Studholme Park proprieter Brian West is one of those rare people within the harness racing industry in New Zealand – a successful yearling preparer and vendor over a long period.
For over 30 years Brian has built and refined his boutique breeding operation Studholme Park into one of the premier breeding farms in Australasia
It is a testament to his professionalism and staying power that after all this time, the yearlings he offers each year are so keenly sought after by buyers from both sides of the Tasman.
The mare that really set Brian on his way from the yearling sales prospective all those years ago is the Lumber Dream mare in Dream Bel.
From the time she produced the outstanding pacer Defoe 1:53 ($423,272), Dream Bel and her daughters and grand daughters have produced countless winners for the Studholme Park operation.
Having sold so many fillies from this family at the yearling sales over the years has meant that other vendors apart from Brian are just as likely to be selling from descendents of Dream Bel as Brian is these days.
There are several yearlings that fall into this category at this years sales and we thought the pick of them was Lot 88 at the Australasian Classic Yearling Sale at Karaka on February 22nd.
Named Suidelike Major, the son of Art Major is the second foal and first colt from the very smart Christian Cullen mare in Suidelike Meisie 1:57.1 ($79,484) who raced in the Harness Jewels at three.
At one stage of her three year old season Suidelike Meisie put together five wins in succession which does underscore what a classy filly she was.
There are plenty of quality performers from the family racing at present in Australasia with the brilliant racemare Start Dreaming 1:51.7 ($122,660) flying the flag in the upcoming $200,000 Ladyship Mile at Menangle.
What really attracted us to this colt was the photos and videos which shows him to be one great looking colt with class written all over him.
He is such an impressive type of yearling that we think he will be in hot demand on sale day at Karaka
Harnesslink Media