15 October 2010 Vol 69

Collection Morning - Spares

On collection mornings, (Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Australia and every second day in NZ) we will be emailing, faxing and/or texting clients, our spares for the day. If you would like to utilise this service, please provide your most appropriate contact details, to receive the list in a timely manner.

Mach Three Youngster Wins $170,000 Group 1

The Mach Three two-year-old gelding Twin B Legend notched his first Group 1 success and secured second position on the Ontario Sires Stakes earnings list when he out finished his rivals in the $170,000 OSS Gold Final at Mohawk last Saturday (October 9).

Twin B Legend

Despite spotting the leaders three lengths at the top of the stretch, Twin B Legend knuckled down to the task in resolute style and completely swamped his opponents in the latter stages.

Saftic, who drove the winner said: “Halfway down the lane, I thought I was going to be second and I was thinking that's not bad but the colt kept digging." The time for the mile was 1:52.2 with sectionals of 26.8, 29, 27.8 and 28.6.

Another Mach Three colt, Some Mach Some Win, finished third, ahead of the $1million Metro Pace winner and early pacemaker Mystician (4^th).

Mach Three’s progeny completely dominated the race with five of the nine runners in the Group 1 sired by him.

Twin B Legend, who holds a record of 1:51.4, now has three wins and three seconds from nine starts with earnings totalling $114,050. He became the second son of Cam’s Card Shark broodmare What An Attitude to win an OSS Gold Final last week. The gelding’s half-brother Twin B Warrior was victorious in the three-year-old pacing colt Gold Final at Windsor Raceway earlier in the week.

Stallion Station Sires Dominate Rich Ontario Sires Program

Mach Three and Royal Mattjesty are ranked second and seventh respectively on the All Aged sires’ list of this year’s Ontario Sires Stakes series. The program, for two and three-year-olds of both sexes and gaits, is the richest Sires Stakes scheme in the world with more than $20million distributed annually.

Mach Three’s progeny had earned $1,248,420 in OSS races this year and he trails the leader Camluck by a mere $40,000, according to the Standardbred Canada computer on October 11.

Royal Mattjesty, with only two crops racing, has Stake earnings of $379,340, ahead of Life Sign, Million Dollar Cam and Apache’s Fame.

Mach Three is the leading stake-earning sire of two-year-old colts and geldings and is lying second on the three-year-old colts’ table, while Royal Mattjesty is ranked in the top ten in respect of prize money for two and three-year-olds of both sexes.

The Mach Three trio Twin B Legend ($95,000), Mach of Ballykeel ($91,200) and Some Mach Some Win ($83,300) are ranked second, third and fourth respectively on the two-year-old colts’ table, while Gold Final winner Monkey On My Wheel ($117,500) and Shipp’s Xanadu ($73,300) are among the leaders in the two-year-old fillies’ Premiership.

Lucky Taryn and The Big Macher, a pair of Mach Three fillies, are running 1-2 in the OSS Grassroots 2YO section.

In the three-year-old colts’ division Mach Dreamer ($205,600), a dual Gold Final champion, holds a commanding lead, while the Royal Mattjesty lasses Heavenly Ash ($51,120) and Bay Girl ($51,000) are riding high on the fillies’ table.

In fact, Heavenly Ash is the overall leader in the Grassroots Series with four wins from six starts and seasonal earnings of $68,170.

Mach Three Colt Tops Ready To Run sale

The Mach Three two-year-old Basshunter was knocked down for $90,000, the highest price of the day at the Ready To Run sale held at Addington, Christchurch on Wednesday (October 13). 

The colt, who is the 16^th foal of a Mercedes mare, Madam Jodasc, had been one of the fastest triallists at Ashburton a month earlier. He reeled off a half in 55.6 seconds. 

The youngster was secured by big spending Brisbane owner Dean Shannon and trainer Darrell Graham, who outlaid $391,000 for eight lots.

“We had a brother to him called Bradnich Sam, he was by Cam's Trickster and did a super job. This fella's not unlike him and being by Mach Three he has the potential to be even better," Graham said.

A pair of other Mach Three colts to sell well were Mach Danny (ex Soky’s Atom mare Sokin Rain) and Hugh (ex Holmes Hanover mare Penthouse) which realised $42,000 and $24,000 respectively.

Mach Danny had trialled in 56.2 and Hugh in 57.3.

Alta Sinatra (Mach Three -Minni’s Folly-Tuapeka Knight), who had worked a half in 55 seconds, was passed in at $70,000.

The Courage Under Fire colt Marble Ridge, who hoisted the fastest time of the 81 triallists of 54.9 seconds (last quarter in 25.8), made $30,000 at the sale. He is the first foal of a Live Or Die mare.

Courage Under Fire averaged a pleasing $22,666 for three lots sold. A filly, Motu Firefly (ex Smooth Fella mare), sold for $20,000, while another colt, Equalizer (ex Falcon Seelster mare), made $18,000.

Official World Champion – ART OFFICIAL                         

Standing his first year in the Southern Hemisphere and settling in well to his surroundings is the multiple world Champion son of Art Major, Art Official. He has all the qualities required to ensure his speed and toughness pass on to his progeny.

Art Official

THE SPEED OF THE RACEHORSE

• 54 Starts, 18 wins and 23 places with over $2,000,000 in winnings

• Winner of $1.1million Meadowlands Pace in the second fastest time ever recorded 1:47, at the time the OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD

• Art Official is one of only 3 horses in history to pace two winning miles in better than 1:48.0 (1:47.0 at 3 and 1:47.4 at 4).World Champion status on both a 1/2 mile (1:50.4) and mile (1:47.0) track.

• Defeating some of the best horses, including 2 of the greatest horses of all time in Somebeachsomewhere and Mister Big.

• Paced 15 miles in 1:50 or faster

• Won the Bluegrass, Tattersalls, Cane Pace elim and final, Hoosier Cup, Little Brown Jug elim (3rd in final), Indiana Pacing Derby and Meadowlands  

ROYAL BLOODLINES

• The fastest and richest son of the great Art Major

• From the 100% producing Falcon Seelster mare Naughty Shady Lade. 

• The regal bloodlines of champions including the great Aged Pacing Mare of the Year Shady Daisy ($1,807,755) and Shady Character ($1,225,905).

• Served over 100 mares in first season at stud in Northern Hemisphere’s prestigious Kentuckiana Stud.

• Will carry on the Art Major legacy and will genetically cross well with a wide range of mares in NZ and Australia 

Major in Art’s World First Foals

As reported on Harness Link news recently, the reports coming though about the first crop of foals anywhere in the world have breeders, and Stallion Station really excited. Major in Art was purchased off the track and syndicated to a group of Stallion Station breeders last year and served over 220 mares in his first season, with the first of these, now being foaled down. We have had some really positive feedback about the conformation and athletic types he has thrown. The stallion's North American owner is on his way to Australia to investigate the foals for himself on hearing of the types. 

An exciting sample of Major in Art's First Foals

Major in Art x Goldtown Dancer Colt

Major in Art x Leica Dancer Filly

Please feel free to send in pictures of your foals (with details) for possible use in future newsletters and on the website.

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