Advance (horse)

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Advance
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SireVanguard (NZ)
Grandsire Traducer (GB)
DamLaurel
DamsireYoung Gownsman
Sex Stallion
Foaled1896
Country New Zealand
Colour Black
BreederDonald Fraser
TrainerJoe Prosser
Record19W 4P 1S
Earnings?

Advance was one of the great[ citation needed ] Thoroughbred colts of the New Zealand turf. Crowd-pleasing[ citation needed ], front-running colt won good races up to 1-1/2 miles, but "The Black Demon" was best known as a superior weight-carrier, one of the best, if not the best, of all time in New Zealand—in his 19 wins he carried more than 9 st. in 13 of them—and some rank him as a better horse than Carbine. [1] [2]

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This black colt was foaled in 1896, Bred at Parawanui in the Rangitikei district of the North Island (NZ) by Donald Fraser, he was leased to J.W. Abbott and J.D. Duncan, who raced under the name "Douglas Gordon and J. Monk," and trained by Joe Prosser and ridden by Charlie Jenkins. He won his only two races as a juvenile, and at age three won ten races, seven of them in a row[ citation needed ]

Breeding

His dam, Laurel, a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, won twenty races for Fraser in a long career, interrupted when she was nine to produce her first foal, and then put back into racing. Her daughter Lorelei (1891, by Cruiser) won the Manawatu Cup (12 furlongs), and other races. Laurel was in-bred to Riddlesworth (1837, by Emilius - Bee-in-a-Bonnet, imported 1843; also sire of Sybil, Family C - 20 ) whose blood was favored by Fraser).[ citation needed ]

Age 3

Age 4

Advance had a number of New Zealand wins:

After this Advance and the owners went to Australia, where they picked up two seconds and a third, and won:

Later career

He had a bout of influenza which affected his breathing and he was sidelined at age five but in 1903 he came back to win the:

He was also second in the Wanganui Cup.

Stud record

Retired to Fraser's stud he sired nothing like himself; his best was the sprinting filly Equitas (Family C - 20), winner of the CJC Stewards' Handicap and other good races, and later dam of the 1919 Wellington Cup and 1920 New Zealand Cup winner Oratress.

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References

  1. "Porirua's heritage - mention of Advance, the "Black Demon"". Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  2. Historic dams in New Zealand