Final Chance to Buy Sacred Falls Weanlings

Meanwhile, the 2021 NZB National Weanling Sale also provides an early opportunity to access the final crop of Waikato Stud stallion Sacred Falls (NZ), whose progeny have risen to a new level since his untimely death. He is the sire of this season’s standout Kiwi three-year-old Aegon (NZ), winner of the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), $1m Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) and Group Two Hobartville Stakes (1400m). Sacred Falls’ seven other stakes performers include Group 3 winners Zee Falls (NZ) and All Saints Eve (NZ), plus Icebath (NZ), who has produced huge performances as runner-up in photo finishes to this season’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and A$7.5m Golden Eagle (1500m) in Sydney. Impecunious (NZ) also placed at Group 1 level in last month’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). Lot 4 in the National Weanling Sale catalogue is a Sacred Falls colt offered by Curraghmore out of Pink Bubbles (NZ) (Pins), whose dam Madame Echezeaux (NZ) (Montjeu) is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner and star sire Darci Brahma (NZ), along with four-time stakes winner and successful sire Burgundy (NZ). Lot 55 is a colt out of Best Command (Court Command) offered by Haunui Farm – a stakes-placed half-sister to the Group 1 winner First Seal (Fastnet Rock) – while Lot 23 is closely related to the Irish champion Siskin (First Defence) and American five-time Grade 1 winner Close Hatches (First Defence). Close Hatches is also the dam of Kentucky Derby (2000m) placegetter Tacitus (Tapit), and this quality family is also represented by an Embellish (NZ) filly going through the ring as Lot 6 consigned by Leanach Lodge.

Leading Sacred Falls son Aegon (pic: Steve Hart)