From the T-Times:
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todays ... 6&subsec=6
The article isn't very clearly written...is he going there for SH time only, or is he going there permanently? I'm assuming permanently, as Maine Chance bought a majority share in him AND the restrictions related to African Horse Sickness would require that he spend enough time in quarantine to make shuttling a real pain in the neck.
Meanwhile, this horse is fairly lightly bred (by Coolmore standards)...two crops to race, and only about 100 foals in each crop. Coolmore must really not have been liking what they were seeing for them to sell him that quickly. Best of luck to him, he'll be an interesting cross on the all the Western Winter and Fort Wood mares, as well as a VERY good prospect for the Jallad and Spectrum mares he's bound to see.
Black Minnaloushe to South Africa
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I didn't understand that either, but I'm going with your assumption that he's staying down there due to a majority interest being purchased. He's a nice horse, but was just too turfy for this market I guess and too plain for the sales ring.
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It's odd that he isn't going to stay in New Zealand. He is the leading first crop sire there, and sire of two time group one winner Jokers Wild.
He is very turfy, and his best son here thus far, Stream Cat, is even more turf, and only a grade 3 winner, although he is grade 1 placed. Needless to say, I'm upset that he's leaving.
He is very turfy, and his best son here thus far, Stream Cat, is even more turf, and only a grade 3 winner, although he is grade 1 placed. Needless to say, I'm upset that he's leaving.
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Here is the item from the thoroughbred news site.
http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/nz/?id=24108
One more season for boom Australasian sire Black Minnaloushe 3 Jun 2006
Windsor Park Stud
Continuing the recent trend for huge investment in the South African breeding and racing industry, it was confirmed today that Leading First Season sire Black Minnaloushe has been sold for a substantial, undisclosed figure to Andreas Jacob’s Maine Chance Farms, which has been South Africa’s champion breeder for six of the last ten years.
Beck is also a major player in the thoroughbred industry in the U.S.A. owning the renowned Kentucky thoroughbred stud Gainesway Farm.
As part of the arrangement the former Coolmore owned stallion will stand again in New Zealand at Windsor Park Stud for the coming 2006 breeding season, affording Australasian breeders a final opportunity to access him. Windsor Park Stud has been his southern hemisphere base for the last five seasons.
“The tremendous start Black Minnaloushe has made with his first runners in both hemispheres has attracted global interest in buying him. Although we are disappointed we will have him for just one more season, the offer Coolmore have accepted would mean standing him for considerably higher than this seasons fee of $17,500 if we were to purchase him outright”, commented Windsor Park studmaster Nelson Schick.
A champion son of Storm Cat, Black Minnaloushe sired his eighth individual 2YO winner from his first New Zealand-bred crop this week when the Donna Logan trained filly Jazzella impressively won the first leg of a $100,000 triple-crown bonus series of races.
Among his first New Zealand-bred crop of runners, Black Minnaloushe has also sired Champion 2YO elect and dual Gr.1 winner Jokers Wild, as well as the highly regarded Australian performers Changing Eyes and Canyonville and the exciting Hong Kong winner Butterfield.
“ Black Minnaloushe has made a greater initial impact than we could have hoped for considering all the indications point to his progeny being better at three and though this season will be his last with us, the exciting thing is that there will still be four more crops of his runners to represent him in our region ” said Schick.
In the northern hemisphere Black Minnaloushe has sired group-level horses in both the U.S.A. and Europe including leading turf 3YO and multiple stakes winner Stream Cat, unbeaten on the grass in 2006 and placed in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Futurity at two, as well as multiple European group performer Black Charmer.
http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/nz/?id=24108
One more season for boom Australasian sire Black Minnaloushe 3 Jun 2006
Windsor Park Stud
Continuing the recent trend for huge investment in the South African breeding and racing industry, it was confirmed today that Leading First Season sire Black Minnaloushe has been sold for a substantial, undisclosed figure to Andreas Jacob’s Maine Chance Farms, which has been South Africa’s champion breeder for six of the last ten years.
Beck is also a major player in the thoroughbred industry in the U.S.A. owning the renowned Kentucky thoroughbred stud Gainesway Farm.
As part of the arrangement the former Coolmore owned stallion will stand again in New Zealand at Windsor Park Stud for the coming 2006 breeding season, affording Australasian breeders a final opportunity to access him. Windsor Park Stud has been his southern hemisphere base for the last five seasons.
“The tremendous start Black Minnaloushe has made with his first runners in both hemispheres has attracted global interest in buying him. Although we are disappointed we will have him for just one more season, the offer Coolmore have accepted would mean standing him for considerably higher than this seasons fee of $17,500 if we were to purchase him outright”, commented Windsor Park studmaster Nelson Schick.
A champion son of Storm Cat, Black Minnaloushe sired his eighth individual 2YO winner from his first New Zealand-bred crop this week when the Donna Logan trained filly Jazzella impressively won the first leg of a $100,000 triple-crown bonus series of races.
Among his first New Zealand-bred crop of runners, Black Minnaloushe has also sired Champion 2YO elect and dual Gr.1 winner Jokers Wild, as well as the highly regarded Australian performers Changing Eyes and Canyonville and the exciting Hong Kong winner Butterfield.
“ Black Minnaloushe has made a greater initial impact than we could have hoped for considering all the indications point to his progeny being better at three and though this season will be his last with us, the exciting thing is that there will still be four more crops of his runners to represent him in our region ” said Schick.
In the northern hemisphere Black Minnaloushe has sired group-level horses in both the U.S.A. and Europe including leading turf 3YO and multiple stakes winner Stream Cat, unbeaten on the grass in 2006 and placed in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Futurity at two, as well as multiple European group performer Black Charmer.
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Halo, there are a couple of things going on.
1. When the apartheid government effectively ended and started the transfer of power to majority rule in 1991, trade barriers and embargos by other nations ended. The South African thoroughbred, which had become impoverished by a decade and change of no new stock, suddenly had access to top-notch turf breeding stock. Current leading sires Fort Wood, Western Winter, Al Mufti, and Jallad all started their stud careers in the early 1990s. In the mid to late 1990s, the first foals of these hot young sires come across the pond and make noise. Horse Chestnut and Spook Express come to mind.
2. A vaccine for African Horse Sickness was developed in the mid 1980s, and AHS was eradicated from the western region of the Western Cape province thereafter. This became the only certified AHS-free region on the continent and provided a safe quarantine site for horses leaving the country. Once AHS-control measures were established, other countries relaxed the quarantine requirements for South African bloodstock, allowing SAf racing stock to travel abroad.
3. By comparison to the rest of the world, SAf bloodstock is dirt cheap. Team Valor has used that to their advantage several times...they bought one well-bred filly for $35,000 (USD) who later turned into a Gr-1 winner. The rand is about 6 to the dollar, land is cheap, and so far the sheiks and Coolmore haven't started hitting the yearling sales. On the flip side, $35,000 US is a very good price for unraced stock down there, so both sides benefited. South African breeders come out ahead in the transaction: they get publicity each time Irridescence defeats Ouija Board or Crimson Palace runs away with a US Gr-1.
4. Some of their best sires have died in the last few years: Elliodor, Model Man, Rich Mans Gold, etc. Perinneal champion sprinting sire National Emblem (CAN) is quite old, and his son and heir apparent died of founder in Dubai.
1. When the apartheid government effectively ended and started the transfer of power to majority rule in 1991, trade barriers and embargos by other nations ended. The South African thoroughbred, which had become impoverished by a decade and change of no new stock, suddenly had access to top-notch turf breeding stock. Current leading sires Fort Wood, Western Winter, Al Mufti, and Jallad all started their stud careers in the early 1990s. In the mid to late 1990s, the first foals of these hot young sires come across the pond and make noise. Horse Chestnut and Spook Express come to mind.
2. A vaccine for African Horse Sickness was developed in the mid 1980s, and AHS was eradicated from the western region of the Western Cape province thereafter. This became the only certified AHS-free region on the continent and provided a safe quarantine site for horses leaving the country. Once AHS-control measures were established, other countries relaxed the quarantine requirements for South African bloodstock, allowing SAf racing stock to travel abroad.
3. By comparison to the rest of the world, SAf bloodstock is dirt cheap. Team Valor has used that to their advantage several times...they bought one well-bred filly for $35,000 (USD) who later turned into a Gr-1 winner. The rand is about 6 to the dollar, land is cheap, and so far the sheiks and Coolmore haven't started hitting the yearling sales. On the flip side, $35,000 US is a very good price for unraced stock down there, so both sides benefited. South African breeders come out ahead in the transaction: they get publicity each time Irridescence defeats Ouija Board or Crimson Palace runs away with a US Gr-1.
4. Some of their best sires have died in the last few years: Elliodor, Model Man, Rich Mans Gold, etc. Perinneal champion sprinting sire National Emblem (CAN) is quite old, and his son and heir apparent died of founder in Dubai.
It seems a bit of a shame that they are now buying Storm Cat sons to stand over there. Im sure their mare population will outcross well to them, but we'll end up with the old problem again of a high percentage of foals being by Storm Cat lines, and once again end up with a glut of that breeding. Where will they go then?
Informative post, Kimberley. Thanks.
Informative post, Kimberley. Thanks.
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You're welcome. If you're curious as to the lines over there, here's a link to their breeders association. You can follow it through to the catalog for an upcoming yearling sale. http://www.tba.co.za/
I think BM will be well-supported over there, but he has his work cut out for him. There are a couple of SC-line horses over there now, but not all that many of them. He is the first Storm Cat horses with a champion label AND a pedigree which should fit nicely with the local bloodlines.
Where will they go for new blood? Same place they've been going: Brazil and Argentina.
I think BM will be well-supported over there, but he has his work cut out for him. There are a couple of SC-line horses over there now, but not all that many of them. He is the first Storm Cat horses with a champion label AND a pedigree which should fit nicely with the local bloodlines.
Where will they go for new blood? Same place they've been going: Brazil and Argentina.
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They have an exquisitely-bred ne'er-do-well named Mogok whose first foals are yearlings...unraced or unplaced (I forget) Storm Cat half to Machiavellian.
I think the three most exciting additions to their stallion roster lately are Silvano (GER), Equipado (ARG), and Spectrum (IRE). Silvano needs no introduction, Spectrum is a grade 1 winner who sired gr-1 class horses in Europe, and Equipado is a Gr-1 winning Candy Stripes son out of the family of SAf champions Empress Club and Escoleta Fitz. He should get some fantastic support from Arrowpoint Stud, who also stand champion sire Al Mufti and West Order (Gone West out of an Irish River mare).
I think the three most exciting additions to their stallion roster lately are Silvano (GER), Equipado (ARG), and Spectrum (IRE). Silvano needs no introduction, Spectrum is a grade 1 winner who sired gr-1 class horses in Europe, and Equipado is a Gr-1 winning Candy Stripes son out of the family of SAf champions Empress Club and Escoleta Fitz. He should get some fantastic support from Arrowpoint Stud, who also stand champion sire Al Mufti and West Order (Gone West out of an Irish River mare).