group One-winning mare Costume (NZ) (Savabeel).
• As well as being a son of stakes-winning and black-type-producing mare La Sizeranne (NZ) (Stravinsky), Lot 42 also comes from the family of Australian Derby (2400m) hero Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock) and elite Aussie sprinter Lankan Rupee (Redoute’s Choice).
• Lot 44 is a U S Navy Flag filly out of Macavity (NZ) (Keeper), who is a half-sister to Group One winner Velocitea (NZ) (Volksraad) as well as the stakes-placed Maastricht (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) – the dam of multiple Group One winner Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible).
• The second dam of Lot 58 is a half-sister to 10-time Group One winner and elite sire So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral).
• Lot 69 is by Super Seth and is a close relative to a dozen stakes performers including quality stayer Deauville Legend (Sea The Stars).
• Lot 83 is out of Sunalta (Rock Of Gibraltar) – an unraced daughter of the legendary Sunline (NZ) (Desert Sun).
• Lot 84 is a Ribchester colt with three half-siblings who have placed at Group level. Devildom (NZ) (Almanzor) was runner-up in this season’s Group Two Waikato Guineas (2000m), while Meghan (NZ) (So You Think) and Reevederci (NZ) (Reliable Man) were both Group Three placegetters.

National Online Yearling Sale bidding will begin on Friday 14 April and is set to close from 6PM (NZT) on Wednesday 19 April via Gavelhouse Plus.

For more information about the Sale, contact NZB Bloodstock Sales Manager Kane Jones on +64 27 274 4985 or email Kane.jones@nzb.co.nz.