Premier Sale Catalogue Now Online
28 November 2008
The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock's Premier Yearling Sale is now available for viewing online.
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This year's Sale includes 503 yearlings representing the cream of the Australasian crop with pedigree's that span the globe's most successful sire and dam lines.
Testament to the quality of this year's catalogue, the 2009 Premier Sale will offer 33 half or full siblings to Group 1 winners, 39% more than the 2008 version of the Sale. The notable quality increases also illustrate the continuous improvement of the Sale Series due to the phenomenal success of its graduates. Such is the vendor's confidence in the Sale, both Cambridge Stud and the Schick family's Windsor Park Stud have opted to sell exclusively at Karaka.
Eight Group 1 winners emerged from the Premier Session last season with the highlights including Efficient's victory in the Emirates Melbourne Cup and the BMW Cox Plate going to El Segundo. Other Group 1 winners included Zarita, Alamosa, Boundless, Il Quello Veloce, Mr. Baritone, and Mission Critical. Already this season Premier graduates have started with a bang, notching up three victories at the highest level already, two coming in Australia at 1200m (Swick) and 1600m (Alamosa) with the other courtesy of Black Mamba in the John C Mabee Handicap (1800m) in Del Mar, USA. She is the sixth Australasian horse ever to win a Grade 1 in the USA, and the fifth New Zealander.
The 2009 Karaka Premier Sale offers half or full siblings to Group 1 winners Allez Suez, Arlingtonboulevard, Black Mamba, Cent Home, Coco Cobanna, Dorabella, Gallic, Gee I Jane, Hail, Il Quello Veloce, Jokers Wild, Kibbutz, King of Danes, Maldivian, Maroofity, Mr. Innocent, Nom Du Jeu, Orange County, Perlin, Portland Singa, Proprietor, Saint Cecile, Sale of Century, Sharvasti, Show A Heart, Shower of Roses, Sir Kinloch, Sir Slick, The Duke, The Jewel, Vapour Trail, Vouvray, and Zabeat.
Group 1 winning mares represented by progeny include Camino Rose, Cannsea, Emerald Dream, Facing The Music, Giovana, Honor Babe, Honor Bound, Honor Lap, La Bella Dama, Marquise, Moire, Nimue, Prized Gem, She's Country, �Smiling Like, The Mighty Lions, Wrap Around, and Zirna.
Since the catalogue went to print there have already been some significant updates, including:
407 - B.C. Snippetson - Cheeky Veronica (Sir Tristram) - half brother to $1,000,000 Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner Tell A Tale (Tale of the Cat)
225 - B.C. Pentire - Sheila Cheval (Mi Preferido) - full brother to Group 2 Couplands Bakeries Mile (1600m) winner Mufhasa.
77 - B.F. Viking Ruler - Lady Dehere (Dehere) - half sister to two-year-old Listed Race Murdoch Newell Stakes (1100m) winner The Lady (Stravinsky).
323 - C.C. Pins - Winds Of Conquest (Quest For Fame) - half brother to Listed Race Mohau Handicap (1400m) winner Coup Bloomsbury (Centaine).
Not only will the Sale showcase some of the world's top families, but an exciting list of sires including those represented by their first crop: Dubawi (IRE), Duelled (AUS), Falkirk, Oratorio (IRE), Snippetson (AUS), Snitzel (AUS), Southern Image (USA), Starcraft, Stratum (AUS), Undoubtedly (AUS) and Zenno Rob Roy (JPN).
They join a great selection of talented local and international sires including:
| Al Maher | 1 | Flying Spur | 5 | Reset | 2 |
| Anabaa | 5 | Fusaichi Pegasus | 3 | Rock of Gibraltar | 8 |
| Bachelor Duke | 2 | Galileo | 10 | Royal Academy | 1 |
| Bertolini | 1 | General Nediym | 10 | Savabeel | 30 |
| Black Minnaloushe | 6 | Golan | 3 | Scardee Cat | 2 |
| Canny Lad | 1 | High Chaparral | 9 | Shamardal | 4 |
| Cape Cross | 7 | Hussonet | 4 | Show a Heart | 2 |
| Captain Rio | 2 | Johannesburg | 2 | Snippetson | 1 |
| Catbird | 2 | Johar | 4 | Snitzel | 4 |
| Choisir | 3 | Keeper | 2 | Southern Image | 1 |
| Commands | 4 | King's Chapel | 1 | Spartacus | 2 |
| Danehill Dancer | 7 | Lion Heart | 2 | Starcraft | 8 |
| Danzero | 2 | Lonhro | 4 | Stratum | 6 |
| Dehere | 4 | More Than Ready | 4 | Stravinsky | 43 |
| Don Eduardo | 1 | Mossman | 2 | Street Cry | 1 |
| Dubawi | 2 | No Excuse Needed | 3 | Tale of the Cat | 7 |
| Duelled | 3 | Not A Single Doubt | 1 | Testa Rossa | 1 |
| Elusive City | 1 | One Cool Cat | 30 | Thorn Park | 10 |
| Elusive Quality | 1 | Oratorio | 3 | Towkay | 1 |
| Elvstroem | 3 | O'Reilly | 28 | Undoubtedly | 1 |
| Encosta de Lago | 14 | Pentire | 17 | Van Nistelrooy | 2 |
| Exceed and Excel | 10 | Pins | 68 | Viking Ruler | 2 |
| Falkirk | 3 | Posponed | 2 | Volksraad | 2 |
| Faltaat | 1 | Red Ransom | 2 | Zabeel | 31 |
| Fastnet Rock | 16 | Redoute's Choice | 8 | Zenno Rob Roy | 2 |
The Sales week this year will again start with a Twilight Race Meeting at Ellerslie on Sunday 25 January given the success of the inaugural Karaka Million last year - the one million dollar incentive race for graduates of the Karaka Sales Series. Race one of the six-race card is scheduled to jump at 4:30pm with great Kiwi hospitality and a live band set to give international visitors an impressive welcome to New Zealand.
All graduates of the 2009 National Yearling Sales Series will be eligible to enter for the 2010 running of the Karaka Million with the added bonus of being up for a start in the NZ$200,000 Karaka Mile as three-year-olds in 2011.
The dates for the 83rd National Yearling Sales Series are as follows:
� Premier Sale: 26 & 27 January
� Select Sale: 28, 29 & 30 January
� Festival Sale: 1 & 2 February