Next Generation of Windsor Park Stars at Karaka

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday March 3


Windsor Park Stud are proud to have bred, reared or sold 49 Group I winners and over 160 stakes winners that include the 2022 Karaka Million winner Dynastic, so what better place to begin your quest to bring home a champion from the Karaka Yearling Sales in New Zealand next week.

Windsor Park Stud is a name associated with champions such as So You Think, Might and Power and Aerovelocity with current star graduates including Group I winners Coventina Bay and Callsign Mav, plus stakes-winners Angelic Miss and the super exciting 2YO Dynastic.

Windsor Park Stud graduate Dynastic wins the 2022 Karaka Million!

A $360,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase for David Ellis, the Jamie Richards trained Dynastic lined up in the Karaka Million at just his second race start.

The Almanzor (Fr) colt was second when making his debut on Boxing Day, but atoned for that defeat with a commanding victory in the Karaka Million over stakes-winning filly Wolverine.

His half-brother, an athletic bay colt by Mongolian Khan from Meir will be offered by Windsor Park Stud as Lot 929 in Book 2.

The half-brother to Dynastic.

“He’s a classically built, quality colt that is a beautiful moving individual from a high class Aga Khan family,” said Windsor Park Stud’s Steve Till.

A two time NZ Horse of the Year and triple Group I winner of the Caulfield Cup, Australian Derby and New Zealand Derby, Mongolian Khan is starting to hit his straps as a sire.

“He has an interesting runner in Australia on Saturday in Bankers Choice,” Till pointed out.

“The four year-old gelding has won five of 10 starts in New Zealand and will make his debut for the Mike Moroney stable in the Group II VRC Blamey Stakes at Flemington.”

Windsor Park sires Turn Me Loose, ShamExpress, Rip Van Winkle (IRE) and Charm Spirit (IRE) have all enjoyed stakes success this season and promising young sire Vanbrugh has had six winners from just 15 runners headed by his Group placed filly Mustang Valley.

Turn Me Loose is a young sire on the up.

A triple Group I winning sprinter miler by sire of sires Iffraaj, Turn Me Loose is building an impressive record with his oldest progeny just 3YO’s with six stakes horses led by promising 2YO Alabama Gold, winner of the Group III Matamata Slipper and stakes-winner Turn the Ace.


The Windsor Park stud drafts for Karaka Book 1 and Book 2 feature a large selection of yearlings by the Windsor Park sires in addition to youngsters by Ocean Park, Kermadec and Almanzor.

Highlights are below:

Lot 19 Colt Shamexpress x Time For A Kip, by Rip Van Winkle (IRE)

Third foal of an unraced half-sister to Group II winner Fascino and daughter of Group II winner Lady Kipling.

“Strong bodied, good moving, mature colt from the active family of Windsor Park yearling graduate and Group winner Fascino.”

Lot 74 Filly Rip Van Winkle x Alana’s Dream, by Bernardini (USA)
 

Dam is a winning daughter of stakes-winner Dominatrix and has had four foals to race and all are winners.

“A well grown, quality daughter of Rip Van Winkle who uses herself well. All proceeds from the sale of this filly have kindly been donated by her owner and breeder Ben Kwok to the Catwalk Trust and Beyond The Barriers Charity (retired Thoroughbred rehoming). By the sire of Filly Of The Year and G1 Oaks winner Jennifer Eccles and dual G1 winner Te Akau Shark.”


Lot 112 Colt Rip Van Winkle (IRE) x Bay Missile, by Smart Missile
 

Second foal of a placed half-sister to the dam of Melbourne Cup winner Vow and Declare from the family of Australian G1 winners Hauraki and Kidnapped.

“A “chip off the old block” this lovely, deep girthed, good moving colt is built very much in the mould of his leading sire and Champion racehorse Rip Van Winkle.”

Lot 246 Colt Turn Me Loose x Fastnet Rose, by Fastnet Rock


Second foal of a sister to stakes-placed Main Dane from the family of Australian GI winners Serenade Rose and Trekking.

“This strong bodied, beautifully balanced colt is by exciting young sire Turn Me Loose and is out of a young Fastnet Rock mare that is closely related to current Australian Group winner Tralee Rose.”

Lot 294 Filly Turn Me Loose x Her Royal Highness, by Volksraad (GB)


Half-sister to G3 winner Kingsguard from stakes-winner Her Royal Highness.

“Another quality and athletic daughter of Turn Me Loose that has the same symmetry as her half- brother Kingsguard. She is bred on the same cross as Alabama Gold, Turn Me Loose’s Group winning 2YO this season and Windsor Park yearling graduate and record breaking, 2022 Karaka Millions winner Dynastic.”

Lot 374 Colt Charm Spirit (IRE) x Let Me Roar, by Rip Van Winkle (IRE)


Third foal of Group II placed Let Me Roar, a half-sister to dual Australian G1 winner Lion Tamer, Victoria Derby and Underwood Stakes.

“A great physical specimen that is just built to run. By Invincible Spirit’s successful, young, international sire Charm Spirit, this grouse colt is out of a brilliant, six times winning from only seven starts, Group performed racemare.”



 

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