3 minute read
Son of Brazen Beau to stand his first season at Newgate for $22,000
Group 3 winner North Pacific (Brazen Beau) will stand his first season at Newgate Farm this spring for a fee of $22,000 (inc GST).
Trained by Team Hawkes, the son of Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) finished third on debut behind subsequent Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) in the Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) in February 2020, before breaking his maiden at Rosehill last July at his second start.
North Pacific made a five length winning debut to his three-year-old season in the Up & Coming Handicap (Gr 3, 1300m) at Randwick in August, before running third behind Rothfire (Rothesay) and Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) in the Run To The Rose (Gr 2, 1200m).
The colt was unlucky not to win a Group 1 on his next start, finishing a narrow second to Ole Kirkin the Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m). This autumn, North Pacific ran three times, with a second place finish behind Aegon (Sacred Falls) in the Hobartville Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) in February.
He retires the winner of two of his eight starts, which saw him amass $452,850 in career prize-money.
“Rated by outstanding judge John Hawkes as one of the best-looking yearlings he’s ever seen at a sale, North Pacific had a huge engine to match his incredible good looks. While his racing career was prematurely cut short, he was a horse with legitimate Group 1 form and talent,” said Newgate’s Henry Field.
“It was very encouraging to see leading form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan rank him at the top of the three-year-old colts for this season based on his two peak performances. I am personally a big believer that you should rate a stallion on their best performances and at his best, North Pacific was quite brilliant.”
Purchased by Orbis Bloodstock for $800,000 at the 2019 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft, North Pacific is out of the unraced O’Reilly (Last Tycoon) mare Up In Lights, who is herself a three-quarter sister to Sitting Pretty the dam dual Group 3 winner Missybeel (Savabeel), while she is also a three-quarter sister to Hopscotch - the dam of this season’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Amarelinha (Savabeel).
Sitting Pretty is a half-sister to multiple Group 1-winning champion Metal Bender (Danasinga) and further back this is the family of Group 1 winner and sire Keeper (Danehill).
