Classic style of colt by Tavistock who fits the mould of a top Derby contender. Purchased by DGR for NZ$230,000 from Cambridge Stud’s Book 1 draft.
Trained by John Thompson, Randwick
This colt was one of two Tavistock colts that DGR’s Duncan Ramage was determined to secure at the 2021 Karaka Yearling Sale.
Purchased from the legendary nursery at Cambridge Stud, he was a NZ$230,000 buy for DGR. He passed all the checks and measure from our esteemed team with flying colours, and we are delighted to buy him for the price we did.
The fact that online bidding was in a state of flux when he went through might have added to our ability to buy him at such a good price in conjunction with one of our regular Group One-winning trainers John Thompson.
A typical Classic type of horse, he is by proven Derby sire Tavistock out of the young, well-related Zabeel mare Ziffel.
He is bred on the faultless Tavistock/Zabeel cross that has had phenomenal success with producing top horses across the board. The cross runs at a consistent 17% stakes-winners/runners strike rate for colts and has been responsible for producing the likes of 2020 VRC Derby winner Johnny Get Angry, Hong Kong Horse of the Year Werther, Champion 3YO Colt in Australia Tarzino and Australasian Oaks winner Toffee Tongue.
This colt’s dam is a half-sister to freakish two-year-old filly Amelia’s Dream. She won on debut by nearly ten lengths before blitzing a top field in the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes by 6.3 lengths. Touted as being “the most impressive Silver Slipper winner since Luskin Star” she was the short-priced favourite for the G1 Golden Slipper until an injury curtailed her career and she was retired to stud unbeaten.
This colt’s dam is also a sister to Romantic Time, the dam of 2020 G1 VRC Derby placegetter Young Werther who is also bred on the same cross as this colt.
G1 STC BMW Stakes winner Grand Zulu is also a close relation to this colt. He broke the course record when recording his headline G1 win before being exported to Hong Kong where he continued to race successfully.
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An outstanding filly by leading New Zealand sire Per Incanto from Winter Sky (IRE), an Invincible Spirit half-sister to Transfers, the dam of Group 1 winner Tom Kitten and stakes winners Va Via and Promotions. This filly was bred and raised at one of New Zealand’s very best nurseries, Little Avondale, a stud famed for producing 41 individual Group 1 winners.
In the make and shape of his leading sire, So You Think, this colt is from the 3yo stakes performer Valley Sweetheart. Hailing from a front-running family, he represented great buying very early on at Inglis Classic and is a type that is destined to follow in the footsteps of So You Think’s best progeny.
With loads of natural muscle, strength and a top pedigree on her side, this filly was a compelling buy for DGR’s Duncan Ramage. By the Group-winning Invincible Spirit stallion Ancient Spirit, she is from an impeccably related mare from one of New Zealand’s most distinguished nurseries.
A beautifully bred filly by exciting freshman So You Think stallion Peltzer. Her Not a Single Doubt dam was unbeaten as a juvenile and is already doing an excellent job at stud, producing a stakes-winning 2yo in Lord Cosmos.
An embodiment of speed in every conceivable aspect, this filly has the precocity, class and scope to be a top two-year-old and beyond. By exciting freshman sire Anders, she is from the Group-producing mare Think Icon, a daughter of up and coming Group 1 2yo damsire So You Think.
Duncan's Comments
“He passed all the checks and measure from our esteemed team with flying colours, and we are delighted to buy him for the price we did. ”