New Zealand weekly breeding round-up

Weekly harness racing breeding roundup for New Zealand.

Leading Trotting Sire:   Love You | 3 Winners

Leading Trotting Broodmare Sire:   Continetalman, Monarchy & Gee Whizz | 2 winners

Leading Pacing Sire:   American Ideal, Mach Three, A Rocknroll Dance, Washington VC, Sportswriter, Terror To Love & He’s Watching | 2 winners

Leading Pacing Broodmare Sire:   Christian Cullen | 6 winners

Leading Breeders:   Alan & Fiona Clark, Sandy & Jan Yarndley

Alan & Fiona Clark were close to taking top honours for the week had The Fiery Countess been able to improve upon her second and third placings in the span of two days.

The Brad Williamson trained and driven, Night Watch (Imperial Count – Dark Ops) was a winner at Ashburton on Sunday. She is the first foal from the race-winning C R Commando, daughter of former New Zealand record holder, Constar.

On Thursday at Cambridge, the Jason & Megan Teaz trained Wishing Star (Wishing Stone – Stargo Whiz) was able to clear maidens in the last on the card. She is a half-sister to several well performed Clark bred trotters that include the likes of the Robert & Jenna Dunn trained open class square gaiter, Chief Of Staff (The Pres)

Sandy & Jan Yarndley got their breeding double over the weekend, with both winners coming from their famed Black Watch family.

At Cambridge on Thursday night, the Mike Berger-trained Cos I Can (Always B Miki – Cordelia) got the fourth win on his resume from just 13 starts. He is a half-sister to Group One winner Town Echo (Art Major). Young broodmare Cordelia (Bettor’s Delight) is flying the flag for the Yarndley breed, with the pair being her first two foals of racing age. The third foal, No Mercy (Art Major), has run twice as a two-year-old for Andrew and Lyn Neal and already managed a third placing.

COS I CAN REPLAY

They achieved their breeding double on Sunday at Ashburton when Black Pearl (Bettor’s Delight – Lauraella) and Carter Dalgety wasted no time clearing maidens. The daughter of former glamour race mare Lauraella (Christian Cullen) was a multiple Group One winner and has now produced four live foals for four winners, which includes the 1:49MR full brother, Express Stride.

BLACK PEARL REPLAY

Star Pedigree: Major Memphis (Art Major x Memphis Melody x Christian Cullen)

The son of Art Major was impressive, taking out the last on the card at Addington Raceway on Friday night. He is out of the broodmare gem, Memphis Melody, making him a half to three individual Group Race winners in Stylish Memphis, Delightful Memphis, and Memphis Tennesse, who are all sired by Bettor’s Delight.

1: The number of Siring doubles over the last week of racing in New Zealand with American Ideal siring a winning double at Cambridge with Son Of Mac and Ideal Funding winning races on the card.

The Ashburton, Addington & Gore meetings were represented by a different winning sire on their respective cards in each race.

8: The number of New Zealand bred winners for the trotting stallion, Master Glide, when the Kyle Cameron trained Cashem, upset them at big odds in the first on the card at Addington on Friday night.

1: The number of breeder quinellas from the week’s racing. Canterbury breeder/owner Terry McDonald had a breeding quinella when No Terror (Terror To Love) and Stephs Boy (Johny Rock) finished within half a length of each other at Addington on Friday night.

No Terror was having the second start of his three-year-old campaign, and his win improved his record to three wins & three seconds from just eight starts.

2: The number of Siring quinellas over the weekend, with both occurring at Ashburton yesterday.

The Bettor’s Delight fillies Black Pearl and Secret Cocktail quinellad the fourth on the card, and the Changeover geldings Changearound and Westar Lad were within a length of each other in the sixth race.

16: The number of Breeders in the ownership of winners across the 34 races held over the last week of racing in New Zealand.

0: The number of ‘crosses of gold’ with all 34 races being achieved from different sire x broodmare sire combinations. A rare feat given the refined studbook we have in today’s racing population.

by Brad Reid, for Harnesslink