Pedigree Boosters – New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale

The catalogue for the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale was released on November 21, 2022, and since then, a host of yearlings being offered at Karaka next week have had their pedigree enhanced, which is important information for vendors and buyers alike.

Lot 152 - Embellish (NZ) x Elegant Achiever (Fastnet Rock), colt - on account of Cambridge Stud

This colt by Cambridge Stud’s Embellish (NZ), who currently sits second in the NZ first-season sire standings, has had the benefit of two timely updates since the catalogue went to print.

His brother Luberon (NZ), who provided his sire with his very first winner courtesy of a 4l maiden win at Whangarei, also became Embellish’s first stakes horse when finishing third in the Listed Challenge S. in November, while his half-brother, Ellmaknifico (NZ) (Makfi {GB}) added a third career victory to his name when saluting at Kyneton later that month.

From the second crop of the Group 1-winning son of Savabeel in Embellish, this colt is out of Elegant Achiever, a daughter of leading broodmare sire Fastnet Rock who has produced two winners from two runners to date.

The Savabeel/Fastnet Rock cross boasts an 18 per cent stakes winners to runners strike rate and is headed by Kaonic (NZ) (Savabeel), whose seven career victories include a Listed win at Flemington.

Lot 165 - Ocean Park (NZ) x Exactly Like You (NZ) (Savabeel), filly - on account of Waikato Stud

The dam of this filly by leading stallion Ocean Park (NZ), Exactly Like You (NZ) (Savabeel), is also now two from two with her progeny after Tivaci Princess (NZ) (Tivaci) broke through at Wellington last month, where she accounted for talented filly Wessex (NZ) (Turn Me Loose {NZ}), who has since earned herself black type by placing behind Group 1 winner Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) in the G2 Eight Carat Classic.

Exactly Like You is by multiple Champion Sire Savbeel and is therefore a three-quarter sister to G2 Matriarch S. heroine Savapinski (Savabeel). She also counts G3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup runner-up Glintz (NZ) (Pins) as her half-sister.

This filly is a granddaughter of the Listed-winning O’Reilly (NZ) mare Glitzy (NZ), who is herself a three-quarter sister to O’Flirty (NZ), a two-time Listed winner in Western Australia. Glitzy is also a three-quarter sister to G2 Tulloch S. placegetter Multifacets (NZ) and a sister to the stakes-placed Samburu (NZ), who won five races.

Ocean Park, whose progeny are spearheaded by four-time Group 1 winner Tofane (NZ) and three-time Group 1 hero Kolding (NZ), will be represented by 49 yearlings in Book 1 of the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale.

Lot 380 - Tivaci x Novelty (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}), filly - on account of Waikato Stud

A number of recent pedigree updates are sure to make this filly by Waikato Stud’s resident stallion Tivaci a highly sought-after offering, not to mention that her sire is now a Group 1 producer courtesy of Never Been Kissed’s (NZ) victory in the G1 Flight S.

First and foremost, this filly’s sister, Bella Tivaci (NZ), broke her maiden at Avondale in November and has since mixed it in Group company on her past two starts. Bella Tivaci is the only foal to race out of this filly’s dam Novelty (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}), who is an extremely well-related daughter of reigning Champion Broodmare Sire O’Reilly.

Novelty is a three-quarter sister to Group 1 winners Gunyo (NZ) and Tiptronic (NZ), as well as stakes winner Wolfwhistle (NZ), all of whom are by O’Reilly. Her full sister Seriously (NZ) recently added a fourth career success to complement her two placings at stakes level, while another of her three-quarter sisters, Splits (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}), recently became a stakes producer of her own thanks to the victory of her daughter Synchronize (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Listed Hallmark Stud H. last month.

This filly also hails from the family of the cleverly named Champion NZ 3-Year-Old Filly Legs (NZ) (Pins), whose two victories at the top level included a memorable success in the G1 New Zealand Oaks.