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Paul Moroney rated the Vadamos colt he purchased for a sale-topping NZ$185,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Sale.
Paul Moroney rated the Vadamos (Monsun) colt he purchased for a sale-topping NZ$185,000 at Book 2 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Sale on Thursday as one of the best movers on the sales complex this week and was happy to be leaving the auction with the yearling in the bag.
Catalogued as Lot 859 and offered by Valachi Downs, the colt is out of winning Librettist (Danzig) mare Silke Top, who is herself a half-sister to Italian Group 1 winner Zazou (Shamardal) - with the pair being out of German Listed winner Zaza Top (Lomitas).
Moroney said the colt had been bought for his brother Mike's New Zealand stable and thought he would progress into a New Zealand 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) or New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) type horse in time.
"I rated this horse as the best mover I saw on the sales ground, of any sale, across the board," Moroney said.
"He just used himself everywhere. He's medium-sized but he's balanced and just had great shoulder movement and used his hindquarters, and he was clean and correct. He's just a gorgeous colt."
"He has been bought for Mike's New Zealand stable and he will go into the system there.
"I think he could get up and make an autumn two-year-old and potentially be a Guineas and Derby horse. That's what he struck me as and he will get every opportunity to get there."
The yearling is by Rich Hill Stud's new resident sire Vadamos, whose 22 yearlings sold during Book 1 averaged NZ$121,818 one of which was purchased by Moroney for NZ$330,000 and the agent said he had impressed with the stallion's first yearlings.
"Vadamos is an internationally bred and performed horse," Moroney said. "He's top-class from a Monsun line, which I am a great fan of. They have been really good types across the board."
Moroney has been impressed by a number of first-season sires at Karaka, but he said he has particularly been taken by progeny of Rich Hill Stud's Vadamos and Waikato Stud's Tivaci (High Chaparral).
"Vadamos and Tivaci are the two who have impressed me the most. Both are leaving good bodied, athletic horses," he said.
"Tivaci is leaving big, strong horses that trainers should be able to train, while Vadamos is leaving slightly more elegant types with a bit more European quality about them."
Tivaci had 28 yearlings sold during Book 1 for a total of NZ$3,495,000 and at an average of NZ$124,821.
Brent Schumacher of Valachi Downs said he thought the colt would not have been out of place in Book 1 earlier in the week.
"Kevin [Hickman] is a major shareholder in Vadamos and encouraged Rich Hill to bring him to New Zealand," said Schumacher. "To stand a stallion in Germany is a tough and rigorous process. Stallions have to be perfect to stand there. We are also really pleased for Rich Hill.
"This colt would not have looked out of place in Book 1 but in Book 2 was a standout. We are pleased that decisions we made in 2017 have panned out and this sale confirms them."
