Karaka 2022 - Book 1

SACRED FALLS (NZ) (Bay 2009-Stud 2015). 9 wins-2 at 2, ATC Doncaster H., Gr.1-twice. Sire of 149 rnrs, 79 wnrs, inc. SW Aegon (New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1), All Hallows' Eve, Courier Wonder, Zee Falls, All Saints' Eve, SP Impecunious, Icebath, Ezdara, Tommy Gold, Salto Angel and of Sacred Palace, Shoshone, Miss Ipenema, Blaze Seven, Comanche Brave, Sacred Option, South Parade, Waihaha Falls, Aromatic, etc.

1st dam

SO YOU SPARKLE, by So You Think. Winner at 1400m, 3d ARC Graeme Thomson Antique H. This is her first foal.

2nd dam

SILVER SPARKS, by Mt. Livermore. Unraced. Half-sister to BARSANTI, Bird Flown (dam of SISKIN), Rising Tornado (dam of CLOSE HATCHES, LOCKDOWN). Dam of 4 foals, all raced, 3 winners, inc:-

Majaska. 5 wins at 1000m, 1200m, A$120,580, 2d ATC Schweppes H., TAB More Than Winning H.-twice, 3d ATC McGrath Estate Agents H.

Platinum Diva. Winner at 2 at 1000m.

3rd dam

Silver Star, by Zafonic. Winner at 2 at 1600m, 3d Saint-Cloud Prix Coronation, L, 4th Deauville Prix de Saint-Cyr, L. Sister to XAAR, three-quarter-sister to ESPIONAGE, ZANTE, In the Past (dam of DOMESDAY), three-quarter-blood-sister to VICTORIAN ORDER, half-sister to DIESE (dam of SENURE, SPEAK IN PASSING, DEXTERITY), MASTERCLASS, ILE DE JINSKY, Didicoy (dam of DIDINA, STAR CLUSTER), Stardom (dam of TRICK OF LIGHT). Dam of 15 foals, 13 to race, 11 winners, inc:-

BARSANTI (Champs Elysees). 5 wins-3 in succession-1¼m to 1½m, £291,985, Ascot Buckhounds S., L, 2d Royal Ascot Hardwicke S., Gr.2, Newmarket Godolphin S., L-twice, York Silver Cup, L-twice, 3d Goodwood Tapster S., L-twice, Ascot Buckhounds S., L, Newmarket Fred Archer S., L, Pontefract Castle S., L, 4th Royal Ascot Hardwicke S., Gr.2.

Bird Flown. Winner at 2, 2d Longchamp Prix de la Masseliere. Dam of-

SISKIN (First Defence). 5 wins in succession-4 at 2-at 6f, 1m, £29,590, €450,387, US$20,000, Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Curragh Phoenix S., Gr.1, Railway S., Gr.2, Marble Hill S., L, 3d Goodwood Sussex S., Gr.1, 4th Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Gr.1.

Rising Tornado. Winner at 1950m in France. Dam of 6 winners-

CLOSE HATCHES (First Defence). Equal Leading Older Female on the 2014 WTR (Mile). Champion Older Female in USA in 2014. 9 wins-4 in succession-7f to 9f, US$2,707,300, Belmont Mother Goose S., Gr.1, Ogden Phipps S., Gr.1, Saratoga Personal Ensign S., Gr.1, Parx Racing Cotillion S., Gr.1, Oaklawn Park Apple Blossom H., Gr.1, Aqueduct Gazelle S., Gr.2, Oaklawn Park Azeri S., Gr.2. Dam of-

TACITUS (Tapit). 4 wins-1 at 2 and 3 in succession-1m to 1¼m, US$2,267,350, 5,625,000SAR, Aqueduct Wood Memorial S., Gr.2, Belmont Suburban S., Gr.2, Tampa Bay Derby, Gr.2, 2d Saratoga Travers S., Gr.1, Belmont S., Gr.1, Saratoga Woodward H., Gr.1, Jim Dandy S., Gr.2, 3d Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby, Gr.1.

LOCKDOWN (First Defence). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 8¼f, 8½f, US$445,900, Aqueduct Busanda S., L, 2d Aqueduct Gazelle S., Gr.2, 3d Churchill Downs Kentucky Oaks, Gr.1, Parx Racing Cotillion S., Gr.1.