When you’re looking for a stallion for your mare this season look no further than Follow The Stars.
The champion juvenile who made was crown Champion two-year-old of his year on both sides of the Tasman is now standing his second season at stud at Bob Fowlers Allwood Stud in Western Australia.
Follow The Stars is a son of the great Art Major (1:48.8), the leading juvenile sire in Australia on six occasions. Art Major’s sons are breeding on with great success. Art Major has sired the winners of more than $120-million in stakes and, at this stage, is credited with 31 in the 1:50 list.
Smyrna Duruisseau, the American-bred dam of Follow The Stars, was by Cams Card Shark (sire of Bettors Delight) from Secret Date, by Abercrombie from Dateable, by Race Time from Tarport Martha, by O’Brien Hanover.
Smyrna Duruisseau, who had a record of 1:56, ranks as a half-sister to Strange Hanover 1:49.8 ($272,041), the Little Brown Jug heat winner Texas Shootout 1:50.8 ($497,659) and the Reynolds Memorial winner, Sub Rosa Hanover 1:55 ($211,132).
Follow The Stars second dam Secret Date is by Ambercrombie and is a half-sister to millionaire Historic and to Seven O’Clock ($559,080) who is the dam of another one million dollar earner Dontgetinmyway.
Dateable, the third dam of Follow The Stars, has been one of the gems of the American stud book. She is the dam of 13 individual winners, eight of whom took records of better than 1:57, including Historic 1:51 ($1.3-million) – her 10th foal – the top race mare, Seven O’Clock ($559,080), Digger Almahurst ($371,866) and Tylers Mark ($289,100).
Other members of this family have been the Woodrow Wilson winners: Magical Mike ($1.6-million) and Dontgetinmyway ($1.4-million); the dual world champion, We Will See ($2.5-million); the 1:50 sire Tylers Mark, and the Adios Stake winner, Miles McCool.
Follow The Stars – foaled in 2011 –won The New Zealand Sapling Stakes and Carding Bay Stakes before venturing to Australia to take out the APG Final and be crowned Breeders Crown Champion at two.
He returned as a three-year-old to capture the Waikato Guineas before returning to Oz where he won the Caduceus Club Cup and the listed Reg Withers Classic.
His 2016 service fee is $2,500 including GST or $1,650 including GST for sub 2:00 winning mares or classic producing mares.
Gary Newton SA
Approved By Dean Baring www.harnessbred.com
Driving The Future Of Harness Racing
