Exciting times for Riverstone Lodge as they proudly show off their first Inglis Classic Yearling Sale draft, the farm's Nick Taylor with his outstanding breeding industry resume well placed to make his mark.
Riverstone offer nine well-related, eye-catching types at the sale which kicks off on Sunday.
Lot 65 - North Pacific x Alpha Miss (Lucky Owners {NZ}) (bay filly)
By an exciting first-season sire son of Brazen Beau whose other son Tassort has made such a great start to his stud career, she is a daughter of a G2 Schillaci S. and dual Listed winner whose first foal to race - Highly Ambitious (Written Tycoon) - is a metropolitan winner.
Hailing from the family of the stakes winners Party Boy (Jeune {GB}), Rory's Classic (Rory's Jester) and All Classic (St Covet), her pedigree features a 5 X 5 cross of the mighty mare Eight Carat (GB) (Pieces Of Eight {Ire}) via her high-class sons Octagonal (NZ) and Kaapstad (NZ).
Lot 125 - Hellbent x Bold Runner (Choisir) (bay colt)
A half-brother to the city winner Decibelles (Shalaa {Ire}) out of a winning half-sister to the Group 3-placed Sublime Girl (Encosta De Lago), he is closely related to the G1 VRC Derby and G1 Australian Guineas hero King's High and the stakes winners Regal Artery (Kenmare {Fr}) and Arabian Gold (Dubawi {Ire}).
Bred on the same I Am Invincible/Choisir cross as In Secret, he is a descendant of the influential Paraffin (GB) (Blair Athol {GB}) - as is Hellbent's sire I Am Invincible and this sireline picks up strongly on the influence of this prolific family.
Lot 309 - Zoustar x Goldifox (Foxwedge) (bay filly)
She is the first foal for a stakes-placed Flemington winner from the immediate family of the G2 VRC Sires' Produce S. winner Twilight Royale (Testa Rossa).
Bred on the same Zoustar/Fastnet Rock cross as the Group 1 gallopers Joliestar and Zougotcha (and four other stakes winners amongst the 47 winners from 64 runners), she is a descendant of the influential Stolen Hour (USA) (Mr Busher {USA}) as is Zoustar's damsire Redoute's Choice... and this is one of the great families to line-breed to with just a couple of examples including Alabama Express and Giga Kick (Scissor Kick).
Lot 481 - Cosmic Force x Miss Marilyn (Redente) (bay colt)
By a young stallion already making his presence felt with his three debut crop winners - and bred on the same Cosmic Force/Danehill (USA) cross as the stakes-placed Full Force - he is out of a lightly raced winning half-sister to two durable and classy gallopers. Both by Strategic - the outstanding sprinter Mistegic, winner of the G1 The Galaxy, three Group 2 races and a Listed event - and Rightson, a Listed winner who was in the winner's circle on 11 occasions.
Lot 533 - Bivouac x O'Rachael (Northern Meteor) (chestnut colt)
From the first crop of one of Exceed And Excel's finest sons, he is out of a Group 1-placed, three-time winner whose stakes-winning grandam Brilliantdeduction (USA) (Capote {USA}) produced the G2 Magic Night S. and G3 Sweet Embrace S. winner Countess Christie (Marscay), in turn dam of the Listed winner I Have No Fear (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}). O'Rachael's (Northern Meteor) 2-year-old Pareto (Pierro) sold for $160,000.
Hailing from the same female line that produced Bivouac's high-achieving sire Exceed And Excel, he is bred on the same Exceed And Excel/Seattle Slew (USA) as two of the former's best grandsons - the dual G1 Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet) and the G1 Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}). This is a cross that provides for a cross of the high-class broodmare My Charmer (USA) (Poker {USA}), dam of Seattle Slew and also of Exceed And Excel's damsire Lomond (USA).
Lot 566 - Written Tycoon x Perfect Gem (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) (chestnut colt)
He is the first foal for a city-placed, winning daughter of the New Zealand Champion Sprinter, Miler and Older Female Calveen (NZ) (Canny Lad) who is one of the four stakes winners produced by the high-class broodmare Calvinia (Varick {USA}) - also dam of the Group winners Kosi Bay (Spinning World {USA}) and Fireworks (Snitzel), the Listed winner Striker (NZ) (Van Nistelrooy {USA}) and the dams of the stakes winners First Impressions (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire]), Okahu Bay (Flying Spur), Ektifaa (More Than Ready {USA}) and Thalassophile (Not A Single Doubt).
Written Tycoon combines nicely with Perfect Gem's (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) damsire Canny Lad; a cross which brings together Biscay's two most successful sire sons Marscay and Bletchingly and which has produced 21 stakes winners.
Lot 649 - Hellbent x Rose Of Savannah (Fastnet Rock) (bay filly)
She is the second foal for a two-time winner whose first Brazen Act (Brazen Beau) has trialled nicely. Rose Of Savannah's (Fastnet Rock) Warwick Farm-winning dam Savannah River (Encosta De Lago) is a daughter of the wonderful mare Savannah Success (Success Express {USA}) - the G1 New Zealand Oaks and G1 Ansett Australia S. winner whose 10 winners from 12 to race include the G1 WS Cox Plate-winning, high-class stallion Savabeel.
Bred on the same I Am Invincible/Encosta De Lago cross as Imperatriz and Lombardo, she can also boast amongst her relations the oh so tough six-time Group 1 winner Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars).
Lot 664 - Shocking x Savanite (NZ) (Savabeel) (brown colt)
Half-brother to the Listed Auckland Futurity winner Saltcoats (NZ) (Ardrossan), now a member of the Chris Waller stable.
His dam is a winning half-sister to the G2 Waikato Gold Cup winner Singing Star (NZ) (Danasinga), dam of the Group 3 filly Miss Selby (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}) as well as two stakes-placed winners and the dam of the triple Group 1-winning sprinter/miler Viadana (NZ) (Towkay) and the three-time Listed winner Indecision (NZ) (Per Incanto {USA}). He hails from the same Prunella (GB) (Highflyer {GB}) female line that produced Shocking's sire Street Cry (Ire).
Lot 713 - Written Tycoon x Snitzel's Goddess (Snitzel) (chestnut colt)
An eye-catching colt with a real stamp of his Champion Sire, he is out of a three-time sprint-winning daughter of Zirna (NZ) (Deputy Governor {USA}) - the G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders S. winner who went on to be crowned Singapore Horse of the Year.
She was a successful broodmare with her seven winners including the Group 3 mare Crafty Irna (Starcraft {NZ}), in turn dam of the Listed winner Snickerdoodledandy (Snitzel). Zirna's dam Riverly Lass (NZ) (Gleam Machine {USA}) did a great job too - 10 winners from 11 to race with three being stakes winners... this is a real running family. Two of New Zealand's best 2-year-olds - Captured By Love and Velocious - are by Written Tycoon out of daughters of Snitzel, a cross which provides for the duplication of Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}).
A leading modern day line-breeding force, she appears via her grandson Try My Best (USA) and her descendant Redoute's Choice.
