Adrian Clark Bloodstock Ltd

Filles and mares bred by my one of clients Nearco Stud have made a great start to the new season.

High Tranquility (High Chaparral ex Tranquility Cove) was a dashing Maiden winner at her second start yesterday at Kembla Grange, which followed closely on the heels of wins by Backless (Cape Blanco ex Alagant Satin) at Goulburn last week and Hard Faith (All Too Hard ex Absolute Faith) at Geelong the week before.

Add to that a bold resuming second from Belle du Nord (Reliable Man ex Bankside Belle) at Taupo on Friday and it’s been a pleasing start to the term for the Nearco Stud breed.

Yesterday’s winner High Tranquility, who is prepared by John Sargent, was born in England and Nearco imported the mare & foal into Australia.  The photo you see with this piece is High Tranquility at Broadwater Farm (now known as Bhima) in October 2014.  If she looks a big foal, it’s actually because she was born in the January of that year!

Tranquility Cove is currently in foal to Jimmy Choux and recently returned to the Hunter Valley (Bhima) for a mating with Dundeel, the result of which will produce a close pedigree match to High Tranquility.

High Tranquility has been retained by Nearco Stud who shares in the racing lease with John Sargent & other clients of his Randwick stable.

High Tranquility - born NHT and imported into Australia at foot during 2014

Nice to see the lightly-raced four-year-old Backless (Cape Blanco ex Alagant Satin, by Al Akbar) win her second race at Goulburn today.

Owner Jason Abrahams and trainer Matthew Dale have taken their time with the mare and today’s outing was just her fourth appearance.

Jason Abrahams, the driving force behind the successful Australian Syndication company Champion Thoroughbreds, went to NZ$380,000 to secure Backless at the 2015 NZB Karaka Premier Sale.  She was offered by Curraghmore on behalf of my client Nearco Stud.

I purchased her dam, Alagant Satin, off the track for Nearco Stud.  The mare was prepared by Murray Baker and his son Bjorn (who was in partership with his dad at the time).  Alagant Satin is one of the gems in the Nearco broodmare band.  Her first foal, by High Chaparral (now named Calypso Bay – 3 wins to date) made NZ$550k as a yearling.  Backless is the second foal.  Nearco has a 3YO gelding by Ocean Park from the mare in work with Paul Pertab and the fourth foal is a yearling filly by Tavistock which has been retained.

Alagant Satin, by the same sire as the dam of Winx (Al Akbar), is currently in foal to Showcasing & has a booking to Shocking for 2017.

I took this photo of Backless as a yearling at Gordon Cunningham's Curraghmore in December 2014.

I got a real kick out of watching Hard Faith (All Too Hard ex Absolute Faith, by Not a Single Doubt) break out of Maiden company today at Geelong.  It was a huge effort as the filly was a long way back, made her run very wide out at the bend but never looked like flinching on her run and was impressive in scoring.

I purchased Hard Faith’s dam Absolute Faith for Nearco Stud off the track, dealing directly with her trainer John McArdle.  The first foal, by Starcraft (named Thetruthisoutthere) was a winner and Hard Faith is the second foal.  She was born & raised and Mike & Kate Fleming’s Bhima operation and sold at the 2016 Inglis Easter Sale for A$160,000.

Appropriately John McArdle was the successful buyer and he looks to have a more-than-promising three year old filly to take into spring racing.

Nearco Stud will offer an Olympic Glory filly from Absolute Faith at Inglis Classic at the start of next year.  The mare is currently in foal to Exosphere and returns to All Too Hard this season.

Hard Faith as a yearling - she is part of the first crop of Vinery Stud's rising star stallion All Too Hard