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Sacred Falls

Sacred Falls

New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Sacred Falls (27 August 2009 – 1 December 2019) was a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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He was sold at the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales in 2011 for $160,000.[1]

Racing career

He began his career with Tony Pike and Mark Donoghue where he won his first six starts, including the Hawke's Bay Guineas and New Zealand 2000 Guineas.[2] Following this he was transferred to Chris Waller in Sydney, Australia, where he finished second behind Dundeel in the Rosehill Guineas[3] before winning the Doncaster Handicap in both 2013 and 2014.[4] His first victory of the 2014–2015 season came in the George Main Stakes.[5]

Stud career

After Sacred Falls retired from racing he stood at Waikato Stud.

Sacred Falls died from liver disease at an equine hospital in Matamata on 1 December 2019.[6]

Notable progeny

Sacred Falls has currently sired 2 individual Group 1 winners: Icebath and Aegon.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "GR.1 Glory for Sacred Falls" (PDF). Waikato Stud. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Unbeaten Sacred Falls (NZ) Passes G1 Guineas Test". Scoop.co.nz. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Guineas Dun with absolute ease". news.com.au. 30 March 2013.
  4. [4]
    Moore, Glenn (12 April 2014). "Sacred Falls (NZ) too good in wet Doncaster Mile". Thoroughbrednews.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  5. [5]
    Franklin, Daniel (20 September 2014). "Sacred Falls wins George Main Stakes at Randwick for Chris Waller and Zac Purton". ABC News.
  6. [6]
    "Dual Doncaster Mile winner passes away". Racenet. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. [7]
    https://loveracing.nz/Breeding/356846/aus-Icebath-NZ-2016.aspx#bm-overview
  8. [8]
    https://www.racingpost.com/results/297/flemington/2022-10-29/825353
  9. [9]
    https://loveracing.nz/Breeding/372002/Aegon-NZ-2017.aspx#bm-overview
  10. [10]
    https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/49656/6/Race-Detail.aspx
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    https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/49592/8/Race-Detail.aspx
  12. [12]
    https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/49563/7/Race-Detail.aspx
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