Golden Archer Credits Pins with G3 Success as Damsire

29 August 2011

Kevin and Julie Taylor’s star homebred 3YO Golden Archer credited Pins with G3 success as a damsire over the weekend.

The Peter Moody-conditioned galloper made every post a winner in the HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, adding the 1 ¾ length G3 win to an impressive race record that already includes three Listed victories.

The 6-from-9 win galloper is out of the talented Pins mare Viennetta, who herself carved out a fine five strong win career which included G2 success in the ARC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes and a G1 placing in the NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes.

To date, Pins has achieved a damsire stakes winners-to-runners ratio of 7.1%.

His leading descendants being Dowager Queen and the said G1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes bound gelding, Golden Archer.

Noverre’s sibling salutes at Pukekohe

The Waikato Stud colours were out in force on Saturday, 8 November, and Magice (ex Magic Dancer) continued a wonderful day for Garry Chittick, who bred and races the son of Savabeel and is the full brother to first-season sire Noverre.

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153rd stakes winner for Sav with Rider’s Force

Savabeel’s influence was again on show as Force Of Nature fought bravely to claim the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint at Pukekohe. Trained by Andrew Forsman and bred by Tony Rider, the five-year-old gelding prevailed in a tight 1200m photo finish.