Sale News

KILGRAVIN AT FORE AT 2012 RTR BREEZE UP'S                                                         18/10/12

 

A successful day at Te Rapa racecourse has concluded the Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2012 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs with the last 176 horses taking to the track today.The track maintained its ideal Dead 4 rating overnight and with the assistance of blustery conditions the average Breeze Up time of 10.75 seconds was slightly faster than yesterday’s average time of 10.94 seconds.

To download the full set of Breeze Up times for Monday and Tuesday click here.

Today saw the last 176 of 367 two-year-olds Breeze Up over the final 200 metres of the Te Rapa straight, with each lot individually timed and filmed. Yesterday’s quickest Breeze Up was completed by Kilgravin Lodge’s Towkay colt at Lot 366 who ran a sharp 10.16 seconds. Read More

 

 

2011 KILGRAVIN RTR HORSES IMPRESSING AS THEY HIT THE TRACKS               05/08/2012

Silveron Warrior (NZ) (Spartacus) scored an upset victory in the $65,000 Restricted Maiden (2 & 3YO) race over 1200m at Kranji on Friday night when swooping to defeat Code Red (Came Home) by a length.
After enjoying a soft lead, Code Red looked home when he pinched a two-length break with 200m to run, but he had no answer when the Leslie Khoo-trained debutant Silveron Wings came from midfield with a powerful turn of foot.
Khoo said he had expected a forward run from Silveron Warrior, who is raced by the same connections as handy middle-distance performer Silveron Wings (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe), but was a little taken by surprise by the win. Read more

ENTRIES ARE CLOSING SOON FOR THE 2013 YEARLING SALES

SANGSTER - KILGRAVIN GRADUATE CLAIMS VRC DERBY                      31/10/11

Eion Kemp's prediction of "he's a nice three year old type" comes true. Sangster a graduate of our 2010 RTR draft calims victory in the VRC Derby. Sangster joins the growing list of Group One graduates that include Keep the Peace, Green Birdie, Fully Fledged, Jessicabeel, My Scotsgrey, Guillotine and Vigor.

Sangster has fulfilled a year long plan for his owners after producing a brave run to win one of Australia's premier races, the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) at Flemington. A graduate of the Ready to Run Sale, Sangster (NZ) (Savabeel x Qunita Special) is the Sale's eleventh Group 1 winner in the last five seasons.
He is the Sale's third derby winner since 2010. He joins the likes of Military Move (NZ) (Volksraad) who won the New Zealand Derby last season and Shootoff (NZ) (Duelled) who took the Queensland Derby in June. Read More

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KILGRAVIN CLIENTS HAVE ANOTHER DERBY                                               30/10/11

 
KILGRAVIN LODGE  long standing client's Pat & Clyde Buckingham of Emblem Limited tasted Group 1 success again with SANGSTER'S win in Saturday's  VRC Derby.

In 1997 they experienced, with co-owners with Trevor and Shirley Tobin, the euphoria of owning and racing Australian Derby winner Ebony Grove. Fourteen years later Emblem Limited can lay claim to another Derby success, this time as breeders of Saturday's Victoria Derby winner Sangster (Savabeel).'s  Read More

KILGRAVIN RTR GRADUATE SHOOTS FOR VRC DERBY                                27/10/11

2011 Ready to Run Sale                                                                  12/10/11

It's that time again and once again Kilgravin Lodge will present a quality draft of well educated and prepared two year olds at the up coming NZB Ready to Run Sale to be held at Karaka on the 15th and 16th of November 2011.

The Breeze Ups will be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on the 17th and 18th of October 2011. The two year olds have all progressed well over the last couple of months to a stage where they are ready to go on Monday 17th. To view the Kilgravin Lodge draft .  Kilgravin Lodge Breeze up videos and times

LOT	COL	SEX	SIRE	DAM	KILGRAVIN LODGE COMMENT
2	Bay	G	Darci Brahma	Vega Sicilia	Good-actioned horse by a sire on the move.
37	Bay	G	Snitzel	August Queen	Real 2 YO type by a proven 2nd year sire and out of a stakes winning mare.
61	Bay	C	Handsome Ransom	Celtic Symphony	3 YO type who's well balanced and is a good mover.
68	Chestnut	C	Captain Rio	Cheval Noir	Good, strong colt with plenty of natural ability.
73	Bay	F	No Excuse Needed	Chyna Key	Lovely filly from the family of proven Hong Kong performer River Verdon.
75	Bay	G	Elusive City	Coddonna	He's a big, strong type out of a Spinning World mare.
78	Bay	G	Darci Brahma	Concert Party	Appeals as a staying sort of horse and he is from the family of the great Empire Rose.
100	Bay	F	Shinko King	Doitforreel	Attractive individual from a well-performed international family.
138	Brown	C	Canny Lad	Free Form	He's a natural two-year-old type by a proven stallion.
163	Bay	G	Darci Brahma	Inniskillen	Nice, free-moving horse and out of a half-sister to Insouciant.
173	Bay	G	Elusive City	Jog My Memory	Looks like he's going to develop into a good 3YO sort and by a stallion who is proven in Asia.
181	Bay	C	Iffraaj	Labasso	Nice, strong colt and by the proven first season stallion.
209	Bay	G	Iffraaj	Magic Flight	He's a lovely mover and he's from the family of Hong Kong Gr 1 winner Fellowship.
215	Bay	G	Istidaad	Mayhem Rhyyhm	Strong, well balanced and quite an athletic individual.
220	Bay	G	Spartacus	Miss Muga	He covers the ground well and from a Group performed family in North America.
228	Bay	G	Perfectly Ready	Much Obliged	By New Zealand's leading first-season sire and a pedigree that features strong Australian form.
238	Bay	C	Cecconi	O'Malleys Girl	Athletic sort by a promising stallion out of a half sister to former top sprinter-miler O'Malley's Boy.
241	Bay	G	Fast 'n' Famous	Ornellaia	Appeals as a staying type of horse from an outstanding female family.
247	Bay	G	Darci Brahma	Paint Me a Dream	He's a lovely individual and has an internationally-successful pedigree.
248	Bay	C	Darci Brahma	Paolino	Smart colt who is a half brother to a stakes-winning 2YO out of a Gr2 winner.
252	Bay	G	Keeper	Peggy	He really is a great mover and his sire is a constant source of success.
273	Bay	C	Elusive City	Qwikchik	Half-brother to Group performer Queen Boudicca by a proven stallion and a lovely mover.
290	Grey	G	Any Suggestion	Russian Dancer	3TO type with plenty of scope about him and he's a half-brother to six winners.

 

Kilgravin Lodge 3rd on Aggregate after 2010 RTR Sales

Kilgravin Lodge had a positive sale despite Sales figures showing that this years sale was overall tougher than last years. 
We had a good clearance rate of 74%, well above the sale clearance rate of 59%, this gave us a total aggregate of $893,000.00. The average selling price for horses in our draft was $63,786.00 and our top lot was sold for $180,000.00. These results ensured that we were placed 3rd on the Leading Vendors by Aggregate list.
We would like to thank all our owners for their support and like to wish the respective purchasers all the best with their new investments.

Kilgravin Lodge from inauspicious beginning to 2010 stand                    09/10/2010

Kilgravin Lodge has come a long way since its two horse inception at 2003's New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale of 2YO's 
This year, Eion and Megan Kemp’s Matamata operation will present 20 quality individuals at the sale's 2010 edition, to be held on the 16th and 17th of November (see draft below).  
“It’s one of our best drafts,” said Eion.  
“Right through, they tend to be by good commercial stallions, and they are all reasonably nice types, who have had a strong foundation laid to their careers ahead.” Established eight years ago, Kilgravin Lodge offers a professional breaking, pre-training and agistment service that extends from weanling preparation through to racing readiness.  
In 2003, they added Ready To Run preparation to their service list, albeit accidentally.  
“We were rung two weeks before the sale and asked to prepare two horses. It was very last minute,” recalled Eion.  
It would be an inauspicious start, as the two horses passed in for $4000 and $2,500 respectively.  
In a case of 'if at first you don't succeed, try and try again', they returned with three the next year for a hugely improved average of $26,000.  
In 2005 - their third year, they trucked north with 13 horses and gave notice to being a vendor of some repute with the sale of a $ 250,000 Fusaichi Pegasus colt.  
“It’s only really been in the last five years, that we have become serious about being a vendor,” said Eion.
Interestingly, whilst the $250,000 sale was certainly a very pleasing outcome for Kilgravin Lodge, it is not their be all and end all result.  
“The biggest buzz for us is when we sell clients horses for good results, after all the hardwork that's been put in," reflected Eion.

LOT	COL	SEX	SIRE	DAM	KILGRAVIN LODGE COMMENT
4	Bay	c	Savabeel	Quinta Special	Nice 3YO type.
70	Bay	c	Volksraad	Sonoma	Good, strong type. Typical Volksraad. Gets along well.
89	Ch	c	Thorn Park	Summertime Angel	Nice horse with 2nd fastest breeze-up time.
109	Br	c	O'Reilly	The Wake	Outstanding individual by a proven sire in Asia.
110	Bay	c	Shinko King	Tiara Sands	Typical Shinko King. Nice, correct horse who goes well.
125	Ch	c	Dubai Destination	Twilight Rose	By a sire performing well in Asia & out of a stakes placed mare.
126	Bay	g	Lucky Unicorn	Unabelle	Good 3YO type who looks a Derby horse.
139	Ch	c	No Excuse Needed	Wahaha	Closely related to the 4 time Gr.1 winner Wall Street.
160	Br	f	Lucky Unicorn	Zoe's Appeal	1/2 brother Sea Faalcon won in Singapore over weekend.
184	Bay	g	Darci Brahma	Battocchi	A horse by an up and coming sire with a very nice breeze-up.
202	Bay	g	Darci Brahma	Boito Belle	Very nice individual.
207	Bay	g	Pure Theatre	Burnham Wood	Smart type of horse suited to Hong Kong/Singapore Derby.
215	Bay	c	Dehere	Cautious Mission	Has speed. Breezed up in 10.59.
238	Ch	g	Fast 'n' Famous	Concert Party	From a nice staying family that features Empire Rose.
240	Bay	g	Darci Brahma	Coutet	Will get up and win a trial early.
268	Grey	c	One Cool Cat	Egeria	A correct horse by a sire starting to throw good horses in Australia.
303	Bay	c	Ishiguru	Glee Club	Ran fastest time of Breeze ups. Correct and ready to go.
367	Br	c	Savabeel	Lady Harriet	By a sire starting to hit straps in Aus. Nice breeze up.
388	Ch	c	No Excuse Needed	Lililane	Bred on same cross as Daffodil. Nice type with improvement yet.
390	Bay	c	Keeninsky	Lismore Belle	Nice 3YO type with good development still ahead.

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Breeze Up Clips                                                                                            26/10/2010

Clips of our very successful day at the Breeze Ups can be found on our 2010 RTR Draft page.
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Kemp always keeps one eye on RTR                                                        By Paul Vettise

All roads lead to Karaka next month for Kilgravin Lodge as their grand final looms with a quality consignment of young talent bound for the auction ring.The NZB Ready To Run Sale on November 16 and 17 has become the most significant event on the Matamata operation’s calendar.“Everything we do during the year is aimed at this sale and we’ve become even more focussed on it in recent times,” principal Eion Kemp said.
“We have a very good and loyal client base and they put all their trust in us and we’re very appreciative of that.
“We’ve purposefully bought horses throughout Australia and New Zealand for this sale.
“We’re genuine and realistic vendors and it’s about turning them over so we’re very much there to sell.”
Established eight years ago, Kilgravin Lodge’s reputation as a centre of excellence has steadily grown with graduates making their mark across Australasia and Asia.
Those to have come through the system include Gr. 1 winners Jessicabeel (Sydney Cup), Fully Fledged (Ford Diamond Stakes), Floral Pegasus (Hong Kong Classic Mile, Chinese Club Challenge Cup) and Green Birdie (Singapore KrisFlyer Sprint).Guillotine (Gr. 2 Feehan Stakes), dual stakes-winner Gorky Park, the talented Singapore galloper Protege and the progressive Fantastic Jaw have been other high-profile performers.Kilgravin, which also breaks in more than 120 horses a year as well as pre-training and agistment services, has steadily increased its presence at the RTR Sale.
This year’s draft features an impressive cross-section of two-year-olds representing Australasia’s most commercial sire lines.
Kemp nominated Lot 207, a gelded son of the Nureyev stallion Pure Theatre, as one of their premier offerings.
“He’s an outstanding individual,” he said. “He’ll suit Hong Kong or Singapore and looks like a real Derby type of horse.”
A Volksraad colt (Lot 70) from the prolific Gr. 1 family of Solveig (NZ Oaks, DB 1600), Gallic (Sydney Cup), Culminate (Otaki-Maori WFA), Captivate (NZ Breeders’ Stakes) and Eileen Dubh (Levin Classic) is very much in the mould of his champion sire.
“He’s a typical Volksraad and he’s progressed really well throughout the year and developed into a smart type with ability,” Kemp said.
“The Shinko King (Lot 110) is another nice, strong fellow with a good attitude who does everything right.”Kemp said the Australian-bred Oratorio colt (Lot 289) was a lovely horse with speed to burn while the O’Reilly-The Wake colt (Lot 109) was another cracking prospect.Lot 388 is a chestnut son of No Excuse Needed and the O’Reilly mare Liliane and represents the Waikato Stud cross that has already produced mulpti Group 1 winners Daffodil and stakes-winners Masquerade and Takeanotherchance.
The consignment will further feature sons of Savabeel, Thorn Park, Dubai Destination, Lucky Unicorn, Darci Brahma, Dehere, Fast ‘N’ Famous, One Cool Cat, Ishiguru and Keeninsky with the draft completed by a daughter of Lucky Unicorn.
Originally from Wanganui – where his father held an owner-trainer’s licence – Kemp rode trackwork while at school and success followed as an amateur rider with victory in the much sought-after Duke of Gloucester Cup.
He subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and a diploma in Horse Business Management from Australia’s Marcus Oldham College.His academic qualifications were then complemented by valuable practical experience at Cambridge and Waikato Studs, Watson Bloodstock, Antrim Lodge and with well-known Matamata horseman Paul Jenkins.Since branching out in their own right, Kemp and wife Megan have significantly developed the 75-acre Kilgravin Lodge.
The complex now features a purpose-built barn housing 23 boxes with 26 day yards, spelling paddocks, a 750 metre sand track with starting gates, a covered horse walker and a high-walled lunging arena
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Kilgravin colts make time at Te Rapa                                                           20/10/2010

Courtesy of aapracing.com.au

The second session of the NZ Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale Breeze-Ups were conducted at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The fine weather helped the track dry out to a Dead 5 which resulted in slightly faster times than Monday.

The Kilgravin Lodge colt by Ishiguru from Glee Club (Lot 303) stopped the clock in 10.08 seconds which was the quickest time of the two days.

The Ishiguru colt is a brother to Riccarton based mare Ishiaroyal who won races at Timaru and Ashburton last season. He is also related to this year’s Listed STC Winter Stakes winner With A Chance (Commands).

Kilgravin Lodge owner Eion Kemp also presented the second fastest youngster on Tuesday when a Thorn Park colt from Summertime Angel (Lot 89) clocked 10.11 seconds.

The quickest of the 22 lots on account of Lyndhurst Farm was the Elusive City colt from the Zabeel mare Sunshine Gold (Lot 90). He shaded the Encosta de Lago colt from G1 winning mare Foxwood (Lot 295) in 10.57 seconds. The latter is a half brother to G3 AJC Sir Frank Packer Plate winner Rockwood.


Tuesday Breeze Ups - NZB Ready To Run Sale

10.08 Ishiguru - Glee Club Kilgravin Lodge
10.11 Thorn Park - Summertime Angel Kilgravin Lodge
10.27 Elusive City – Yodel Mana Park
10.35 Lucky Unicorn - Eagle Feather Mana Park
10.38 Elusive City - Armed Lady Woodridge Farm

10.41 Postponed – Centaforce Panui Lodge
10.41 Testa Rossa – Otravez Woodridge Farm
10.41 Perfectly Ready - Pheroz Gold Panui Lodge
10.42 Keeper – Sometimes Anna Scott Racing Stables
10.43 Foreplay - Bon Ace Woodridge Farm

10.51 Captain Rio - Ana Paula JK Farm
10.51 No Excuse Needed – Montrose Oxford Thoroughbreds
10.53 No Excuse Needed - Evening Star Oxford Thoroughbreds
10.54 Seidnazar - Normandy Coast Anzac Lodge
10.56 Danroad - Hurricane Ally Woodridge Farm

10.57 Volksraad – Sonoma Kilgravin Lodge
10.57 Elusive City - Sunshine Gold Lyndhurst Farm
10.57 Golan – Venezuela Diamond Lodge
10.57 Golan – Enzedbee Diamond Lodge
10.58 Encosta de Lago – Foxwood Lyndhurst Farm

To view the full Kilgravin Lodge Draft with Breeze Up times click here

 

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Kilgravin Pair Clock Fastest Time at  Breeze Up's                                           19/10/2010 

The Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds were concluded today, with a total of 448 well educated youngsters filmed and timed over the final 200 metres of Te Rapa racecourse. Waikato Racing Club's track recorded a Dead 6 on Monday with the fine weather drying it out to be rated a Dead 5 with a penetrometer reading of 3.1 today, which resulted in slightly faster Day Two times.
The fastest two breeze up times were provided by Kilgravin Lodge with Lot 303 a bay colt by Ishiguru from Glee Club stopping the clock in 10.08 seconds, followed by Lot 89 a chestnut colt by Thorn Park from Summertime Angel stopping the clock at 10.11 seconds. These were the quickest times over the two days.
Other Kilgravin Lodge stand outs were Lot 207 a bay gelding by Pure Theatre from Burnham Wood running 10.60 seconds, Lot 215 a bay colt by Dehere from Cautious Mission stopping the clock at 10.59 seconds and Lot 70 a bay colt by Volksraad from Sonoma clocking 10.57 seconds. To view the full Kilgravin Lodge draft click here
Breeze up clips will be online from the 26 October.
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2010 Ready to Run Sale                                                                                  16/10/2010

It's that time again and once again Kilgravin Lodge will present a quality draft of well educated and prepared Two year olds at the up coming NZB Ready to Run Sale to be held at Karaka on the 16th and 17th of November 2010. The Breeze Up's will be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on the18th and 19th of October 2010. The two years have all progressed well over the last couple of month's to a stage where they are ready to go on Tuesday 19th. To view the Kilgravin Lodge draft click here


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WALL STREET HEADS TO COX PLATE

Only a nose away from winning the Triple Crown during the Spring Carnival at Hastings, top racehorse Wall Street (6 B. G. Montjeu – Villa Wanda, by Grand Lodge) booked himself a trip to Melbourne for the Cox Plate following his win in the $250,000, Group I, Kit Ormond Memorial Spring Classic, raced under weight-for-age conditions over 2040-metres at Hastings on Saturday. Lot 139 of the Kilgravin Lodge 2010 Ready to Run Draft is out of a half sister to Wall Street.
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WALL STREET ON WAY UP