Lot

 

Banana Kick

Lot

65

Foaled 20th September 2005

Bay Gelding

Box

C 80

Branded: LWnr sh; 2 over 5 off sh

Account of DURHAM FARM, Matamata.

(The property of S. R. & S. C. Bruce)

Sire

Catcher in the Rye (IRE)

2000

Danehill

Danzig

Northern Dancer

Razyana

His Majesty

Truly a Dream

Darshaan

ShirleyHeights

Truly Special

Caerleon

Dam

Cunning Kick (AUS)

1994

Celestial Dancer

Godswalk

Dancer's Image

Oulanova

Nijinsky

Crystal Crown

Crowned Prince

Raise a Native

Better Gleam

Better Boy

CATCHER IN THE RYE (IRE) (Bay 2000-Stud in Ire. 2004, Aust. 2004). Winner at 1m, €100,176, 2d Longchamp Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Gr.1. Out of SW Truly a Dream (Woodbine EP Taylor S., Gr.2). Sire of 10 wnrs, inc. Eileen's Violet, The Catcher, Derrida, Kersaint, Caught in Paradise, Beato Angelico, Nine Stories, Nisina, Safari Sunup, Salingers Star and of the placegetters Bourbon Highball, Glenveagh, etc. His oldest Aust.-bred progeny are 2YOs.

1st dam

CUNNING KICK, by Celestial Dancer. 2 wins at 2, BTC QBBS Sales 2YO H. This is her sixth foal. Dam of four foals to race, three winners-

Hidden Booty (f. by Knowledge). 2 wins at 1400m, 1600m in Aust.

Gunja Daerohaeng (f. by Lujain). 2 wins at 1200m, 1400m to 2007 in Korea.

Carefully Hidden (f. by Knowledge). Winner at 2 in Aust.

Artful Vixen (f. by Foxhound). Placed in Aust.

2nd dam

CRYSTAL CROWN, by Crowned Prince. Unraced. Half-sister to KAPALARAN, Madam Peppermint, Be Brilliant (dam of DISCOVER DIAMONDS, FLAMENCO KING). Dam of 8 foals, 5 to race, all winners, inc:-

Crown Zip. 6 wins to 1300m, STC Truscott Toyota H., 2d AJC The Thailand Trophy, 3d STC Newhaven Park Stud Superfecta H.

Fluent. 2 wins at 1600m, 3d STC Miranda H., Star Affair H.

Dapper's Crown. Unraced. Dam of-

Crown Chief. 12 wins from 1000m to 1600m, 2d STC Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club H., 3d ACT RC Casino Canberra H.

3rd dam

BETTER GLEAM, by Better Boy. 7 wins-1 at 2-from 7f to 11f, AJC Flight S., Gr.2, Princess H., L, Loftus H., STC Queenscliff H., Annangrove H., NSW Tatt's RC 2YO H., 2d AJC Oaks, Gr.1, Queensland Oaks, Gr.1, 4th VRC Oaks, Gr.1. Sister to ANSATIN, blood-sister to Inner Glow (dam of HEART STRINGS, TRUTH). Dam of 13 named foals, 11 to race, 4 winners, inc:-

KAPALARAN (Showdown). 6 wins-2 at 2-from 1300m to 1850m, A$109,850, VATC One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, AJC Hobartville S., Gr.2, STC Gloaming S., Gr.2, 2d VRC Wakeful S., Gr.2, 3d VRC Oaks, Gr.1.

Madam Peppermint (Zephyr Zip). 6 wins from 1200m to 1800m, WATC Tusitala Quality Sprint H., 2d Western Australian Derby, Gr.1, WATC Helena Vale Cup, Gr.3, 3d WATC Sheila Gwynne S., L. Dam of-

Peppermint Queen. Unplaced. Dam of-

DUNDALLY (Voltage Peak). 8 wins from 1400m to 2400m, WATC Queen's Cup, Gr.3, Helena Vale Cup, L, 3d Bunbury Cup, Gr.3.

Be Brilliant. Placed at 3 in Aust. Dam of-

DISCOVER DIAMONDS (Marscay). 8 wins-3 at 2-to 1200m, Kenilworth Sceptre S., Gr.2, Greyville Strelitzia S., Gr.3, 2d South African Fillies Sprint S., Gr.1, 3d South African Fillies Guineas, Gr.1. Dam of-

DIAMOND QUEST (Saumarez). 7 wins from 1600m to 3200m, £1,890, R842,375, 442,336Dhs, to 2006-07, Greyville Gold Cup, Gr.1, Sugar Mill H., L, 4th Greyville Lonsdale Stirrup Cup, Gr.3.

FLAMENCO KING (Vaslav). 4 wins-2 at 2-from 1100m to 1600m, VRC Spring Classics Preview H., L, 4th Geelong RC Derby Trial S., L.