miRunners are thrilled to have secured and be able to offer shares in this precocious chestnut colt by Xtravagant. Xtravagant was a Champion New Zealand 3 year old and dual group 1 winner with breathtaking, phenomenal speed. His eight-length win on debut as a two year old was incredible, then his record breaking victories in the Guineas and the Waikato sprint against older horses 5 of which were individual group 1 winners were unbelievable. Xtravagant is a supreme race horse with a truly international pedigree.
Some facts about Xtravagant
- Sire of stakes winners Lavish Girl
- Dual Group One winner and Champion New Zealand 3YO Colt
- Xtravagant is the highest rated 3YO in New Zealand since Bonecrusher, winning two Group One races by a combined margin of 16 1/2 lengths
- A sensational eight length debut winner at his only start as a two year old.
- Xtravagant won the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas by eight and a half lengths in race record time, clocking 1:33.59 for the 1600 metres, bettering the race record set the previous year by Turn Me Loose, who went on to win two Group One races in Australia
- In his second Group One win, the Waikato Sprint, he beat older horses, including five Group One winners, by an extraordinary margin of eight lengths. He again ran blistering time, covering the 1400 metres in 1:21.92 seconds
- As a 3YO he raced in August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March & April and won his last start for the season in the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders Stakes in the fastest time since we went from furlongs to meters.
This colt is out of the listed winning mare Vacherie Girl. Vacherie Girl was purchased by John Kelly from Newhaven Park for $200,000 and imported to Australia from the United States. From a long line of winners who don’t just win, they win big. Vacherie Girl herself won 4 races between five and a half and eight furlongs.
Our colts second dam Saucey Officer was the dam of 6 foals, all winners!
His 3rd dam Butterscotch Sauce was the dam of 11 winners including Sundae on Sunday who won 12 races and grand dam Witt’s Town who was a listed winner who won 7 races.
4th dam Meringue Pie is a listed winner of 14 races herself and is the dam of 10 winners from 13 foals that raced including Pie in Your Eye who won a staggering 29 races including races at listed and group 3 level. Along with Pie In Your Eye was Tullius who won 11 races winning a Group 2 as well as finishing 2nd in the Group 1 Lockinge stakes at Newbury.