Classic style of colt by Tavistock out of the Zabeel mare Miss la Frenz. Poised to be a Derby contender, he was purchased by Duncan from Westbury Stud’s NZB Book 1 draft for NZ$150,000.
Trained by John O’Shea
This colt is purpose-bred and subsequently built for the Classics and Derbies with a bright future looking towards the Cups. This a family we are very familiar with having raced Group Two winner Miss Gunpowder who features in this colt’s third dam.
Out of the winning Zabeel mare Miss la Frenz (who has produced two winners from three runners), he is bred on the magic Tavistock/Zabeel cross which has already produced Group One Derby winners Johnny Get Angry, Tarzino and Werther.
We look forward to this colt being our first racing venture with highly successful syndication company Champion Thoroughbreds. Once broken-in, this colt will join the stable of prominent Sydney trainer John O’Shea. We currently have three horses in work with John; all of which are winners with black-type targets on the cards for the prestigious ‘Championships’ this autumn.
This colt has now been named Safari Park.
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.
By leading 2yo sire Extreme Choice from the multiple Group winner Istanford (USA), this filly was raised at the top Golden Slipper-producing nursery of Newgate Farm and will get every opportunity of success under the guidance of Anthony Cummings, the trainer of her sire’s best daughter and DGR’s up-and-coming 2yo Group placegetter Extreme Diva.
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.
Duncan's Comments
“He's the perfect classic style of colt bred on the unstoppable Tavistock/Zabeel cross that has produced G1 Derby winners Werther, Tarzino and Johnny Get Angry. ”