The five-year-old had no problem in either heat with a 20m handicap and looks confident of making a significant contribution to his $60,000 bankroll in next Saturday night’s Final.
Skyvalley NZ, the leading Colonial-bred trotting stallion, dropped a whopping 10 individual winners in January and is now clearly in second place in the premiership among all old winners.
The crop included three ‘new’ winners in the three-year-olds Spirited Gigi and Muscle Valley and the four-year-old Calder’s Revenge.
Repeat winners from Skyvalley NZ included Mac Flick (1:57.3), Rarity Rock (1:58.5), Golden Skies, Sky Spirit, Tamzen Rose, Sky Lindy and Castles In The Sky.
Skyvalley NZ also ranks as the damsire of record-breaking $30,000 Shepparton Trotters Cup winner Im Bobby (ex Aldebaran Peggy), Goulburn Valley Regional Trotters Cup winner Aldebaran Park-bred Abbie (ex Aldebaran Peggy), Melton winner Keayang Gypsy (1:57.1), Midnite Muscle and Cambridge, NZ winner Viscount Mackendon.
Aldebaran Eagle USA was represented by Mystery Fred, the Aldebaran Park-bred and partial Gloucester Park winner Aldebaran Jensen (ex Endsino), the Aldebaran Park-bred Gloucester Park and Pinjarra pacing winner Jaspervellabeach 1:56.5 and 1:57.6 (ex Aldebaran Bromac NZ), the Horsham pacing winner Huxham Chubb (1:57.6) and the multiple Group 1 winning mare Rockinwithattitude.
With the 2025/26 breeding season now complete, Aldebaran Park would like to thank our customers in Australia and New Zealand for their support of our stallions Calgary Games, Maharajah and Dancinginthedark M USA, all of whom were available via frozen semen in Australia, Aldebaran Zeus whose fresh/chilled semen was available in Australia and NZ, Skyvalley NZ, which was available to Australian breeders with fresh/chilled semen and Aldebaran Eagle USA, whose Frozen Semen was available to New Zealand breeders.
We wish all customers good luck with their offspring.
Aldebaran Park’s attention now turns to the 2026 Yearling Sales in both Australia and New Zealand, with the first offering being the NZB Christchurch Sale on February 18.
It is Lot 217, Aldebaran Cinders NZ, a striking Dancinginthedark M USA colt out of the six-win, $89,223 winning mare Aldebaran Flame NZ and is her first foal. It is being prepared at Rosedale Farm by Ken and Anne Marie Spicer and inspection is welcome. Contact Ken Spicer on 03 322 8736 or mobile 021 152 5762.
For full details click on the link below:
https://www.aldebaranpark.com/pages/yearling-and-trotting-sales/2026-nzb-standardbred-national-yearling-sale-christchurch
Following the New Zealand sale, Aldebaran Lodge is offering a large stock, both for ourselves and customers, at the Nutrien Equine Sale held in Oaklands Junction in April. Full details will be available shortly on the Aldebaran Park website and in next month’s newsletter.
If you have any questions about the upcoming yearlings on offer at the Nutrien sale, please contact stud manager Danny Thackeray on 0407 223 819 or director Duncan McPherson OAM 0412 387 062 to arrange an inspection.
Through Peter Wharton for Harnesslink
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