Tivaci (Aus) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who won the G1 All Aged S. in Australia, and who was scheduled to stand at the National Stud in Newmarket for his first Northern Hemisphere season at £8,000, will not reverse shuttle from his Southern Hemisphere base, Waikato Stud announced on Thursday. The dark bay covered 140 mares at his New Zealand home during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.
“After such a successful season that has just gone so quickly, we have decided not to take up the offer of a Northern Hemisphere season at the English National Stud,” Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick said. “This decision was not taken lightly. As you know, this option was not in our original planning, but developed after the initial approach from the English National Stud. However, he would have been one of four first-season sires within their operation, so we felt his opportunities may become limited and we were not prepared to risk Tivaci on this venture. Rather, we feel the off-season at Waikato Stud will give us more chance to promote such an impressive horse to our constant stream of visitors.”
Continued Chittick, “He is incredible to work with, inside and outside of the breeding barn and he has learned and worked in a very professional manner. He is a lovely horse to do anything with and we are especially proud of the book he has served. His fertility is fantastic and he has served 140 mares already. We are delighted with the quality of mares he has covered.”
Among Tivaci's first book of mares are Group 1 winners Daffodil (NZ) (No Excuse Needed {GB}), Costume (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}), and I Do (NZ) (No Excuse Needed {GB}), as well as the dams of G1SWs Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}), Kawi (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}), Shamexpress (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}), Brambles (Aus) (Savabeel {Aus}), Thee Auld Floozie (NZ) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), and Consensus (NZ) (Postponed). A total of 110 mares that visited the stallion are either black-type performers, siblings to black-type performers or have already produced a SP runner.
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