Sire: Proisir
Colour: Chestnut
Dam: Giardini
Sex: Colt
Age: 1
Foaled: Nov 07, 2023
Country: New Zealand
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This flashy colt was purchased from the Karaka Yearling sale for NZ$150,000.
By need-no-introduction super sire PROISIR; champion NZ sire 2022-23 with extraordinary strike rate of 198 winners from just 315 runners, 19 stakes winners and six Group One winners, household names Levante, Legarto, Prowess, Dark Destroyer.
Dam GIORDINI (Perfectly Ready) was a three time sprint winner in NZ and a half sister to Hawkes Bay Guineas winner Sir Andrew. This colt is a full brother to the supremely talented Riodini, winner of $1.2 million in stakemoney including The Gong (LR) and second in George Main Stakes (Verry Elleegant) and Chelmsford Stakes (Think It Over). Same deep family as Life At The Top, Mohave Dancer, Natural Blitz.
The colt has been transported to Phoenix Farm approximately an hour from the sales complex to have a month off on the green grass of New Zealand. He will then fly to Australia and begin his education, spell, pre train, spell, pre train and then make his way down to Cranbourne around June/July.
Purchase includes bloodstock, Karaka Millions Race Series, Sales costs, Road Transport, 12 months mortality insurance, education, airfreight, agistment, Import Stud Book Fees and GST. This is all costs until the end of March.