Pins
PHENOMENAL STAKES PRODUCER
Sire of 2011 Hong Kong Horse of the Year, Ambitious Dragon
Sire of 2009-10 ‘NZ Filly Of The Year’, Katie Lee
If a stallion is judged by his consistency and by his ability to get winners at the highest level, then Pins has few peers.
SNIPPETS - NO FINER BY KAORU STAR BAY 1996 16.1hh
2011 fee $40,000 +gst
Pins
PHENOMENAL PRODUCER OF STAKES WINNERS YEAR IN, YEAR OUT
New Zealand’s leading producer of individual stakes winners and global earnings (The Centaine Award) in 2010/2011
Champion sire in Hong Kong in 2010/2011. His leading HK earner AMBITIOUS DRAGON has now achieved over NZ$4,019,250 with wins in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, HK-1 Hong Kong Derby, HK-1 Classic Cup and the HK-3 National Day Cup.
Sire of 43 stakes winners, including KATIE LEE – New Zealand’s dual G1 winning 2009/10 ‘NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year’ and ANTONIO LOMBARDO, the country’s leading three-year-old colt.
2011/12 Stakes Winners across USA, HK, Aus and NZ include SHOPAHOLIC, OUR NAUTIQUE, AMBITIOUS DRAGON, SOMEPIN ANYPIN, I'M JAKE, ANTONIO LOMBARDO and UNDISCLOSED.
Progeny have excelled at G1 level throughout Australasia and Asia, with early sire-making victories registered in Australasia’s WFA Championship, the G1 WS Cox Plate and in the G1 Caulfield Guineas.
Exceptional career figures of 67.6% winners-to-runners, 7.7% stakes winners-to-starters and over twice the norm in average progeny earnings. From 41 individual stakes winners, has produced nine G1 gallopers – AMBITIOUS DRAGON, EL SEGUNDO, KATIE LEE, LEGS, POROTENE GEM, ECONSUL, WAIKATO, RED GLORY and LIM’S PRESTIGE.
Impressive returns at 2011 Yearling Sales – 59 selling up to AU$370,000, 27 realising six figure plus sums.
Leading sire son of the influential stallion SNIPPETS. Free of DANEHILL/DANZIG.
2011 SERVICE FEE $40,000 plus gst, live foal guarantee