Karaka 2025 - Book 1

SO YOU THINK (NZ) (Bay or Brown 2006-Stud 2012). 14 wins-1 at 2, MVRC WS Cox P., Gr.1-twice. Sire of 992 rnrs, 670 wnrs, 57 SW, 11 G1 wnrs. His SH-bred progeny inc SW Think it Over (ATC Queen Elizabeth S., Gr.1), Think About It, Quick Thinker, La Bella Diosa, Nimalee, Palaisipan, Sopressa, Nakeeta Jane, D'Argento, Inference, etc. His NH-bred progeny inc SW Knights Order, Coachwhip, Mr Marathon Man, Think of Me, etc.

1st dam

NAKATAAN, by Zabeel. Winner at 1900m, 2d MRC Cable Beach Resort P., 3d MRC Cove Hotel P. Half-sister to FIX, SUDBINA, Galileo's Destiny. This is her sixth foal. Her fifth foal is an unraced 3YO. Dam of four foals to race, inc:-

POLITICAL DEBATE (g by So You Think). Winner at 2 at 1500m, A$420,950, BRC The Phoenix S., L, 2d BRC JJ Atkins P., Gr.1, Murrumbidgee TC Wagga Wagga Gold Cup, L, ATC Dooleys H., Robrick Lodge Filante H., Hellbent at Yarraman Park 2YO H., 3d BRC Spirit of Boom Classic, Gr.2.

Quorum (g by All Too Hard). Placed, 3d HKJC Red Packet H., Wing Lok H.

Weona Karioi (f by All Too Hard). Placed at 3 in Aust.

2nd dam

DESTINED, by Danehill. Unraced. Three-quarter-sister to FORETELLER, CAMACHO, half-sister to MODERN LOOK (dam of GRAND JETE), ARABESQUE (dam of SHOWCASING, VESELA), Photographic (dam of SHUTTER SPEED). Dam of 11 foals, 9 to race, 6 winners, inc:-

FIX (Iffraaj). NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year in 2012-13. 8 wins-2 at 2 and 3 in succession-1000m to 2000m, NZ$453,126, ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2, Royal S., Gr.2, Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2, 2d New Zealand Derby, Gr.1, Rotorua RC Lion Red P., Gr.3, Waikato RC Sprint H., L, 3d New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Waikato RC James & Annie Sarten Memorial S., Gr.3. Dam of 3 winners-

Know Thyself (Galileo). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1600m, 2400m, Saint-Cloud Prix Providencial, 2d ParisLongchamp Prix Vanteaux, Gr.3, Prix de Liancourt, L, 3d ParisLongchamp Prix d'Hédouville, Gr.3, Prix de La Seine, L, 4th Saint-Cloud Prix La Camargo, L, Baden-Baden Preis der Baden-Badener Hotellerie & Gastronomie, L.

SUDBINA (Almanzor). 3 wins 1300m to 1600m, NZ$127,665, in 2023-24, WRC Desert Gold S., Gr.3, Hawkes Bay Caci S., 4th Waikato TR Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2, Auckland TR Bonecrusher S., Gr.3.

Galileo's Destiny (Galileo). 3 wins 1200m to 1600m, 2d South African Derby, Gr.1, Turffontein Dingaans H., Gr.2, Graham Beck S., Gr.3, 3d Turffontein South African Classic, Gr.1, Gauteng Guineas, Gr.2.

3rd dam

PROPHECY, by Warning. Third top filly on The 1993 English 2YO Free H. 3 wins at 2, Newmarket Cheveley Park S., Gr.1, 2d Newmarket Nell Gwyn S., Gr.3. Blood-sister to TAKE HEED. Dam of 11 foals, 8 to race, 7 winners, inc:-

FORETELLER (Dansili). 11 wins-2 at 2 and 3 in succession-1400m to 2000m, €70,600, A$1,885,500, ATC Ranvet S., Gr.1, VRC Makybe Diva S., Gr.1.

MODERN LOOK (Zamindar). 4 wins-3 in succession at 2-at 1400m, 1600m, €174,540, US$18,695, Chantilly Prix de Sandringham, Gr.2. Producer.

ARABESQUE (Zafonic). 2 wins at 6f, Pontefract Flying Fillies S., L. Dam of-

SHOWCASING (Oasis Dream). 2 wins at 2 at 6f, £129,561, York Gimcrack S., Gr.2, 3d Newmarket Middle Park S., Gr.1. Sire.