LAZARUS ON TARGET FOR NEW ZEALAND CUP

Bettor’s Delights top flight son Lazarus has transition from star 3yo to open class pacer with aplomb. With the New Zealand Cup in his sights, Lazarus showed all his star qualities to win the Christian Cullen Classic at Addington against his more seasoned and older rivals. Taking over midrace he paced a New Zealand record for the 2600 metre standing start feature, his time was 3.11.4. Lazarus has now banked $925,000 in career earnings from only nineteen lifetime starts.

Plenty of winners for Bettor’s Delight, at Gloucester Park he sired a quartet of winners that included Commander Chapel and Delightful Offer, On The Rantan was an easy Addington winner and Gina Grace was a 1.54.5 Menangle winner.

American Ideal remains a rich source of winners in Australia with Hey Porsha winning at Bathurst, she now has career earnings close to $70,000, Overboard Again was a Pinjarra winner and Yankee Strutter was a winner in the Sunshine state. Top trotting stallion Pegasus Spur had very good New Zealand winners in Blood And Whisky at Auckland and Another Chapter cleared maiden ranks with victory at Timaru.

AMERICAN IDEAL’S DOWN UNDER BOOK FULL AND CLOSED

Woodlands Stud is proud to announce that top sire American Ideal’s book for Australia and New Zealand has closed for the 2016/17 season. We thank all breeders that have booked too American Ideal this season on both sides of the ditch.

Plenty of winners for American Ideal this week past with Yankee Tara an impressive winner on debut at Addington, The Trilogy made it three wins on the bounce since arriving from New Zealand with victory at Gloucester Park, Goodtime Slater won at Penrith and Springsteen returned to winning ways in the west with a 1.54.7 win.

Champion stallion Bettor’s Delight produced a plethora of winners this week including a double at Gloucester Park with Ima Connoisseur and Bungalow Bill saluting the judge, Mark Dennis and Aveross Mac both won at Globe Derby, Neighlor was a stylish Auckland winner, Katy Perry produced career win number eighteen with a 1.52.3 win at Menangle Park and has now banked over $470,000 in stake earnings. Great to also see Bettor’s Delight’s square gaiter’s winning, Chiara Delight won at Albion Park and On Thunder Road was a Menangle victor.

BETTOR’S PROGENY LIGHT UP JUG WEEK

World champion stallion, Bettor’s Delight continues to set the trend wherever his progeny race and during Little Brown Jug week at Delaware his 3yo’s took home both key features. Top flight filly L A Delight was a winner of the $239,400 Jugette in 1.51.3. Now a millionaire pacer, L A Delight added the 46th Jugette to her burgeoning CV.

Betting Line was a winner of the 71st Little Brown Jug. The star pacer equalled the world record for a half mile track when he paced 1.49. Betting Line extended his current race streak to thirteen and has banked $1.37 million so far in 2016.

Closer to home other good winners for Bettor’s Delight included Gotta Have Faith who won the 3yo Sires Stakes heat at Addington, Mark Dennis won at Globe Derby and Yackandandah was a Ballarat winner.

Stateside, the rise of American Ideal continues unabated. At Yonkers raceway his 2yo ‘kids’ won both divisions of the $225,000 New York Sires Finals. Funknwaffles paced a track record 1.52.3 to win the 2yo colts and geldings division, he has had a super juvenile season, winning eight of nine career starts and banking over $250,000 in stakes. In the fillies division Tequilla Monday made it career win number four when she paced 1.55. For American Ideal, these classic winners saw him reached third on the sires list in North America. Its rarefied air for the boy but so richly deserved.

THE RISE OF AMERICAN IDEAL CONTINUES

American Ideal is now clearly a very successful dual hemisphere stallion. In North America this season, he is now fourth on the All Aged stallion list and has over taken many of his contemporaries in recent times including Art Major and now Rock N Roll Hanover. A similar theme is happening ‘down under’ with not a week going past where he doesn’t leave some very good winners.

This week past he had winners in classy mare Start Dreaming who now has bankrolled over $170,000 with her recent Auckland victory, American Double smashed his rivals at Kilmore by twenty-five metres and in North America, his two top flight sons Funknwaffles and Pointomygranson where both strong winners of their Sires Stakes 2YO divisions at Yonkers.

Plenty of winners for Bettor’s Delight including a treble at Invercargill with Highview Illusion, Vera’s Delight and Sovereign Banner all winning, Bettor Downunder scored at Ballarat and Jack’s Legend won on debut at Auckland.

Congratulations to Pegasus Spur’s daughter Maori Time who was named Australian Aged Trotting Mare of the Year for the 2015/16 season. She took a lifetime mark of 1.54.2 during the season and continues to race well against all comers. Pegasus Spur may have another talented 3YO on the horizon with C K Spur a fresh up winner at Auckland for top trainer John Dickie.

ADORE ME HAS HER FIRST FOAL

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WOODLANDS STALLIONS SHARE THE LIMELIGHT AT WOODBINE

The key features at Mohawk Racetrack, in Canada on Saturday past saw both leading stallions American Ideal and Bettor’s Delight progeny bring their ‘A game’.

In the 2yo divisions of The Champlain division for the boys, American Ideal’s son Ideal Wheel blitzed his rivals in a 1.51.4 mile rate. Trained by leading conditioner Casie Coleman, Ideal Wheel has now banked $155,000 in his debut racing season. In the other Champlain division top flight Bettor’s Delight juvenile Beyond Delight was an easy 1.52.1 winner. A $50,000 yearling purchase, he has now earned over $420,000 in stakes. North America’s best 3yo Betting Line show cased his talents at the same meeting with a 1.49.1 victory in the Simcoe Stakes. Extending his win streak to 11 wins on the bounce, the son of Bettor’s Delight has over $1.8 million on his card and heads to Delaware now for the Little Brown Jug.

Closer to home, American Ideal had good winners in Runrunjimmydunn at Cambridge, Ideal Success won at Melton in ‘The Gammalite’ and he sired a double at Addington when Kardesler and Idealindiamonds both greeted the judge.

For champion sire Bettor’s Delight, his son Chicago Bull made it ten wins in a row, with victory at Gloucester Park and open class pacer Bettor’s Fire recorded career win number 29 and took his bankroll past $500,000 with victory at the same meeting. 

BETTORS DELIGHT SECURES FIFTH AUSTRALIAN STALLION TITLE

Champion stallion Bettor’s Delight continued his record breaking run by securing his fifth consecutive Australian sires title when the 2015/16 season finished at the of August. His progeny made over $11,000,000 this season past, which was over four million ahead of his nearest rival. The champion son of Cams Card Shark continues to shape harness racing like no other sire has done. On the racetrack, his deeds in the northern hemisphere continue unabated with his 2yo son Beyond Delight taking out the $661,000 Metro Pace at Woodbine in 1.51.3. He has made over $370,000 in his 2yo season.

On the same card star 3yo Betting Line made it ten wins on the bounce with victory in Sires Stakes heat, he now has made close to $1.2 million so far this season.

Closer to home he had stylish winners in Bettor Be Gold at Ballarat, Gina Grace at Kilmore and Forgotten Highway was a debut winner at Addington.

American Ideal season down under has started strongly. Star performer Ideal Scott was a 1.54.5 Albion Park winner, Nicnak Paddy Wak showed plenty of stamina to win at Gloucester Park and Bunbury in the space of two days, Aztec Bromac was a 1.52.3 winner at Menangle and Twoforsixty was a Cobram winner.

American Ideal has had a lot of early season bookings for 2016/17, made sure you don’t miss out on breeding to this sire who is clearly making a name for himself.

WOODLANDS STALLIONS FORCE TO BE RECKON WITH ON BREEDERS CROWN DAY

On Breeders Crown day held at Melton, the Woodlands Stud stallion roster was once again casting its shadow over one of Australasia’s great race days. Resident trotting stallion Pegasus Spur added another Breeders Crown winner to his CV, when his star daughter Wilma’s Mate smashed the track record to win her 3YO fillies division. Posting a 1.57.3-mile rate for the 2240 metre trip, she has now banked close to $250,000 in stakes. It has been a breakout year for Wilma’s Mate, she has won the PGG Wrightson Sale Series, the New Zealand Oaks and the Victorian Derby. There is little doubt she is the premier 3YO Trotter in Australasia.

Ace 2YO filly Party On remains undefeated following her all the way victory in the $280,000 Breeders Crown fillies final. Starting from barrier seven, she showed blistering gate speed to lead and then posted a track record mile rate of 1.54.4. A daughter of champion stallion Bettor’s Delight, Party On was bred and raised at Woodlands Stud. She has now banked over $238,000 in stakes and she bought up Bettor’s Delights third consecutive siring success in a row for the fillies division.

American Ideal’s son Ideal For Real, shapes as possibly harness racing next big star. A pacer of intoxicating high speed, Ideal For Real was to talented in the 4YO Breeders Crown Entires & Geldings division. Home in 27.8, he has now banked over $300,000 in stakes. This was career win number 13 from only 21 lifetime starts, he remains undefeated as a 4yo.

Congratulations to everybody associated with these three 2016 Breeders Crown champions.