The broodmare session at the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale features a strong line up of stakes performers and broad stallion representation both within pedigrees and covering sires.
Of the 70 mares to go under the hammer, 61 of which are being offered in foal to sires such as Proisir, Satono Aladdin, Super Seth, Sword of State, Tarzino, Ardrossan and more creating an opportunity for both pinhookers and end users to secure quality stock, with the session renowned as a proven source of investment success.
The broodmare section of the catalogue features a high-quality selection of mares who performed up to stakes level on the racetrack or have already produced black-type progeny.
Lot 211 is Kekova (NZ) (Elusive City), who won seven races including the Listed Wairarapa Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) and Great Easter Stakes (1400m). She is a half-sister to the dam of multiple Group One-winning star filly Legarto (NZ) (Proisir). Kekova has so far produced four winners from five foals to race, and she is in foal to Time Test.
Lot 223 is Nina’s Ballerina (NZ) (Savabeel), who is a full-sister to Group One Champagne Stakes (1600m) heroine Pasadena Girl (NZ) (Savabeel). Nina’s Ballerina is in foal to Ace High.
Lot 253 is the outstanding Xanadu (NZ) (Elusive City), who won six races including the Group One Windsor Park Plate (1600m) and New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). She placed in another six Group One races and earned over $500,000 in stakes. She is the dam of two named foals, both winners.
A major attraction of the sale is the fact that 61 of the 70 broodmares in the catalogue are being offered in foal. They have been served by a broad cross-section of sires – many of whom have earned significantly increased service fees for the upcoming season.
- Proisir’s service fee has risen from $17,500 to $70,000 after an extraordinary season. He has dominated the New Zealand sires’ premiership with close to $4m in earnings, and he has sired Group One winners Dark Destroyer (NZ), Pier (NZ), Legarto (NZ), Levante (NZ) and Prowess (NZ). Rosaleen Dubh (NZ) (Showcasing), who is catalogued as Lot 237, is being offered in foal to Proisir.
- The fee for Satono Aladdin has risen from $12,500 to $45,000 after a season that has produced Group One Australian Oaks (2400m) and New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pennyweka (NZ), as well as Karaka Million (1200m) winner Tokyo Tycoon (NZ). Lots 207 and 224 are being offered in foal to Satono Aladdin.
- After producing Australian Group One winners Jungle Magnate (NZ) and Gypsy Goddess (NZ) from his first three-year-old crop, Tarzino’s service fee has jumped from $15,000 to $25,000. A total of 11 mares are being offered in foal to Tarzino.
- Lot 187 is being offered in foal to Staphanos, who sired Group One Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) winner Pignan (NZ) in his first two-year-old crop this season and has seen his service fee rise from $7,000 to $15,000.
There is also significant interest around the mares in foal to newcomers to the stallion ranks.
Aided by the Ferguson dispersal, Cambridge Stud’s Sword Of State has eight mares being offered in foal to him. By Snitzel out of a Group Two-placed Encosta De Lago mare, Sword Of State won six races including the Group One Sistema Stakes (1200m) and was New Zealand’s champion two-year-old in 2020-21.
There are also two mares being offered in foal to Noverre (NZ). A son of champion sire Savabeel, Noverre has returned to his birthplace to stand alongside his father at Waikato Stud. Bought by Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis for $800,000 as a yearling at Karaka, Noverre won three of his seven starts including a spectacular last-to-first performance in the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m).
The National Weanling & Broodmare Sale will be held at Karaka on June 16, with selling starting at 10am.
View the 253-lot catalogue here.
For more information, contact Bloodstock Sales Manager Kane Jones on +64 27 274 4985 or email kane.jones@nzb.co.nz or Sales Representative Regan Donnison on +64 21 512 466 or regan.donnison@nzb.co.nz.
