Last Tycoon's outstanding son O'Reilly reached a notable milestone when his son Collar claimed the Listed Doncaster Stakes at Flemington on October 2.
Photo by Racing and Sports
Collar's win gave O'Reilly's his 50th black-type winner, elevating him into a group of only 10 other sires to serve in New Zealand who have reached the milestone.
O'Reilly has sired 11 Group One stars Shamrocker, Alamosa, The Jewel, Final Destination, Mac O'Reilly, Guyno, Swick, Master O'Reilly , Fellowship, Arenti and Lim's Objective.
The son of Last Tycoon (Try My Best) and Courtza (Pompeii Court) has twice won Hong Kong's champion sire title.
In New Zealand his breeding accolades include Champion general sire, Champion sire for global earnings and twice Champion sire of 3YOs.
Collar has now won two of his three starts for high profile Melbourne owner Lloyd Williams and is heading for a start in the G1 Victoria Derby.
LEADING NZ SIRES BY STAKESWINNERS
|
RANK |
SIRE |
STAKES WINNERS |
|
1 |
ZABEEL (NZ) 1986 |
137 |
|
2 |
SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) 1971 |
130 |
|
3 |
NOBLE BIJOU (USA) 1971 |
65 |
|
4 |
ZAMAZAAN (FR) 1965 |
64 |
|
5 |
CENTAINE (AUS) 1980 |
61 |
|
6 |
STAR WAY (GB) 1977 |
60 |
|
7 |
SUMMERTIME (GB) 1946 |
59 |
|
8 |
VOLKSRAAD (GB) 1988 |
57 |
|
9 |
LE FILOU (FR) 1946 |
56 |
|
10 |
GROSVENOR (NZ) 1979 |
54 |
|
11 |
O’REILLY (NZ) 1993 |
50 |
