Mepunga Blazer Up And Running At Stud

First season sire Mepunga Blazer made a winning start at Ballarat on Wednesday courtesy of a winning double with Rockstar Quinn and Rockstar Stanley.

HERE they come!

Group 1 winning, track record breaking, first season sire Mepunga Blazer is now up and running, landing a winning double at Ballarat on Wednesday night.

At a tender 19-months of age, litter-mates Rockstar Brass and Rockstar Quinn, out of top producer Bekim Rose, were victorious in their respective Ballarat maiden events, running 25.35 and 25.17 to kick off their careers on a winning note.

Rockstar Quinn's big odds 25.17 victory was landed by a comfortable 4 1/2 lengths, with litter-mate Rockstar Stanley finishing second.

Mepunga Blazer has been hugely popular with breeders since making his way to stud and with extremely good reports filtering through about the talents and nature of his pups, the first wave of Blazer's to hit the tracks over the coming months are expected to more than leave their impression.

Wednesday night was a very handy start!

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RECORD breaking Queensland race bitch Champagne Sally has whelped her first litter, four dogs and seven bitches by Fernando Bale's multiple Group 1 winning son Out Of Range.

Champagne Sally (Barcia Bale-Bizarre Barbie by Velocette) ran track records at Albion Park and Ipswich and won the G1 Topgun Stayers during her fabulous race career.

Bred and raced by Mary and Ray Burman, she was also third in the Zoom Top and a finalist in the Bold Trease.

It is a family from which the Burmans have been producing group performers since the early 2000s.

The mating to Out Of range was one well thought out by the Burmans. It brings in the Barcia Bale-Nicki Fields cross that has produced potential champion Hooked On Scotch.

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MARK Moroney's classy producer Tick Away Fire has a litter to My Redeemer.

The three dogs and seven bitches follow Tick Away Fire's first litter to Dyna Double One and a litter by Fernando Bale just starting to race.

Tick Away Fire (Prince Diablo-Cathella Ice) was a classy race bitch who won 15 races and earned $31,000 and she comes from one of the most famous direct damlines this country has seen that of Good Odds Harada, Feral Franky, Paua To Burn, Born Ali and Velocette.

She was a multiple Wenty winner and out of the quality race bitch and producer Cathella Ice.

Tick Away Fire is already the dam of Pandemonium (Maitland 22.29 and 24.90, Wentworth Park 29.82, Gosford 29.45 and 22.18) and Sweet Fire All (4th G3 Newcastle Cup) from her litter by Dyna Double One.

The second litter, to Fernando Bale, includes Fire Legend (Maitland 22.20, Geelong 25.68, Sandown 29.51), Fire on Ice (Gosford 29.52, Wentworth Park four starts 2 wins 2 placings 30.03, 30.13).

Mark says some of the litter will soon be for sale.

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ALSO, up in Queensland, astute breeding follower Stuart Thompson has decided to “follow a trend” by putting Destiny Belle to Zambora Brockie.

Destiny Belle (Barcia Bale-Destiny Shaker) is an unraced bitch from a smart litter and her dam is a litter sister to champion Destini Fireball.

Stuart reports the bitch broke in with exceptional reports but broke a metacarpal which eventually forced her retirement.

“Her story is similar to Lilly Sur Seine and you will note they are extremely close in blood as well,” said Stuart.

Lilly Sur Seine is the unraced Barcia Bale-River Seine bitch who was mated to Zambora Brockie to produce those fabulous littermates No Easy Beat, Sequana, Stinger Noir and Made In America.

“Destiny Belle is very closely bred to Barooga Brett and the Zambora Brockie cross brings in the only difference, Bombastic Shiraz, into the blood,” said Stuart.

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MAGGIE Marvel was an extremely tenacious, talented bitch with fantastic early speed that had a very bright future ahead of her before a career ending Achilles injury.

She ran second in G3 Dapto Maiden when favourite.

She went on to win three at Wentworth Park and also won at the Gardens, Dapto and Gosford.
Maggie Marvel (Fabregas-Lady Arko) has just whelped a litter of pups by Mepunga Blazer and Marvel Park Greyhounds at Brandy Hill in NSW has some for sale.

Maggie hails from the famous Lady Arko who ran distance track records at Sandown and Richmond and was a multiple Group finalist running second to Dashing Corsair in the G1 Nat Distance in a memorable final.

Her litter included Chasin Crackers (17 wins, $278,000) the runner-up in the G1 Melbourne Cup and placed in the Rookie Rebel, Peter Mosman and Sale Cup as well, and the classy Umatilla (16 wins, $89,000) etc.

The Mepunga Blazer-Maggie Marvel litter was whelped late in October.

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DOWN in Victoria, youthful Sam Watson is embracing greyhound racing with a passion.

In February, he will have a litter of pups ready for sale by Easter Egg winner and promising sire Moreira from the smart race bitch Alice's Entity (Fabregas-Girl Aloud).

Alice was a fantastic race bitch winning 12 races including the SA division of the Launching Pad.

She won eight races over 515mfive of them in BON times. She also won over 600m.

From the Girl Aloud line that has been recently responsible for dogs such as Zara's Entity, Evie's Entity and Zoenah's Entity.

“Get your hands on a line that continuously throws good dogs and whose daughters continue to produce,” said Sam.

The pups are currently being reared at Ballarat.

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SHAYNE Stiff is tearing his hair out – figuratively – waiting for his grand producer Kim Keeping to come back on season.

The daughter of Bit Chili-Sweet keeping by Bond was a Wenty distance winner but at stud has been wonderful.

Her only litter to race, by Bekim Bale, produced Simon Keeping (9 wins, $116,000), Scott Keeping (12 wins, $102,000), Packer Keeping (14 wins, $93,000). Bolt Like Bekim (9 wins, $50,000) etc etc etc.

“Five of them won or were placed at Group 1 level,” says Shane.

This is the famous direct female line of Nitro Burst, but also traces directly to Marungi Girl who is also along the direct tail female line of Brett Lee.

Shane's G2 WA Oaks winner Milly Keeping (Swift Fancy-Naomi Keeping by Surf Lorian), a half sister to Group star Caitlyn Keeping, is in pup to My Redeemer.

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OVER In South Australia, Cameron and Yvonne Butcher are about to mate former Group staying star Purpose Driven to Aston Dee Bee.

Purpose Driven (Bekim Bale-Alana Blues) has already produced a litter to Fernando Bale of which the Butchers are impressed.

The bitch was a prolific winner and Group placegetter often chasing home her litter brother On Fire (40 wins, 2nd G1 Nat Sprint).

The Butchers had heard the rumours of the first progeny sired by Aston Dee Bee hitting the education tracks with huge reports.
The Aston Dee Bee-Purpose Driven litter is due in February.

While on the subject of On Fire, the Butchers have put him over their former classy race bitch She's A Looper (Oaks Road-Little Looper) a litter sister to G1 Nat Sprint champion Worm Burner.

They are due in January.

It is a reverse cross to SA Oaks star Kisses For Cloda (Worm Burner-Sidney's Shadow).

Breeders can take advantage of this column by sending mating and whelping advice to: david@pedigreesbydesign.com

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