Sire Monashee Mountain is proving his worth week in week out all around the world. The sire of winners in 25 countries from 800m to over 3000m ,Monashee Mountain added another scalp to his already impressive list when his 4yr Old Mondean won the 2011 Mackay Newmarket. 7.7.11
Mondean is from the Esperanto mare Vianne and ran favourite in the Mackay feature sprint (1250m) saluting by a length over Taormina and Red Story.
Former North Qld trainer Darryl Hansen (now based at Caloundra)prepares Mondean and was ridden by Dale Misson.
Adding merit to the performance was the 57kg carried by Mondean running a new race record of 1.12.74.
"Hes very honest (Mondean), he's the sort of horse that will keep going if his leg was chopped off. He's tries hard and I reckon theres some nice races in him. He's tough alright" Trainer Hansen said.
Mondean will now take on the Cleveland Bay Field in Townsville on July 23rd.
Monashee Mountain is one of the most popular sires with Breeders providing early comers that race on as three, four and five years old with some of his progeny winnign as 7 and 8 year olds showing the toughness he throws into his stock.
Dorchester wins for Hotel at Debut
Resident Racetree sire HOTEL GRAND continues to impress with his progeny from his first crop with another winner on Saturday 21.5.11 at the Gold Coast Turf Club.
Dorchester, a debutante filly from the Success Express mare GO ON NOW GO came from well back in the field to pick up the $20,500 first prize cheque in the All Coast Recycling QTIS Two Year Old Maiden Plate over 1200m.
Prepared by Laurie Mayfield Smith and ridden by Pricilla Schmidt, Dorchester showed she has a big future and will no doubt be a better filly as a three year old and beyond.
The Clarke family from Chinchilla head by Dr. Tom Clarke bred and race DORCHESTER from the 7 time winning mare GO ON NOW GO.
Hotel Grand has now had three individual winners including the outstanding filly Metonmy, a Melbourne winner and place 4th in the Group One MRC Blue Diamond this year. Plus Winner So Dominant who recently won a trial at the Sunshine Coast and looks set to win first up.
RACETREE will be well represented at this years MAGIC MILLIONS Weanling. Broodmare and Yearling Sale commencing 25th of May.
For more details contact Mark Wooldridge on 0407 860 247.
RACETREE BRED FILLY SALUTES AGAIN
Racetree bred filly Massuri came quickly down the outside to gain QTIS 600 glory for the second time in a gripping photo finish on Saturday, this time in Mackay for the $50,000 Statewide Bearings QTIS 600 2YO Plate 1250m.
“We only won by a small margin so there were a few anxious moments but it was a great run and Trinity gave her a very good ride. She rode her perfectly,” said trainer Stuart Kenrick of the race and jockey Trinity Bannon’s ride.
“We actually put blinkers on her this time because we took her down to the Magic Millions race ($100,000 Rockhampton Magic Millions 2YO Plate), the start before, and she probably just got run off her legs a little bit. With the blinkers on she got up on the post a lot better and we were very happy with her.”
Massuri (Filly 2year old - Greenwood Lake USA-Russami) edged out Playtime (Stanley Watkin) by a head with Royal Impact (Jason Stopps) finishing a further two and a half lengths in third.
Massuri has now claimed a QTIS 600 Plate victory for the second time in the series, the first being in her run last month in Townsville in the XXXX Gold QTIS 2YO Handicap. So look out Rockhampton as there could be even further series success for this filly. “She’ll have a short freshen up and then we’ll bring her back for the Rocky run in June,” said Kendrick.
Massuri is a great two-year-old story with three wins from five starts, having earned $148,500 in prizemoney including $14,000 in bonuses already. Kenrick definitely couldn’t be happier. “She’s going well and the prizemoney is fantastic,” he said.
“When I moved back up from Brisbane I didn’t have any two-year-olds and wasn’t really keen on getting any because the amount of work you have to put into them and the money that goes into them, the prizemoney wasn’t really good enough but with QTIS 600 and QTIS now that has changed. That is why I am down at the sales again now, we really want to be supporting that so hopefully it continues. Without it would make it very hard to race.”
BIG QUINELLA for GREENWOOD
Renowned Queensland country trainer Stuart Kendrick scored the biggest win of his successful career when promising youngster Massuri won the $150,000 QTIS 600 2YO Plate (1200m) at Townsville today.
As well as being the biggest payday for his trainer, Massuri led home a quinella result for the well bred sire Greenwood Lake.
The performance from Massuri was an impressive one considering the filly got into trouble from a riderless horse and had to come from the tail of the field to win.
No sooner was the eventual runner-up He's So Tempting being hailed the winner than Massuri and Andrew Spinks struck - storming down the outside to score.
Mackay based Stuart Kendrick was not surprisingly a happy man following the big race.
"This is like winning a group race in Sydney - the money is unbelievable."
Kendrick and connections parted with just $5,500 for the Racetree bred and sold Massuri at last year's Magic Millions QTIS 600 Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast.
"It's a good story because in the end I couldn't make it to the sale - I was stuck in Mackay with the cyclone."
"Paul Maguire, who's been an owner of mine for a while, was there and he was looking at horses and he rang me and said he'd found a nice Greenwood Lake filly."
"I had a Greenwood Lake in the stable I'd got through Racetree and Paul bought her for me - I think we got four at the sale," Kendrick added.
Massuri didn't make the best start to her racing career - but things have turned around quickly.
"She missed the start badly at her first start and got well back and stayed there - really the run wasn't as bad as it appeared in paper."
"Things went more to plan at her second start when she won at Mackay about two weeks later."
"I was saying to (winning rider) Andrew Spinks before the race that she was a filly who was going forward each run and she'd kept improving all the time."
Kendrick said the filly was raced by a large group - mostly from Mackay but also a client from New South Wales.
"It's a big group that race her and obviously they are very happy."
Massuri is the second winner for a sprint race winning Brief Truce mare Russami - a half sister to the five time stakes winning sprinter Hot to Race.
From just three starts Massuri boasts two wins and earnings of $116,500.
The runner-up He's So Tempting, also by Greenwood Lake and a half brother to Group winners Happy Archer and Femina Fashion, is also a graduate of Racetree.
A $14,000 purchase for Mick Anning, He's So Tempting has already earned $66,800 after just five runs as a juvenile.
Three quarters of a length separated the duo at the post - while Craiglea Romeo was third, another two and a quarter lengths back as he led home six runners with the Craiglea prefix.
The 2011 Magic Millions QTIS 600 Yearling Sale will be held at the Gold Coast on April 17 and 18.
"I'll be there - that's for sure," Kendrick said of the upcoming Gold Coast auction.
Townsville - Thursday, 10 March 2011
Track:Heavy
Race 7 Office Choice Plate 1200m
Time: 1:13.42.(0:37.38 (600m)
Special Condition
Prizemoney: $150,000 - 1st: $96,000 2nd: $30,000 3rd: $15,000. 1 Massuri S W Kendrick A Spinks $5.50 54.0
2f Greenwood Lake (USA) x Russami (Brief Truce (USA))
Lot 399 2010 MM QTIS 600 $5,500
Vendor: Racetree
Buyer: KENDRICK RACING STABLES
2 0.8 He's So Tempting M H Baker F Edwards $21 56.0
2g Greenwood Lake (USA) x So Tempted (Jeune (GB))
Lot 433 2010 MM QTIS 600 $14,000
3 2.3 Craiglea Romeo P J Fleming A Coome $3.50 56.0
2g Waterford Road x Chinese Princess (New Regent (CAN))
Not Offered
4 Craiglea Marlena P J Fleming K Wharton $5.50 54.0
5 Craiglea Mac P J Fleming Ms C Pye $31 56.0
6 Craiglea Pristine P J Fleming M Usher $51 54.0
7 Kelldeano R A Long J Babarovich $26 56.0
8 Craiglea Cobra P J Fleming R Faehr $12 56.0
9 Craiglea Mustang P J Fleming Ms T Bannon $13 56.0
10 What A Dragon M H Baker M Elliott $21 54.0
11 Yacki Ms C Williams C Whiteley $41 56.0
12 Apache Crazy Horse M H Baker J Stopps $61 56.0
LR Rocket To Glory J H Manzelmann D Simmons $3.75 56.0
Racetree announces new Business Model
Kevin Dixon, Managing Director of prominent Queensland thoroughbred breeding operation Racetree, announced today that Racetree will be transforming to a new business model that will see the sale of its Innisplain based property, and the development of new arrangements based both in Queensland and the Hunter Valley, NSW.
“To properly operate a major farm requires your full attention” Dixon said. “After 8 years of developing the farm, my other activities and interests are increasingly not allowing me to provide the time necessary to take the farm to the next level. As such, I have revised the business model to one that involves selling the property at Innisplain, and entering business arrangements with other stud operators”.
Under this new plan, Racetree will maintain its interests in its current stallions, as well as retain select breeding stock which will be divided between Queensland and the Hunter Valley.
Dixon added: “I have already established ongoing business arrangements in the Hunter with the newly established Newgate Farm. This arrangement is allowing me to increase my involvement in the Hunter, and includes joint ownership of Breeding Stock with Henry Field of Newgate Farm, as well as other joint equity activities”.
The Innisplain property will be offered for sale by Tender. Tenderers will have the opportunity through that process to also enter business arrangements involving the continuing Racetree operations in Queensland, including housing select breeding stock and standing the Stallions.
“Starting a stud operation can be a time consuming and capital intensive operation. I believe the opportunity being offered will be quite attractive. It allows someone to purchase a premium property, and hit the ground running with established stallions, and a nucleus of resident select breeding stock, without the need to raise the required extra capital, as well as having the benefit of immediate income.
“All the predictions are for the thoroughbred market to enter a major growth phase over the next few years. Now was the time for me to get new arrangements in place, and provide someone else the opportunity to also capitalise on the coming growth, and take the property to its next level”.
Should the property purchaser not wish to enter ongoing business arrangements regarding stallions and housing Racetree’s Queensland based mares and their offspring, Dixon will seek expressions of interest from the other premium Queensland studs.
The new model requires the reduction of some breeding stock, and these will be offered at the coming Magic Millions June breeding stock sale. The property sale will be managed by Ray White, Beaudesert.
The racing interests of Dixon and Racetree will be unaffected by the changes.
More information, Kevin Dixon, 0419706354.
Monashee Mountain keeps producing results
Racetree based sire Monashee Mountain sired another three winners on Saturday between the Brisbane meeting at Eagle Farm and the Gold Coast.
Monashee Mountain's promising three year old filly Catashee took care of a smart field of her age group over 1400m at Eagle Farm.
Catashee is prepared by Darren Bell and raced by the Bellmere Lodge syndicate managed by his father and former mentor Peter Bell.
Under the QTIS scheme Catashee picked up a cool $53,000 for her victory. Catashee is from the mare Caterwaul (x Catbird) and is her first foal to be named.
Catashee has now the impressive record of three wins and four minor placings from just eleven starts.
At the Gold Coast the grand campaigner Monashee Dancer flew the Monashee Mountain flag with an all the way win over 900m in the Open Class event of the day. Monashee Dancer is a full brother to the brilliant sprinter Sir Monashee a winner of over $480,000 in stakes earnings.
Monashee Dancer, a seven year old, also prepared by Darren Bell is a beautiful grey gelding and now has the smart statistics of nine wins and eights minors from just 28 lifetime starts and $221,000 in stakes earnings.
Texas Red also won at the GCTC meeting with a strong win in the Open 3yr Old Handicap. Texas Red is from the Air De France mare Ave France and is trained by Kent Fleming on the track.
Texas Red is building up an impressive resume and the victory made it his second win at the Bundall Track and his prizemoney earnt crept over $31,000.
Texas Red is from a family oozing black type and features the multiple Gr1 winning Riverina Charm and numerous other Group winners including Neroli, Great Vintage and Sarwatch.
Monashee Mountain continues to throw winners each week from 900m to 3000m and from two years to eight years of age.
For more on Monashee Mountain go to the sires section of the Website or call the friendly staff here at Racetree.
13.2.11
MALAYSIANS LOVE GREENWOOD
MALAYSIAN racing could have happy thoughts about progeny of Success Express’s three-quarter brother Greenwood Lake after the dashing 4.8 lengths victory of a horse called Happy Thoughts in a 1200m event at Penang on January 22. Appearing for only the third time and following on a third and a fourth in big fields, he is a 3-year-old gelding in the first Australian crop of Greenwood Lake, one of the foundation sires at the Racetree stud.
Racetree was established on the former Noble Park near Glenlogan Park in the Innisplain valley in Queensland by Brisbane racing leader Kevim Dixon. Noble Park was the base for some years for Success Express, a top notch sire, who, although he is 12-years older than Greenwood Lake, is from the same dam, the British Columbia Oaks winner Au Printemps.
In addition Greenwood Lake is by Meadowlake, a sire who like Success Express is by Hold Your Peace, a representative of the Princequillo male line. Meadowlake is also the sire of the dam of Henny Hughes (by Hennessy), a Darley shuttler who was the world champion sprinter of 2006.
Like Success Express considered by some as the best American juvenile of his generation. Greenwood Lake could do well with mares that produced good horses to his older three-quarter brother. They have included daughters of Semipalatinsk, Twig Moss, Best Western, Whiskey Road, Sir Tristram, Royal Academy and Marauding, to mention a few.
Greenwood Lake’s first Australian winner Happy Thoughts was bred by Kevin Dixon at Racetree using Hip Hop Anonymous, a daughter of the Nureyev sire Stravinsky and Lady Elaine, a sister by the Sir Tristram champion Grosvenor to New Zealand Group1 winner and Derby third Kailey Moonlight.
Happy Thoughts is one of two runners by Greenwood Lake to race in Malaysia, the other being twice placed New Green Wood. Both were purchased for $24,000 each for Malaysia at the 2009 Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training sale. Yearlings by Greenwood Lake and the Racetree sires Monashee Mountain and Hotel Grand could be good propositions at the 2011 Queensland breeders yearling sale, one which because of the floods, has been shifted from March 21-22 to April 17-18.
Greenwood Lake Filly Oaks bound
Three Year Old Filly Kate's Message (Greenwood Lake - Betty Blockbuster) proved she is Queensland Oaks material after yesterdays brilliant performance to take out the $100,000 GCTC Starcraft Quality Handicap at the Gold Coast. (1.1.11)
Prior to the victory of the 2200m feature, Kate's Message had scored just the one win as a two year old at Ipswich over 1350m in class record time.
Bred in the purple Kate's Message is by resident RACETREE sire GREENWOOD LAKE out of Betty Blockbuster a full sister to multiple Group One and One Thousand Guineas winner INAFLURY.
Racetree Managing Director Kevin Dixon has always had faith in Kate's Message along with her trainer Kelly Schweida.
"This filly has been developing all the time and is now starting to blossom. Kelly Schweida said to me when she first started in work "I don't when, but this filly is going to make a real nice racehorse". She gashed her hind leg as a young horse so we had to bring her along slowly. We had this race in mind for her, given her mother is a full sister to a One Thousand Guineas winner. There was the temptation to wind her up earlier for the lead up races, but we took the patient route and it has paid off. She will now have a break and be set for the Qld Oaks." Dixon Said.
Kate's Message will now spell immediately for approximately for 4 weeks before returning to the Schweida stables on route to the Oaks.
Hotel and Greenwood Quinella Coast Juvenile
RACETREE Sires took the honours in the $20,000 Two Year old QTIS Handicap (1100m) at the Sunshine Coast this afternoon. HOTEL GRAND represented by So Dominant defeated Denwood sired by GREENWOOD LAKE in the run to the post. So Dominant (Hotel Grand - Miss Raffin Dane) is a half brother to Two Year old City Winner Reflection of Jade and winner in Singapore, Rocket Singh.
So Dominant, a $50,000 purchase at the Magic Millions Premier Sale is prepared by Trevor Miller at the track and appeared to have plenty up his sleeve winning by one and three quarter Lengths.
So Dominant was beaten into second place at his debut by Pepper Jet on the cushion track on December 19th. Pepper Jet franked the form and was a brilliant winner of the GCTC QTIS Two Year Old race yesterday and now runs the 5-1 second favourite for $1,000,000 BMW Magic Millions on January 15th.
Denwood (Greenwood Lake - Miss Denmark) a $16,000 Magic Million purchase looked good in the final stages making up many lengths from second last and will no doubt be improved for the run. Greenwood Lake had a very successful weekend with his Three year old filly Kate's Message (ex Betty Blockbuster) winning the Starcraft Quality at the GCTC over 2200m and now is to be spelled for the Qld Oaks.
So Dominant's victory gives HOTEL GRAND his third winner from just eight runners in the past few months. All of these have been Two Year Olds from his first crop and include the lightly raced Melbourne City winning filly METONOMY which picked up Black Type at her debut in the Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown with an excellent second.
Countdown on to 2011 Magic Millions Sales
Racetree presents six outstanding yearlings at the upcoming 2011 Magic Millions Sales on the Gold Coast January 12th to 16th 2011. Racetree Managing Director Kevin Dixon has always maintained the stud will be genuine sellers of stock and the 2011 MM Sale is a perfect example. "Whilst we race some of our fillies that aren't sold we are proud sellers and in recent years have put Group winners and Black Type performers Buffering, Femina Fashion, Happy Archer, Spacecraft just to name a few through the ring. We like to be known as genuine sellers where all lots are for sale at a realistic price. Relations to the horses I've just mentioned will be under the hammer at the upcoming sale." he said.
Buyers will certainly have their eyes on (Lot 114) the filly by Rock of Gibraltar from Demanding, the dam of recent Black Type winners SPACECRAFT and PHENOMENONS.
HOTEL GRAND, the sire of METONOMY a black type placegetter and city winner in Melbourne at her first two starts will be represented by a stunning chestnut filly from the lightly raced Giant's Causeway mare Lacada Point, a half sister to black type performers HILLFA, IMPULSIVE DREAM and LOVE JEDDAH. (Lot 275)
Another filly sure to attract buyers will be the black filly (Lot 410) by LOHNRO from the international Black type mare Petal Power a producer of just four foals to race with three winners thus far.
One of the success stories of the Racetree broodmares band has been SO TEMPTED (x Jeune). The producer of three foals to race including Group One winner HAPPY ARCHER, Listed winner FEMINA FASHION and recent Two Year Old winner He's So Tempting. This Family oozes Black Type with multiple Group winners LOLITA STAR and BEREZNY on the pedigree page. This sale sees a magnificent Chestnut Filly by superstar Group One Winning Hennessy sire HENNY HUGHES from the 100% producing mare.
So Tempted will have her HENNY HUGHES filly (Lot 536) keenly sought after with a great residual value upon completion of racing.
Plus Racetree will offer a beautiful bay filly (Lot 775) by NADEEM from the family of DAMA DE NOCHE and recent Group Two winner of the AJC Roman Consul Stakes and $605k in stakes BUFFERING (Sold by Racetree for $23k.)
Also a striking looking colt by MONASHEE MOUNTAIN (Lot 781) from the family of prolific Queensland Family ONCE UPON A CRIME, FULL SUIT and DUTCH BOY.
Hotel Grands first runner in Victoria, METONYMY is now a City winner after an emphatic victory at Moonee Valley on Friday night (26.11.10).
METONYMY (Hotel Grand - Shack) blitzed a field of 3yo fillies over 1000m carrying 57kg.
Starting $1.35 favourite on the strength of her brilliant debut 2nd in the listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown Hillside on November 13th , METONYMY sat up on the speed for Luke Nolan and raced away to win with consumate ease.
Trainer Peter Moody has sent METONYMY to the paddock after the victory. "Shes done a good job for an immature filly. She'll be a lot more forward next time in. She'll be a nice mile filly. Moody said.
Managing Director of RACETREE Kevin Dixon reports plenty of trainers with wraps on the Hotel Grand progeny.
"They all seem to have an opinion of them and like what they have seen so far" he said.
"Hotel Grand has been very well supported this season and currently there is plenty of interest in his progress". he concluded.
