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NEWS
| Trelawney graduates finalists for Horse of the Year |
9 Aug 2010 |
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 New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has announced the finalists for the 2009-10 Mercedes Thoroughbred Racing Awards including three graduates of Trelawney Stud.
Nominated for Champion Three Year Old is Zarzuela. The 2006 daughter of Zabeel (NZ) (Sir Tristram) was born at Trelawney Stud and bred by David and Angela Paykel out of his Group One-winning mare, Star Satire (NZ) (Volksraad).
Zarzuela’s successes of the most recent season include multiple Group-wins comprising the Championship Stakes, New Zealand Great Northern Guineas and the Waikato Guineas. She also ran third in the Group One New Zealand Oaks, going down to Keep the Peace and fellow Trelawney graduate, November Rain, in a photo finish. The filly will start the new season out of Peter Moody’s Stable at Caulfield and with a bit of luck add some Australian conquests to her form.
The next finalist, Red Ruler, graduated from the 2006 Trelawney yearling draft and is nominated for Champion Stayer. Bred by the Stud in partnership with John Cornish the colt by Viking Ruler (AUS) (Danehill) was sold to John Sargent for what was considered a bargain at $60,000. He has since gone on to win seven races and over $1.28 million in earnings.
2009-10 Group-achievements for Red Ruler include winning the Wellington Cup, Trentham Stakes and the City of Auckland Cup. The gelding also fought on to run second in the Group One Zabeel Classic in December. Red Ruler, who holds a nomination for this season’s 150th running of the Melbourne Cup, is heading across to Australia for the Spring Carnival and if successful, will be the eighth winner of the Cup to have been bred at Trelawney Stud.
Also nominated for Champion Stayer is Trelawney Stud mare, Boundless. Not only was this mare bred and sold by Trelawney, she is by Van Nistlerooy (USA) (Storm Cat) who stood at the stud; Boundless was his first Southern Hemisphere Group One winner. Moreover, co-breeder, Cherry Taylor, retained shares in the mare to race which proved extremely worthwhile as now the Group-one winner has returned to Trelawney for the 2010-11 breeding season.
Nevertheless, prior to retiring, Boundless had a successful 2009-10 racing season taking out the Hawkes Bay Gold Cup, Counties Cup and the Nicolas Feuillatte Stakes bringing her career total to nine wins and four placings including runner up in the Group-one AJC Oaks.
Managing Director, Brent Taylor, commended the finalists, “although it is fantastic to have performers in our main market, Australia, it is also very pleasing that our New Zealand form is holding up with the accomplishments of horses like Boundless and Red Ruler both domestically and across the Tasman. We hold high hopes that Zarzuela will also have a successful season in Australia. It is great to have three representatives performing for the brand and we would like to wish the connections the best of luck for the night; all three finalists deserve their nominations and are strong contenders to take home the award.”
As finalists in their particular horses-in-training categories all three horses will be in contention for the Mercedes Horse of the Year. The awards are to be held at Ellerslie Racecourse on the evening of Friday, 3 September 2010.
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| Trelawney's Inglis Easter Yearling Draft Possibly the Best Yet |
23 Mar 2010 |
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A top-class selection of the best bloodlines Australasia has to offer are featured among Trelawney Stud's classic draft to the upcoming Sydney Easter Yearling Sale.
The Cambridge nursery's Brand of Success will be carried by six outstanding youngsters with the looks to match their pedigrees at the Inglis auction at Newmarket from April 6-8.
Champion sires Zabeel, Redoute's Choice and Encosta de Lago are represented along with heir apparent Fastnet Rock and the prolific Flying Spur. "As individuals they speak for themselves - great types from superb families - and make up as good a draft, if not better, than we've ever taken to Sydney," said Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud.
Photographs of the Inglis draft can be viewed on the stud’s website at www.trelawneystud.co.nz in the ‘Sales’ section.
The first of Trelawney's star-studded line-up to grace the sale ring will be Lot 27, a son of the mighty Zabeel. The colt is a classic example of his sire with the scope and length to develop into another of his spring three-year-old stars. He also has winning European Gr 1 form in his blood with his dam a half-sister by Soviet Star to Dubai World Cup contender Crowded House (Gr 1 Racing Post Trophy). The international flavour to the family is further strengthened by the presence of Gr 1 Hollywood Oaks winner Ticker Tape and successful Gr 1 producing stallion Postponed.
Lot 69 is by Australia's two-time champion sire Encosta de Lago out of the stakes-winning Zabeel mare National Treasure, a half-sister to the Gr 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes winner Ferragamo. The colt is a shining example of the Zabeel-Encosta de Lago mix with the size, strength and presence to make waves in the ring.
The continued success of Fastnet Rock at the top level recently - Wanted (Newmarket Handicap) and Rock Classic (Australian Guineas) - will draw further attention to Lot 122. The daughter of the red-hot son of Danehill is a half-sister to the Gr 1 Victoria Derby winner and sire Amalfi. To match her rich pedigree, the filly combines size and strength with great muscle and balance.
Her dam is the Centaine mare Rationaine whose multiple winning daughter Rationalize is represented next-up by a cracking Flying Spur colt. His presence and athleticism is indicative of a 'running family' that claims Vigor (Gr 2 Makybe Diva Stakes), Joey Massino (Gr 2 Avondale Guineas), Wise Son (Gr 2 Greyville Gold Cup) and Listed winners Vincent Mangano, Wise Lass and Egoli Lass among its celebrated ranks.
Stallion sensation Redoute's Choice has claimed champion Australian sire honours on three occasions and his son, Lot 159, is a stunner. Out of the Strategic mare She Will Be Loved, the colt is a strong, mature individual with an early-performing look about him. His dam was top class and made $A2.2 million while carrying this colt. It is also the family of Gr 1 Hong Kong Sprint winner All Thrills Too and Gr 2 Royal Stakes winner and leading Gr 1 New Zealand Oaks contender Adaline.
Trelawney's Sydney consignment is completed on day two of the auction by a filly with outstanding classic credentials. She is by Encosta de Lago out of Trelawney's Queensland Oaks winner Vouvray, a daughter of Zabeel and the Gr 2 Dulcie Stakes winner Real Success.
The filly is a cracking individual who puts a tick in every box as far as type and pedigree is concerned.
For further information contact:
Brent Taylor
Mobile: 021 949 644
Office: 07 8278581
E: brent@trelawneystud.co.nz
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| Trelawney Horses to the Fore |
24 Feb 2010 |
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Trelawney Stud enjoyed an outstanding weekend on both sides of the Tasman with the promise of further Gr 1 glory to come in the autumn.
The Cambridge farm's 'Brand Of Success' was carried to victory on the home and away fronts with crack filly Zarzuela leading the charge.
She strengthened her New Zealand Derby claims while Ellerslie was also the scene of Boundless' stunning return to racing.
In Australia, La Rocket emerged as a genuine Australian Cup contender and Bolton stamped himself as a three-year-old to follow.
The best is yet to come from crack filly Zarzuela who continued her march toward upcoming feature race targets with victory in the Championship Stakes.
She again proved superior to her male challengers in the Gr 2 feature to confirm her favouritism for next month's Blue Riband Classic.
"There's further improvement to come from her out of Saturday and she'll be right on her game come Derby Day," Matamata trainer Mark Walker said.
Bred and raced by David Paykel, the daughter of Zabeel and Gr 1 Otaki-Maori WFA winner Star Satire was foaled and raised at Trelawney Stud.
Zarzuela has won four of her eight starts with victories in the Gr 2 Great Northern and Gr 3 Waikato Guineas preceding Saturday's Ellerslie triumph.
"She's come through the race very well and I'd love to get her to Sydney to show the Australians how good she is - I think she's a very, very good filly," Walker said.
The off-shore target he has in mind is the Gr 1 $A350,000 AJC Oaks at Royal Randwick on April 17.
"There's a month between the Derby and the Oaks and she showed when she won the Waikato Guineas she can perform off a decent break," Walker said.
Zarzuela also revealed another side to her game at Ellerslie by racing closer to the pace after coming from the tail-end to post previous successes.
"She raced handier than normal, but having said that barrier draws had dictated her getting back in her races," Walker said.
"She's progressed very well and all we want now is a good track for the Derby and she'll be right at her best."
Top-quality mare Boundless successfully returned from a 10-week break on Saturday to account for the open handicappers over 1600 metres.
Bred by Brent and Cherry Taylor, who has retained a racing share in the daughter of Van Nistelrooy, she will also be in action on Derby Day.
Boundless will run in the Nathan's Memorial on March 6 as a lead-in to the Gr 1 New Zealand Stakes a week later.
Meanwhile, Trelawney graduate La Rocket downed a host of Australian Cup contenders in the Gr 2 St George Stakes to press his claims for higher autumn honours.
The previous winner of five races, including the Listed Seymour Spring Classic, La Rocket was a $A300,000 yearling at the Sydney Easter Sale.
He was bred by major Trelawney client Deborah Ho and sold through the Cambridge farm's 2006 William Inglis draft.
La Rocket is out of the former top-quality Desert Sun mare La Bella Dama who was a seven-time winner for Ho.
Her career highlight was victory in the 2001 Gr 1 Mackinnon Stakes and she also won at Gr 2 level in the Eight Carat Classic and Royal Stakes and the Gr 3 Tesio Stakes and Waikato Guineas.
The regally-bred Bolton added performance to his illustrious pedigree after striking his first winning blow in Melbourne.
He finished second at his sprint debut earlier this month and appreciated the step up to a metric mile at Bendigo yesterday to coast home with authority.
Bolton was bought out of Trelawney's 2008 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft for $A425,000 by high-profile owner Lloyd Williams.
By Zabeel out of the Gr 2 Dulcie Stakes winner Real Success, he is a brother to the former crack galloper Vouvray.
She carried the Trelawney colours to victory in the Gr 1 Queensland Oaks and elite placings in the Ranvet, BMW, Mackinnon and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Caulfield Cup.
Vouvray's first foal is the Flying Spur colt Right Vintage, who made $A260,000 at Sydney last year and is a recent trial winner for Victorian trainer Rodney Douglas.
Trelawney's seven-strong draft to the upcoming Easter Sale will feature his outstanding half-sister by Encosta De Lago.
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| Another Outstanding Yearling Draft for 2010 |
19 Jan 2010 |
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One of New Zealand’s leading vendors at yearling sales for the past decade, Trelawney Stud will present a draft of high quality yearlings at Karaka 2010 – a draft that will be among the most well inspected on the sale ground.
“Since taking over Trelawney in the early nineties we have set out to improve the quality of our broodmare band and in turn, the quality of our yearling draft each year,” said Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. “We’re firm believers in providing our young horses with the best possible care and attention in their early development and there’s no doubt that the most important time in a thoroughbred’s life is the first 18 months and the yearling preparation is a major part of that development,” said Brent.
Among the leading vendors at Karaka over the last decade, Trelawney Stud will offer a total of 42 yearlings at the sale, 23 in the Premier Sale and 19 in the Select. “We have achieved some solid results in the sale ring but most importantly, the results have come on the racetrack,” says Brent. “We have produced Group One winners each season for the past ten years – Wahid, Taatletail, Mr Celebrity, Vouvray, Boundless, Black Mamba, Red Ruler, Amalfi, Allez Wonder, The Duke, The Mighty Lions, Carnegie Express, Hill Of Grace – so if history repeats, there is at least one Group One winner among our 2010 draft,” he said.
2009/2010 has seen yet another Group One winner added to the Trelawney tally with the success of Allez Wonder (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice) in the Group One Toorak Handicap (1600m) whilst Red Ruler (NZ) (Viking Ruler) notched up a further Group One placing in the Zabeel Classic (2000m) before taking out the Group Two City of Auckland Cup (2400m). Other stakes performers bred, reared or sold by Trelawney Stud so far this season include Boundless (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy), winner of the Group Two Counties Cup (2100m) and the Group Three Nicolas Feullatte Stakes (2000m), Black Mamba (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe) who added a Group Two and two further listed wins to her tally of 15 stakes performances in the USA, Group Three winner in Australia Gondorf (NZ) (Montjeu), Listed winner Scarlet Vanhara (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy) and stakes performers Ruud Van Slaats (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy) and Ahdashim (NZ) (Elusive City). Another to add to that impressive list is the pre-post favourite for the $2.2 million dollar New Zealand Derby and last start winner of the Group Two Great Northern Guineas (2100m) in Zarzuela (NZ) (Zabeel) who also carries the brand of success.
The bar is lifted each year at the yearling sales and Trelawney and their clients relish the challenge by offering a complete line up of yearlings where there is a horse to suit all tastes. “This year a third of our Premier draft are first foals from Group, Stakes or high class race mares,” says Brent. “That is a reflection of the investment we have made in the pursuit of producing racehorses of the highest calibre that will be at home in the best stables of Australasia,” he said.
Trelawney will offer yearlings out of no less than six Group One winners or producing mares with a further 14 yearlings out of Group or Stakes performer or producers. To balance that, the Trelawney draft offers buyers the opportunity to purchase yearlings by some of the best, proven sires available in Australia and New Zealand – a truly impressive line up.
Trelawney Stud’s 2010 yearling draft can be viewed on line by visiting the sales section of the Trelawney website – www.trelawneystud.co.nz For more information in regard to the yearlings or to book an on farm parade prior to the yearling sales, please feel free to contact Brent Taylor – 021 949 644.
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