Brown Eyed Grace was the joint 2010 NZB Southern Filly of the Year and is now into year two of her breeding career.
I purchased her privately for a client last year and she was mated with Westbury Stud’s Oakleigh Plate winner Swiss Ace. She produced a filly late in September and has since returned a 42 day positive pregnancy test to Zabeel.
Physically, this mare has a ton going for her and I have high hopes going forward, thus the big upgrade of mating this year.
By Van Nistelrooy (Storm Cat) from Lycsis (Final Card), Brown Eyed Grace won 3 races from the Riccarton Park stable of Kevin Hughes, the most important being the CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes-LR. Her dam is a half-sister to Lyrca (Tights), a filly John Wheeler trained to win both our Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes races as a juvenile.
Brown Eyed Grace during her racing days from the stable of Kevin Hughes