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Cambridge Stud unveils offerings for NZ Bloodstock's Karaka Yearling Sales


Sir Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud has unveiled its offerings for the Karaka Yearling Sales online, the first vendor showcase video footage of its 2012 yearling draft.

NBR staff
Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Sir Patrick Hogan’s Cambridge Stud has unveiled its offerings for the Karaka Yearling Sales online, the first vendor showcase video footage of its 2012 yearling draft.

Cambridge Stud, the leading vendor by aggregate at New Zealand Bloodstock’s flagship sales for the last 30 years, has the largest draft on offer this year with 74 yearlings catalogued, 59 of which are in the Karaka Premier Sale.

The 2012 National Yearling Sales at Karaka run from January 30 to February 5.

“The 2012 draft is unique as not only will we be offering yearlings by a number of leading sires from New Zealand and Australia, we will be offering all of the horses bred on the stud in 2010 at the 2012 Karaka Yearling Sales,” Sir Patrick says.

The home of Australasia’s greatest living sire Zabeel (Sir Tristram x Lady Giselle by Nureyev), Cambridge Stud will be offering 18 of the champion sire’s 32 Premier Sale entries. Zabeel still holds the Australasian record for the highest priced yearling ever sold at auction, the $3.6 million Group 1 winner and sire Don Eduardo, who was purchased from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2000 Karaka Premier Sale.

Zabeel’s entries in the 2012 Cambridge Stud draft include:
• One of 10 Zabeel yearlings from the highly successful Zabeel/Danehill cross, the filly at Lot 147 is a close relation to Group 1 winners Dizelle and Vengeance of Rain, both by Zabeel.
• Lot 237, the filly from the Group 1 Sydney Cup winning mare Honor Babe (Honor Grades).
The sire of 138 stakes winners – 41 at Group 1 level – and worldwide progeny earnings in excess of $160 million, Zabeel has been for many years one of the feature drawcards of the Karaka Sales.

Also standing at Cambridge Stud, Stravinsky (Nureyev x Fire the Groom by Blushing Groom) has 30 yearlings at Karaka 2012, 13 of which will be offered by Cambridge Stud.
The sire of 68 stakes winners worldwide, Stravinsky boasts a winners to runners ratio of over 70% and has sired Group 1 winners in New Zealand and Australia including the VRC and AJC Oaks winner Serenade Rose, Stradbroke Handicap winner (Mr) Baritone and New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes winner Captivate.

The stud will also offer the High Chaparral filly from Diamond Like (Danehill). A stakes winning mare, Diamond Like is a daughter of the Group 1 winner Tristalove (Sir Tristram) and produced the colt by Zabeel who topped the 2010 Karaka Sales when purchased by James Bester for $2 million.

To view Cambridge Stud's draft and video clips of the yearlings for the Karaka Premier Sale, click here. For the Karaka Select Sale, click here.

NBR staff
Thu, 29 Dec 2011
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Cambridge Stud unveils offerings for NZ Bloodstock's Karaka Yearling Sales
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