St Reims

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St Reims
Sire Zabeel
Grandsire Sir Tristram
DamL'Quiz
Damsire L'Enjoleur
SexColt
Foaled9 November 1999
Country New Zealand
Colour Bay
BreederLady Justine & Sir Patrick Hogan
OwnerFebruary Syndicate
TrainerChris McNab
Record36:11-6-0
Earnings$673,250
Major wins
New Zealand Derby (2002)
Zabeel Classic (2005)
Last updated on July 3, 2007

St Reims (foaled 9 November 1999 in New Zealand) [1] is a thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby in 2002.

A million-dollar yearling, big things were always expected of the son of Zabeel, and although he didn't break his maiden until his fifth start he soon started to live up to expectations. A runaway win in the Avondale Guineas at his last start before the Derby ensured that he would start favourite in the Classic, and he didn't disappoint. Given an excellent ride out in front by Greg Childs, the colt was never headed and scored a narrow but authoritative win.

After the Derby his career went downhill. After disappointing performances in an autumn Sydney campaign, St Reims failed to win a single race as a four-year-old and looked to be a shadow of his former self. But at Hastings in the spring of 2004 he regained his interest in racing and put together a string of wins against horses the quality of Waitoki Dream and Zafar, culminating in a return to Group race success in the Lindauer Grandeur Stakes at Ellerslie, the scene of his Derby triumph.

He followed that win up with the Group 2 Counties Cup, a desperately close second under a demanding weight in the Group 2 Waikato Cup and a well-deserved second Group 1 victory in the 2005 Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie beating Distinctly Secret and Lashed.

Following another Group 1 placing behind Xcellent in the Darley Stakes and a seventh behind the same horse in the Kelt Capital Stakes, he was retired to stand at Stoney Bridge Stud.

Stud career

St Reims had his first winner as a sire when two-year-old filly St J'adore, from his first crop, won a maiden race at Avondale on 7 May 2010.

His progeny included:

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References

  1. ↑ "St Reims (NZ) 1999". NZRacing. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bad Boy Brown (NZ) 2011 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ".
  3. ↑ "Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) 2010 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ".
  4. ↑ "Ready to Run Graduate wins G3 New Zealand Cup | Breednet".
  5. ↑ "Kiwi horse sets Australasian history".
  6. ↑ "Tallyho Twinkletoe (NZ) Makes History | New Zealand Bloodstock | Thoroughbred Auction House".


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