Yearling Sales
2025 National Standardbred Yearling Sale Christchurch Draft
LOT 152 FRANCO LINCOLN (Captain Crunch – Loretta Franco colt)
By the exciting young CAPTAINTREACHEROUS stallion CAPTAIN CRUNCH (sire of an impressive 33 2-year-old winners from his first Australasian crop in 2024), this colt is the second foal of a 6-win 1:55.4 mare.
The dam is a half-sister to the $100,000 earner FRANCO LANDRY 1:50.5, the winner of 14 races to date, whilst the second dam was the successful race mare LETITIA FRANCO 1:51.4 ($212,601 13 wins)
It is the maternal family of the Group 1 Derby winners LATE BID 1:57.1 ($508,413 30 wins) and LOTSNLOTS 1:57.9 ($208,035 15 wins), as well as the Victoria Derby runner-up FRANCO LOTSMORE 1:56.8 ($271,403 32 wins).
The latest star from the family is the multiple Group 2 winner and Group 1 place-getter (HI) MANAMEISJEFF 1:48.4 ($345,220 20 wins) – the second equal fastest horse in Australia in 2024 – behind only the superstar LEAP TO FAME.
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LOT 173 NYLA FRANCO (Always B Miki – Nirvana Franco filly)
The first foal out of a placed BETTOR’S DELIGHT half-sister to the three-time Australian Group 1 winner and successful US Grand Circuit performer NIKE FRANCO 1:48 ($913,870 32 wins).
A half or full to six winners in total, the dam is also a full sibling to the multiple stakes-placed SHAN NOBLE 1:56 ($165,541 7 wins).
The second dam is the Group 1 winning, two-time NZ Pacing Mare of the Year NEAREA FRANCO 1:54 ($441,405 11 wins).
This filly’s maternal family is also that of the outstanding 2024 Australian 3-year-old colt, BAY OF BISCAY 1:51.4 ($657,080 8 wins) – winner of the Nutrien Equine Classic Final and runner-up in the Group 1 NSW Derby, Group 1 QLD Derby, Breeders Crown Final and The TAB Eureka.
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LOT 187 REPAY THE FAITH (Captaintreacherous – Piccadilly Princess colt)
A colt by a champion stallion, out of a champion mare.
This CAPTAINTREACHEROUS colt is the third foal of the five-time Group 1 winner and 2016-17 Australian Aged Pacing Mare of the Year PICCADILLY PRINCESS 1:53 ($759,253 17 wins).
The second dam HYDE PARK ROYAL was a terrific producer who left 10 winners from 11 foals to race, including the above mentioned PICADILLY PRINCESS and the $100,000 earners SPONDULICKS 1:51.6 ($158,464 15 wins), ROYAL MACH 1:56.3 ($115,796 14 wins, Group 2 placed) and THE ROYAL GARDEN ($113,602 19 wins).
This is also the immediate family of the star New Zealand filly DUCHESS MEGXIT 1:54.4 ($456,511 11 wins), winner of four Group 1’s to date, including the 2024 NZ Oaks and Queen Of Hearts.
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LOT 197 FRANCO REMY (Bettor’s Delight – Rhapsody Franco colt)
Beautifully bred, this colt is a three-quarter brother to the 2019-20 NZ Harness Horse of the Year ULTIMATE SNIPER 1:52.6 ($842,792 14 wins), as well as the two-time NZ Age Group Male Pacer of the Year ULTIMATE MACHETE 1:51.9 ($850,361 13 wins).
By BETTOR’S DELIGHT, he is the first foal from an ART MAJOR full sister to the WA Oaks winner MAJOR REALITY 1:50.9 ($434,455 23 wins) and half-sister to the above mentioned ULTIMATE SNIPER and ULTIMATE MACHETE.
The second dam REALITY CHECK was a stakes winning juvenile who excelled in the broodmare paddock and was voted the 2018-19 NZ Pacing Broodmare of the Year.
The third dam MAUREENS DREAM 1:58.8 was a 5-win half-sister to the NZ 2YO Pacing Colt of the Year TUAPEKA KNIGHT 1:58 ($198,305 12 wins from 14 starts) and was the 2011-12 Broodmare Excellence Award recipient, leaving 11 winners from 13 foals including the above mentioned Listed winner REALITY CHECK, the Group 1 placegetter TUAPEKA DANCER, $100,000+ earner LAVROS LORD 1:52.6 and the dam of the multiple Group 1 winner IDEAL SCOTT 1:52.8 ($842,757 22 wins).
It is also the maternal family of the Group 2 winning siblings BONNIE JOAN 1:52.8 ($201,464 10 wins) and SAND WAVE 1:55.1 ($176,442 10 wins).
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LOT 206 KOOL AID MCKINSTRY (Captain Crunch – Storm colt)
By the well credentialled young stallion CAPTAIN CRUNCH who is off to a strong start in his Southern Hemisphere stud career with eight stakes performers from his first crop of 2-year-olds, this colt is the second foal of a four-win ART MAJOR mare from a highly successful maternal family.
The dam is a half-sister to the 2024 Group 2 Southern Supremacy Stakes Final runner-up DOUBLE JEOPARDY 1:56.7 ($55,585 3 wins).
The maternal family features the Group 1 winners RONA LORRAINE ($133,270 3 wins), VENUS SERENA 1:52.1 ($796,398 16 wins) - a two-time NZ Pacing Filly of the Year and seven-time Group 1 winner, and the NZ Derby winner SHERIFF 1:51 ($444,634 25 wins).
Other notable performers in the pedigree include the Group 3 winner WRANGLER 1:48.8 ($320,424 26 wins), the Group 1 place-getter BETTOR THINK QUICK 1:56.6 ($93,260 9 wins) and the stakes placed ARDENS ACE 1:51.8 ($313,529 13 wins) and GAIL DEVERS 1:55.9 ($77,854 10 wins), as well as the NZ Listed performer CYRUS 1:53.4 ($178,221 13 wins).
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LOT 215 FRANCO SETH (Captain Crunch – Strata Star colt)
A half-brother to the $180,000+ earning VULCAN STAR 1:51.8 (19 wins) out of a five-win Group 2 Southland Oaks placed mare.
The colt is the third foal from his stakes placed BETTOR’S DELIGHT dam, who is a half or full sibling to 13 winners including the Group 1 placed multiple stakes winner (IMA) ROCKET STAR 1:56.2 ($411,929 25 wins), SPEEDSTAR 1:58.7 ($89,591 11 wins) and (IMA) ART STAR 1:56.2 ($86,683 17 wins).
The pedigree page also features the Group 3 Sapling Stakes winner MONAGHAN 1:56.5 ($86,790 13 wins), the $100,000 earner MARSHAL STAR 1:58.7 (15 wins) and the talented pacer RAGING WHITEBAIT 1:56.1 ($84,565 7 wins) – winner of 5 races in 2024.
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LOT 225 SIMONE FRANCO (Art Major – Swedish Franco filly)
By a champion sire of juveniles, this colt is just the second foal from the lightly raced five-win BETTORS DELIGHT mare SWEDISH FRANCO.
The dam is a full sister to the Group 1 placed PUNTARNO STRIDE 1:56.4 ($203,515 14 wins), as well as a half to a further four winners, the multiple stakes placed FRANCO SANTINO 1:52 ($90,969 9 wins), the talented 2024 4-year-old FRANCO SINATRA 1:57 ($98,014 8 wins), the promising 2024 two-time juvenile winner FRANCO SANTANA 1:55.5 ($25,130 2 wins) and the four-win mare SELENA FRANCO 1:57 – the dam of another current season smart 4-year-old in COMMANDER BEN 1:56.8 ($100,686 7 wins).
The second dam won 10 races and took a mark of 1:52.3, and is a half to nine winners including the stakes performers RAGING BULL 1:56.6 ($115,581 5 wins), THISBEACHRIGHTHERE 1:50.8 $(125,679 14 wins) and HILLTOP SOPHIA 1:59.3 ($82,755 15 wins).
The third dam is a winning full sister to the champion North American mare and two-time Dan Patch Award winner GALLERIA 1:49.2 ($1,814,453 14 wins), making this colt from the same maternal family as recent top flight US pacers SANDBETWEENMYTOES 1:48.6 ($819,661 29 wins, including the 2020 Breeders Crown 3YO Colts and Geldings Final) and GALLIE BYTHE BEACH 1:49 ($749,898 18 wins) .
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LOT 228 FRANCO BLUE (Always B Miki – The Blue Beat colt)
By the phenomenally successful stallion ALWAYS B MIKI, who sired an incredible nine individual Southern Hemisphere Group 1 winners in the 2024 season, this colt is the second foal, and first colt, out of a 5-win mare who won close to $70,000 on the track.
The five-win dam is a half to four winners including the 2024 Group 2 winning 3-year-old SOHO DARKNSTORMY 1:52.1 ($77,849 3 wins), the stakes placed filly AMAZON LILY 1:57.6 ($97,727 6 wins) and BLACKENED 1:52.8 – the winner of six of his seven starts.
The second dam is the Group 1 placed, two-win mare THE BLUE LOTUS, a half-sister to the five-time Group 1 winner, NZ 4YO Male Pacer of the Year and successful sire TINTIN IN AMERICA 1:53.2 ($934,305 16 wins), as well a half sibling to the $200,000+ earner DESTINATION MOON 1:52 (33 wins).
It is also the family of the well performed, multiple stakes race placed open class pacer ZENAD 1:55.4 ($201,272 14 wins).
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LOT 234 FRANCO LEBRON (Vincent – The Legend colt)
By the up and coming young ART MAJOR stallion VINCENT (sire of the recent 2024 NZ Derby runner-up VESSEM), this colt is out of a half-sister to nine winners, including the multi-millionaire and successful dual hemisphere racehorse BIT OF A LEGEND 1:49.8 ($2,656,233 53 wins including back to back Group 1 Australian Breeders Crown 2YO and 3YO Finals), the Group 2 winner LONDON LEGEND 1:57.2 ($456,124 25 wins) and the stakes placed LOOKOFALEGEND 1:55.1 ($100,725 20 wins).
The dam has left two winners from two to race to date.
This is also the maternal family of the Group 1 NZ Oaks winner CLASSY FILLY 1:57 ($200,890 10 wins) and the stakes winners CLASSIC LINE 1:51.6 ($529,206 33 wins) and ARCTIC FIRE 1:51.6 ($357,872 21 wins).
For the full pedigree page click here.
LOT 263 BULSARA (Art Major – Agree With Me colt)
From one of New Zealand’s most successful maternal families, this ART MAJOR colt is a full brother to the 2024 2-year-old Group 1 place-getter I GOT CHILLS 1:56.2 ($32,318 1 win),
He is the third colt, and fourth foal, from a full sister to the multiple stakes placed pacer YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH 1:55.9 ($123,446 11 wins), with the mare having a perfect record at stud to date with two winners from two foals of racing age.
Boasting an outstanding maternal pedigree, this colt’s second dam is a winning half-sister to the millionaire pacers ADORE ME 1:47.7 ($1,677,032 26 wins, 3-time NZ Pacing Filly/Mare of the Year and dam of Group 1 winners SWEET ON ME and ALL YOU NEED IS ME) and HAVE FAITH IN ME 1:47.5 ($1,929,128 42 wins 2015-16 NZ Pacer of the Year), as well as a half to SPLENDID DREAMS, the dam of millionaires CHRISTEN ME 1:49.1 ($2,745,747 51 wins 2014-15 NZ Horse of the Year) and DREAM ABOUT ME 1:50.1 ($1,416,135 25 wins 3-time NZ Age Group Award winner).
The third dam SCUSE ME 1:53.5 ($126,841 8 wins) was a Group 1 winner and was voted the NZ Broodmare of the Year in both 2012-13 and 2014-15, as well as receiving the Broodmare Excellence Award in 2012-13.
For the full pedigree page click here.
LOT 278 BELLA FRANCO (Always B Miki – Ballroom Beauty filly)
By one of the world’s leading pacing sires, this regally bred filly is out of a full sister to the 2020-21 NZ 3YO Pacing Filly of the Year BETTOR TWIST 1:52.1 ($607,122 15 wins incl. 7 Group 1’s).
The dam is also a half-sister to the three-time Australian Harness Horse of the Year KING OF SWING 1:47.9 ($3,390,546 44 wins incl. three Miracle Miles and two Hunter Cups), as well to the stakes winner and 2023 Group 1 QLD The Rising Sun runner-up ROCKNROLL HAMMER 1:52.4 ($202,379 7 wins).
The second dam is the two-time Group 1 winner TWIST N TWIRL 1:59.3 ($297,753 7 wins) whose champion progeny saw her crowned the 2020-21 NZ Pacing Broodmare of the Year and well as being awarded the 2022 Pacing Broodmare of Excellence.
This is also the maternal family of the millionaire pacer and Group 1 winner MACH DAN 1:50.3 ($1,020,435 28 wins), the Group 1 winning mare BRAEVIEW KELLY 1:49.5 ($459,030 18 wins), Group 1 Caduceus Fillies Classic winner OPULENT 1:54.9 ($287,877 18 wins), the $250,000+ earning Group 3 winner FEELS LIKE MAGIC 1:51 ($261,728 20 wins), Group 2 Southland Oaks winner DIBABA 1:51.6 ($282,754 16 wins), the stakes winner THE FASCINATOR 1:53.9 ($155,162 10 wins) and the 2023 Group 2 Southern Supremacy winner OHOKA CONNOR 1:55.6 ($148,365 10 wins).
For the full pedigree page click here.
LOT 292 – FRANCO COOPER (Captain Crunch – Champagne Driller colt) WITHDRAWN
By the well-credentialled young stallion CAPTAIN CRUNCH, Franco Cooper is the first colt out of a winning CHRISTIAN CULLEN half-sister to the Group 1 winner DEMOCRAT PARTY 1:54.9 ($254,688 6 wins), as well as the Group 3 winner (IM) ELSA 1:56.2 ($112,754 9 wins).
The second dam, CHAMPAGNE PARTY 1:56.3 ($159,226 14 wins) was a multiple Group 2 winner who left 5 winners from 6 to race, whilst the third dam BEE GEE’S DREAM was the 2003 NZ Broodmare Excellence Award winner.
The immediate family also includes the 2024 Group 1 Invercargill Cup winner and NZ Cup placegetter REPUBLICAN PARTY 1:52.4 ($528,298 17 wins), the 2023 Group 2 Alabar Classic winner SHERLOCK 1:53.7 ($150,782 8 wins), the 2023 Group 1 Nevele R Fillies Final place-getter ADVANCE PARTY 1:53.9 ($122,288) and the Group 1 winners ANOTHER PARTY 1:56.3 ($888,678 31 wins), PARTY PARTY 1:53.2 ($251,236 13 wins), HOSS CARTWRIGHT 1:51.6 ($352,878 30 wins) and COWGIRLS N INDIANS 1:56 ($375,723 7 wins).
For the full pedigree page click here.
LOT 302 UN-NAMED (Captaintreacherous – Cullens Bet colt)
This superbly credentialled CAPTAINTREACHEROUS colt is the fourth foal out of a winning CHRISTIAN CULLEN half-sister to New Zealand’s richest horse in 2024 – the three-time Group 1 winner and reigning Race By Grins champion MERLIN 1:52.1 ($1,397,995 21 wins).
In addition, the colt is a three-quarter brother to the 2024 Group 1 Sires Stakes 2YO Fillies Championship winner CAPTAINS MISTRESS 1:56 ($205,640 4 wins).
The second dam IMAGINARY BET has forged a perfect record at stud, leaving six winners from six foals of racing age to date, headed up by the above Group 1 winners MERLIN and CAPTAINS MISTRESS.
The third dam is the stakes winning, multiple Group 1 placed IMAGINE ME 1:56.9 ($247,175 9 wins), making this colt from one of NZ’s most successful pacing maternal families, with the pedigree page featuring the champion mare ADORE ME 1:51.6 ($1,677,032 26 wins, 10 Group 1 wins), NZ Pacer of the Year HAVE FAITH IN ME 1:47.5 ($1,486,470 16 wins, 7 Group 1 wins) and SPLENDID DREAMS – the dam of NZ Horse of the Year CHRISTEN ME 1:49.1 ($2,745,747 51 wins, 10 Group 1 wins) and multiple NZ Age Group Award winner DREAM ABOUT ME 1:50.1 ($1,416,135 25 wins, 12 Group 1 wins).
For the full pedigree page click here.
LOT 336 FRANCO HOGAN (Always B Miki – Haiti Franco colt)
By the successful dual hemisphere stallion ALWAYS B MIKI, this colt is the second foal out of a twice winning 1:58.2 ART MAJOR mare.
The dam is a half to five winners including four $100,000 earners, three of them stakes placed, – REGULUS 1:51.8h ($272,056 27 wins), FRANCO HENDRIX ($114,588 10 wins, Group 1 placed), FRANCO HEMMINGWAY 1:56.9 ($126,284 7 wins, Group 1 placed) and FRANCO HAMPTON 1:52.4 ($167,986 20 wins).
The second dam won three races and produced six winners from seven foals – five of which won over $90,000 in stakes.
The third dam HUNTRESS HANOVER is a half-sister to the four-time champion NZ Stallion of the Year HOLMES HANOVER 1:54.2 ($430,783 12 wins).
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LOT 340 FRANCO HARRY (Captain Crunch – Heartburn colt)
The first colt, and second foal, out of a half-sister to five winners including the Group 1 NZ Derby and Easter Cup winner LOCHARBURN 1:55.4 ($418,584 14 wins) and the Australian Group 2 winner and Group 1 NZ Sires Stakes 3YO Final placegetter CULLENBURN 1:50.8 ($230,607 17 wins).
The second dam SUZY’S DELIGHT, in addition to leaving five winners from six to race, won four races and is a full sister to the $300,000+ earner and stakes placed pacer RULING V C 1:52 (46 wins) and a half sister to the three-win BOWENVALE 1:55.2, dam of the talented types CORRAVALLY STAR 1:52.4 ($179,456 12 wins) and GLENTHORNE 1:55.7 ($84,790 8 wins).
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