Santanna Blue Chip
Art Major’s richest son at stud in Australasia
Art Major is one of the most potent forces in the breeding Industry in both Hemispheres.
He was America’s leading two-year-old sire with his first crop in 2007 and the leading sire of three-year-olds in 2008, while his first crop of juveniles in Australia in 2008/09 easily eclipsed the previous record for progeny earnings by a two-year-old sire.
Art Major has been fully booked in every season he has stood ‘Down Under’.
Santanna Blue Chip, who is standing his first season at Stallion Station’s Christchurch base, retired as the richest ever son of Art Major with a bankroll of $1,622,636 from just 27 starts.
He won a whopping $931,223 as a two-year-old and $691,413 at 3 and averaged an amazing $59,582 per start!
Among his string of Grand Circuit successes were the $650,000 2YO Breeders Crown, $731,700 Governor’s Cup and the $130,000 Simcoe Stake, while he recorded notable placings in the $1.5m. North America Cup, Messenger Stake, Burlington Pace and Confederation Cup.
Boasting a record of 1:51.3 as a two-year-old, Santanna Blue Chip possessed a fantastic turn of foot pacing the final furlong in his Breeders Crown triumph in an unbelievable 12 seconds!
Carl Jamieson, who trained Santanna Blue Chip throughout his career, said: “He just had pure raw speed. If he can pass that on to his offspring, the sky’s the limit for their potential.”
Upon his retirement in 2008, Santanna Blue Chip stood at the prestige Kentuckiana Farms in Ontario where he was strongly patronised by North American breeders, covering 140 mares in his first season.
Golden Crosses
Santanna Blue Chip has great conformation with an early speed pedigree. His dam, a Debutant Stakes and New Jersey Stakes winning 2YO filly, Mmissus Hanover 2, 1:53.8, by Matt's Scooter.
Santanna Blue Chip is ideally suited to NZ and Australian mares. He has a reverse sex cross 3x4 to Niatross and also a 4x4 reverse sex cross to Albatross - both very desirable additions to a pedigree.
Being out of a Matt's Scooter classic 2YO mare, Santanna Blue Chip will add the excellent gait and speed for which this sireline has been such a great classic success in NZ and Australia.
Matt's Scooter nicks well with the blood of Spinster and so has the maternal family of Santanna Blue Chip which has had great success with Race Time (3rd dam Spinster) who is a full brother to the dam of Warm Breeze, sire of Falcon Seelster.
Santanna Blue Chip would suit the blood of Spinster from: Falcon Seelster, Light Brigade, Clever Innocence, Miles McCool, Toliver Hanover, Albatross, Bachelor Hanover, Presidential Ball, Paulsboro, Present Laughter and Rashad.
RACE RECORD
| Starts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Stakes |
| 2YO - 11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
$931,223 |
| 3YO - 16 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
$691.413 |
| 27 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
$1,622,636 |
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Royal Mattjesty
His first North American crop is flying
Royal Mattjesty, the fastest son of Matt’s Scotter with a 1:48.8 mark, is proving an instant success with his first racing crop of two-year-olds in Canada.
From 57 eligible foals, Royal Mattjesty has 27 starters, of which 14 have emerged successful – a 52 percent strike rate.
He has six in the 2:00 list headed up by an outstanding filly in Bay Girl 1:52.4 ($188,618), winner of the $130,000 Ontario Sires’ Stakes Gold 2YO Championship, Kim’s Quest 1:54.8, Tiger’s Mattjesty 1:55.4 and OK Canada 1:56.6.
Bay Girl in winning form
Meanwhile in Australia, Royal Mattjesty’s first crop (19 foals) has already produced five starters and three winners. They include the WA Sales Classic heat winner Goldfields Girl, Blissful Assassin, a 1:59.4 two-year-old winner in WA, and this season’s Queensland three-year-old winner Royal Em.
With his biggest crops still to represent him, Royal Mattjesty looks poised to enjoy a successful siring career in keeping with the first class record of stallions from the Direct Scooter sireline ‘Down Under’.
Fully booked
The books of our leading sires Mach Three, Courage Under Fire and Major In Art have been full and closed for some time. We wish to thank breeders for their tremendous support of these sires.
We are very pleased with the response to Pacific Fella, who has attracted his biggest-ever book following the outstanding success of his progeny on the racetrack, while Riverboat King and Royal Mattjesty continue to receive plenty of support from breeders.
However, we still have vacancies for a trio of our stallions in newcomer Total Truth, Righteous Hanover and Attorney General.
They all have first class race records, belong to top families and have great conformation.
BREEDING INCENTIVES
Now in our fourth year of operation, Stallion Station is enjoying its busiest season so far with three stallions serving full books and several others commanding their largest books on record.
As a result, we will meet the market on these three stallions – on both price and payment terms. Please ring our sales team Les Joslin and Trevor Perrin or in NZ Bob McArdle, Danny Boyle and our Southland rep Owen Crooks.
Don’t leave your mare empty this spring ... ring us at the farm and we will work out a deal that suits you!
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