Newsletter 01

Welcome to the first newsletter

We are excited to have you join us on our horse racing journey.

Whether you are a stallion owner, a mare owner our goal is the same, to breed a champion.

An Once of Blood focuses on exploring breeding patterns in the Australian and New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.

Our newsletter aims to provide you with valuable information, strategies and insights to help you achieve your breeding goals.

In this issue we look at

• Where do Group One winners come from.

Which stallions provide the best odds for breeding a Group 1 winner.

• The Greatest Stallions from the last 50 years

Sir Tristram Danehill Zabeel Redoute's Choice

One Key Element of their success.

• Getting More from your Mares mating.

Incorporate this proven line breeding pattern when planning matings.

Its that time of the year again when many mare owners are choosing who will be a mate for their mare.

The importance of these decisions cannot be underestimated. The consequences of a failed matings can be felt financially for years.

The opposite also being true, a successful mating, bringing not just the thrill of winning, but the possibility that it can change your lifestyle as well.

So how often does a stallion produce a Group One winner.

With just over 200 stallions standing in both Australia and New Zealand with runners on the race track, approximately 50% of these have yet to produce a Group One winner.

Of those who have the table below shows the average number of runners it takes each stallion to produce a Group One winner (Frequency )

Only present day stallions standing in Australia and New Zealand are displayed.

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It should be noted the above stats are for a runners only and does not include a stallions total foal crop.

In many cases 15 to 20 % of any given crop do not make it to the race track, or are not proceeded with after several trial performances.

What makes a Great Stallion.

Sir Tristram Danehill Zabeel Redoutes Choice

Key Elements of their Success.

Looking at the stallions from the past with the highest strike rate for producing Group One winners, and by studying the bloodlines of these successful stallions, we can gain insights into the genetic factors that contributed to their success.

It's interesting to examine one key element they each had in common.

A Powerful Female Line.

• Sir Tristram

from the family of Hyperion, Mossborough, and Pharamond

• Danehill

Northern Dancer, Halo, and Machaivellian

• Zabeel

Le Filou, and Carnegie

• Redoute's Choice

Try My Best, and El Gran Senor

note: Most pedigrees contain multiple patterns. However in each of the following examples for the sake of clarity, only the one pattern is highlighted.

The following gallery are examples of other stallions from around the world that have produced Group One winners with their female line duplicated.

First Stakes winner for Too Darn Hot

Fallen Angel becomes the first Stakes winner for shuttle stallion Too Darn Hot.

Her dam carrying blood that duplicates the stallions female line.

Getting More from your Mares mating.

Watch a planned mating in action.

The mating contains a line breeding pattern that has been a successful one for producing top-quality racehorses and Group One winners.

You will discover a principle that has been honed through decades of study.

You will see why line breeding is an important part in this industry and how you can apply these principles to your own stallion or mares mating,

Alternately if you need expert assistance with your planned matings you can reply through this email. click here

About Patrick

Planning the matings at Milan Park, Cambridge, New Zealand

Previously work helped clients breed two Group One winners from a $2500 unplaced mare including a Horse of the Year.

Available to a limited number of outside clients,

In up coming issues

Prowess and Sunshine in Paris. Two $10,000 matings that turned into million dollar mares.

Pedigree Patterns, Snitzel and his sons.

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