Smooth Sailing at Day 1 of NZB Breeze Ups

The first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups has successfully been completed with 96 heats of two-year-olds dashing down the straight at Te Rapa racecourse.

-VIEW Day 1 Breeze Up times here-

Every horse catalogued in the Ready to Run Sale is offered the opportunity to gallop on the course proper at Te Rapa with the final 200m of their work timed and filmed. Conditions were near perfect at Te Rapa with two-year-olds galloping on a Dead 5 track into a slight headwind.

Lot 299 (inside) ran the fatest time of the day, working with Lot 360.

The day saw a large portion of runners go under 11 seconds with an even spread of times.

Recording the fastest heat of the day was Lot 299 who clocked a time of 10.33 seconds. The Savabeel colt from Mana Park worked with Lot 360, a Testa Rossa colt out of Group 1 winner Foxwood, also from Mana Park, who recorded 10.38 seconds for his 200m.

Savabeel has the largest draft in the Ready to Run Sale and had a number of good breezers. Lot 201 by Savabeel out of stakes winning mare Tonic from Diamond Lodge also recorded a handy time of 10.45 seconds.

Last season’s Champion Sire of New Zealand O’Reilly also has a strong presence at the Sale with 12 progeny catalogued. A colt by the Waikato Stud sire out of a half-sister to Group 1 winner Cinder Bella, Lot 172 from Kilmore Farm, ran a time of 10.95 seconds.

One breeze of particular interest was Lot 367, the half-brother to Group 1 winner and the weekend’s Group 2 Caulfield Sprint winner Bel Sprinter. To be offered by Lyndhurst Farm, the colt by Hussonet stopped the clock at 10.81 seconds.

Also among the impressive Breeze Ups was a colt by Commands catalogued at Lot 149 from Prima Park. The eye-catching brown colt breezed up in a time of 10.45 seconds working with stablemate Lot 291, a Mastercraftsman colt.

The day ran successfully with New Zealand Bloodstock’s Sales Manager Danny Rolston pleased with proceedings.

“The day ran smoothly with no hiccups which is a credit to the vendors,” commented Rolston. “The Dead 5 track has ensured an even spread of times and horses have been able to show their action on a good surface. The quality of horses presented was of a high level across the board.”

Breeze Up clips will be available for viewing on the New Zealand Bloodstock website (www.nzb.co.nz) and on the free iPad application from 24 October. DVD copies can be requested from [email protected] and will be available from 28 October.

This year’s Breeze Ups will be aired lot-by-lot on Trackside TV in New Zealand and on TVN in Australia. Replays can be viewed, or recorded, at the following times:

Trackside 1:

• Friday 31st October, 7:30am
• Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th & Friday 7th November, 7:30am
• Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th & Friday 14th November, 7:30am

TVN:

• 5.30am Friday 31 October.
• More to be confirmed.

The action will continue tomorrow at Te Rapa with another 95 Heats scheduled from 10am. Tomorrow's Breeze Up schedule can be found here.