Dynamic Syndications purchased a magnificent filly by MANHATTAN RAIN / MISS EXCELLENCE from Windemere Stud at the Magic Millions Sales in January this year.
OUR FILLY
The top sort was selected based on a number of factors including her excellent athletic conformation, clean x-rays, her size and strength as well, as a wonderful pedigree rating score of A+ 1,337% based upon the Encosta De Lago – Danehill cross which has produced 13 Stakes Winners to date.
At the time the other major factor for inspiring Dynamic to inspect the filly in the first instance was the fact that, her dam
MISS EXCELLENCE was the
FULL SISTER to our own
REWARD FOR EFFORT who was a brilliant racehorse himself and was going gang-busters at stud, having covered big books of mares with
150 in his first crop and
173 mares in his second, ensuring that
REWARD FOR EFFORT has every opportunity to become a leading stallion prospect. So we thought it to be an astute business investment as the filly by Manhattan Rain would have significant appeal as a broodmare prospect upon racetrack retirement.
REWARD FOR EFFORT
The other major consideration that swayed us was that genetic studies of Reward For Effort for stud duties reveal the best cross for him was likely to be Encosta De Lago line mares. So the fact that Miss Excellence was mated to a son of Encosta de Lago had produced a highly successful reverse cross.
At the same time the rumours were circulating out of Randwick that Waterhouse has a genuine Slipper candidate in
OVERREACH. When we brought our filly, she had already been placed second in the
MRC Debutant Stakes LR. However to go on and have won the
Widden Stakes LR and Reisling Slipper Trial Gr2, our astute investment has already more than doubled in value.
OVERREACH
The rest is now historical fact as we sit proudly in possession of a filly from one of the best female families in the Australian Stud Book.
If we live the dream and
OVERREACH does win the Golden Slipper,
our filly will be a rare jewel. She will be the
daughter of a FULL SISTER to a BLUE DIAMOND WINNER and
a daughter of a 3/4 SISTER to a GOLDEN SLIPPER WINNER.
This is a family that has been very good to Dynamic Syndications but also another Queensland based breeder has also played his part and as a result, enjoyed the ride as well.
Steve Tregea an astute Darling Downs breeder, can lay claim to supplying a significant piece of the puzzle if Overreach justifies the short odds and wins Saturday's Golden Slipper. Tregea, who runs just 15 mares at his
Windemere Stud west of Toowoomba, bred and sold Overreach's dam Bahia in 2004.
He also showed the way in proving how the stallion
Exceed And Excel was a good match for the family. Tregea's part in the Overreach story dates back to 1997, when he purchased her grand dam Miss Prospect for $170,000. She had already produced Consular, who endeared himself to Queenslanders winning nearly $1 million as a tried horse.
Tregea bred seven foals from the mare and the most-sought-after was
Bahia, a product of a mating with Snippets. She was eventually knocked down to
Corumbene Stud's George Altomonte for $250,000 through the Magic Millions. "She was a real good sort. Everyone at the sale was pretty keen on her," Tregea said.
Put into training with Gai Waterhouse, Bahia won her first four starts and was favourite for the Magic Millions 3YO Trophy (now Guineas)."They had a huge opinion of her. She was a galloping machine," Tregea said. But as so often happens, injury struck and Bahia didn't make it to the Gold Coast and was retired unbeaten after those four starts.
In Miss Prospect's final season with Tregea, he sent her to
Exceed And Excel, which produced the
Blue Diamond winner Reward For Effort.
"I sold her to David Moodie when she was carrying Reward For Effort, but unfortunately she died the next year," he said. The success of the Dynamic Syndications purchased Reward For Effort had a big influence on Altomonte choosing Exceed And Excel for Bahia the same year he won the Blue Diamond. George knew that he would be creating a
3/4 relation to REWARD FOR EFFORT at that time. George continued back the next year as well creating a full brother to OVERREACH.
At Dynamic Syndications we are thrilled to be a major part of the story of the family’s fortunes.
We have
3 x 5% Shares available in the
MANHATTAN RAIN / MISS EXCELLENCE filly