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Scone Catalogue Strongest Ever

14th Apr 2011

Racing And Sports - Wednesday, 13 April 2011

The catalogue for the Hunter Valley breeders annual yearling sale to be conducted at Scone on May 12 and 15 can rightly be promoted as the strongest in its 65 year history.

The catalogue has been boosted by the big number of mares now being served by prominent sires each season and the added attraction of Australia's richest country racing carnival with $1.8 million prizemoney on offer on May 13 and 14.

The sires represented include Flying Spur, Redoute's Choice, Snippetson, General Nedym, Casino Prince, Stratum, Not a Single Doubt, Snitzel, Bernardini, Elusive Quality, Testa Rossa, Show A Heart, Lonhro, Beautiful Crown, Hussonet, Dane Shadow, Excites, Nadeem, Youthful Legs, Al Maher, Magic Albert, Mossman, Nothin' Leica Dane, Zizou, Royal Academy and Murphy's Blu Boy.

Stakes wins in Sydney by the Dane Shadow pair Red Tracer at Canterbury on April 8 and Hurtle Myrtle at Randwick on April 9 added to the appeal of the Scone sale.

Dane Shadow has 10 of his offspring in the 392 lot catalogue out of well related mares by Beautiful Crown, Quest for Fame, Best Western, Snowland, Luskin Star, Peace Command, Coronation Day, Nediym, Over and Show A Heart.

The sire with the biggest representation is Snippetson with 23 lots.

A son of Snippets, Snippetson is a brother to Snowland, the sire of the dam of one of the Dane Shadow yearlings, a filly out of Snow Girl, a grandaughter of AJC Oaks winner Just Now.

The pedigree is similar to that which produced the siblings Red Tracer and G1 placed Shellscrape, both being out of the Snippets mare Kisma.

Shellscrape and Saturday's Randwick winner Hurtle Myrtle are among 32 first crop Dane Shadow winners.