Alabar weanling draft full of quality

U May Cullect is regarded by many as the rising star of New Zealand harness racing.

 

Unbeaten in four starts to date, the Southland pacer has built up a level of excitement that few horses ever do.

 

Now very much the pride of the south, the son of Gotta Go Cullect was purchased by Tom Kilkelly for $5,200 as a weanling at Karaka from the annual Alabar NZ draft.

 

This year, Alabar NZ have a consignment of 55 weanlings selling at the NZB Standardbred All Aged Sale being held at Karaka on Monday, 6 May.

 

The sale starts at 11am with an Open Inspection Day being held at the sales venue the day before (Sunday, 5 May) between 1pm and 4pm.

 

Come along, who knows, you may collect harness racing’s next excitement machine.

 

The highlights of a 2019 draft stacked with quality include:

 

 Five weanlings from the first crop of Always B Miki. The fastest horse of all time and the horse that Hall of Fame trainer, Jimmy Takter was

quoted as saying “I think this could be the greatest horse that ever lived”

 

The first North American yearlings by Always B Miki are due to sell later this year and, being by a superstar of the sport and out of some of the

best mares in the world, they are sure to sell extremely well.

 

The Alabar weanling draft gives buyers the chance to get ahead of this

hype.

 

To add to the attraction they are also outstanding types.

 

 Three weanlings by champion sire Art Major including a full-brother to Alta Maestro and a daughter of Annie Morva, 1:52.9

Lot 179 Art Major – Alta Camilla colt

 

 Four weanlings by Majestic Son, the leading trotting sire in both New Zealand and Australia for the last two seasons

Lot 120 Majestic Son – Letz Hope colt

 

 Seven weanlings by He’s Watching who’s off to an excellent start with his first crop with five individual winners including the recent impressive Cambridge winner Eagle Watch (3rd Young Guns Final) and Star Hunter, a multiple Australian winner who was a close second in 1:53.3 in the APG Heat at Menangle on Tuesday. He looks like being one of the favourites for the Final

Lot 106 He's Watching – Hip Pocket colt

 

 Four weanlings from the only Southern Hemisphere crop by the US 3yo Breeders Crown winner, Racing Hill. Being the greatest son of Roll With Joe, a top sire who is no longer available to New Zealand breeders, is sure to be something that will grab the attention of buyers

Lot 108 Racing Hill – Ineedanorvic colt

 

 

 Six weanlings by A Rocknroll Dance, a sire who is sitting fourth on the NZ 3yo Sires’ Premiership with his first crop

 

 Six weanlings by Sportswriter, the prolific juvenile sire who sired 43 individual 2yo winners in Australia last season and showed NZ a preview

of his quality by quinellaing the Southland Oaks last weekend.

 

 Three weanlings by Sunshine Beach, already the sire of 10 in 1:55 (3 in 1:53) with his first crop of early 3yo’s in North America

 

 The only weanling ever to sell in NZ by champion US trotting sire Kadabra. Of note, with the weanling being offered being a filly, Kadabra is one of the all-time great sires of trotting mares with four millionaire mares to his credit including the US$4 million winner, Bee A Magician.

Lot 206 Kadabra – Cyclone Emily filly 

 

 In what will be a somewhat poignant moment for the Alabar team, the last ever weanling by the great and ill-fated Mach Three appropriately rounds out the draft to be offered.

 

For more information contact Peter Lagan (021 424 606) or Rachel Deegan

(021 939 950) at NZB Standardbred.