Millionaire trotter Stent’s outstanding international sire Dream Vacation will be again available to New Zealand breeders this harness racing season but through Haras des Trotteurs who have acquired the Australasian rights.
Dream Vacation has been available by frozen semen to Australasian breeders for more than a decade and has excelled at stud in both countries.
In New Zealand Dream Vacation has only 88 registered foals, three- year-old or older and no less than 60 are winners which is 68% of his live foals for
stakes of $3.4M in New Zealand.
Winners include such stars as Stent $1,156,000, Cyclone U Bolt $240,000, Leighton Hest $205,000, Boizel $198,578, Real Deal Yankee $175,000, Dream
Merchant $159,000, and Great Getaway $117,000 and Torbjorn $103,433.
In Australia he has just 39 foals three years or older for 27 winners of $1.5M including such handy trotters such as Glenferrie Dreamer $158,706, King Kong
Cooma $140,228, Lord Liam $113,942, Likeaplayboy $96,000, Purplepeopleater $92,063 and Dougie $89,000.
Based in Sweden where he has been in their top ten stallions the past three years, Dream Vacation is available to New Zealand breeders only,at the same fee
as last season, $6000 + GST, payable on live foal. There are unfortunately no straws left available in Australia.
Dream Vacation joins a stellar cast of European stallions at Haras des Trotteurs headed by the world’s leading sire by earnings Love You and other French
heavyweight sires including his best son Quaker Jet, his full brother Repeat Love and Sam Bourbon, all group winning sires.
Dave Sanders