slowdown wrote: hi Paul. how can i help

Sorry slowdown new to the forum as the polite Acacia pointed out.

I think I accidently sent you a message to your private messages not sure how
still working on that one.

Good luck Slowdown

Sh'bourne Bel positive 18 days today. another ten days til we hear about sh'bourne kahlua.....

just the way the handlers stand them up to pose them at their best.   check out most stallion pics and they all are basically the same.

with Joh 100% on those photographic tips.

Half brother Hallowed Crown does it again.

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o Need to Go Further When Armidale Stud moved to secure this lightly raced, blue-blooded, Group III winning son of Encosta de Lago in 2013, nobody could have predicted what a coup it would be for the Tasmanian breeding industry.

The stars have aligned for Needs Furtherand what looked like a good investment by the Whishaw family, may well in fact be a great one.

In the time since his purchase, Encosta de Lago has gone from strength to strength as a sire of sires through the deeds of Northern Meteor and Manhattan Rain, while his half-brother Hallowed Crown established himself as one of the best three year-olds in the country.

This time last year, the Bart and James Cummings trained Gooree Stud homebred Hallowed Crown was starting his meteoric rise to the top of the tree with brilliant wins in the Group III ATC Run to the Rose and $1million Group I Golden Rose.

He returned in the autumn to win the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas and is now embarking on his first season at stud with Darley in the Hunter Valley at a fee of $33,000.

Even without Hallowed Crown in the picture, Needs Further was popular in his debut year at Armidale covering 70 mares at a fee of $3,300, but last spring that number rose significantly to 88 off the back of his famous sibling.

Needs Further and Hallowed Crown are from Gooree Stud’s Group III winning Golden Slipper place-getter Crowned Glory, a daughter of champion sire Danehill (USA).

Her next two dams are by Bletchingly and Nureyev, with third dam Lady Giselle, gaining international fame and fortune as the dam of champion sire Zabeel.

This is a premium mainland pedigree through and through, which explains the tremendous interest in Needs Further, not only from Tasmanian breeders, but also those from further afield.

Well credentialed sons of Encosta de Lago have been targeted by some of the most astute studs in the country with Coolmore launching Rubick (service fee $17,600) this year and Newhaven Park getting ready to sell the first yearlings by their young sire Delago Deluxe (service fee $11,000) in 2016.

Needs Further has the pedigree and race performance to be comparable with either, yet stands at a fraction of the fee.

His first stunning foals last spring delighted breeders (click here to see them), so it’s now full steam ahead for Needs Further, who has the potential to make a huge impact for Tasmania and beyond.

For more information on Needs Further contact David Whishaw on 0407 868269 or by email david@armidalestud.com.au

yes i reckon Armidale would be wrapped Mate.

Quite like the pedigrees of the other two Needs Further int he race so hopefully they can also win in the future.

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Not too many. I believe the original record was set in a trial

I'm sure Armidale never expected NF to throw 2yo winners let alone pre Xmas. Having seen him in the flesh he's a belting type so excited about what he may do as a sire