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New Zealand’s Mega Champion Sire SAVABEEL will once again headline the impressive stallion roster at Waikato Stud for the forthcoming breeding season where he will stand for a fee of $100,000+GST. Savabeel has now sired 23 Group One Winners, 114 stakes winners plus 76 Stakes Placed with 746 individual winners at a strike rate of 72.0% Winners : Runners and his progeny earnings topping $126 million globally.

With his third crop 2yo’s about to start their racetrack careers in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s timely to review and assess the impact racetrack sensation American Pharoah has already made in the stallion ranks around the globe. If 3yo Van Gogh could capture one of the Classics, it would certainly put the icing on the cake for breeding powerhouse Coolmore, who paid $23.5million USD for American Pharoah stallion rights in 2015 before the horse went to Ashford Stud in Kentucky. It’s looking like a shrewd investment.

Monday at Kyneton saw the emergence of a classy 4yo UK import progressing through the learning curve of what racing is about in Australia when going back-to-back with stylish wins. SAINT OF KATOWICE (IRE) was purchased by Dynamic Syndications / Dean Watt Bloodstock at the Tattersalls Horses-In-Training Sale and brought to Australia for a loyal and terrific group of Dynamic Owners. SAINT OF KATOWICE (IRE) career now reads 10 starts: 2 – 5 – 2 and $43,915

Bigger, stronger and importantly injury free, Team Dynamic were delighted with the comeback trial of stunning 3YO Gelding LOVE TAP (Tapit x Smokey’s Love) after he had a pipe-opener to blow out cobwebs in a trial at Rosehill on Tuesday. Trainer RICHARD FREEDMAN and jockey NASH RAWILLER were full of superlatives for LOVE TAP as he successfully negotiated his first full hit-out before resuming. LOVE TAP will join Dynamic Stablemate HIGH SUPREMACY (3yo g Savabeel x Lady Chaparral) who is on a Qld Derby path.

Widden Stud have announced their service fees for all 21 stallions on their 2021 rosters across both NSW and Victoria. Heading their list is the powerhouse Champion Sire ZOUSTAR, whose stocks have clearly been on the rise this year. ZOUSTAR’S oldest progeny now five-year-olds, and he continues to build a formidable record as the sire of 22 stakes winners – 15 of them Group Winners. Worldwide he has over 200 winners amassing in excess of $40 million in prizemoney.

Understanding the British racing scene can be difficult at the best of times for those of us from the Southern Hemisphere. However as the world continues to become smaller and as we fly horses from one point of the globe to another to compete and further, as the gene pool of thoroughbreds expands, its important to have some basic knowledge of what happens abroad, especially in the UK and even moreso for 2YO racing as this establishes the breeding trends for future generations.

Following on from the instant success of his progeny Tenebrism and Elliptic, boom first season sire CARAVAGGIO (USA) had another scintillating filly strut her stuff on debut, as CONTARELLI CHAPEL was super impressive winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden eased down by a widening 5½ lengths at Naas on Monday. All three of CARAVAGGIO’s 2yo winners are now eyeing starts at Royal Ascot in June.

Royally bred juvenile filly Verstappen made the perfect start to her racing career when the daughter of Savabeel came from well-back and wide to win on debut over 1200m at Avondale in NZ on Monday. This is yet another racetrack success story for the latest boom CROSS for champion sire SAVABEEL – the cross with Mares by FASTNET ROCK. Verstappen became the 7th progeny of SAVABEEL out of FASTNET ROCK Broodmares to have raced, recording 6 Winners and 1 Placed including 2 Stakes Winners.

An exciting new Group 2 Winner for AMERICAN PHAROAH was achieved on Saturday when Coolmore’s racetrack hero and super Young Sire American Pharoah (USA) was represented by a stunning new Stakes-Winner in the USA, when lightly raced mare AS TIME GOES BY made it a one act affair when streaking away by 9.25 lengths in the Group 2 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita.