Tussar (NZ) 2021
Profile
4g Puccini x Shades Of Silk (AUS) (Thunder Gulch (USA))
Foaled September 23, 2021
Career: 5 starts, 0 - 0 - 1 $2,965
Trainer: Lisa Young, Riccarton Park
Ownership: Chantalle McLachlan, Lisa Young, Alex Tait, Matthew & Mitchell Hay, Tim Seeto, Nicholas Gibb, Tom Turner, Stephen Murdoch, Jackson Latham, Curtis Millard, Adam Winter, Scott Janett, Carl Huyser, Callum Hill, Lane McLachlan & B O'Malley
Tussar is a 4 year old gelding by Puccini out of the Thunder Gulch mare, Shades Of Silk.
Last start was 3rd at Ashburton on February 20, 2026 in the Heartland Print Mdn over 1200 metres.
Sale Details
Lot 986 2023 NZB Karaka Book 2Vendor: Mapperley Stud Ltd Buyer: Psd, Res $15,000
Puccini (NZ)
Shades Of Silk (AUS)
Encosta De Lago (AUS)
Our Miss Opera (NZ)
Thunder Gulch (USA)
Lycra (NZ)
Fairy King (USA)
Shoal Creek (AUS)
Paris Opera (AUS)
Brierley (NZ)
Gulch (USA)
Line Of Thunder (USA)
Tights (USA)
Katie Louise (AUS)
Northern Dancer (CAN)
Star Way (GB)
Marscay (AUS)
Sir Godfrey (FR)
Mr. Prospector (USA)
Storm Bird (CAN)
Nijinsky II (CAN)
Taj Rossi (AUS)
Race Record
4yo
20Feb26
3rd
Ashburton
Heartland Print Mdn 1200m
Soft(6) Donovan Cooper (57.5) 25/1 - 1st: Red Star Soot (1.6L)
3yo
10Jul25
10th
Cambridge Synthetic
Lime Group Hcp (60) 1300m
Synthetic Gareth Lahoud (52) 150/1 - 1st: Shamel Express (11.5L)
3yo
15Jun25
12th
Matamata
Craigs IP Mdn 1400m
Heavy(10) Gareth Lahoud (53.5) 50/1 - 1st: Empressive (30.5L)