Broodmares

ALBAICIN (bred in 2002 by Redoute's Choice-Dashing Granada) was a smart-looking $700,000 yearling by champion and now sought-after broodmare sire Redoute's Choice.  She finished out of the first four only twice in her racing career, winning twice in Sydney and placing at G2 and Listed levels. Albaicin is the second-most senior of the Burnewang North broodmares but has a gold-plated pedigree which to date has been passed on to five winners including the dual G3 and multiple Listed winner and dual G1-placed Generalife (by Lonhro), winner of nine races and $873,595.  Albaicin's winning daughter Banuelo was sold at auction in 2018 for $480,000.  The family behind Albaicin is strong both on performance and opportunity: her dam Dashing Granada was a Flemington stakeswinner and fourth in the G1 VRC Oaks, and her siblings include Flemington stakeswinner Celebrity Girl, the  multiple stakes-placed Lady Lakshmi, and the dam of Sheezdashing, placed in two G1 Oaks in 2018.  Dashing Granada's G3 Blue Diamond Preview winning sister Northeast Sheila in turn produced Jacqueline Rouge ($423,000) while a Flemington stakeswinning half-brother Kablammo won 10 races.

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BABEL (bred in 2008 by Lonhro-Danoise) was a genuine racing daughter of leading sire Lonhro, winning five races and placing nine times.  A ‘Saturday’ performer and stakes-placed, Babel won three times in Victoria and twice in Sydney at sprint distances, earning $268,838 for her breeder Darley.  Near the end of her career she ran placings behind the likes of Terravista and Messene, a good measure of her class. Babel is one of four Australian foals – all winners - from the Danehill mare Danoise, and is a half-sister to stakes-placed filly Any Day Will Do.  Danoise is a half-sister to the top class ‘miler’ and millionaire Seascay, twice winner of the G1 VRC Nissan Stakes (more recently known as the Emirates Stakes), and the ill-fated Centainette.  Other half-sisters have produced the G1 Durban July Handicap runner-up Sushisan and the dual G1 winner Littorio who raced 15 times all told at G1 level while banking $2.5 million.  Lonhro broodmares are sitting at 63% winners-to-runners; prominent progeny to date include Derryn, Morton's Fork, Gatting, Osborne Bulls and the Hong Kong star Nothingilikemore.

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BATHILDA (NZ) (bred in 2009 by King’s Chapel-Argante (NZ)) is due to foal to dual G1 winning 2YO Pride Of Dubai.  She is free of Danzig-Danehill blood.  Winner of two races in Australia, Bathilda belongs to an exalted New Zealand female line which, when crossed with a succession of champion sires, has provided G1 performers every generation for 60 years.  The superb Faux Tirage racemare Froth set the ball rolling in the 1960s. Her two best winners were Laelia (Adelaide Cup) and Swift General, but from her various daughters descend the likes of Laebeel, Interstellar, Horlicks (Japan Cup), Brew (Melbourne Cup),  General Nediym (leading sire), Military Plume (Australian Guineas, sire), Niconero, Nicconi, Frivolous Lass, Sealegs, Sacred Elixir and dual G1 classic winner and sire Monaco Consul who is Bathilda’s half-brother. King’s Chapel, sire of Bathilda, is a grandson of Sadler’s Wells and was a triple G1 classic winner, Champion 3YO and Horse Of The Year in New Zealand.  Bathilda is one of only four mares by King’s Chapel in Australia; one has already produced the smart Melbourne two-year-old stakeswinner Thurlow.

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BETTER LIFE (bred in 2008 by Smarty Jones (USA)-Quiet Life (USA)) was conceived in the USA by the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Smarty Jones (by Elusive Quality), foaled in Australia and, unusually for a filly, did all her racing for her then Japanese owner in Singapore where in her 14 starts she proved the supreme miler/stayer in the island state. Winner of her first three starts, her eight victories overall included three of the glamour local G1 events, the Singapore Derby, the Singapore Gold Cup and the Kranji Mile, as well as the G2 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Backing up her fine race record (earnings equivalent to A$1.5 million) is a stellar pedigree. Her dam Quiet Life (USA) has bred six winners and is by the breed-shaper Sunday Silence from the champion USA 2YO filly and millionaire Storm Song (by Summer Squall), winner of the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Belmont Frizette Stakes. A very fruitful branch of the family exists in Europe via Quiet Life’s half-sister Another Storm whose three Group winning progeny are headed by the notable stayer Order Of St George. The son of Galileo has won 10 black-type races including the G1 Royal Ascot Ascot Gold Cup and the Irish St Leger twice and has been twice placed in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Better Life is the best-performed racemare to enter the broodmare ranks at Burnewang North and is due to foal to Golden Slipper winner Vancouver in 2018.

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BLENDWELL (bred in 2010 by Hard Spun (USA)-Bridie Belle (NZ)) won four races in and around Melbourne and will foal her first foal in 2018 by the G1 Golden Rose winner Exosphere. She is one of five winners to date from the quality New Zealand mare Bridie Belle (NZ), winner of the G2 Great Northern Guineas, G2 Travis Stakes and G3 Fayette Park Stakes, participating in 21 black-type races in her career. Coincidentally, she had the same number of career starts as did Winx’s dam Vegas Showgirl (NZ) another common link being both are daughters of the Success Express (USA) sire Al Akbar (NZ). Blendwell’s female line goes back through daughters of the high class sires Crested Wave (USA), Zamazaan (FR) and Le Filou (FR) and is responsible for G1 winner Penny Edition (21 wins). Blendwell is a grand-daughter of Danzig via his under-rated son Hard Spun, sire of 65 stakeswinners including nine G1 winners. Hard Spun stood in Australia for just six seasons but is now permanently at Darley in Kentucky. His young daughters have already made a mark, one leaving the champion USA 2YO colt of 2017, Good Magic, also second to Justify in the 2018 Kentucky Derby.

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CHARMING CALI (bred in 2013 by Street Cry (USA)-Coupe) is an unraced home-bred filly by the sire of world champion mares Winx and Zenyatta and on that score alone merits a breeding career which she has commenced with a 1 September pregnancy by Medaglia d’Oro’s charismatic son Astern. Her claims are strengthened being a daughter of G2 VRC Edward Manifold Stakes winner Coupe whose most recent foal to race is her third winner, the promising Smart Coupe, a Melbourne winning Group placegetter in 2018. This breed was the cornerstone of the Hains family’s Kingston Park Stud. Coupe is a half-sister to G1 winner Coup de Grace and her dam is a Seattle Slew daughter of champion Spirit of Kingston, she in turn a half-sister to another champion filly Rose of Kingston who produced the Melbourne Cup winner and record-holder Kingston Rule. Charming Cali has a Danehill-free pedigree to take into her breeding career. Street Cry has already amassed 47 stakeswinners as a broodmare sire. His Australian descendants, fewer in number than their northern hemisphere counterparts, include G1 winner Pounamu, the dominant performer at the Perth carnival last summer, and the emerging talent Sandbar.

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DESERT QUEEN (bred in 2011 by Encosta de Lago-Les Ry Leigh (USA)) is a home-bred winner who retired in 2016. Her first foal is a filly by Choisir and she is currently in foal to Horse Of The Year Dissident. Desert Queen is one of three winners produced to date Les Ry Leigh (USA), a stakeswinner on the east coast of the USA who was also G2-placed at Santa Anita. Les Ry Leigh (USA) had a solid black-type heritage; she is a half-sister to 11 winners, being a daughter of the good Californian mare Azusa. Desert Queen’s broodmare sire Broken Vow (by Unbridled) has been a steady achiever in North America with 69 stakeswinners to his credit, including six in G1. His daughters have produced the elite sprinter Runhappy and, in Australia, G1 winner Hampton Court. The well-represented Encosta de Lago is taking his place among the best broodmare sires of our time with 74 stakeswinners to date from his daughters, ranking him in a top four position on the broodmare sires’ table for the past five seasons.

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FEELING POSITIVE (bred in 2012 by Not A Single Doubt-Fondle (NZ)) is one of seven winners – two stakeswinners – produced so far by the New Zealand winning O’Reilly mare Fondle.  Her Flemington stakeswinner Combat Kitty was precocious, finishing second in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic to the brilliant Karuta Queen, while in South Africa Mitraad won four of his six starts for trainer Mike de Kock including the Secretariat Stakes.  The family was developed at the former Balcarres and adjoining Waikato Studs in New Zealand where the excellent producer Pre Empt, Feeling Positive’s third dam, produced three stakeswinning siblings by Zephyr Bay: Governor’s Bay, Zemindar and Heavenly View. Woodlands Stud also bred productively from this family, their successes included Whistling, Syrinx, Whistle Up, Noise and Happier. A winner over 1350m, Feeling Positive is by Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice), a top-10 sire on the Australian General Sires' List for the past four seasons. Feeling Positive's first foal was a fine colt by Pierro and she is due in 2018 to Capitalist.  She has four young winning half-sisters already at stud which should ensure more positive results in the seasons ahead.

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FLEUR FATALE (bred in 2012 by Commands-Rose Ceremony) was one of the last horses bred under the old Kingston Park banner. She looked something special winning the VOBIS Gold Ingot at her two-year-old debut at Caulfield but made only three more starts – never out of the placings – before an injury got the better of her.  Fleur Fatale is a daughter of Rose Ceremony, winner of the G3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at two at Flemington. She has produced three winners including the nine-times successful Military.  Rose Ceremony’s sire King of Roses was another Kingston Park Stud product.  The family came originally to New Zealand via the Never Bend mare Hula Bend (USA) who produced two Sydney G1 winners, Hula Chief and Hula Drum, and was the grandam of the excellent New Zealand filly Love Dance. Her most celebrated descendant, however, has been five times G1 winner Racing To Win ($3,762,285). For her first season at stud, Fleur Fatale is carrying to an early service by the brilliant colt Astern.  

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FRENCH SKYLINE (bred in 2014 by Manhattan Rain-La Lagune) was a lightly-raced winner of two races (including her last start) bought straight off the track. She brings an outstanding pedigree and physique to Burnewang North, being one of a number of fillies produced by Danehill’s multiple SW La Lagune, a close second in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes, with Lonhro fourth. Two of French Skyline’s half-sisters, both non-winners, have already established serious broodmare credentials. Halloween is the dam of 2017 G1 NZ 1000 Guineas winner Hasahalo while Generous Nature has produced the Group winning brothers Savvy Nature and Addictive Nature. French Skyline’s grandam Commercial Choice was an American stakeswinner and also produced the stakeswinner Make Me A Miracle in Australia. French Skyline is by Manhattan Rain, Encosta de Lago’s G1 winning younger half-brother to Redoute’s Choice who is still carving out his sire legacy, his credits to date including 14 stakeswinners among whom Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign, South African G1 winner Whisky Baron, Wild Rain and Jamaican Rain feature prominently.

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