Diabolic Hill, winner of the Grade 1 $421,000 Valley Victory for two-year-old male trotters in 1:53.6 at The Meadowlands last Saturday, has close breeding links with Classic connectionwhich this season is at Goulburn Valley Equine, Shepparton under the banner of Yabby Dam Farms.
Diabolic Hill, winner of five of his 10 starts and $506,636, is out of the Swedish mare Crysti Dream, a half-sister to Crys Dream (1:53.4), the $1.2 million winning dam of Classic Connection.
Classic Connection’s pedigree exudes brilliance, class and early speed.
Crys Dream won three Grade 1 races as a two- and three-year-old, was named the 2010 American and Canadian 2YO Trotting Filly of the Year and was considered one of the best fillies of her era.
Classic Connection, by the French trotting colossus Love You, is her first foal.
After starting his racing career in Germany, where he captured the 3YO Breeders Crown, Classic Connection won a further four group level races in France, finishing with a stake of $614,631.
Classic Connection retired from breeding in 2021 and has produced 26 foals from its first crop, five of which raced as two-year-olds, four were successful and one placed.
He is the second leading trotting sire in the first season, based on winners and prize money.
Among his winners are talented fillies Afternoon Breeze, winner of three of her four starts including the Listed Bob Conroy Classic and runner-up in the $75,000 Nutrien Equine Classic, and Cee Cee In Paris (1:59.1), winner of the NSW Foundation Final, and Victorian provincial winners Hammer and Franco Americano.
Classic Connection’s chilled semen is available in Australia for $3,850 including GST and in New Zealand for $4,400 including GST. There are $500 discounts on service fees for NZ breeders and further $500 discounts on working fees for mares based at Wai Eyre Farm and Macca Lodge until the end of the season.
Through Peter Wharton
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