Aldebaran Park bred 10 winners for the month

October 2025 was a red-letter month for Aldebaran Park with no less than 10 winners bred and raised at the Nagambie nursery.

Undoubtedly the standout performer was Keayang Brandy (Aldebaran Eagle USA – Im Princess Sophie), who has won five of her past seven starts including wins at Cranbourne in 1:59.5 and Shepparton during October.

Aldebaran Dexta (Aldebaran Eagle USA – Aldebaran Deegan NZ) continued his fine form winning a heat of the SA Trotters Cup at Globe Derby Park and finishing a neck second in the Group 3 $40,000 Final.

Meanwhile, Kyvalley Heist NZ (Muscle Mass USA – U Dream NZ) brought up win No. 15 in the Gramel Trotters Cup at Globe Derby Park and lifted his stakes to in excess of $115,000.

In America, Lair Of The Eagle (Aldebaran Eagle USA – Never Never Land) notched successes at Plainridge Park, Massachusetts in a career-best 1:56.2 and Saratoga Raceway, New York in 1:58.

Other Aldebaran Park-bred winners in October were Aldebaran Boyd (Aldeabaran Eagle USA – Aldebaran Revenue), who overcame a 10 metre handicap at Pinjarra to take his stakes to more than $125,000, and the two-year-old filly Aldebaran Ada (Brillantissime Fra – Aldebaran Aliza), a maiden winner at Bendigo.

Southwind Frank USA richest ‘down under progeny Aldebaran Brooke (ex Excellent Boko Swe), raised her stake tally to beyond $85,000 at Geelong, the three-year-old Aldebaran Sue (Father Patrick USA – Aldebaran Shakira), who won her third race from six starts at Maryborough, Hammer Son (Majestic Son Ca – Jingling Silver), who went over the $150,000 plateau at Marburg in Queensland, and the Mount Gambier winner Aldebaran Anton (Skyvalley NZ – Backina Lifetime) completed the list of homebred winners.

Aldebaran Eagle USA continues to turn out the winners with his leading performers last month being Keayang Brandy, Aldebaran Dexta, Gatesy’s Gem, a Melton winner in 1:57.4 and runner-up in the Group 1 $60,000 Victoria Trotters Oaks, Aldebaran Boyd and Lair Of The Eagle.

Skyvalley NZ, who is currently fourth on the sire’s premiership table, was represented by a trio of three-year-old winners in She’s Sky High (Shepparton and Ararat), Karbine (2:00) and Low Lie The Fields, along with the the four-year-old Maximez and Aldebaran Anton.

While daughters of Skyvalley NZ produced the 1:57.3 Menangle victor One Pinevale Hill, the three-year-old I Am Hellbound and the Cambridge, NZ winner Maro McKendon.

A pair of Aldebaran Park-owned winners recently were Queen Kizen NZ, a What The Hill Ca half-sister to the millionairess Queen Elida NZ, and the back-to-back Maryborough winner Aldebaran Susanne, a What The Hill Ca mare out of the outstanding racemare Cold Sister USA.

The Swedish superstars Maharajah and Calgary Games, who are both available at Aldebaran Park this season, sired important winners in Europe and North America during October.

Maharajah was represented by the winner of both the UET Grand Prix for four-year-olds, run at Solvalla, Sweden in Dream Mine, who rated 1:53.6 to collect the first prize of $US250,000, and the 800,800 euros Derby Italiano del Trotto, Italy’s biggest race for three-year-old trotters and held at the La Capanelle track outside Rome, in Gabrioz, who rated 1:56.6 for 1-5/16 miles. The colt has won nine of his 10 starts to date.

Calgary Games has made a spectacular start to his siring career in Sweden and America. In USA, Busy Miss Lissy and Demimond brought attention to Calgary Games with the former finishing runner-up in the $US108,000 International Stallion Stakes in 1:52.2 at The Red Mile and the latter claiming the $US40,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes at Cumberland Run in 1:57.6.

Calgary Games’ stock were highly sought after at the recent Kriterium auction at Solvalla with six of the 10 most expensive lots sired by him. The nine yearlings sired by Calgary Games averaged out at $US49,000, more than double the overall average price.

In further news Aldebaran Miley, the richest Australian-bred progeny of Father Patrick USA with $164,335, has been retired to stud and will be bred to Calgary Games.

Calgary Games, Maharajah and Dancinginthedark M USA are available only in Australia via frozen semen and the service fee for each is payable on live foal. All are NZ Sires Stakes and Vicbred eligible.

Aldebaran Zeus’s stud duties are now well underway with is fresh chilled semen available in both Australia and New Zealand. He is also NZ Sires Stakes and Vicbred eligible.

Skyvalley NZ is available to Australian breeders with fresh chilled semen and is Vicbred eligible, while Aldebaran Eagle USA is again available via frozen semen to NZ breeders with the service fee payable on live foal. He is NZ Sires Stakes eligible.

For further information on the Aldebaran Park stallion roster visit the Stallions page at the website aldebaranpark.com

by Peter Wharton