Breeding News: Star Stayer Off To Fernando Bale

GROUP staying star Kanzan will be mated to Fernando Bale later this week.

Clinton Payne, head of the syndicate that raced the daughter of Dyna Double One and Asterix (by Collision), made the announcement this week.

What a race bitch she was, and what a litter she came from.

Kanzan showed her versatility, soundness and chasing abilities in 67 starts for 15 wins and 26 placings, earning $81,000 for trainer John Smart, while, when in Victoria, prepared by Terry Reid.

She was something else.

She made the finals of the G1 Bold Trease, G1 Association Cup, G3 Sydney Cup, G3 Summer Cup and G3 Destini Fireball. She was a multiple Wenty and The Meadows winner.

But, she was no “one off” in her litter which also included Group 1 NZ Futurity and G2 NZ St Leger winner Cawbourne Krusty (13 wins, $66,000) who was also second in the G1 NZ Oaks, as well as Cawbourne Liz (18 wins, $43,000).

Their dam Asterix is also the dam of quality litters by Dyna Lachlan and Fabregas.

Kanzan is fabulously in-bred to Luana Bale via genetic sisters.

Bring your cheque book!

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VICTORIAN Harry Manolitsis is on a winning high after Get It Gizmo won the G1 Topgun.

But Harry is everyone's friend at the moment after his G1 winning bitch Elevated produced her first litter of pups, by Fernando Bale.

“She had four dogs and six bitches,” said Harry. “All but one of the pups has been bought. $20,000 will get the bitch pup.”

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WITH the Melbourne Cup in everyone's thoughts this week, Cup-winning breeder Di Buxton was saddened recently when she had to put down rising 15-year-old Splitting Hairs.

The daughter of Banker Hud-As Moments Go by Awesome McLaren became the dam of Di's G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Brisbane Cup winner Got A Moment (by Collision).

“It was a very sad day for me,” said Di. “I bought her mother As Moments Go, bred Splitting Hairs, or Paris as she was known around home, and she was a good race bitch before producing her wonderful daughter.”

Got A Moment, who has retired from her breeding career, and her mum Paris were great chums at the Buxton home in Ipswich. “She is really missing her mum,” said Di of Got A Moment.

Splitting Hairs won seven races at Albion Park and Ipswich for Di Buxton. Her daughter Got A Moment won 15 and earned $478,000.

“Just like her namesake, Paris Hilton, she was a right little monkey,” said Di. “But she was a wonderful mother to her pups and would easily slot in for other bitch's puppies if needed. She loved to baby.”

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DI Buxton reports two of Got A Moment's daughter, litter sisters Right On Cue and Leckie City, have produced their first litters.

The daughters of Black Magic Opal could both run like the wind, Right On Cue scorching to a 29.74 around Albion Park in Novice class.

Right On Cue has produced two dogs and four bitches to boom young sire Worm Burner. Warren Nicholls loaned the bitch from Di for the mating.

Toowoomba's Gary Moore also used Leckie City on a pup deal with Di. She has produced two dogs and five bitches to her mating to Zambora Brockie.

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OVER in South Australia, Clint Alleway reports he has mated former WA speed machine Sunset Mouse to Worm Burner.

Sunset Mouse (Fabregas-Go Jessie's Girl by Collision) was a flying machine on the racetrack. She raced 57 times for 33 wins and 14 placings earning $46,000 her wins all coming over short courses.

Worm Burner's progeny are all showing a great deal of strength which prompted Clint to undertake this mating. Sunset Mouse is a half sister to Group star Pantera Near and this is the same line as Qld-based Group star Dam Slippery.

Clint was well aware that Worm Burner's half sister Allinga Aye Jay was mated to Fabregas to produce Group champ Fabregal (G2 Qld Futurity, G3 Gawler Gold Cup etc).

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UP in Queensland, Jan and Bill Warner report their smart city winning bitch Brightest Star has just whelped to Aston Dee Bee.

Brightest Star (Fabregas-Capella by High Earner) was a very consistent race bitch who raced 58 times for 14 wins and 28 placings. She was a multiple city winner.

Her dam Capella was also a multiple city winner and feature race winner for the Warners during her race career and she comes from the very famous National Queen direct damline … that of legends Flying Amy and Tenthill Doll.

Capella was a half sister to Geoff Draheim's former star sprinter Auriga Fox (G2 Vince Curry Mdn) a multiple Group performer.

The mating of Aston Dee Bee-Brightest Star introduces a 3×3 of Bombastic Shiraz balanced via daughter and son, but also brings in the proven Goddess Of Fire cross with her brother Awesome Assassin.