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Winners Keep Rolling in for Van Nistelrooy 22 Sep 2007
The last two weeks have been nothing but prolific for the progeny of Van Nistelrooy (USA) (Storm Cat) in both hemispheres.

Hot off the back of siring his first Grade One winner in the USA at the beginning of September, the young son of Storm Cat (USA) (Storm Bird) has sired seven winners in the last fourteen days from his first Southern Hemisphere Crop.

The run started in Japan through the deeds of Cosmo Kilauea (NZ) who notched his third win in a row – his first at three after first beating the older horses twice as a two-year-old. Vandaloo (NZ) was next to add his name to the list winning over 1200m at Kilmore. A few days later, Shevchenko (NZ) put in an impressive effort at Taupo to win over 1200m on debut and back in Australia, Facundo (NZ) won the following day at the Gold Coast over the same distance.

Racing at Paeroa this past Wednesday provided an uncanny double for Van Nistelrooy with jockey Mark Du Plessis picking up the rides unexpectedly on two Van Nistelrooy fillies at the meeting. An excellent ride on Vannista Belle (NZ) resulted in a three-quarter-length victory in race two, an effort that saw her sit outside the leader over the 1670m trip and fight on well for what was in the end a comfortable victory. In the last of the day, Du Plessis was on board the Stephen McKee-trained filly Boundless (NZ) with the pair romping away to a three length margin at the post.

“The winners have been ticking over nicely,” said Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud, “and it’s nice to see some more of his Southern Hemisphere crop stepping out and doing the job,” he said. “Arguably Van Nistelrooy’s results in the Northern Hemisphere are nothing short of fantastic with a Grade One winner in the USA and a Group Two winner in England along with multiple stakes performers,” said Brent, “and we’ll look forward to seeing more of his Southern Hemisphere crop in Australia and New Zealand over the next few months,” he said. “Hopefully he can get some more black type on the board down here which would be great for those breeders with yearlings by him and, mares due to foal to him this season,” says Brent.

From his first Southern Hemisphere crop, now three-year-olds, Van Nistelrooy has produced nine individual winners including the Champion Juvenile of Singapore in Onceuponatime, along with nine place getters and the stakes placed filly Vanny Fair (NZ). This weekend, Pit Lane (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy) returns to the track for the Peter Moody stable. The winner of three of his five starts, he has impressed Moody with the way he has stepped up through the grades and all going well he will he will take his place in some of the nice races throughout the Melbourne Spring Carnival.