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A Rocknroll Dance

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A stallion somewhat overlooked in recent seasons but is now proving very successful. Sure his progeny raced early in USA and Australia but seemed to need a bit of age to show their best inNZ He now stands in Australia and reports say is well received,however his siring records locally are very impressive. lets look at top4 sires in the pacing all ages category to date this season..... 

No surprise.1... superstar Bettors Delight..$4000000 so far this season from 2492 foals  equals $1605 per live foal.2.Art Major $1280000 from 1108 foals equals $1155  live foal 3. American Ideal $870000 from 929 foals equals $936 per live foal 4.  A Rocknroll Dance ..$715000 from 489 foals equals $1462 per live foal    Stats do not mean a lot as can be different categories to suit but clear for a sire to be in top 5 for money earnt and proving a good %sire is reassuring   obviously would be available in NZ via chilled semen (especially for live or die and Christian Cullen and bettors delight mares)                                                                      ps. pity this section almost dried up .to help  first 3 pacing mare owners can get free sire selection if they want to reply .JP 

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Not sure what made A Rocknroll Dance move to an Aussie stud. Same thing with American Ideal I guess. More interest with their breeders at the Stud fee offered.

Take Titin In America, unwanted here, moves to Aussie , then Shartin become World Champion mare.  NZ lost a quality sire. NZ  breeders stick to tried and true  ( somewhat impatient with slower developing Sires wanting instant success)  If we had brought in an even playing field (breeding caps like USA)  twenty / thirty years ago we would have had a larger quality / diverse gene pool.

 

  

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2 Piper, strange as it may seem ,many years ago (the bad old days .lol) HRNZ did,for the reasons you outline, limit individualsire numbers to 125 services and xtras for free returns. However eventually , the Studs appealed that decision as unfair Business restriction. and won so we now have the situation where a handful of sires can serve the majority of mares with the problems you outline. So unusual as it may seem , HRNZ in this instance not to blaim !

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Pleased to report A Rocknroll dance, now is third on individual winners list with 51 this season only behind Bettors Delight and Art  Major and is now around $800000 earnings. Would expect him to continue on the good work  rest of the year to fly over the million mark again. Not bad for a sire who stood for 4 to 6000

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As predicted above the results for A Rocknroll Dance have proved even better than expected .The end of season is near and  A rrd. 4th on all age pacers from small total crops . The 1 big crop of live foals,3 year olds, He is clearly in 2 nd place only behind superstar Bettors Delight. A tremendous effort for an underrated sire in NZ . (certainly well supported in Australia)

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Yes Eljay, with first small crops has been amazing . He is an outcross to some extent through Always a Virgin but does trace back to Western Hanover. He was a 1.46 world record holder (so perfect conformation) and will no doubt be a leading sire as his popularity increases (both at stud and sales time)

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NZb standard bred sales ,Auckland just finished and it is pleasing to report that Eljay and I were justified in expectations of a good result for Always B Miki. With an average sales price of just over $ 50000.00 (5 times stud fee) it must be a good sign for vendors in Christchurch where there are many more lots (30) so a 50000 level may be hard to maintain but they all look like early performers.so again should be popular. 

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