"TWO DIVAS" salute at ROYAL RANDWICK FOR WCB !!! FALVEL ON DIVA & KATHY O'HARA provided us all here at WCB with a huge thrill yesterday, winning the Bronte (Ratings 75) Handicap for 3 year old fillies over 1400M on the Kensington Track at Randwick.
What a day ! Connections were still opening the Champagne & the beer was flowing when Kerry Parker, our hard working & popular Trainer, saluted again in the next race with Don Luigi to cap a memorable day for the whole stable. "Little Diva" showed tremendous courage & was brilliantly ridden by Kathy to "outgun" her more experienced rivals in the process. Sure, she carried less weight & got a nice run but she was still dominant in the end. They bet as much as 91-1 on course on the back of her "surprise win" at Nowra. Well, it wasn't a surprise to her owners, who were very appreciative of the bookies generosity ! On hand to greet the "Divas" in the winners stall were Kylie & Anthony Talliana & family, the "three" Davids, (Smith, Buckley & Scott), Wayne & his beautiful wife Jean. Falvel On Diva is not just a mudlark either. She's just been immature & we've taken our time with her as she's grown & learnt how to race. Bought from the William Inglis Classic sale by Wayne for only $25k she has given her loyal bunch of owners who reside all up & down the East Coast, the thrills of a lifetime. Kathy O'Hara judged the race to perfection, making the most of a good start, keeping the Falvelon filly on the pace and within striking range until she made her move in the straight. She won by a handy margin of three quarters of a length with a couple of lengths to third. At this stage Diva will be going for a well earnt spell. Go Diva !!!
BYBLOS TO STAND AT EAGLE PARK STUD ORANGE - Service Fee - $8,800 WAYNE COOPER BLOODSTOCK is very happy to announce that BYBLOS, a Group One winning, proven sire-son of HUSSONET will stand his 1st season in Australia at EAGLE PARK STUD in Orange NSW.
Owned by a small syndicate headed up by Wayne he's being imported from Chile (just like his famous dad Hussonet) after standing several seasons on a small stud in Chile.
Wayne secured the impressive looking Hussonet stallion after visiting South America last year & establishing good contacts there. BYBLOS will be keenly sought after in light of his "extraordinary" introductory fee of only $8,800. Exceptional value for a a GR.1 winner, let alone a GR.1 winning, proven sire-son of Hussonet.
Wayne said, "we wanted to be able to give Australian breeders access to a proven GR.1 sire-son of Hussonet at an affordable price". Byblos progeny are real flyers & he has a very high winners to foals record. With an exceptional winners to runners ratio & already producing precocious types in Chile, BYBLOS will get his chance here with a good book of mares ensured. Peter & Jan Ward's beautifully appointed EAGLE PARK STUD at Orange should be perfect for Byblos & Peter will give him every chance to succeed, standing alongside Volitant (a Group winning son of Flying Spur) & Modern Era (a son of Marscay).
BYBLOS won over 1200m & 1600m as a 2Y0 & was also Group placed many times.
He rose to the top as a 3Y0 winning the Group One Casino Municipal de Vina del Mar at the famous Valparaíso Sporting Club racetrack in Chile over 1900m on turf defeating the Champion mare Golden Rule. He also won the GROUP 3 Thompson Mathews over the testing 1900m before multiple placings at GR.1, GR.2 & GR.3 level. Byblos always competed against the very best in Chile at Group level throughout a stellar race career.
He raced no fewer than 14 times in Group races in a 20 start career.
BYBLOS’ pedigree is perfect for Australian Breeding. His Champion sire Hussonet is taking all before him in Australia with progeny such as the Champion 3Y0 Weekend Hussler & 2Y0 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Reaan. Hussonet has sired 25 GR.1 winners worldwide. A trait of the Hussonet breed is their versatility, with BYBLOS proving that on the racetrack, winning over varying distances.
The Hussonet breed are also versatile in the breeding barn siring both Sprinters & Stayers alike. BYBLOS’ dam Brittany’s Dream (by Worldwatch) was a high class racemare winning 8 races inc. at Listed level and was GR.1 & GR.2 placed.
Worldwatch(broodmare sire of Byblos)himself is a Champion broodmare sire & particularly when mated with Hussonet, having produced 90% winners to runners.
The HUSSONET / NORTHERN DANCER cross has proven to be extraordinarily successful with 13 of Hussonet’s 25 Gr.1 winners to date being bred on this cross.
This makes Hussonet line stallions & particularly sire-sons like BYBLOS an ideal cross for the plethora of Northern Dancer blood in the Australian broodmare population. BYBLOS will play an important part in this role for the Australian breeding industry.For more details please contact Wayne here on (02)42 55 7777 or the Stud on (02)6365 4491.
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DIVA DOES IT FOR WCB !! Falvel On Diva, a 3Y0 filly by Falvelon & syndicated by Wayne Cooper Bloodstock scored a strong win today at Nowra. Breaking her maiden status in style, Diva was well ridden by Gr1 winning jockey Peter Robl, in his 1st ride at Nowra. Trained superbly by Kerry Parker , who made it a double for the day in the last with Fille Majestique, she scored by a half head after leading from top of the straight with a gap to 3rd. She was purchased by Wayne at the Inglis Classic sale after being "passed in". She will win more races as she relaxes very well & conserves energy which is a credit to Kerry's training methods & loyal staff.
Go Diva!
