Former world champion He’s Watching sired three three-year-old winners in North America on the same day on Tuesday (November 10).
Pocket Watch NZ started the ball rolling with a career-best 1:52 winning effort at Dover Downs, Delaware, his second win from four starts in his adopted country.
Hereslooknatyou NZ, a three-year-old filly, win in 1:55.6 at Saratago Raceway, New York and Retour Au Jeu, a gelding, scored in 1:57 at Monticello Raceway, New York.
Hereslooknatyou boasts the excellent scorecard of seven wins and four placings in 15 starts in North America.
He’s Watching also produced two ‘new’ winners at Newcastle (NSW) in the two-year-old Miss Verstrappen NZ (1:58.9) and the three-year-old Ticktock Pocketwatch NZ (1:58.1) and has now sired 34 individual winners for the season – 13 two-year-olds and 21 three-year-olds (from a foal crop of 57).
In New Zealand, He’s Watching left a pair of first crop winners in Star Watch, a winner by six lengths at Rangiora, and Eagle Watch, who scored for the third time at Cambridge Raceway.
Eagle Watch winning at Cambridge
He’s Watching, a 1:46.8, $1.1 million winning son of American Ideal, is standing this season at the incredible fee of $2,500 including GST at the Tipperary Equine stud, of Luke Primmer, Young (NSW).
By Peter Wharton