TWIST AND TWIRL and BELLE GALLEON were this year’s recipients of the coveted Pacing and Trotting Broodmares of Excellence Awards announced at the Annual NZ Standardbred Breeders Cup Eve Cocktail Function held at Armstrong’s Jeep Christchurch Showroom.
TWIST AND TWIRL (2008 Artsplace/Giveitawhirlgirl; family of Jessie Pepper CF U4) : 1:56.0AUS, ANZ$283,258, seven wins [5 NZ, 2 AUS], GN Oaks, NZSS – 3f, 2021 NZ Pacing Broodmare of Year; six foals, five raced, four winners, two in 1:57, one in 1:53, one in 1:48, triple millionaire/half millionaire. Bred by Breckon Bloodstock Ltd and all progeny bred by Breckon Farms Ltd.
| TWIST AND TWIRL | |
| No of foals | six |
| No raced | five |
| No of winners | four |
| Times – | |
| 1:57 | two |
| 1:53 | one |
| 1:48 | one |
| Stakes – | |
| millionaire | one |
| half millionaire | one |
| $100,000 | n/a |
| Group Races – | |
| Gp 1 | eighteen |
| Gp2 | n/a |
| Gp3 | five |
| Listed | n/a |
Out of race placed Jennas Beach Boy mare Giveitawhirlgirl, Twist And Twirl’s progeny have left the winners of 61 races to date in NZ and Australia notably :
- King Of Swing [Rocknroll Hanover stallion], triple millionaire and forty four race winner; 5 NZ, 39 AUS wins including 11 at Gloucester Park, 18 Menangle, 3 Albion Park/Melton; 1:47.9AUS (Menangle; sixth fastest ever in Australasia), $3,390,546, twice Grand Circuit champion, AUS Pacer and Harness Horse of Year; Breeders Crown – 2c, WA Derby, Hunter Cup (twice), Allied Mile Sprint (twice), Schweppes Sprint, Miracle Mile (only three time winner), Blacks A Fake; eleven sub 1:50 miles recently retired to stud at Cobitty Equine Farm
- Bettor Twist [Bettors Delight mare], half millionaire and fifteen race winner, 14 NZ, 1 AUS wins, 1:52.1 (Alexandra Park), ANZ$605,437, NZSS/Caduceus Club – 2f (both run at 3yo), GN/NZ Oaks, Nevele R Fillies, 3yo Jewels Diamond, Queen Of Hearts; NZ 3yo Filly Pacer and NZ Pacer of Year
Twist And Twirl’s other winners are Extreme Stride (Bettors Delight gelding, retired), one 2yo win 1:56.7, $12,280 and Rocknroll Hammer (Rocknroll Dance colt), one 2yo win to date, 1:56.4, $7,690.
Twist And Twirl’s dam Giveitawhirlgirl is also dam of Feels Like Magic, 1:51.0US, $261,728, 5NZ/8AUS/7 NA wins, two AUS Gp3’s and Bettor Give It, 1:57.AUS, $138,061,15 AUS wins, dam of Mach Dan, 1:50.3, $600,185, 18 AUS wins, SA Derby, NSW Breeders Challenge – 3c, Newcastle Mile. Grand dam Impish’s branch of the family has to date produced Caduceus Club Classic – 2f winner Am Opulent, Southland Oaks and Premier Mares Championship winner Dibaba, speedy Braeview Kelly, 1:49.7AUS while third dam Smarty Pants was the 2018 Broodmare of Excellence Award recipient (dam of Smart Son (1:49.3US in 1996), Vanderel and many others). Twist And Twirl is accordingly carrying on a family tradition.
BELLE GALLEON (1999 Sundon/Viola Chiola; family of Coronella, CF N116) : T2:05.3, $116,144, eleven wins, eighteen placings, 2003 NZ 3yo Filly Trotter of Year; ten foals, nine raced for seven winners, three winners in T2:03, three in T2:00, one in T1:55; millionaire and four $100k winners.
| BELLE GALLEON | |
| No of foals | ten/nine live |
| No raced | seven |
| No of winners | seven |
| Progeny – | |
| Times – | |
| 2:00 | three |
| 1:55 | one |
| Stakes – | |
| millionaire | one |
| half millionaire | n/a |
| $100,000 | four |
| Group Races – | |
| Gp 1 | fourteen |
| Gp2 | six |
| Gp3 | five |
| Listed | two |
Bred by former HRNZ Chairman Gary Allen; raced initially by Bruce Negus and Trevor Casey, then by Trevor Casey, Michael and Janice Bowden for the majority of her racing career. Foals bred by Trevor Casey, Michael and Janice Bowden (Stent, Belles Son, [My] Arya); Trevor Casey (Lone Star Lad, What The Bell, Tinkerbelle); Kevin Chapman (Izmok, Daisy Hill, Ollivici).
Out of a Chiola Hanover mare by Australasia’s leading trotting stallion of the past two decades in Sundon. Belle Galleon’s progeny have left the winners of 80 races in NZ and Australia notably :
- Stent (Dream Vacation gelding), millionaire and thirty race winner, 23 NZ, 7 AUS wins, T1:54.5, ANZ$1,131,157, Rowe/ANZAC Cups, NZ Trotting FFA, NZ Trotting C/S, AUS Trotting Grand Prix twice, Knight Pistol Trotters Cup, Great Southern Star (two heats/final), NZ/AUS Trotter of Year, ANZ Grand Circuit Trotting Champion twice, former NZ Mile record holder
- Belles Son (Majestic Son gelding), eleven race winner, T2:02.9AUS, ANZ$127,058, 9 NZ, 2 AUS wins, NZSS Aged Trotters Classic
- Izmok (Muscles Yankee gelding), six wins, T1:59.6AUS, ANZ$126,123, 3 NZ, 3 AUS wins, SA Trotters Cup
- Ollivici (Orlando Vici gelding), ten wins, T1:57.8AUS, $110,320, Tornado Valley Trot, Winter Trot
- Lone Star Lad (Dream Vacation gelding), four wins, T2:00.1, $56,445
- (My) Arya (Angus Hall mare), fifteen race winner, T1:58.3AUS, ANZ$288,408, 3 NZ, 12 AUS wins, AUS Breeders Crown – 2T, NSW/VIC Trotters Oaks, VIC Need For Speed, AUS two and three year old filly trotter of year
- Daisy Hill (Muscle Hill mare), four wins, T2:02.3, $37,103
Belle Galleon’s dam Viola Chiola is also dam of Mister Sea Eyre T1:55.2US, $368,122 with the family tracing back through Dianthus Girl (NZ mile record holder T2:03.4TT, dam of Rowe Cup winner Framalda who has bred on leaving several good class trotters including Miss Warbucks, NSW Trotters Flying Mile) to 1906 Auckland Cup winner Typewriter and foundation mare Coronella.
** article first published in NZ Standardbred Breeders November 2022 edition
Peter Craig
11 January 2023.
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