2023 Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale

Lot: 731

Type: Broodmare
Vendor: Bell River Thoroughbreds, Glen William, NSW
Name: Volks Lightning (NZ)
Sire: Volksraad (GB)
Dam: Next Century (NZ)
Colour: Bay
Sex: Mare
DOB: 20 September 2012
Bonus Schemes:
COB: NZ
Buyer: Newgate Bloodstock, NSW $350,000

Broodmare's Breeding Status

In foal: Yes
Covering sire: Snitzel (AUS)
Date of last service: 11 November 2022
   
Selling with a foal at foot: No

Account of BELL RIVER THOROUGHBREDS, Glen William, NSW.

Lot 731 (100% GST) VOLKS LIGHTNING (NZ)    Stable N 2

Bay mare                  (Branded : nr sh; 50 over 2 off sh)            Foaled in 2012

 

Sire

VOLKSRAAD (GB)

1988

Green Desert

Danzig

Northern Dancer

Foreign Courier

Sir Ivor

Celtic Assembly

Secretariat

Bold Ruler

Welsh Garden

Welsh Saint

Dam

NEXT CENTURY (NZ)

2007

Stravinsky

Nureyev

Northern Dancer

Fire the Groom

Blushing Groom

Twentyfirstcentury

Sadler's Wells

Northern Dancer

Nanda

Nashwan

 

VOLKSRAAD (GB) (1988). 2 wins, 3d Newmarket Challenge S., Gr.2. Champion HK Sire of Broodmares in 2014-15. Sire of 966 rnrs, 651 wnrs, 65 SW, 14 G1 wnrs, inc. SW Sir Slick, etc. Sire of the dams of 1472 rnrs, 853 wnrs, 49 SW, 11 G1 wnrs, inc. SW Callsign Mav, On the Rocks, Devise, Santa Monica, Hellbent, Volkstok'n'barrell, Kawi, Able Friend, Lights of Heaven, Shamexpress, Beauty Flash, Tijuana, Aotea Lad, Polzeath, etc.

 

1st dam

NEXT CENTURY, by Stravinsky. Unraced. Dam of 5 named foals, 4 to race, all winners, inc:-

VOLKS LIGHTNING (f by Volksraad). 6 wins. See below.

Voyage Star (g by Guillotine). 4 wins at 1200m, 1400m, $671,574, to 2021-22, HKJC Plantation H., Shun Lee H., Siu Sai Wan H., Lung Yat H.

Century Miss (f by Mastercraftsman). 3 wins 2100m to 2200m, ARC Queenstown House H., 3d ARC Otakiri Reserve H.

2nd dam

TWENTYFIRSTCENTURY, by Sadler's Wells. Unraced. Blood-sister to Ghayth. Dam of 10 foals, 6 to race, 3 winners, inc:-

Shoqeet. 6 wins 1200m to 2000m, $187,336, 4th Perak Derby, L.

Now and Again. Unplaced. Dam of 2 winners-

Elizabeel (Power) 2 wins to 1200m, $264,885, 2d ATC James HB Carr S., Gr.3, Illawarra TC Kembla Grange Classic, Gr.3, 3d ATC Surround S., Gr.1, Reginald Allen H., L, 4th ATC Light Fingers S., Gr.2.

3rd dam

NANDA, by Nashwan. Winner at 1¼m, Epsom Chantilly S. Sister to MYSELF (dam of SINGLE), three-quarter-sister to Play Me, half-sister to BLUEBOOK (dam of NAKAYAMA EXPRESS), FIRST (dam of AU REVOIR, LAW LORD, PERFECT STRIDE, QAZYNA), Oval Office (dam of GLASS OFFICE), Eye Drop (dam of THORN TREE), Pushoff (dam of THRILLING DAY). Dam of 5 foals, 3 to race, 2 winners, inc:-

Silent Storm. 5 wins 6f to 1m, 3d Sandown Sharp Minds Betfair S.

4th dam

PUSHY, by Sharpen Up. 4 wins at 2 at 5f, Royal Ascot Queen Mary S., Gr.2, Ascot Cornwallis S., Gr.3, 3d Newmarket Cheveley Park S., Gr.1. Half-sister to JUPITER ISLAND, PRECOCIOUS, KRAYYAN. Dam of 15 named foals, 13 to race, all winners, inc:-

BLUEBOOK (Secretariat) 4 wins-2 at 2, Ascot Princess Margaret S., Gr.3.

MYSELF (Nashwan) 2 wins-1 at 2-at 6f, 7f, Newmarket Nell Gwyn S., Gr.3.

Race Record : 6 wins 1200m to 1230m, $199,577, Rotorua RC Arawa S., Gr.3, WRC Lightning H., L, ARC Coca-Cola H., Dunstan Rising Stars H., WRC New World Stokes Valley H., 2d ARC Darley P., Gr.3, Mr Tiz Trophy, Gr.3, Rentokil Initial H., Manawatu RC The Oaks Stud H., 3d ARC Railway S., Gr.1, Concorde H., Gr.3, Cambridge Breeders S., Gr.3, Rotorua RC Donelley Natural Wood Products H., 4th ARC Darley P., Gr.3.

Produce Record : Dam of one foal.

2022 c. by Too Darn Hot.

Missed in 2021; slipped in 2020.

Served by Snitzel (AUS). Last service: 11.11.2022.

 

 

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