Foundation broodmares are what all breeders worldwide look for when sending their young mares to stud.
They are all hoping they can develop that once in a lifetime mare that produces quality from her first foal and continues to produce that quality through her daughters and grand daughters over several generations.
The reality is most breeders come up short in their quest with very few experiencing the success that owning such a mare entails.
A New Zealand couple that have savored the experience over several decades are the well known North Island breeders Sandy and Jan Yarndley.
From the moment their Scottish Command mare Black Watch entered the broodmare ranks in the early 1970s, the Yarndley's have enjoyed unprecedented success with her progeny and those of the several generations that have followed.
Without doubt the most influential broodmare at the New Zealand Yearling sales over the last 40 plus years, the Black Watch dynasty shows no sign of slowing down.
Black Watch is slowly disappearing from pedigree pages at the sales as subsequent generations join the family but some lots still have her influence within the first three dams.
One of the more prominent yearlings to do so this year is Lot 145 at the Australasian Classic Yearling Sale at Karaka on February 22nd.
Named Kruizr, the son of Rocknroll Hanover is from the smart Falcon Seelster racemare in Black Maire 1:59.8 ($39,891) who has already produced five winners including the champion two and three year old filly in Lauraella 1:55.9 ($649,946) whose first foal is the very promising Express Stride 1:54.2 ($156,290)
Black Maire is a full sister to Agios Nikolaos 1:52.1 ($99,453) and to Syriana, the dam of the very promising Meticulous 1:55.6 ($109,067)
The second dam of Kruizr is Corbie, a Vance Hanover daughter of Black Watch herself so the bloodlines just don't get any better than those on this colt.
The Black Watch influence on the New Zealand Yearling sales has been with us for over 40 years and this prized maternal family continues to produce outstanding youngsters every year.
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