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Lunn Racing and Breeding Showcasing the progeny of Pure Lust, a mare who raced in NZ, OZ and HK & Others when they not racing

Quick Look Back at the Champion Australian Sire "The Roach Back" Century, Son of 2-N Stallion Better Boy as appearing in...
27/04/2026

Quick Look Back at the Champion Australian Sire "The Roach Back" Century, Son of 2-N Stallion Better Boy as appearing in "Khanshe"

the champion Australian sprinter and sire Century was known to have a "roach back" (a convex upward arching of the spine). Despite this physical conformation fault, which can sometimes limit flexibility, it did not hinder his racing ability and he became a successful sire.

Key Details About Century's Conformation:
Roach Back: Century was known to have a distinct roach back, which is an outward curvature of the spine, often in the lumbar region.
Performance: He was a brilliant sprinter, known for winning the 1973 Newmarket Handicap and 1974 Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
Sire Career: Despite the deformity, which once caused a hesitation for a potential investor, he became a "fabulous" and successful stallion.


Winnings: 29 Starts: 11 - 9 - 3, A$172,530

1972:
Won: MVRC Moonee Valley S., MVRC Freeway S., VRC Ascot Vale S., VRC Sire's Produce S.
1973:
Won: VRC Craven "A" S., VRC Newmarket H., VRC Lightning S.
2nd: VATC Blue Diamond S., VATC Caulfield Guineas, AJC Doncaster H., VATC Oakleigh Plate, VATC Toorak H., AJC All-Aged S.
3rd: VRC Craven "A" S., VRC Linlithgow S. (x2)

Australian Champion Sire 1978. 44 SWs. Sire of Double Century, Euclase, Rubiton & Stage Hit etc.

Obviously with the Bedouins contributing 81% Scientifically through DNA of all Stallions at Stud Globally at the Moment, this isnt Just better than the All Blacks 77% win Rate the Equivalent would be the All Blacks having to play in EVERY Rugby match at international level globally and win at a Better Rate than they do now, Betting against Bedouin Breeding is Less Profitable than betting against the All Blacks

Impetuous half sister to Imprevu by Ace High. First look around at the races. Lots of noise...ears working overtime!
21/04/2026

Impetuous half sister to Imprevu by Ace High. First look around at the races. Lots of noise...ears working overtime!

Imprevu coming back off track. Looking like she's had a nice break!
19/04/2026

Imprevu coming back off track. Looking like she's had a nice break!

Roxy the full sister to Imprevu having a yarn over the fence with her boss.What a week for the breed. The family perform...
17/04/2026

Roxy the full sister to Imprevu having a yarn over the fence with her boss.
What a week for the breed. The family performing with distinction from a 950 m trial with Imperia running on for 4th in fastest heat and Pure Bars an outstanding 3rd at Te Rapa first time over 2400. Giving the 1st and 2nd horses 3kgs and 2.5 kgs respectively.

Replay of the Fastest Ever Arima Kinen 2500m in 2:29.50 And Zenno Rob Roy in 2004 from the 2-B Family in front of the es...
16/03/2026

Replay of the Fastest Ever Arima Kinen 2500m in 2:29.50 And Zenno Rob Roy in 2004 from the 2-B Family in front of the estimated 170,000 Spectators,

For a Breed Some people think was bred for battle and the successful surviving breeding pool having experienced and thrived on large scale "events" of Human adrenaline releases.

Melody Belle was beaten handily in front of no crowds during Covid

81% Of Sport Horse Stallions having recently descended from the Middle East/Central Asia region, specifically representing the Original Arabian lineage and the Turkoman horse lineage Central Asian steppe.
Based on recent genetic studies of Y chromosomes, the vast majority of modern horse breeds—including sport horses—descend from a small number of Oriental stallions brought to Europe within the last 700 years

"The Y chromosome directly reflects male genealogies, but the extremely low Y chromosome sequence diversity in horses has prevented the reconstruction of stallion genealogies. Here, we resolve the first Y chromosome genealogy of modern horses by screening 1.46 Mb of the male-specific region of the Y chromosome (MSY) in 52 horses from 21 breeds. Based on highly accurate pedigree data, we estimated the de novo mutation rate of the horse MSY and showed that various modern horse Y chromosome lineages split much later than the domestication of the species. Apart from few private northern European haplotypes, all modern horse breeds clustered together in a roughly 700-year-old haplogroup that was transmitted to Europe by the import of Oriental stallions. The Oriental horse group consisted of two major subclades: the Original Arabian lineage and the Turkoman horse lineage. We show that the English Thoroughbred MSY was derived from the Turkoman lineage and that English Thoroughbred sires are largely responsible for the predominance of this haplotype in modern horses."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOiXcCdcFXk

The Arima Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan open to Thoroughbreds three-years-old and above and the world's largest betting horserace. It is run on the fourth Sunday of December each year, over a distance of 2,500 metres (approximately 1 mile and 4+1⁄2 furlongs) at Nakayama Racecourse.
It is one of the two "All-Star" races in Japanese horse racing; the other is the Takarazuka Kinen in late June

Interesting to See that Despite Northern Dancer Appearing in 97% of all Black type Winners (more impactful mathematically than All English Derby Winners at Stud Added together) it is his Cousin Halo for this one

For those Buying off Gavelhouse Recently

Quick look back at New Zealand's Winningest 3 Horses, Gloaming 57wins Family 34, Grey Way 51Wins; Family 2-d and Black D...
15/03/2026

Quick look back at New Zealand's Winningest 3 Horses, Gloaming 57wins Family 34, Grey Way 51Wins; Family 2-d and Black Duke 47 Wins; Family 2-c

The Fastest Horses of the Sahara were the Haymour and they looked a bit like a Zebra

Some more predetermination, this time from the Bedouins.

Quick look at some More Bruce Lowe PredeterminationOnce you get Past the Pure L3a1b interesting to note the other Breeds...
14/03/2026

Quick look at some More Bruce Lowe Predetermination

Once you get Past the Pure L3a1b interesting to note the other Breeds that contribute to more success at the international level for each stallion and which needed Blinkers

With Blinkers: The use of blinkers on Zabeel stock frequently resulted in dramatic turnarounds, similar to how Zabeel himself was transformed from a maiden performer into an Australian Guineas winner after blinkers were applied

Zabeel, the legendary Cambridge Stud stallion, achieved champion sire status multiple times across various categories in Australasia during his stellar stud career (1991–2013):
Champion New Zealand Sire: 4 times
Champion Australian Sire: 2 times
Dewar Stallion Trophy (NZ-based sire, highest combined Aus/NZ earnings): 15 times
Champion New Zealand Broodmare Sire: 3 times (some sources say twice, but most recent top 3)
Champion Australian Broodmare Sire: 3 times
Stuff NZ
Stuff NZ
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Key Achievements:
Sired 44 individual Group One winners.
Sired 4 Cox Plate winners and 3 Melbourne Cup winners.
Stood for 22 seasons, siring over 1,000 winners.

Died in 2015 at age 29.
Stuff NZ

Sir Tristram was a legendary Irish-bred stallion who stood at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand and was crowned Champion Sire in Australia six times.
Cambridge Stud
Cambridge Stud
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His career highlights as a champion stallion include:
Champion Sire (Australia): 6 times (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87).
Champion Sire (New Zealand): 1 time (1986–87).
Champion Broodmare Sire (Australia): 5 times.
Champion Broodmare Sire (New Zealand): 3 times.
Dewar Award (NZ & Australian combined earnings): 9 times.
Cambridge Stud
Cambridge Stud
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Sir Tristram sired 45 individual Group One winners and had an enormous impact on the Australasian racing industry
Stuff NZ
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Proisir was crowned the Champion New Zealand Sire for the 2022–23 season.
NZRacing
NZRacing
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Key highlights of his championship and subsequent success include:
2022-23 Season: Broke Savabeel’s eight-year reign as champion, setting a new record for progeny earnings in a single New Zealand season with over $4.15 million.
Major Progeny: Sired five individual Group 1 winners that season (Legarto, Prowess, Levante, Dark Destroyer, and Pier).
Continued Success: As of April 2025, he was holding a leading position in the 2024/25 season by stakes winners and was second by earnings, maintaining his status as a top-tier Australasian sire

Sweynesse was named the Champion First Season Sire in New Zealand for the 2019-20 season.
NZ Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
NZ Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
Key Achievement: Sweynesse (standing at Novara Park) achieved this title in his debut season, which included stakes winner Bonita Aurelia.
Progeny Success: As a stallion, he is best known as the sire of the world-class sprinter Lucky Sweynesse, a 4-time Group 1 winner and Hong Kong Champion.

Savile Row
Sire of 12 Winners

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