Karaka May Sale

RELIABLE MAN (GB) (Grey 2008-Stud 2013). 5 wins from 2000m to 2400m, Chantilly Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1. Leading First Season Sire in Germany in 2017. Sire of 188 rnrs, 79 wnrs, inc. SW Sentimental Miss (New Zealand Oaks, Gr.1), Belle du Nord, Erasmus, Narella, Akribie, Hypnos, Main Stage, SP Ernesto, Leading Girl, Reevederci, Gris Dame, Kapoor, Sully, Moonlight Man, Grinzinger Star, Viva Gloria, Czechoslovakia, etc.

1st dam

VENUS BAY, by O'Reilly. 2 wins at 1200m, Hawkes Bay Speight's H., 3d Manawatu RC Tegel H.-twice. Sister to BELTHAZAR . This is her seventh living foal. Her sixth foal is a yearling. Her fifth foal is a 2YO. Dam of four foals to race, two winners, inc:-

CHINA STAR (f. by Chinese Dragon). 6 wins 1600m to 2100m, NZ$172,875, to 2017-18, Manawatu Breeders, Gr.3 , Manawatu RC McDonalds H., 2d Cambridge JC Travis S., Gr.2 , Marton Cup, L -twice, Levin RC Levin Cosmopolitan Club H., 3d Hawkes Bay Reliable Man Trophy H., Manawatu RC Pavemasters H., Bubbles Bar H., 4th Cambridge JC Travis S., Gr.2 , Marton Cup, L .

Incantation (f. by Per Incanto). 2 wins at 1200m, 1400m, 3d Otaki Maori RC NZB Insurance Pearl Series H., Manawatu RC Lawnmaster H.

2nd dam

NORTHERN REALITY, by Kreisler. Placed at 2, 2d Wanganui JC Yalumba Wines Juvenile H. Dam of 6 named foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, inc:-

BELTHAZAR (O'Reilly). 7 wins 1150m to 1400m, NZ$155,960, Waikato RC Ag & Turf Sprint H., L , ARC CM Jillings Cup, Avondale JC Sheriff H., BOP RC Bayleys Country H., Waikato RC Lowe Schollum & Jones H., 2d ARC Lindauer Fraise Juvenile S., 3d WRC Wellesley S., L , Avondale JC ByerleyPark H., Jack Coughlan Memorial H., Waikato RC Lowe Schollum & JonesH.

3rd dam

VIRTUAL, by Half Iced. Unraced. Sister to Crackenback . Dam of 6 named foals, all raced, 1 winner, inc:-

Go Blayco. 2 wins at 1000m, 1100m, Otago RC Brian & Shane Anderton H.

4th dam

AVARIA, by Avaray. Winner at 2000m. Half-sister to WORLD NEWS , (A) PALACE GOSSIP (dam of MOUNTEBANK ). Dam of 8 named foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, inc:-

Crackenback (Half Iced). 7 wins-3 at 2-1400m to 1600m, A$134,215, AJC Roy Abbott H., VRC Crown Club Welter H., AJC McWilliam's Sherry H., VATC Vite Cheval H., Anniversary H., Matrice Welter H., AJC NE Joseph H., 2d VRC Battle of Britain Welter H., SAJC Galway Bay H., 3d STC Peter Pan S., Gr.2 , 4th AJC Apollo S., Gr.2 , VRC Winter Championship H., L .

Staanray. 3 wins at 1200m, 1400m, VATC Trenton H., MVRC Vic Health Foundation H., 2d MVRC Yarra Burn Wines H., VATC Steeves Lumley P. H.

Opera Queen. Winner at 1400m. Grandam of-

JONBALENA (Lord Ballina). 7 wins 1200m to 2300m, NZ$254,875, Manawatu Cup, Gr.3 , WRC Thompson H., Gr.3 , Feilding Cup, L , 2d Marton JC Metric Mile, Gr.3 , Wanganui JC Hospice Cup, Masterton RC Ballance Agri-Nutrients H., Egmont Cup, Wanganui JC Training for You H., 3d Wanganui Cup, L , Manawatu RC Courtesy Ford H.