First Crop Sires 2003-04
NEW ZEALAND FIRST CROP SIRE WATCH, 2003-04
Following first crop sires is one of the most interesting aspects 
of racing and breeding thoroughbreds.
Each year breeders hope that the latest "Class" might include 
another Sir Tristram or Foxbridge, Pakistan II or Oncidium, 
Centaine or Volksraad.  
These are the 20 stallions who stood their first season in 
New Zealand in 2000 and whose first New Zealand-conceived 
runners appear on the track in 2003-04. 
Until the end of March trial winners are noted; from April until 
the end of the season only race winners & stakes performers 
are listed - all trial and race winners are underlined.


Final Update: as at 31 July 2004

*Leading NZ First Season Sire: STRAVINSKY 
16 runners/7 winners/16 wins/6 stakes wins/4 SW/$285,413; 
PINS is 2nd, CAPE CROSS is 3rd; Australian-based shuttle 
FASLIYEV is 4th; ISTIDAAD is 5th.

*Leading NZ-based First Season sire, and 3rd Overall on Australian 
First Season Sires list (behind Redoute's Choice & Commands): 
STRAVINSKY - 25 runners/9 winners/13 wins/3 stakes wins/3 SW/$A653,020; 

NEW ZEALAND FIRST CROP SIRE SUMMARY, 2003-04
Of these 20 first crop sires:  
13 have had starters 4 have had Group performers
(Cape Cross, Marju, Pins, Stravinsky)
7 have had one or more winners
(Cape Cross, Dream Well, Istidaad, Marju, Pins, Spinning World, Stravinsky)		 2 have had a Group winner
(Marju & Stravinsky)
6 have had winners in Australia
(Cape Cross, Istidaad, Marju, Pins, Spinning World, Stravinsky)		 1 has died 
(Batavian)
5 have had stakes performers
(Cape Cross, Marju, Pins, Spinning World, Stravinsky)		 4 are not shuttling to NZ in 2004 
(Cape Cross, Dream Well, Marju, Spinning World) 
4 have had stakeswinners
(Cape Cross, Marju, Pins, Stravinsky)		 13 are standing in NZ in 2004    

 

Stallion, Year Foaled Sire, Dam, (Damsire)
Stud Location,
Contact, Phone No.
Resident/Shuttle
2003 NH stud & fee
(if applicable)		 2000 Stud Fee
(+GST);
No. Live Foals 2001;
Yearling Sale Average 2003

No. Live Foals 2002;
Yearling Sale 
Average 2004
 Trials and Race Performers
Winners are underlined

Summary Statistics to date

For shuttle stallions and sires which have previously stood in Australia: latest news of their NH crops and Australian SW

BATAVIAN (NZ), 1993
Straussbrook-Cricceith (GB) by
Brigadier Gerard
Died
Grangewilliam Stud 
Wanganui
Anne Corcoran
Ph: (64 6) 346 5925

Resident

 $2,500
54
$10,250

N/A		 Great Escape g. won 880m trial, Counties, 22/12






Five runners in New Zealand this season; no winners yet. 
CAPE CROSS (IRE), 1994
Green Desert-Park Appeal (Ahonoora)
Cambridge Stud 
Cambridge
Sir Patrick Hogan
Ph: (64 7) 827 7887





Shuttled to NZ, 2000-03
Kildangan Stud, Ireland, €20,000

Cape Cross has made a modest start to his SH career compared both with his companion shuttle at Cambridge Stud, Stravinsky, and the sensational performances of his own first crop NH runners, especially as three-year-olds in 2004. It will be fascinating to see how his first SH crop measures up in the coming season but owners and trainers with Cape Cross 3yos in their stable have every reason to be confident.  It should be noted that Cape Cross' next two NZ crops are substantially smaller than his first: he had eighty-five 2002 foals, and only 45 foals in 2003. 		 $15,000
102
$45,135

85
$51,053

 		 First SH winner & SW: 
FLORILEGIUM 
(f. ex Gardenia; bred by Sir Patrick & 
Lady Hogan); 2nd Eclipse S. 1200m G3, Ellerslie, 2/1; won 1000m LR, Pukekohe, 22/11;  3rd 1000m, Te Rapa, 8/11; won 900m race, Trentham, 11/10; won 850m trial, Taupo, 2/10; won 600m trial, Te Teko, 15/9
Teen A Te (f. ex Startling Lady), won 850m, Gold Coast, 7/12
Mango Daiquiri (ex Audencia), won 1500m, Sale, 14/5
Sharki (ex Ricamo), won 1000m, HK, 28/2; won 1200m, HK, 16/5
Cross Bar (g. ex Lady Leica), won 1200m Gosford, 30/3; won 740m trial, Randwick, 5/3; 3rd 900m trial, Rosehill, 28/10
Milcape (f. ex Katlim), 2nd 1200m, Ellerslie, 6/2
Cape Horn (c. ex Sugarbird), won 800m trial, Avondale 16/3
Starlet f. won 800m trial, Avondale, 16/3
Watch The Tote (c. ex Totoka), won 650m trial, Waipa, 9/3; 3rd, 650m trial, Cambridge, 25/9
Windlass (f. ex Royal Sirt), won 600m trial, Rangiora 4/3
Yes Man (g. ex Lavender Blue), won 800m trial, Cambridge, 24/2
Cross Examine (f. ex Pericot (IRE)), won 650m trial, Cambridge, 24/2
Fields Of Athenrye (f. ex Kaap's Gem), 2nd 1200m, Wairoa, 8/2; 3rd 1200m, Stratford, 31/12
Wild Blue f. won 800m trial, Foxton, 16/12
Dominica (f. ex Desert Wine), 2nd 1000m, Trentham, 6/12; 2nd 800m trial, Matamata, 13/11
Cape Dignity (f. ex Laq of Dignity) 2nd, 815m trial, Warwick Farm, 16/1; 3rd, 900m trial, Warwick Farm, 10/10
Zeddour f. 2nd, 600m trial, Waverley, 7/10
Akicita (AUS) (c. ex Cramoisy), unplaced 400m, Taranaki, 20/9; won 450m trial, Wanganui, 16/9


SH Stats: 31 starters, 9 winners, one SW

Cape Cross has had 92 runners (from 130 foals) for 49 individual winners of 88 races from his first two NH crops, incl. eight SW, among them the dual Oaks G1 winner OUIJA BOARD. He is currently 8th on the UK Sires' List. 
CHATHAM (NZ), 1992
Globetrotter-Ellen Killeen (Bellissimo)
Four Winds Stud
Hawera
Kerry Caldwell
Ph: (64 6) 278 6647


Resident		 $3,000
10
N/A

N/A
N/A

 







No raceday runners yet. 
COLOMBIA (NZ), 1996
Zabeel-Eight Carat (GB) 
(Pieces of Eight)
Michael Otto Bloodstock 
Auckland
Ph: (64 9) 631 5070

Resident

 $4,000
49
$16,714

48
$14,250

 Mary Ellen (f. ex Palace Lady), won 600m trial, Waverley 2/3






Two raceday runners, no winners yet.
DREAM WELL (FR), 1995
Sadler's Wells-Soul Dream (Alleged)
Fayette Park Stud  
Matamata
David & Masey Benjamin
Ph: (64 7) 883 1892
Stood 2000 NZ season only; now at Shadai Farm, Japan

Shuttle		 $20,000
34
$35,583

N/A
N/A		 Slumber (ex Riposte), won 1200m, Avondale, 30/6






Five SH raceday runners to date, one winner to date. 

Ten starters in Japan for six winners.
EXPRESS DUKE (AUS), 1992
Kenmare-Daring Way (Alydar)
Cheval Stud
Te Awamutu
Frank Drummond
Ph: (64 7) 872 4830

Resident		 $2,500
13
$10,250

24
$2,262		 Kauri Girl c. won 400m trial, Avondale, 7/11
Reely Smokin (f. ex Awaiting), 4th 1000m, Te Rapa, 8/11; won 650m trial, Cambridge 25/9


One raceday runner to date. 
FORT MORGAN (USA),
1994
Pleasant Colony-Colorado Dancer (Shareef Dancer)
Manorshire Stud
Ashburton
Robert Moriarty 
Ph: (64 3) 302 2755

Shuttle 		$4,500
10
$2,000
(one sold)

15
N/A





No raceday runners yet. 
GO CORP (NZ), 1992
Omnicorp-Go Ven (Go Fun)
Ambrosia Farm
Cambridge
Cathryn & Robert Fisher
Ph: (64 7) 823 2304

Resident 		$1,200
9
N/A

7
N/A






No raceday runners yet. 
ISTIDAAD (USA), 1992
Chief's Crown-Mazzei Mood (Roberto)
Blue Gum Lodge
Cambridge
Brian & Raewyn Corbett
Ph: (64 7) 827 8727


Resident		 $4,000
117
$16,033

85
$11,583		 Daddy Cool (g. ex Cool Babe) won 1400m Trentham, 1/5
Rapid Reason (g. ex Spectaculac) won 1400m, Gold Coast, 19/6
Ivory Bee g. won 650m trial, Cambridge 23/3
First Winner: Justa Tad (f. ex Infinity), won 1200m, Avondale, 10/1

Eleven runners, three winners.
LE PALLIARD (IRE)
1994
Sanglamore-Floripedes 
(Top Ville)
Prebbleton Farm 
Christchurch
John Shaw
Ph (64 3) 349 3000

Resident		 $2,000
37
N/A

33
N/A		 Borrowed Time g. won 450m trial, Riccarton, 21/10
Jounce f. 2nd, 450m trial, Riccarton, 21/10
Quality Dancer f. won 600m trial, Otaki, 21/8



No raceday runners yet.
MARJU (IRE), 1988
Last Tycoon-Flame Of Tara (Artaius)
Ra Ora, Auckland - now closed
Stood 2000 NZ season only; now at Derrinstown Stud, Ireland, €16,000



Shuttle

With a Group 2 winner already from his only NZ crop, Marju may well turn out, like that other single-season shuttle success, Soviet Star, (alliteration rules!) to be sadly missed in the southern hemisphere. And we can hardly be surprised: he's already a thoroughly proven sire with a lifetime record of better than 5% SW to foals, a figure most stallions never achieve. 		 $17,500
59
$79,648

N/A
N/A		 First NZ-bred SW:
BURNING SANDS (f. ex Encarta by Westminster; bred by Lesley Warwick), won STC Sweet Embrace S. 1200m G3,   Rosehill, 20/3
First Winner: Lady of Courage (AUS)
(f. ex Ebony Glow), won 850m, Sunshine Coast, 19/10 
First NZ-bred Stakes Performer:
Wenceslas Square (AUS) (g. ex Emmy B); 2nd 1100m, Rosehill, 1/11; 2nd 1000m, Randwick, 18/10; 2nd AJC Breeders' Plate 1000m, LR, 5/10; won 800m trial, Randwick, 22/9
Marju Rani (ex Palace Bound) won 900m, Newcastle, 10/7
Doc Holliday (g. ex Santa Evita) won 1320m, Wanganui, 5/6
Qudraat (ex Romanee Conti) won 1050m, Balaklava, 5/5
Marzeri (f. ex Miss Rory) won 650m trial, Cambridge, 24/2
Under Cover f. won 700m trial, Paeroa, 9/12
Lady Aythorpe c. won 800m trial, Avondale, 8/11; won 400m trial, Avondale, 9/10
Kolfinna c. 2nd, 600m trial, Avondale, 9/10
Confederate Colors c. 3rd, 400m trial, Avondale, 9/10
Audrey c. 2nd, 750m trial, Taupo, 2/10
Musical Charm f. 3rd, 600m trial, Te Teko, 15/9

SH Stats: 17 starters, five winners, one SW, one SP

Marju has had six NH SW in 2004 headed by G1 SOVIET SONG, G2 MARBYE & G2 BRUNEL. 
PINS (AUS), 1996
Snippets-No Finer 
(Kaoru Star)
Waikato Stud
Matamata
Garry & Mark Chittick
Ph: (64 7) 888 7717

Resident

Judging by the 66% increase in his fee for 2004, to $15,000, Waikato Stud is very confident that Pins will build on the good start his first runners have given him.  And six first-crop stakes performers, two of them in Australia, are undeniably a good basis for that confidence. 
It may or may not be notable that his first SW and one of his SP progeny are out of mares by Centaine. Naturally enough, Pins served more mares by his recently deceased companion sire than by any other sire - and Centaine is already a valued broodmare sire in his own right. 
Still, he has certainly helped to give Pins a good launch.  		$9,000
87
$48,833

84
$51,416		 PIN UP BOY (c. ex Dare To Win; bred by T.E. Luke, C.J. Waller, Ms L. Williams), won Northland Breeders' S. 1200m LR; 2nd, 650m trial, Cambridge, 25/9
First Stakeswinner: ECONSUL (AUS) (c. ex Gypsy Soul; bred by Augusta Bloodstock Ltd), won Widden S. 1100m, LR, Randwick, 1/1; won 1100m, Rosehill, 13/12
Group 2 placegetter & First Winner: GP Prickle (f. ex Snobbish), 3rd, G2, 1200m, Trentham, 17/1; won Trentham, 7/12; 2nd, 900m trial, Matamata, 13/11
GP Acupuncture (f. ex Quack), 2nd 1200m G2, Matamata, 14/2; won 1200m, Avondale, 26/1; 3rd, 1200m, Hastings, 15/1; 2nd, 400m race, New Plymouth, 20/9
SP Magic Pins (c. ex Lady Madonna) 3rd, Qld Tatt's S. 1400m LR, 26/6
SP Pin High (f. ex Spring Reason), 3rd AvJC 2yo S. 1200m, LR, 25/4
Celtic Rose (f. ex Sly One), won 1200m, Waverley, 18/4; won 800m, Otaki, 13/3
Tackman (ex Ausjewel), won Eagle Farm, 1400m, 26/5; 2nd Sunshine Coast, 1600m, 6/6; won Eagle Farm, 1600m, 10/7
Tivoli Dancer (f. ex Dance For Joy), won Wyong, 1100m, 29/6; won Rosehill, 1250m, 14/7; won 740m trial, Randwick, 5/3
Lovelock (c. ex Aspects of Love), won 800m, Riccarton, 13/12; won 450m trial, Riccarton, 4/12; won 450m trial, Riccarton, 21/10
Viennetta (f. ex Bali Sugar), won 1200m, Te Rapa, 25/2; won 850m trial, Te Aroha, 12/2
Pinprick (c. ex Hinewai), won 1100m, New Plymouth, 22/5; won 850m trial, Taupo, 2/10
Breezy (f. ex Zephyr Magic), won 850m trial, Waipa, 9/3
Silver Lord (g. ex Azarashi), won 740m trial, Randwick, 5/3
Clavillo (c. ex Tbaareh), won 900m trial, Rosehill, 20/2
Dress Suit (c. ex Flight Queen), 2nd 900m trial, Rosehill, 20/1; won 900m trial, Rosehill, 6/1
Platinum Slipper (f. ex Volterra), 3rd 1000m, Tauherenikau, 6/2; 3rd 1100m, Woodville, 3/1
La Tansaa f. won 800m trial, Matamata, 13/11
Pins 'N' Needles (f. ex Raining) 2nd 850m, Riverton, 3/1; won 450m trial, Riccarton, 4/12
Rhysess (f. ex Sarhys), two raceday starts; won 600m trial, Waverley, 7/10
Henry's Daughter f. 3rd, 750m trial, Taupo, 2/10
Beaming Bright g. 2nd, 650m trial, Otaki, 21/8

27 starters, ten winners, two SW, two GP, two SP 
SEASONED STAR (AUS), 1993
Green Desert-Moon's Circle (Irish River)
White Robe Lodge
Mosgiel
Brian & Lorraine Anderton
Ph: (03) 489 5308

Resident		 $2,000
42
$22,000

38
$23,000
(two sold)		 Sugar 'n Spice (f. ex Go Aliesha), 2nd Champagne S. 1000m, LR, Wingatui, 26/12





Five raceday runners; no winners yet. 
SEVEN FIGURES (USA), 1996
Kingmambo-Six Crowns (Secretariat)
Ashwell Farm
Cambridge
Ray Knight
Ph: (64 7) 827
Exported to Australia

Resident		 $3,000
49
$9,055

30
$4,666		 Chapel Rose f. 3rd, 400m trial, Avondale, 7/11






No raceday runners yet.
SPINNING WORLD (USA), 1993
Nureyev-Imperfect Circle (Riverman)
Windsor Park Stud  
Cambridge
Nelson Schick & Sue Schick
Ph: (64 7) 827 6656
To stud USA & Australia 1998; Stood 2000 NZ season only

Shuttle
Coolmore Ireland, €17,500
Coolmore Australia, $A15,000		 $25,000
54
$67,448


$40,644		 First NZ-bred Winner & Stakes Performer:
Spinlin (f. ex Pamlin) 2nd 800m, Riccarton, 13/12; 2nd 800m, Riccarton, 13/12; 2nd 1000m, LR, Riccarton, 15/11; won 850m, Gore, 24/10
Balanchine (ex Shall We Dance)
Rotational (ex Lyrical Look)
Comeinspina (f. ex Bass Bidder)
won 750m trial, Taupo, 2/10

NZ crop stats: 14 runners, three winners, three wins

Spinning World has had nine NH/SH SW in 2003-04 incl. dual G1 Special Harmony (eight Group & Listed Stakes wins & $A1.5 million for the season) & G1 Thorn Park in Australia. He is 11th on the general Australian Sires' list (and 2nd leading third crop sire) with $A3.7 million in prizemoney.
STRAVINSKY (USA), 1996
Nureyev-Fire The Groom (Blushing Groom)
Cambridge Stud
Cambridge
Sir Patrick Hogan
Ph: (64 7) 827 7887

Shuttle
Ashford Stud, Kentucky
$US25,000

Stravinsky has enjoyed a simply stunning season and commands a fee of $40,000 - 25% more than his first-season fee - this season.  Expectations of his first-crop three-year-olds are high and nothing less than Group One wins will do. If the way Keeninsky has opened his second season is anything to go by, the Stravinskys simply can't wait to get going!		 $30,000
99
$83,820

86
$129,993


 First SH Stakeswinner: 
SW ORATORIO (AUS) (c. ex Express A Smile), won Tommy Smith Slipper, 1200m, LR, Doomben, 27/12; won Jayco S. 1000m, LR, Moonee Valley 25/10; 3rd, Debutant S. 900m, LR, Moonee Valley, 15/10
First NZ Stakeswinner: 
SW STEFFI (f. ex Crystal Rose; bred by Wobinda Farms Ltd), won 850m, Gore, 29/1; won Champagne S. 1000m LR, Wingatui, 26/12
First SH winner:  SW ALINSKY (g. ex Alynda; bred by Alan Jones), won Eclipse S. 1200m G3, Ellerslie, 2/1; 2nd Taranaki RC 2yo Classic G3, 20/3; won 400m race, New Plymouth, 20/9; won 800m, Canterbury, 11/10 
SW FLYING FIREBIRD (f. ex Hairini by Zabeel; bred by Clare Jones & Graeme Wrigley), won Ottawa S. 1000m LR, Flemington, 6/11; 2nd, 900m trial, Rosehill, 30/9
SW KEENINSKY (c. ex So Keen; bred by B.T. Hall & J.A. Rowan); 2004  champion New Zealand 2yo; won Taranaki RC 2yo Classic G3, 20/3; won 1200m LR, Matamata, 14/2; won 1000m, Trentham, 24/1; won 650m trial, Cambridge, 16/12
SW JULINSKY PRINCESS (f. ex Juliette Heights), won LR, Riccarton; won 1100m, Marton, 15/5
SP Valse des Fleurs (f. ex Florinda), 2nd AJC Canonbury S. LR
SP Shastri (g. ex Vedodara), won 1200m, Trentham, 6/3; 2nd 1200m LR, Matamata, 14/2; won 1200m, Stratford, 31/12; won 800m trial, Cambridge, 16/12; 2nd 750m trial, Taupo, 2/10
SP Clonakilty (f. ex Te Akau Quest) 2nd SAJC Balcrest S. LR; won 1000m, Morphettville, 3/1
SP Suite (ex Cousins), won ???; 3rd LR, Randwick
La Sizeranne (f. ex Tricia Ann), won 1200m, New PLymouth, 8/3; 2nd 1000m, Te Rapa, 23/11; won 900m trial, Matamata, 13/11
Lynisky (f. ex Happy Features), won 1200m, Avondale, 12/5
Coup Stravinsky (g. ex Rivertaine), won 800m trial, Ashburton, 25/3
Scherzo Joy (f. ex Easter Joy), won 800m trial, Cambridge 23/3
Alice Downs g. won 850m trial, Te Aroha, 12/2 
Sydney Symphony (c. ex Seeking Fortune), 2nd 815m trial, Warwick Farm, 16/1
How Fantastique (AUS) (f. ex Joie de Vivre), 2nd 1100m, Woodville, 3/1 
Platinum Place (f. ex Affidvait) 3rd 880m, Counties, 11/2; 2nd, 800m trial, Avondale, 7/11
Getting There g. 3rd, 800m trial, Avondale, 7/11; 3rd, 600m trial, Avondale, 9/10
Carlucci (f. ex Joyfulness), won 800m trial, Randwick, 22/9
Ponchatula g. 3rd, 750m trial, Taupo, 2/10
San Luis Rey (c. ex Polo), 3rd, 800m trial, Cranbourne, 19/9
Dresden Doll f. 2nd, 600m trial, Te Teko, 5/8

SH Stats: 42 starters, 15 winners, six SW, two SP

Stravinsky has had more than 45 winners from his first two NH crops, incl. four SW (G1 Balmont, SW Golden Stravinsky, SW Ocean Symphony & SW Venables).
THE GLADIATOR (NZ), 1997
Zabeel-Great Klaire 
(Great Nephew)
Prebbleton Farm
Christchurch
John Shaw
Ph: (64 3) 349 9946

Resident		 $2,000
48
$500 (one sold)

20
$6,250 
(two sold)		 Star Of Indy g. won 650 trial, Cambridge, 25/11





Two runners; no winners yet. 
WESTERN RED (NZ), 1990
Spectacular Love-Lady Bronte 
(Little Brown Jug)
Manor Park Stud
Pokeno
Tony & Lisette Vesper
Ph: (64 9) 232 7714

Resident

 $3,000
7
N/A

N/A
N/A

 Ted Tyndel (c. ex Cotillion Belle); 3rd 1100m, Ellerslie, 28/12; won 600m trial, Avondale, 9/10
Skyla Rose g. 2nd, 600m trial, Waverley, 7/10




Three raceday runners; no winners yet. 
ZA-IM (GB), 1994
Green Desert-Al Bahathri 
(Blushing Groom)
Manorshire Stud
Ashburton
Robert Moriarty 
Ph: (64 3) 302 2755


Resident		 $4,000
12
N/A

N/A
N/A







No raceday runners yet. 
ZERPOUR (IRE)
Darshaan-Zerzaya 
(Beldale Flutter)
Westbury Stud
Auckland
Russell Warwick
Ph: (64 9) 292 7070

Resident		 $5,000
23
$27,400


38
$19,229		 Fastnet Rock (g. ex Hellriegel (AUS)) won 1000m trial, Cambridge, 23/3
Sarah Fox c. won 650m trial, Cambridge, 23/3




No raceday runners yet.
Yearling Sale average is across all 2003 yearling sales in Australasia to mid-July; $A=$NZ; figures from 2003 & 2004 NZTBA Stallion Registers and Australian Bloodhorse Review: www.bloodhorsereview.com.au; 
Foal numbers from the NZ Stud Book:  www.nzstudbook.com
Very grateful thanks for race & trials results and statistical summaries to Arion Pedigrees: www.arion.co.nz  NZTR: www.nzracing.co.nz ; RSB : www.rsb.net.au ; 
AAP Racing & Sports: www.aapracingandsports.com.au ; Racenet: www.racenet.com.au AJC: www.ajc.org.au ; and to www.thoroughbredinternet.com for NH & SH stallion data.
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