25 lots - 20 Sires In Quality Ready To Run Smorgasbord

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Eion and Megan Kemp’s Matamata farm Kilgravin Lodge are consistently among the leading vendors at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale of 2YO’s and this year have an outstanding draft of 25 2yo’s by 20 sires.

Today we look at the first five to be sold on day one, Wednesday November 18.

Details for online bidding and registration is here.

Lot 17 – colt by Ocean Park x Peak Performer

Conformation Gallery - Parade Video - eBook.

Closely related to champion So You Think out of a winning daughter of More Than Ready.

Impressive in his breeze up when full of running and with plenty more to offer.

  • Colts by Ocean Park boast a 67 % winners-to-runners ratio.
  • Ocean Park is the Gr.1 sire of Kolding and Tofane.
  • Ocean Park is the sire of 8 stakes winners in Australia.
  • More Than Ready is the broodmare sire of 104 stakes winners, 9 of which at Group One level.
  • The Ocean Park/More Than Ready cross has had 1 colt to race for the 1 winner in Bumper Blast.

Lot 24 – filly by Sweynesse x Post Thyme (Postponed)

By last season’s NZ Champion First Season Sire out of a stakes winning mare that has so far left four winners.

  • Sweynesse’s 3YO Only Words won this season’s Listed Wanganui Guineas.
  • Sweynesse has already sired the black-type winners Bonita Aurelia and Only Words.
  • Sweynesse’s daughter Bonita Aurelia won last season’s Gr.3 Taranaki 2YO Classic.

Lot 31 – filly by Zoustar x Queen Of The Creek (USA) (Theatrical)

Conformation Gallery - Parade Video - eBook.

By leading sire Zoustar, sire of 14 stakes winners including Gr 1 winner Sunlight. Out of a stakes winning mare that has to date left three winners from three runners.

From the family of Champion Big Brown. VOBIS and Super VOBIS eligible.

Lot 93 – colt by Sweynesse x That Jamaican Girl (Shinko King)

Conformation Gallery - Parade Video - eBook.

By last season’s NZ Champion First Season Sire out of a half-sister to the stakes winner Fat Kid.

  • Sweynesse’s 3YO Only Words won this season’s Listed Wanganui Guineas.
  • Sweynesse has already sired the black-type winners Bonita Aurelia and Only Words.
  • Sweynesse’s daughter Bonita Aurelia won last season’s Gr.3 Taranaki 2YO Classic.

Lot 97 – gelding by Super One x Trial Bay (Aus) (Congrats)

Conformation Gallery - Parade Video - eBook.

Grey gelding by I Am Invincible’s Champion 2YO son Super One.

A “lovely horse” according to his rider, he is a bold striding galloper that breezed impressively with more to offer in 10.76.

  • Super One’s oldest progeny are 3YO’s.
  • Super One was rated amongst the top-5 Australian first crop sires by individual winners last season.
  • Congrats is the broodmare sire of American Group One winner, Shedaresthedevil.

Go here to see the full Kilgravin Lodge draft.

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