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The Biggest Gamble of my LIfe

Well the paper work is underway & though i know not many people will be aware of the Zabeel blood line it is hugely popular in Australa & New Zealand
gonna cost $30,000 for the tadpoles but the foals have been hitting the $150,000 dollar mark not finalised yet as priceses dont come out until march as our season starts in september.

Zabeel (NZ) 1986

Reset (AUS) 2000

Assertive Lass (AUS)

Rubiton (AUS) 1983

Magic Idol (AUS) 2000

Made Of Magic (NZ)

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Oh wow, very nice! Congrats and good luck!!! :)

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Originally Posted by Cardus

Magic,

I take it from your post that you are breeding one of your mares to Zabeel, an incredible stamina influence.

This tells me that you are a serious horseman who is not seduced by the short-term gains from the Redoute Choice's that litter your sales every year.

If it is your strategy to breed a genuine stayer, then congrats to you... those Zabeels have every right to cop a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup, as you know!

My mare is a rubiton which won @ 1200 & matured into a long distance horse
2400 I used to love the flash & burn & still love the stocky breed that makes up a sprinter but with the mare i have got stands about 16,3 but has the features of a long distance horse skinny like a grey hound.
I would just love to bring the breed to America as both rubiton & zabeel are southern hemiphere horses & see how it stands against your horses :-)
With the way the World Cup series is developing it wont belong before there will be a american leg & hopefully it will be 1 mile & 1/4 ,2000 mtres our terms.
ps my Mare has won on dirt :) but the only dirt races over here are in the back block Bush Races where it's too dry to grow grass:D