It was an exhilarating 2024 for Jamieson Park with a number of notable successes including G1 Tarzino Trophy success for the outstanding mare Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) who kicked off 2025 with another win at the elite level.
Bred by Jamieson Park and sold at the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale for NZ$130,000, Grail Seeker recorded an easy two-and-a-half-lengths length victory in the G1 Telegraph H. on New Year’s Day; building on her excellent tally of four wins from just 11 starts.
Set on 180 acres of fertile, rolling Waikato pasture, Jamieson Park is ideal horse raising territory and the stud looks forward to offering an impressive collection of well related yearlings at Karaka.
Lot 85 - Ardrossan x Loveheart (Charm Spirit) (bay colt)
By a young stallion building a very nice record, this colt is out of the well related Loveheart, half-sister to five winners including the G2 Moonee Valley Vase winner Red Aces (Dundeel {NZ}) and the G3 Chairman’s S. winner Declarationofheart (Declaration Of War {USA}).
Loveheart’s two time-winning dam Cardiac (Encosta de Lago) is a half-sister to the G1 VRC Oaks heroine Arapaho Miss (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) whose seven winners include another VRC Oaks winner in Miami Bound (NZ) (Reliable Man {GB}) and the Listed winners De Little Engine (Encosta de Lago) and Kadavar (NZ) (Tarzino {NZ}).
The latter is in flying form, that Chris Waller trained 4-year-old winning his last three including the Listed Christmas Cup at Randwick in mid-December.
A colt with a strong foundation for future success, he hails from the same branch of the prolific Pocahontas (USA) (Roman {USA}) as the wonderful mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai).
Lot 192 - Vadamos x Passion Cut (Pins) (bay filly)
The G3 Wellington S. winner Devastate (NZ) (Vadamos {Fr}) has done a great job already winning five races and he looks set for a big campaign for the Tony Gollan stable having recently won two Doomben trials in impressive fashion.
A full sister to Devastate, this filly is a member of the ever flourishing Eight Carat (GB) (Pieces Of Eight {Ire}) family, her grandam being a full sister to Don Eduardo (NZ) and a three-quarter-sister to the mighty Octagonal (NZ).
A great granddaughter of Eight Carat’s G1 Railway H. winner Diamond Lover (Sticks And Stones), this filly certainly has great residual value.
Lot 262 - Hello Youmzain x Sacred Siren (O’Reilly) (bay filly)
With his progeny selling so well at the recent Magic Millions, the progeny of Cambridge Stud’s Hello Youmzain (Fr) are bound to be in great demand at Karaka and this filly ticks all the boxes.
Bred on the same Hello Youmzain/O’Reilly (NZ) cross as the exciting Remala (NZ), she is the third foal (the first already a winner) for a two-time winner who fetched NZ$350,000 as a Karaka yearling.
Her 2-year-old (NZ) (Super Seth) debuted at Rosehill in mid-January, running third to the exciting Wodeton (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in what looks set to prove a strong form reference.
Sacred Siren is one of the seven winners produced by the stake placed Striptease (NZ) (Danasinga), a half-sister to five winners including the stakes winners Seize The Moment (NZ) (Pins) and Savour The Moment (NZ) (Savabeel).
Offering strong potential for racing success, this filly can also boast amongst her relations the Group 1 gallopers Headturner (Anabaa {USA}), O’Marilyn (O’Reilly {NZ}) and Anacheeva.
Lot 269 - St Mark's Basilica x Savaria (Savabeel) (bay colt)
The first yearlings by the exciting young stallion St Mark’s Basilica fetched up to $700,000 at the recent Magic Millions and being a horse so well suited to Sir Tristram (Ire) line mares he is going to be well received in New Zealand.
A member of the same prolific All Moonshine (GB) (Bobsleigh {GB}) family as Sir Tristram, St Mark’s Basilica looks a great fit for mares by Savabeel and what a great job that recent New Zealand Racing Hall Of Fame inductee is doing as a broodmare sire; 33 stakes winners already.
Group 1 mares make great broodmares and what a classy mare this colt’s dam Savaria is; the G1 New Zealand Oaks heroine who also won twice at Group 3 level.
The dam of the promising Koheroa (NZ) (I Am Invincible) who has two wins and three second amongst his first eight starts, Savaria is a member of the terrific Soliloquy (NZ) (Sobig {NZ}) family; one which has produced the Group 1 gallopers Solveig (NZ) (Imposing), Gallic (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), Cross Swords (NZ) (Grosvenor {NZ}), Culminate (NZ) (Elnadmi {USA}), Eileen Dubh (NZ) (Storm Creek {USA}), Captivate (NZ) (Stravinsky {USA}) and Master O’Reilly (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}).
Lot 295 - Pierro x Shoulders (Snitzel) (bay filly)
Bred on the same successful Pierro/Snitzel cross as the Group 3 winner Facile and 20 other winners from 29 runners, this eye-catching filly with an outstanding pedigree hails from the same family as the Jamieson Park bred dual Group 1 winner Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}).
Her dam, a $400,000 Inglis Easter yearling, is an exciting prospect with her Justify (USA) colt fetching $420,000 at this sale last year.
Placed at both of her starts, Shoulders is a half-sister to the RL Magic Millions Guineas winner Aim (Star Witness) out of a daughter of the Group 1 mare Bollinger (Dehere {USA}) whose dam is the G1 Golden Slipper S. winning high-class matriarch Bint Marscay (Marscay).
Lot 326 - Wootton Bassett x Star Karen (Camelot) (bay colt)
It is a most exciting start that Wootton Bassett has made to his southern hemisphere career, making buyers keen to secure his progeny at the Magic Millions where they sold up for $1.7 million.
This fellow is a stand-out out of a G1 New Zealand Oaks placegetter whose Group 1-placed dam Calm Smytzer (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) produced nine winners from ten runners including the dam of the Group 3 galloper Hear The Chant (Nicconi).
Wootton Bassett, who had four juvenile Group 1 winners in the northern hemisphere last year, has sired the big race winner Twain (Ire) out of a Montjeu (Ire) line mare; part of the bigger success story that is the Wootton Bassett/Sadler’s Wells (USA) combination which has produced seven Group 1 winners.
Lot 352 - Tassort x Tempting (Dane Shadow) (brown filly)
She is by the highly promising young sire Tassort who is known for producing exceptional, precocious fillies such as Manaal and Ameena and this filly fits the bill of those types.
With a pedigree that suggests she is destined for success, she is bred on the same Tassort/Woodman (USA) cross as Ameena and she is out of a proven broodmare already represented by three winners.
Her dam is a full sister to the popular and talented mare Hurtle Myrtle (Dane Shadow), winner of the G1 Myer S. and two other races at Group level. And she is doing a great job at stud with her five winners including the dual Group winning sprinter Holyfield (I Am Invincible).
Stakes winners Whisper Bay (Royal Academy {USA}), Indian Thunder (Manhattan Rain) and Circuit Six (Time For War) also hail from this high-quality family as does the G1 Golden Slipper S. winning successful stallion Star Watch.
Lot 595 - St Mark's Basilica x Express Fantasy (Shamexpress) (bay colt)
Another imposing type bred on the St Mark’s Basilica/Sir Tristram (Ire) cross that holds such promise, he hails from a family that has already been in the headlines this year; that which produced the Magic Millions $2.8 million Snitzel colt out of the Group 3 mare Humma Humma (Denman).
This fellow is the first foal for a talented race mare; Express Fantasy (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) winning three of her eight starts and finishing out of the placings only twice with successes at Doomben, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
A half-sister to the RL Karaka Mile winner Raghu (NZ) (Showcasing {GB}), she went through this same sale, fetching NZ$360,000 being the lovely type that she is.
And she hails from a distinguished family, that of the G1 VRC Derby hero Manzoice (Almanzor {Fr}) and further back, the great Zabeel (NZ).
Lot 600 - Wootton Bassett x Faint Perfume (Shamardal) (bay filly)
A top-quality filly by Wootton Bassett out of dual Group 1 winner, this filly has it all!
This is a family known for its class, giving this filly plenty of residual value. Her dam, winner of the G1 VRC Oaks and the G1 Storm Queen S., has continued on the good work at stud with her six foals to race all being winners.
Amongst that tally is the G2 Adelaide Cup winner Good Idea (So You Think {NZ}) and the G3 Grand Prix S. winner Chains Of Honour (Redoute’s Choice) as well as the stakes-placed six time winner Mr Black Back (Snitzel).
Faint Perfume (Shamardal {USA}) is a granddaughter of another two time Group 1 winner in Danendri (Danehill {USA}) who won five races including the G1 AJC Oaks and the G1 Ansett Australia S, also running second in the G1 AJC Derby and the G1 VRC Oaks.
She too fared well at stud with eight winners including the Group 3 galloper Zingam (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and the Listed winner Banc de Fortune (Galileo {Ire}) as well as the dam of the G1 Levin Classic winner Bonham (NZ) (Per Incanto {USA}).
Lot 605 - Savabeel x Fast Company (Fastnet Rock) (bay colt)
This colt by super star stallion and recent Hall Of Fame inductee Savabeel is always going to draw plenty of this attention and this fellow is one of the most exciting prospects for Karaka buyers.
Savabeel and Fastnet Rock have combined extremely well in the pedigrees of six stakes winners and this fellow’s dam Fast Company was a $310,000 yearling and a $230,000 broodmare purchase.
She has a promising Savabeel called Good Good racing in Hong Kong (trained by John Size) and she is a full sister to the G2 Skyline S. winner Valentia.
This is a family renowned for its toughness, class and speed, this colt able to claim amongst his relations the feature race winners Super Elegant (Mister C {USA}), Razor Sharp (Steel Pulse {GB}), Elegancy (Mister C), Mister Elegant (Mister C), Miss Fantabulous (Encosta de Lago) and Wait For No One (Lonhro).
The Jamieson Park yearlings are bred for success, boasting pedigrees that reflect the best of both racing and breeding. They all have strong bloodlines with numerous Group performers and Classic winners in their ancestries, making them exciting prospects for buyers at Karaka 2025.
