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Argentinean Bred Dams

1999 BRITISH QUEEN: Grade 3 winner by awesome sire and granddam sire SOUTHERN HALO!
American female line, half sister to a grade 1 placed.
She is in foal to PEINTRE CELEBRE (LSD September 2/2007)
Great conformation.

2004 GRANDERA, listed winner in Argentina. Race record 5: 2-1-1
By ROY Champion sire in Argentina, Brazil and Chile and broodmare champion sire in Chile. Emerging as a brilliant broodmare sire in Argentina and Brazil. Great nick with Hussonet as sire: HOST, HUSSON, NATIONAL PARK, PETIT PARIS, etc.
Her dam was grade 2 winner by fantastic sire CANDY STRIPES!
Female line of: ELITE, ETERNELLE, ESPORAZO, ELEVACIÓN, SUSPICANTE, TIBALDO, ENVIDIADA, PARLOTEO, NEWBURY, EL CALIFA, MIDDLE, ETERNA FE, GAME BOY, ELLENORE, QUARTZ, REFINADO TOM
She is in training. Fabulous conformation.
Racing/Breeding Prospect

1997 MASTERKOVA dam by Candy Stripes, sire of INVASOR, ILHA DA VITORIA, LEROIDESANIMAUX, DIFFERENT, LUNDY’S LIABILITY and great broodmare sire: CANDY RIDE.
Her 3rd dam is GLAMOUR, reine de course.6th dam is LA TROINNE!.
She is in foal to SOUTHERN HALO (LSD August 28).
Beautiful dam. Filly at foot by Southern Halo.

2001 MAGNETIC EYES by great sire SKY CLASSIC, grade 1 winner in Argentina and Uruguay.
Winner of Carlos Pellegrini Award as 2005-06 Champion Older Mare in Argentina.
Awesome female line: POTRICHAL, POTRIDEE, T.H. APPROVAL, POTRINNER, MELHOR AINDA, POTRIZARIS, DIA DE LA NOVIA, POTRO REX, SUN BANNER, POTRO VENUS.TOUGH GOLDA, etc.

Brazilian Bred Dams
1998 ANALU
By Champion Sire ROI NORMAND (Sire of Grade 1 winners: AY CARAMBA, BRAZOV, DON PIAZZOLLA, FRENCH ÓPERA, GLAIRE, INOCENT KISS, MAGNUM OPUS, NATURISTA, POTOTÓ, REDATTORE (CHAM PÌON IN USA), RIBOLETTA (CHAMPION IN USA), RIZOLINI, SUPER POWER, OFERECIDO, PRETTY NORMAND).
She was winner in Brazil, her second foal is NITIDO, grade 1 winner in Brazil in 3 starts and Champion 2YO’s colt on turf in 2007. Her second dam won 2 grade 1 races in her native land. Female line of: BRETAGNE, VACILAÇAO, IRISH DERBY, OPALINE GIRL, etc.
She is in foal to TORRENTIAL (LSD: November 16/2007).
Asking price US$150,000

2003 I LOVE CHEESECAKE (grey mare by PUNK – IAINTANANGEL by HALO)
At 2, won Clasico Ministerio da Agricultura (L-Br) 1100m dirt
Asking price US$80,000
American female line.
Free of Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer.
Female line of “blue hen” or reine de Course: DURAZNA, MYRTLEWWOD, FRIZEUR, FRIZETTE.
Asking Price: US$80,000
She was retired in 2007.

2003 INDIANETTE Dark Brown Mare, multiple grade 2 winner at 2 and 4. Grade 1 placed at 3 & 4. By super sire KNOW HEIGHTS (sire of Grade 1 winners IVOIRE, COLINA VERDE, CORAY, XIXIRICA DA SEDA, QUEN DESEJADA, NEPOTISTA, and AVIACIÓN (sold to Darley).
Her dam was grade 2 winner in Argentina. Her third dam is French and is the same female line of stakes winners: CUDAS (Gr.1), THEORETICALLY (Gr.1), RIVER MIKE, BUCAREST, etc.

2003 INEGRITA Black/Brown Mare, grade 2 & 3 winner. By great sire PUBLIC PURSE (Stakes winner of $1,103,324 USA in France and N.A., San Marcos H. [G2], Prix Maurice de Nieuil [G2], etc. Sire of 3 crops of racing age, 96 foals, 87 starters, 4 stakes winners, 41 winners of 65 races and earning $469,713 USA, including CELTIC PRINCESS (Grande Premio Margarida Polak Lara-Taca de Prata [G1], etc.), SCALINATELLA (to 4, 2007, $47,762 USA, Grande Premio Immensity [G2], etc.), PROFESSOR CHICO ($27,777 USA, Victor Guilhem), Public Relations ($17,287 USA, 2nd Grande Premio Presidente Jose de Souza Queiroz [G2], etc.).
Her second dam, was grade 3 (twice) winner in Brazil.
Racing/Breeding Prospect
Asking price: make offer.

2001 JENUFA mare by DUBAI DUST (sire of Grade 1 winner NONNO LUIGI, PÓLVORA NEGRA, MADAME JULIA, MAMANGABA, MORE DUST, MADAME CASTELO, JENUFA (2º GP Oswaldo Aranha, G2, 3º GP Roberto e Nelson G. Seabra, G1), Lucky Luciano (3º GP Antonio Carlos Amorim), etc.
Graded stakes winner in Brazil, grade 1 placed.
1st GP Adayr Eiras de Araújo(Brz-G2); 2nd GP Oswaldo Aranha(Brz-G2), 2nd Roberto e Nelson Grimaldi Seabra(Brz-G1).
3rd GP Adayr Eiras de Araujo(Brz-G2) - 2000M
6th Dam is “Reine de Course” Adargatis, 7th dam is blue hen mare Helene de Troie, dam of LA TROIENNE.
Free of Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer!
Asking price: US$150.000.

1998 JODIE Grey Brazilian dam Grade 2 (twice), grade 3 (twice) and listed winner.
By BE MY CHIEF, grade 1 winner in England.
Her dam produced just 3 foals, all were Stakes winners, in Brazil and USA!
Argentinean female line of TELESCÓPICA: LAGOA AZUL, NAMORADO, FORTY MIRAGE, TIFOSI, MS. AEROSMITH, ILLIQUIDITY, EISHIN VINCENESS, KOSLANING, TELESCÓPICO, TABA, TURKOMAN, CERBATANA, etc.
Asking price: make offer.

2002 LA BELLE ROSE
Dark brown mare Winner in Brazil. By Champion Sire ROI NORMAND (Sire of Grade 1 winners: AY CARAMBA, BRAZOV, DON PIAZZOLLA, FRENCH ÓPERA, GLAIRE, INOCENT KISS, MAGNUM OPUS, NATURISTA, POTOTÓ, REDATTORE (CHAMPION IN USA), RIBOLETTA (CHAMPION IN USA), RIZOLINI, SUPER POWER, OFERECIDO, PRETTY NORMAND).
Race record: 11:3-3-0
Half sister to Champion 2YO’s colt TOP SIZE, Grade 2 winner SINISTRO and SP Blues Singer.
Her third dam is reine de course WON’T TELL YOU, dam of TC and American Champion AFFIRMED.
Great female line: SILENT FOX, LOVE YOU DEAR, GIRL FROM IPANEMA, WON’T SHE TELL, DR. CATON, etc.
Free of Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer!
Asking price: make offer.

Chilean Bred Dams
1997 COSTA NORTE (by Fappavalley – Cristalline by Northair), grade 1 producer CANDY DOLL and listed winner and grade 1 placed CAUCUS in 3 foals of racing age. Her filly Cuchurita was sold to Australia.
Costa Norte was a winner foaled in Chile in 1997.
She has the female line of Blue Hen HYPÈRICUM, FEOLA and ALOE.
Her dam was a champion 3 YO’s filly and is also a champion producer: CRYSTAL HOUSE, CRYSTAL CLEAR.
Female line of: CEFALÚ (Listed winner and graded placed in Australia), CRISANTEMO, SANTIAGO MATÍAS, all grade 1 winners in Chile.
Asking price: SOLD!

1997 DETALLADA (By Fappavalley . Doña Tato by Balconaje), grade 1 producer DIANA CAZADORA (Grade 1 and grade 3 winner (3 times) and sold to Australia.
Her dam, DOÑA TATO, was named Champion 3 YO’s on turf and produced 2 SW fillies (DOÑA ISIDORA and Grade 3 and listed winner DOGMA).
This is a very good Argentinean female line.
Asking price:US$150,000. In foal to Dushyantor.

95 INDIA DE MI VIDA (By Roy – Niada by Jalón)
Grade 1 producer (dam of Rio Místico, grade 1 winner on turf and 2YO’s champion on turf)
By amazing sire and broodmare sire Roy!
Great turf female family: GRAN EVENTO, MATÓN, RIO MÍSTICO, CHASCO, POLYMERO, CHARLATÁN, CHILE, etc.
Free of Northern Dancer’s blood!
Proven dam!

2003 LANDLADY (By Dushyantor Lady Ivor by Superbity): one of the best fillies on her generation. SW in Chile (Listed race), grade 1 placed (twice).
Her sire is one of the best sires in the country and she was foaled in one of the best farms in Chile.
Her Dam was Champion Older Mare on Dirt and won a Grade 1 race in Chile.
She has SIR IVOR’s female line!
She was retired in 2007.
Asking Price: US$150,000 (negotiable)

2004 MI POEMA (By Dushyantor – Moledora by Semenenko)
Listed winner. Grade 1 placed.
Her 3rd dam was the champion on turf in Chile, MAIRONA.
British female line: DEDICATED RULLAH, DIVINE ROYALTY, MITÁN, MEDIATORE, METAPÍO, GRAND SLAM, GALA PLACIDIA, GILGAMES, BAALBEK, LHIZ, etc.
Asking Price: US$125,000

1997 NEIGE (Hussonet – White Snow by Smooth Performance)
Champion producer: Her filly ZHOU was 3YO’s champion on dirt in Chile, 2007.
By super sire HUSSONET!
Proven American Female line: First Flush, Hildene, Idle Nancy, reine de course’s dams.
Nice conformation.
Price: US$70,000.

2004 NO ES POR NA (Until Sundown – Charlada by Lake Erie)
Super race record: 4:3-0-0-1
Undefeated at 2: 3 wins inc. Arturo Lyon Peña Stakes (Gr.1).
Champion 2YO’s filly on turf in 2007 in Chile.
French female line, proven in Europe, USA and Chile: CHANGO, CANALETTO, COLLECTA, TOUPIE, SIMON DU DESERT, VENIZE, COURTLY CANDOR, COZZENE’S ANGEL, TOCCET, CHARTINO, AS QUE TO, CHARMING DUKE, GENTLEWAVE, SPLENDEUR, LA CHIPOTTE, CHINGACGOOK, etc.
She was retired in 2007, because she had an injure in the Chilean Oaks (Grade 1), she was 4th.

2004 NO ME SIGAN (By Stuka – Nominada by Nijinsky Model)
Herr sire is one of the best sires in Chile, he won general sire statistic during 2007.
Her dam was champion 2YO on dirt in Chile (Grade 1 winner).
Fantastic French female line: VIEUX MANOIR, HERMIERES, CRYSTAL PALACE. BABY TURK, AFRODITE, BOIS DE GRACE, BEAU PRETENDER, NIÑO MALO, SAINT FLORENT, CALIFE D’OR, VILANDRADO, MANOR HOUSE, etc.
She has a filly at foot bt leading 1st season in Chile CAT SCAN (Storm Cat) and she is in foal to European Champion Spriner Namid.
Asking Price: US$30,000

1997 SALAMBO (By Edgy Diplomat – La Infiel by Nonoalco).
Grade 1 producer: Marsilio Ficino.
Her dam, La Infiel, has become one of the best dams in the country.
Her 4th dam was champion Argentinean filly FOXONA.
Female line of: INDIA HALO, INTÉRPRETE, INTERLUDE, ILUSTRÍSIMA, INIMITABLE, ISABELA, ILIMITADA, IVANHOE, FORTE DE FRANCE, ENFANT TERRIBLE.
Price: Make offer.

2002 SATYAN (By Hussonet – Top Diplomat by Edgy Diplomat)
By Super sire Hussonet!
Fantastic American female line, Savage Beauty, Khara, both blue hen mares.
Line of: SILENT NAME, VIVACE, TOP DIPLOMAT, SALOON, HABITAT, SUAVE DANCER, DANCING, RA’A, ETC.
Price: US$30,000.

Análisis de Pedigree: HUSSONET

ANÁLISIS DE PEDIGREES: HUSSONET

Mucho se ha escrito sobre este tremendo semental, sus hijos han corrido y ganado en las hípicas más competitivas del mundo. Hussonet tiene grandes antecedentes que a simple vista pueden parecer normales o incluso pobres, pero hay que hacer un acucioso análisis para saber porqué el padrillo se transformó rápidamente en el más dominante hijo de Mr. Prospector a nivel mundial.

Coincidencia o no, llama la atención de que Hussonet tiene una característica que ha sido vital a la hora de enjuiciar un padrillo en Chile: su Dosage Index. Este indicador, se basa en los jefes de raza de los primeros cinco sementales aparecidos en su pedigree. Un DI alto, implica que la mayoría de los jefes de raza que están dentro del pedigree de un semental han destacado en la velocidad hasta carreras de milla. Basta hacer un simple “barrido” con los sementales más exitosos que han servido en distintos haras del país, para darse cuenta que todos ellos tienen (tuvieron) un DI altísimo: Roy, Hussonet, Domineau, Mr. Long.

Entre los aspectos a considerar se encuentran las reine de course, el factor Rasmussen, el factor 10 años, el dosage index, el dosage profile, el centro de distribución, el inbreeding, la dominancia del padre, la teoría de los nicks, el GSV y el factor X.

Reines de Course: Las yeguas clasificadas en este grupo, han sido seleccionadas por los estudios de la norteamericana Ellen Parker, que con acuciosos análisis y teorías propias, denomina a yeguas madres en diversas familias, que aparecen en algunos pedigrees demarcadas en forma cursiva o con un asterisco, debido a su brillantez como reproductoras. Aunque generalmente prevalecen nombres del hemisferio norte, hay unas pocas yeguas elegidas nacidas en el hemisferio sur (como la chilena Naipur, y la argentina con campaña en Chile, Papila, entre otras).
En el caso del padrillo Hussonet, se pueden encontrar a Geisha, Nalee, Missy Baba, Levee, Uvira, Miss Dogwood, Raise You, Gold Digger, Bourtai, Perfume, Pocahontas, Myrtlewood, Sweetheart y Mumtaz Begum (dos veces). Es interesante la “repetición” de la yegua madre Mumtaz Begum, ya que esto indica que el citado sire, tiene el denominado “Factor Rasmussen”, que se encuentra en más del 40% de los ganadores clásicos del planeta. Esta teoría, ideada por Federico Rasmussen

Dosage Index: Es una figura matemática utilizada por los criadores de caballos purasangre de carreras, para calificar la habilidad, o inhabilidad, de un caballo, para enfrentar y ganar en las diferentes distancias en las cuales corren. Esto es calculado basándose en un análisis del pedigree del caballo. Los intereses son determinar cuales reproductores son transmisores de velocidad y cuales de stamina o resistencia en distancias más largas. El resultado se determina por medio de los llamados “Jefes de Razas”, que se encuentran en las primera cuatro líneas del pedigree del caballo, basados en las distancias en las cuales sus hijos de han destacado (las campañas de estos caballos es irrelevante en este índice).

Cada jefe de raza es ubicado en una o dos de las siguientes categorías:
Brillante: sus hijos se han destacado por correr mejor en distancias muy cortas.
Intermedio: sus hijos de destacan en distancias cortas.
Clásico: sus hijos son corredores en distancias intermedias (medio fondo).
Sólido: sus hijos se destacan por correr distancias largas.
Profesional: sus hijos se han destacado por correr en distancias muy largas.
La mediana en Estados Unidos para los caballos es de 2,70 (no se puede sacar el promedio porque en algunos cálculos el DI da como resultado infinito). El DI de Hussonet es 5,00.
Center of Distribution (CD): es un segundo valor matemático que puede ser obtenido a través del Dosage Index. A través de una operación matemática con los puntajes de los jefes de raza se obtiene un número, que indicará si se tiene mayor tendencia hacia las carreras de menor distancia o a las más largas. El promedio en Estados Unidos del CD es de 0,70. Mientras más alto sea, más habilidad tiene el caballo para distancias cortas. En Europa los índices del dosage profile y center of distribution son más bajos que en Estados Unidos, ya que buscan la stamina, puesto que sus pruebas se disputan en distancias más largas. Los números de Hussonet indican un CD de 1,13, lo que está ligado a la velocidad.

Dominancia de Padre: este indicador se determina si el padre del padrillo, es dominante como sire de sires destacados en el mundo. Es una teoría nueva y se aplica para reproductores con más de cinco hijos que sean padres de ganadores de G1. Por ejemplo, Hussonet es hijo de Mr. Prospector, un padrillo altamente dominante y por esa razón, se le asigna un 1 al hijo de Sacahuista.

Puntajes por Jefes de Raza (DP): son los puntos que se obtienen en un pedigree según los jefes de raza que estén presentes en el pedigree del caballo, está ligado al dosage index. Hussonet suma 54 puntos en puntaje de jefes de Raza, uno de los más altos vistos en Chile.

GSV: El GSV es calculado utilizando los índices GRASP generados por The Matchmaker. Estos indicadores están dados por la genética, habilidad en carreras, y el stud performance de los 31 padrillos encontrados en un pedigree de cinco generaciones.
Esta medida es de gran ayuda para criadores, managers de reproductores, criaderos, etc., Mientras más alto sea el puntaje brindado por el GSV, mayores posibilidades se tienen de tener un buen corredor, sire o yegua de cría.
Veamos el GSV de tres excelentes padrillos hijos de Mr. Prospector. Los mejores hijos de este brillante sire tienen los más altos índices dados por el analista The Matchmaker, los cuales tienen el siguiente GSV:
Seeking The Gold 76.40
Machiavellian 78.30
Miswaki 79.91
Hussonet tiene un GSV de 78.64 puntos, siendo sólo superado por Miswaki.


Inbreeding: El inbreeding, o cruzamiento endogámico, se da cuando el criador cruza animales que tienen determinado grado de parentesco, como por ejemplo padres con hijas, madres con hijos, medio-hermanos, tíos con sobrinas, etc. Los criadores se esmeran en seleccionar aquellos reproductores que poseen las mejores características, para potenciar las características deseables en esa línea de sangre.

Para el caso de Hussonet se repiten varios destacados caballos:
Discovery 5s x 5d
Mumtaz Begum 5s x 5d
Nashua 3s x 4d
Nasrullah 4s x 4d x 5d
Nearco 5s x 5d
Segula 4s x 5d

Factor 10 Años: es una nueva teoría que surge a mediados de los ’80, en la cual se explica que un importante número de campeones y caballos exitosos en la crianza, tienen una diferencia de 10 años entre la madre y el producto. Un gran número de este factor en un pedigree es cada vez más relevante a la hora de elegir un reproductor o una yegua de cría, son innumerables los ejemplares que cumplen con este indicador, el más conocido en Chile es Wolf, que nació en 1987 y su madre en 1977.
En el caso de Hussonet, por parte de su padre, Mr. Prospector, se pueden encontrar sólo dos casos: los excelentes Count Fleet y Nashua. Count Fleet ganó el Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, siendo Triple Crown Winner en 1943, caballo del año, campeón 3 años. Además triunfó en los clásicos .Wood Memorial Stakes, Withers Stakes Pimlico Futurity, Champagne Stakes, Walden Stakes, Wakefield Stakes. Nashua fue un campeón que ganó el Futurity S., Hopeful S., Grand Union Hotel S., Juvenile S., Arlington Classic, Flamingo S., Florida Derby, Belmont S., Wood Memorial S., Washington Park Match Race, Preakness S., Jockey Club Gold Cup (dos veces), Dwyer S., Monmouth H., Widener H., Suburban H. Por lo que ambos caballos “factor 10 años” fueron en su época, grandes campeones.
Por el lado materno de Hussonet, es decir, por Sacahuista, hay tres caballos “factor 10 años”: nuevamente el campeón Nashua, Raja Baba y Bold Ruler. Raja baba ganó el Francis Scott Key Stakes, Delaware Valley Handicap, y el Alligator Handicap. Además de ser el padre de la campeona Sacahuista, es padre de los destacados sires Well Decorated, y de Is it true. Hablar de Bold Ruler, es referirse al caballo que ganó el Preakness Stakes, Flamingo Stakes, Monmouth Handicap, Suburban Handicap, Trenton Handicap, Wood Memorial, Futurity Stakes, Carter Handicap, Benjamin Franklin Handicap, Stymie Handicap, Toboggan Handicap, Queens County Handicap, Jerome Handicap, Juvenile Stakes, con los honores de Caballo del año, campeón 3 años macho en 1957, campeón velocista en 1958. como reproductor fue leading sire por ganancias entre 1963-69, y en 1973. fue elegido para integrar el Salón de la Fama en 1973, siendo el padre del legendario Secretariat.
Factor X: esta teoría ya fue explicada en el anterior número de la revista El Turf por Gonzalo Reyes, por lo que no detallaremos en que consiste. Para el caso de Hussonet se encuentran tres yeguas madres con factor X: Missy Baba, que lo heredó de su padre My babu y éste por medio de su madre Perfume. Para el caso de Nalees Flying Flag, por medio de su padre y su madre. Hoist the Flag, el padre, heredó este factor a través de su madre, Wavy Navy y está, tanto por su padre como por su madre, War Admiral y Triomphe, respectivamente. La madre de Nalees Flying Flag, Nalee, lo heredó a través del sensacional Nashua y éste por su madre Segula.

Chilean-bred Thoroughbred: hot on the world Stage

Chilean-bred Thoroughbreds:
Hot on the World Stage

By Jane Henning and Nelson Sepúlveda


The transportation of racehorses and breeding stock from one hemisphere to the other is now a routine occurrence, a practice with mixed results and problems which are only now becoming recognised. Acclimatisation to opposite weather patterns, synchronization with breeding cycles and suitability to our racing surfaces are the prime concerns of our racing and breeding industries with respect to the importation of Northern Hemisphere stock.

While New Zealand thoroughbreds have melded in with ours with ease, Australians have been slow to look further afield in our own hemisphere for horses which are proven in similar conditions.

Chile is one country whose thoroughbreds are gaining a worldwide reputation and particularly with regards to suitability to our climate, deserves our serious consideration.

If the recent importation of ‘Cefalu’, the first racehorse exported from Chile to race in Australia after 15 years, results in stakes wins in this country, it could open the floodgates.

Geographically, Chile’s racing centre and capital, Santiago, sits on a very similar latitude to Sydney. Santiago itself boasts two racecourses; the very impressive turf track, Club Hipico and the dirt track Hipodromo Chile.

Club Hipico is the venue for El Ensayo - “the test”- the second oldest race in the Americas. It is a set weight race for 3 year old colts and fillies over 2400 metres, which is the full circumference of this expansive track. This is roughly 180 metres more than Randwick’s course proper, the largest track in New South Wales.

Like Australia, the turf industry in Chile is economically very important, with more than ten thousand people working in it and many thousands of fanatics in the country who bet on their ‘TAB’ type network called Teletrak and a phone betting system called Fonotrak.

Chile currently only produces around 1500 foals per year, however the soil is considered amongst the best in the world for producing tough racehorses (as well as great wine!). Chilean racehorses often run weekly, doubling the number of starts required of them throughout their careers.

Chile’s reputation began to grow in the 1950’s, with some of its best racing stock being sold to the United States. Names like Babu (Brooklyn Hcp), Quilche (Century Hcp), Greco II (Sunset Hcp), Stravina (Santa Barbara Hcp) and Olhaverry (Del Mar Hcp) gave Chile its first US Grade One winners.

The first foreign horse to win more than US$1 million on US tracks was a Chilean bred racehorse named Cougar (Cougar II in USA). Cougar II defeated the most important turf stayers in the States and for years was considered the best turf runner in USA. He broke three track records and was crowned Champion Turf Horse in 1972. Cougar II had 50 starts and won 20 of them. Cougar II later sired the Kentucky Derby winner Gato del Sol and several other stakes winners in USA.

Like Australia and New Zealand, Chile has built its bloodstock on the purchase of largely well bred but lesser performed stallions from the USA and the UK. And like the Antipodes, Chile has developed its own brand of superior racing and breeding stock from these beginnings. Chile’s first “Reine De Course” is a mare named Naipur, who was only included in this world ranking in the last few years. She is the founder mare of the most important female line in the country, with a multitude of stakes winners to date. Her line is represented on every farm in the country.

Tizna was a multiple Grade One winner and Champion on Turf in the USA during the 1970’s. She is considered now as a future Reine De Course by U.S. pedigree analyst Ellen Parker. Her grandson Cee’s Tizzy (by Relaunch) is the sire of Tiznow who won the Eclipse Three Year Old Colt and Horse of the Year Awards and was Champion Older Horse in the USA the following season. Tiznow is the sire of the likely Champion Juvenile Filly 2005 winner, Folklore. Tizna is buried at Overbrook Farm, Kentucky.

During the 80’s, Chile sent only a handful of its well performed horses to the United States, but they were all brilliant. The filly Infinidad was a Champion on Dirt (Vanity Invitational Handicap Gr1); Miss Brio (Maskette S. Gr1) defeated US champion and Kentucky Derby winner, Winning Colors; while Marímbula (Santa Margarita Invitational Hcp Gr1) was another brilliant mare on turf.

Tantoul, Mr. Long and Settlement Day were very successful sires in Chile and were onsold to USA in the 80’s. The owners of Settlement Day bought Roy, and this sire is now recognised around the world. Roy won every stallion title in Chile over many years and he was the first Chilean based sire with more than 100 stakes winners in more than 9 countries. Roy was sold to the USA and shuttled to Brazil where he was the Champion Sire with just one year’s production and a Champion Sire in Argentina, where he died last year.

Roy’s reign was to be broken by another super sire, Hussonet, who was sold to Arrowfield Stud three years ago. Hussonet will have two stakes winning stallions at stud in the USA, Ile St. Louis and Seinne this year. Interestingly, matings of Hussonet over Roy mares has produced the likes of Host (Chilean Horse of the Year, Champion 2 yo Colt on Turf, Champion 3 yo Colt on Dirt and winner of the Shadwell Turf Mile Gr1, defeating Alinghi etc and still in racing); Husson (ARG), undefeated in 5 starts and now sire at Patinack Farm, National Park, a dual Gr 1 winner and Petit Paris, a stakes winner now winning in Dubai.

In the 90’s the Chilean breeders started to upgrade their breeding stock with stunning results. Names like Puerto Madero (Donn Hcp Gr1 defeating Silver Charm), Malek (Santa Anita Hcp Gr 1 and now at stud in the USA), Memo (multiple SW and also at stud in the USA). The amazing Wolf was undefeated in ten starts, including the elusive Chilean Triple Crown, which is held on three different racetracks. Amongst his accolades was Chilean Horse of The Century. After a promising start on US and Canadian tracks (3rd Citation Hcp Gr2, 4th Rothmans International Can-Gr1), he was injured and retired to stud in Turkey where he proved a leading sire. Mash One won the Oak Tree Championship Gr1 and has returned to Chile for stud duties, siring the Champion 2 yo Colt on Turf, Porfido, in his first crop. Chilean Horse of the Year, Lido Palace captured the Gr1 Whitney Hcp and the Woodward Stakes (twice) in the USA and is now at stud in Ocala, Florida. On the distaff side, Noches De Rosa, a Chilean Oaks winner, won a Grade One event in the USA on turf and is now at stud at Diamond A Farms.

Meanwhile, other countries started to jump on the Chilean bandwagon – Aramus was named Horse of the Year in Sweden in 2001; Group One winner Tempranero was a succesful sire in Argentina, while dual Gr 1 winner Figurón is now a classic sire in Brazil. Last year another Chilean based stallion was sold to Argentina in Seeker’s Reward and this year was sold Heavyweight Champ, too.

Now Chilean bred racehorses can be found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Panama, Perú, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Japan and of course, the enduring principal market, the United States.

Currently there are several Chilean bred horses racing at the top level in the USA. Total Impact, the Chilean Champion 2 Year Old Colt in 2000, was bought by Prince Sultan Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer and at 3 years, ran second in the UAE Derby Gr2 before moving the USA, where he counts the Hollywood Gold Cup Gr1 amongst his trophies. He has recently been announced as retiring to stud in North America in 2006.
Pompeyo, an El Ensayo winner in Chile, transferred codes in the USA and became Champion Steeplechaser and Eclipse Award winner in 2001.
India Divina won the Santa Anita Hcp (Gr1) and ran second in the Run For the Roses Gr 1. Of course Hussonet’s son Host still carries the flag and has been invited to race in Dubai during their amazing carnival this season.
El Cumbres, a multiple Group One winning three year old by Hussonet and Group One ‘El Ensayo’ placed filly, Crystallize were recently sold to top stables in the US.

This year Cocoa Beach has been the best chilean bred racehorse in the world, winning at the highest level in USA and UAE and also Cefalu won a Listed stakes in Australia.

With burgeoning interest in the quality of stock produced in their country, the Chileans jokingly refer to the international buyers which are coming down with increasing regularity “Las Gruas”, (the cranes), opening their jaws and carrying away the best Chilean horses for export.

A small group of Chilean broodmares was imported to Australia in the 1980’s by Trans Media Park Stud, who also imported the top class racehorse from Argentina, Savage Toss. Unlucky in the 1990 Melbourne Cup, Savage Toss won both the Werribee Cup and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in starts on either side of the Cup.

No further movement between Chile and Australia was effected until five years ago, when Pedigree Dynamics exported Chile Snippets - a daughter of one of the Trans Media imports, the Chilean Champion Mare, Moscona -ack to Chile in foal to Danzero.

The next move was made by the pioneering John Messara, of Arrowfield Stud. He purchased the outstanding sire Hussonet and imported the son of Mr. Prospector who commenced stud duties in 2004. While seen as a bold move by the conservative Australian breeding industry, John has backed his decision with undeniably impressive statistics and research. Hussonet’s Australian progeny race later this year.

In 2005, Jane Henning (Pedigree Dynamics) and Nelson Sepulveda (South American Bloodstock) in Chile bought the Chilean Turf Horse of the Year, Cefalu, for OTI Management in Melbourne. OTI’s Principals Terry Henderson and Simon O’Donnell have raced many stakes winners and have been importing top racing stock (principally with the Melbourne Cup in mind) from the Northern Hemisphere over the past few seasons. Their horse portfolios have included the likes of Hugs Dancer, Doriemus, Dance the Day Away and many more smart winners.

Like John Messara, Terry and Simon thoroughly researched the idea before going ahead with the purchase. Cefalu’s racing videos were closely scrutinized by champion jockey Damien Oliver, who gave the thumbs up, pronouncing the horse a very exciting prospect for Australian racing.

“It’s a distinct advantage being able to buy a world class horse from the same hemisphere,” said Terry Henderson. “We weighed it up and, if you can do it, it is a far better risk than buying from the Northern Hemisphere. We’re very excited about this horse and intend to keep investigating the opportunities in Chile.”

Close on the heels of OTI in the pursuit of top Chilean racehorses is prominent Sydney trainer, Tim Martin. Having travelled to South America in November of last year to inspect several top racehorses not only in Chile, but in Argentina as well, Tim is convinced that these animals will adapt easily to Australian conditions.

“I was really impressed with the standard of animals they have there. I would have been happy to train several of the ones I saw. They are tough, durable horses and I really think they will be suited to Australian conditions. I’ve just got to convince some of my owners to bite the bullet.”