HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR is truly a champion stallion. There are few sires who manage to do the job in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres but Holy Roman Emperor is definitely among them. The dual Gr1 winning former shuttler had another stakes success in February at Caulfield when 3yo filly OCTAVIA (Holy Roman Emperor - Filming, by Brocco) won the $120,000 Listed Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) for 3YO fillies.
Octavia tasting stakes success at Caulfield
OCTAVIA beat home Members Joy and another HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR sired horse in ANGELIC LIGHT to secure her 3rd race win and first stakes victory at just her 7th start. Octavia is the 23rd stakes-winner worldwide for Danehill's Group 1 winning son HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, whose last crop of Australian bred progeny are yearlings. HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR looks poised to break through with another stakes winner in the not to distance future with 3yo Kiwi raced filly, BERENICE having placed her last three starts at stakes level.
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR was a brilliant racehorse in his own right having just the seven starts as a 2yo before being retired to stud. In his seven race starts, he managed to produce four wins, two of which came at Gr1 level as well as adding a further two 2nd placings at Gr1 level. In 2006, he was named the Champion 2yo colt in France and is now building his legacy as a sire after already cementing his place in racing history as a racehorse.
Holy Roman Emperor at Stud
COOLMORE STUD is seen around the world as a leader in the thoroughbred game. They recognise the crosses that work and find every possible way to get the right stallion with the right mare. Their slogan is “The Home of Champions” and a truer word has never been spoken. COOLMORE is home to some of the leading sires all around the world with the team operating studs in America, here in Australia and at their home base in Ireland. COOLMORE STUD purchased the full sister to HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, MILANOVA for a whopping $5 million such was the faith that they had in the impressive family and looking at the pedigree, she looks to be worth every penny.
Both HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and MILANOVA are out of the unraced Secretariat mare L’ON VITE. Her family is as impressive as they come! L’ON VITE is a full sister to stakes winner D’ACCORD and MEDAILLE D’OR. She is also a half-sister to the stakes winners L’ENJOLEUR, GRAND LUXE (dam of SW SMACKOVER)and LA VOYAGEUSE (dam of SWs TIME BANDIT and INNOVATIVE). Added to this she is a half-sister to the stakes placed L’EXTRAVAGANTE (dam of SWs MONTELIMAR and L’EXTRA HONOR) as well as two other stakes producing mares. It is no wonder that L’ON VITE did such a wonderful job in the breeding barn producing 10 to race for 7 individual winners including four stakes winners in HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, MILANOVA, BIG VIKING and HEART OF OAK.
MILANOVA was a sensational mare herself being a dual stakes winner as well as being placed at Gr1 level here in Australia. Since that time she has been retired and her progeny have bought big money at various yearling sales. Included in MILANOVA’S progeny is the unraced MORE THAN READY mare, PRETTY FLAMINGO who fetched $625,000 as a weanling but unfortunately never reached the racetrack. As the saying goes “You can’t change your family” and in this case it is excellent news for team DYNAMIC.
Thanks to the hard work that we put in at every yearling sale, DYNAMIC recognised that this family is a potential goldmine and secured a filly out of PRETTY FLAMINGO. Over the years, we have built up a close relationship with the team at COOLMORE and they were more than happy to help us out when we queried them on this lovely filly. Our filly, by Champion Sire ENCOSTA DE LAGO is out of PRETTY FLAMINGO (More Than Ready – Milanova). She is a lovely type and was specifically recommended to us by the COOLMORE team at the MAGIC MILLIONS sales in January.
Our Encosta De Lago - Pretty Flamingo filly
Not only does she looks to be a sensational type capable of plenty of success but if she were to go on and produce some black type to the page then she would be a very lucrative broodmare. This filly will get every chance to win at stakes level when she heads to the stable of Chris Waller. Chris has continued to wins stakes race after stakes race over the past 5 season and has now firmly cemented himself as Sydney’s leading trainer and one of the best in Australia.
With over 30 years of industry experience from Managing Director of Dynamic Syndications, Dean Watt, he knows what it takes to find a champion racehorse that can be a money earner both on track and in the breeding barn. This ENCOSTA DE LAGO – PRETTY FLAMINGO filly is a perfect example of one that could go on to do both. She has an outstanding pedigree, a lovely temperament, is well conformed and was prepared by the world leaders in thoroughbred breeding, COOLMORE STUD. All the boxes are ticked and she will be available at just $8,580 for a 5% share.
We are due to start syndicating the filly in the very near future however one of the helpful team here at Dynamic would be happy to help you out now. We are excited to bring you this filly that is out of a $625,000 unraced weanling who is turn is out of the dual stakes winner MILANOVA who is a full brother to successful racehorse and stallion, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. The pedigree is there, all that is left for you to do is enquire! For more information, Dynamic can be contacted on (02) 9587 1511.
Jay Mathieson