Australian Standardbred Breeder's Association Inc.

ART MAJOR KEEPS KEEPING ON.

On June 11 this year, Art Major celebrated his 25th birthday. The son of the immortal Artsplace has been a breed shaper both down under and in his native North America.

 With 74 Group 1 winners and 223 stakes winners to his credit, Art Major is also a proven broodmare sire; he leads the Broodmare Sires list in OZ.

LAZARUS PROGENY DOMINATES BREEDERS CHALLENGE FINALS

Big night at Menangle for Lazarus The 16-time G1 winning son of Bettor’s Delight and now dual hemisphere stallion is represented by a whopping eight progeny contesting the rich NSW Breeders Challenge Finals for two and three-year-old pacers at Menangle on Saturday night. In Australia, Lazarus has 39 starters and 27 individual winners from his first two crops, totaling just 60 foals of racing age.

NOMINATIONS ARE IN FOR THE MEETING THAT STOP TWO NATIONS.

The IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup (43) and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot (41) will be run at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 12.

Included in the nominations are a large number of Australians, including champion pacer Leap To Fame, Auckland Cup winner Better Eclipse and the Jason Grimson-trained trio of Major Moth, District Attorney, and Nerano in the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup, and superstar trotter Believe in the $400,000 Dominion Trot.

HE’S A POSTER BOY, ALRIGHT.

Poster Boy continues to dominate the first-season sires’ list, with 15 individual winners, Captain Crunch with 14 winners, and Stay Hungry with 10 winners, closing out the top three.

Poster Boy not only heads first season sires list but is currently third on the overall two-year-old sires list behind Captaintreacherous and Sweet Lou.

VINCENT GETS GROUP 1 WINNER.

Underrated stallion Vincent sired the Westbred Two-year-old fillies classic winner with Rienette. Denis Roche bred Rienette out of six-time winner Aqueensomewhere, as the name suggests, a daughter of champion sire Abeachsomewhere.

Rienette added the Group 1 trophy to her resume, along with the Group 3 Champaign Classic, in July this year.

Vincent, a four-time Group 1 winner himself, has left seven individual two-year-old winners this season. He currently is in the top five on the three-year-old sires list with 35 winners thus far this season.