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/Our sires accumulated 53 winners across Australasia last week, and there were plenty of eye-catching performers among them. In North America, Bettor's Delight was also furthering his stance as the best stallion of our time, siring the two feature race winners in Canada over the weekend. Sweet Lou was also in the spotlight again with three siring trebles across Friday and Saturday night.
It's now time to be booking your mares in for the fast approaching 2024-25 season. Our stallions are flying their own flags and achieving tremendous results with their progeny on the track, proving that Woodlands Stud is your one-stop-shop for stallions this season.
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See some of our sires highlights from last week below:
BETTOR'S DELIGHT
There is no doubting that BETTOR’S DELIGHT is the greatest sire of our time, and he further proved this on Sunday when he sired the winners of both feature pacing races at Woodbine - Mohawk Park including the $1 Million North America Cup, which was a race Bettor's Delight won himself back in 2001.
$1 Million Pepsi North America Cup
NIJINSKY (Western Ideal dam)
$425,000 3YO Fillies Fan Hanover
ITS A LOVE THING (Captaintreacherous dam)
Closer to home, Bettor's Delight also had a great week last week siring 21 winners including a double at Bunbury with BETTOR ARCADE (Real Desire dam) who was bred by Craig Lynn and the Breckon Bred gelding PRINCE OF PAIN (Christian Cullen dam). He also sired a Woodlands Stud bred and raised double at Gloucester Park with RAKERO RAIDER (In The Pocket dam) and BETTOR CLASS (Christian Cullen dam) both saluting the judge.
SWEET LOU
Sweet Lou is a sire that isn't slowing down at the moment and he had another fantastic week on the track including three siring trebles on the weekend:
ADDINGTON RACEWAY
TACT MCLEOD (Albert Albert dam) - overcame a handicap to beat his rivals and collect his fifth win. Bred by the Estate of Mrs B Dynes.
SHARDS MATRIX (Christian Cullen dam) - made it a winning double at his last two starts. Bred by Mark & Debbie Smith of Shard Farm.
DEFY ME (Bettor's Delight dam) - this gelding was bred at Woodlands Stud by Charles Joseph Limited and picked up his second win.
WAGGA WAGGA
BULLETIN (Sportswriter dam) defeated the favourite to win his second race. He was bred by the Campbells.
OTIS RISING (Bettor's Delight dam) did work early and held on for a brave win for his connections. He was bred by G Hawthorn and J Callagher.
RESET THE BAR (Somebeachsomewhere dam) was another Sweet Lou winner for prominent owner Michael Boots, and he made it two from two when winning nicely here. The talented gelding was bred by Mark and Pauline O'Connor of Denario Breeding.
ALBION PARK
CANTFINDABETTORMAN (Bettor's Delight dam) took out the Open Pace of the night and has proved himself as one of the most successful sons of Sweet Lou in Australasia so far, picking up his 15th win and taking his career earnings to over $300k. He was bred and raised at Woodlands Stud.
SKY BLU (Bettor's Delight dam) got up for her fourth win. She was bred by M Wardle and M Sinclair.
EYE KEEP SMILING (Armbro Operative dam) got career win 11 and took her earnings past $187k when winning in 1:54.4. She was bred by Success Stud and Jackie Gibson still owns this nice mare.
WHAT THE HILL
WHAT THE HILL had yet another siring double in New Zealand last week when two of his progeny saluted the judge at Alexandra Park. To add to the success one of these winners even headed home a What The Hill sired trifecta!
KEEP IT KLASSY (Armbro Operative dam) was back at the head of the field for the second time in her career. She has been a very consistent mare to date, with 14 top three finishes. She is yet another strong What The Hill performer that was bred by Breckon Farms.
KISS AND RUN (Love You dam) is also another consistently strong performer who is sired by What The Hill. She took her career earnings to over $100k when winning nicely, bringin up the double and heading home a What The Hill trifecta with MONARCH HILL (Monarchy dam) second and LUBY LIL (Andover Hall dam) in third. Kiss And Run has now won five races and has been placed 14 times, she also holds a New Zealand record. She is a well bred filly stemming from Tardina Stud.
What The Hill remains the leading sire of 2-year-olds and 4-year-olds in New Zealand and is second on both the All Age and 3-year-old lists with just three crops of racing age.
DOWNBYTHESEASIDE
It was another strong week on the board for DOWNBYTHESEASIDE with a handful of winners that included several strong performers.
His 2-year-old daughter, FANTASEA (Art Major dam) hasn't been out of the money in her four starts to date, and recorded her second win at Globe Derby last week. She was bred by Buckland Park Homestead.
OURMATEMENKO (Falcon Seelster dam) picked up his ninth win after leading throughout. He won by nearly 6 metres with a mile rate of 1:55.6. He was bred by Woodlands Stud and sold as a Weanling in 2020 to Shane Sanderson for $5,500, he has now won over $53k in stakes to date.
AMERICAN IDEAL
There were fourteen winners across Australasia for AMERICAN IDEAL last week. The highlights were doubles at Redcliffe, Dubbo and Hobart:
REDCLIFFE
SERGIOS ROCKET (Bettor's Delight dam) got back to back wins and the eighth in her career. Congratulations to her connections, especially her big group of breeders.
CALL TO ORDER (Mr Feelgood dam) this Solid Earth bred and raced colt has been super consistent and picked up his fourth win.
DUBBO
TOLKOWSKY (Mach Three dam) showed he was the deserved favourite when winning his third race. He has only been out of the top three once in his six starts (and it was fourth place). He was bred by Elite Bloodstock.
FRONTIER (Blissfull Hall dam) was a bit of an upset when winning his 5th race. Bred by Tony Dumesny.
HOBART
BEST DEAL (Art Major dam) made it three from three winning impressively by 26.8m. He was bred by Peter Gleeson and the Stewarts.
EYE SEE DOUBLE (Fake Left dam) showed he's a true 8-year-old warhorse, winning his 17th race! He was bred by the Sutherlands.
Please note: American Ideal is only available via limited amounts of frozen semen for 2024-25, contact our team for more information
LATHER UP
For the first time in his siring career, Lather Up is set to call New Zealand home. After starting his Australasian siring career in Victoria under the wonderful care of Kath McIntosh and her team at Llowalong Farms, Woodlands Stud have made the decision to base our whole roster at our Auckland farm for the upcoming season.
Lather Up is a sire who is just starting his career off as his debut crop hit the track with promise in Australasia. He is one of the fastest horses ever in harness racing history and broke two World Records and seven track records during his racing career. He continues to be one of the best value pacing sires in the industry.
SPEEDING SPUR
Speeding Spur is a champion trotter in his own right, who won nine Group 1 races during his career. He won over $1 million in stakes and won feature races in New Zealand, Australia and North America.
His debut crop are just starting to hit the track, and while small on numbers, trainers are very positive about the progeny. He is another sire who represents great value in the upcoming season and is available with quality, fresh semen across Australasia.
