Unreserved Opportunities at NZB May Sale

A number of appealing entries at next week's National Weanling & Broodmare Sale next week (7-9 May) are being offered on an unreserved basis, presenting some unbeatable opportunities for pinhookers and those looking for breeding prospects.

Heading the strong unreserved offering is Don McLaren's Northfields Stud which will be having an Unreserved Deplenishing Sale featuring 17 lots from his highly successful breeding operation based in Karaka.

A leading thoroughbred breeder, Don McLaren has bred seven individual Group 1 winners including the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas winner Zabrasive (Zabeel) and the outstanding performer Calveen. The daughter of Canny Lad produced a hat-trick of Group wins in 2005 in the Group 1 Easter Handicap, Group 2 Japan-New Zealand International Trophy and Group 2 Travis Stakes.

Northfields Stud will be offering seven weanlings in the Weanling session, highlighted by the High Chaparral colt from the Group 3 placed Stravinsky mare Soelin at Lot 311. The progeny of High Chaparral has been the subject of strong demand at recent yearling sales, with the sire averaging over $180,000 for 57 lots sold at the 2012 Karaka Yearling Sales. High Chaparral also had three colts sell at the 2011 May Sale averaging over $150,000, so an unreserved sale is promising buyers an outstanding opportunity.

Lot 311, the colt by High Chaparral from Soelin.

A granddaughter of the Group 1 winner and prolific broodmare Soliloquy (Sobig), Soelin has been served by Iffraaj and will also be sold in Wednesday's Broodmare session at Lot 633.

Another feature of the draft and indeed the Weanling session is the Street Sense colt at Lot 63. An August 5th foal, the colt is from the Bluebird mare Blue Quail, a sister to the Group 1 Doomben Ten Thousand winner Flitter.

An outstanding racehorse, Street Sense won the Group 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 10 lengths and was the Eclipse Champion two-year-old colt in the USA. At three he added to his Group 1 tally when winning the Group 1 Kentucky Derby and Group 1 Travis Stakes.

Street Sense's first Southern Hemisphere crop are two-year-olds and sold well as yearlings at the 2011 yearling sales making up to $575,000 in the ring, with his second crop of yearlings making up to $210,000 this year. The son of Street Cry has sired three stakes winners in America in Group 3 winners Motor City and Castaway and Listed winner Street Life.

Blue Quail, dam of the $1.4 million colt Mullfit (Elusive Quality), will also be offered for unreserved sale at Lot 466. She has been served by Bel Esprit. Other weanling highlights from the Northfields Stud draft include:

• Lot 127, the filly by Keeper from the stakes placed American bred mare Exotic Stranger (Williamstown).
• Lot 266, the colt by Iffraaj from the Royal Academy mare Raining Monarch, the same family as Centennial Park (Thorn Park) and Foreplay (Danehill).

Northfields Stud will be offering 10 broodmares for unreserved sale by leading broodmare sires including Bluebird, Flying Spur, Royal Academy and Zabeel.

Included in the draft is the Thunder Gulch mare Little Tempest at Lot 553, a sister to the dual Group 1 winner Tempest Morn. She is the dam of the two-year-old stakes performer Coup Rocky Road (Rock of Gibraltar) and has been served by the Group 2 winning son of Oasis Dream in Showcasing.

Only just retired to stud, the draft will also offer the More Than Ready mare Suream at Lot 653. From the family of Group 1 winners Sirstaci (Silver Dream), Nimue (Star Way) and Smiling Like (Star Way), she has been served by the leading sire O'Reilly.

Lot 63, the colt by Street Sense from Blue Quail.

Also included in the Broodmare session from the draft are:

• Lot 441, the stakes winning American bred mare American Cash (American Chance) who has been served by Red Giant.
• Lot 528, the Flying Spur mare Impulse who is from the family of Golden Slipper winners Canny Lad (Bletchingly) and last year's winner Sepoy (Elusive Quality). She has been served by Showcasing.
• Lot 607, the Royal Academy mare Raining Monarch who has been served by Savabeel.

The Oaks Studis alsooffering a host of unreserved entries, including 17 broodmares entered for unreserved sale on Wednesday.

These are headlined by Alavana (Christmas Tree) who won the Group 2 Taranaki Classic at two and the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes at three. She has been served by the in-form sire Savabeel and will be offered in the Supplementary catalogue at Lot 688.

Also included in the stud's unreserved draft is the Irish bred Last Tycoon mare Mattiocco at Lot 566. She is a half-sister to the Group 1 Irish One Thousand Guineas winner Matiya (Alzao) and has been served by Roc de Cambes.

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Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock's National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale (7-9 May) are available and can be viewed online. To request a catalogue email Receptionist Faye Hunt reception@nzb.co.nz or call +64 9 298 0055.