NSW Breeders Challenge winner gives sire a boost

The end-to-end success of Our Goat in the NSW Breeders Challenge heat for three-year-old colts and geldings at Menangle on Tuesday (October 8) has given his world champion harness racing sire Warrawee Needy (1:46.8), who stands at Yirribee Pacing Stud, Wagga (NSW), a timely boost for the breeding season.

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The gelding, who has won seven races and almost $70,000 in stakes, clocked 1:53.2 for the flying mile.

Other recent three-year-old winners by Warrawee Needy have been Fly The Banner, who has won his last four starts, Phantom Star (1:58.7) and Star Gully Eve, and the Albion Park winner Ideal In Dreams (1:54.4).

Warrawee Needy has sired 73 individual winners from 120 starters in Australia at an average of $24,100 per starter.

Warrawee Needy’s studmate Cattlewash (1:46.8) continues to take all before him with his first racing crop in North America.

Among his recent winners are Manolete, who won a $38,500 division of the W. N. Reynolds Memorial in 1:52.4 at Tioga Downs, New York, Cattleshark (1:55 and 1:55.2) and the New Jersey Sire Stakes SDF divisional victors Floor It Freddie (1:54) and Worklifebalance (1:56.4).

Cattlewash is the third leading first season sire in North America with progeny earnings of $847,803 to date.

The Somebeachsomewhere horse is fully booked this season in Australia and now has a waiting list.

Breeders whose mares are domiciled in NSW are eligible to receive $1750 comprising $1250 on the birth of a live foal that was serviced in NSW and $500 if the foal is by a NSW domiciled stallion.

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink