Monthly Archives: July 2011
Veil was the first
It’s appropriate that I write about Veil (Faltaat ex Sweet ‘n’ Vain) on the very first day of the new racing season. For a start, I owe much to this mare. She was the very first horse to carry our
Betwixt’s first foal to Karaka 2012
Prominent Melbourne trainer Mick Price prepared Betwixt to win the Tasmanian Derby-Gr.3 and the daughter of O’Reilly is now well into her career as a broodmare. Adrian Clark Bloodstock purchased Betwixt in foal to Fastnet Rock at last year’s Gold
Stakes-placed relative of Waverley Star to Shocking
Shocking is proving a very popular newcomer stallion for Rich Hill Stud. Adrian Clark Bloodstock manages four mares which are booked to the dual Group One-winning son of Street Cry. Amongst them is Dream By Day (City on a Hill
Keffiya booked to Pentire
The magnificent looking race mare Keffiya is back in New Zealand and will be mated with Pentire in the coming season. A Cape Cross half-sister to the multiple Group One winner Maroofity and a close relative of Hong Kong star
Walk in the Park retired – off to Starspangledbanner
Walk in the Park, who was third in Purple’s 2009 Queensland Oaks-Gr.1 (2400m) has been retired to stud and is currently in NSW preparing for a mating with Coolmore Stud’s Starspangledbanner. A daughter of New Zealand’s Champion Sire this season,
Our Joan of Arc to Zabeel
The former top class juvenile Our Joan of Arc (Beautiful Crown ex Bright Heroine, by Bluebird) is part of the capacity (& now closed) book for Champion Sire Zabeel in the coming season. Our Joan of Arc was purchased by
Lamington Vegas to Mastercraftsman
Windsor Park Stud’s year two shuttler Mastercraftsman has been chosen as the 2011 mating for the black type-winning racemare Lamington Vegas. The winner of the Listed Ryder Stakes at two and placed in the Lion Red Plate-LR at three, Lamington
Sarajay booked to Iffraaj
The dual Group Two-winning Sarajay will be mated with Haunui Farm’s boom shuttle horse Iffraaj in the coming season. Sarajay is owned by Adrian and Sherryl Clark who raced her for the latter part of her career from the stable
Absolute Faith sold & booked to Starspangledbanner
Adrian Clark Bloodstock has negotiated the sale of the Group One-performed race mare Absolute Faith (Not A Single Doubt ex Tender Saint). Purchased as a yearling and trained throughout her career by John McArdle, Absolute Faith won two races at
Brown Eyed Grace to Zabeel
The black type-winning Van Nistelrooy mare Brown Eyed Grace has been booked to champion stallion Zabeel for the upcoming breeding season. The sale of Brown Eyed Grace was negotiated by Adrian Clark Bloodstock last year when she retired from the