The 2018 breeding season will see Haunui Farm with a stallion
roster that will hold appeal for all New Zealand breeders at exceptional
value.
Stalwart of the Haunui Farm stallion roster Iffraaj (GB) (Zafonic), will return
to New Zealand at a fee of $25,000 + GST this season.
A proven,
International sire, Iffraaj commands a service fee of £40,000 at his Dalham
Hall base in the Northern Hemisphere. With a Group One performer in each
and every crop to date, Iffraaj has sired Karaka Million winners, Guineas winners,
Derby winners, a Filly of the Year, and Weight for Age performers on both sides
of the Tasman and was among the top 10 Group One stallions worldwide last
year. He's a sire of sires, a Group One broodmare sire and has been among
New Zealand's leading sires since his first crop hit the track in 2010.
Joining Iffraaj for his second season at Haunui in 2018 is Champion 2YO of
Europe Belardo (Ire) (Lope De Vega), who will once again stand at a fee of
$12,000 + GST.
A dual Group One winner and the only son of Lope De Vega
at stud in Australasia, the first of Belardo's elite victories came in the time
honoured Dewhurst Stakes, a feature of the English flat racing season and a
race that has been won by numerous Champions of their generation including Iffraaj's
sire Zafonic and Belardo's grand sire, Shamardal. A G1 performer at 3YO,
Belardo was afforded the rare opportunity of a G1 winning colt to race on at
fourand added the G1 Lockinge Stakes to his tally and, was a closing
second to Champion mare Tepin in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot which
saw him named the best male of the Royal Ascot meeting in 2016.
Since announcing Belardo's arrival at Haunui Farm last season, Lope De Vega has
gone from strength to strength in both hemispheres. Standing at a fee of
€60,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland, he has recently notched his 40thstakes winner – remarkable given he has just five crops of racing age - and in
the past twelve months, his Australasian honour roll includes dual Group One
winners Vega Magic and Santa Ana Lane, and from just two starters in New
Zealand this season, he has produced stakes winning 2YO fillies Spanish Whisper
and Rubira.
Belardo's first crop of foals have created an excellent impression in the
Northern Hemisphere and with over 70% of his first books of mares immediately
related to black type, he has been afforded every opportunity to make his
mark.
Mark Chitty says, "We're looking forward to the arrival of Iffraaj and Belardo
back to Haunui at the end of July once they've completed their quarantine
requirements. Iffraaj is proven, and Belardo is just starting out but
with his race track performance, the success of his sireline in Australia
through Shamardal and Lope De Vega, and the presence of Danehill in his pedigree,
we're confident he won't take long to make his mark."
For more information in regard to the Haunui stallions, please feel free to
call Mark – 021 663 995 – or Shannon – 0212 855 513.
