Aussies notable absentees
Major Bronski. He’s a son of champion sire Art Major and Fake Left mare Bronski Gorgeous.
He has had 35 individual winners from his first four crops
Major Bronski also has the distinction of being the only Australian-bred stallion with progeny contesting the Vicbred Super Series two-year-old pacing heats at Shepparton on Sunday, December 13.
Heritage Lady is a filly by Major Bronski and will run in the third of three heats for fillies.
And it is much the same in the three-year-old heats at Ballarat on Friday, December 11.
There’s three there - Wally Walton, Restrepo and Barna Straide.
Wally Walton was a group 3 winner which contested most of the big feature races in Victoria in the late 1990s and early 2000s – winning 24 races for almost $400,000 in stakes.
By Walton Hanover, Wally Walton has had limited opportunities at stud for 16 winners from only 34 starters.
His representative at Ballarat is one of those winners - gelding Classact.
Restrepo is a son of Art Major which won 19 races, including the group 1 Ballarat Pacing Cup, for $500,000-plus.
He has had just six foals to the races for three winners.
These include Urbadboy, which goes into the VSS fresh from winning a group 2 Southern Cross Series final in South Australia.
Barna Straide is an unraced son of Jeremes Jet, and has had just the one foal filly Hows The Serenity.
And for the record, there were no Australian-bred sires represented in the Vicbred Super Series four-year-old heats at Bendigo on Thursday, December 10.
So who are the sires with runners in the Vicbred Super Series two and three-year-old pacing heats?
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
FILLIES
Somebeachsomewhere US – 6
Bettors Delight US – 3
Rock N Roll Heaven US – 3
Art Major US – 3
Hes Watching US – 2
Heston Blue Chip US – 2
Captaintreacherous US - 2
Alta Christiano NZ – 2
Sunshine Beach US - 1
Artsplace US – 1
Mach Three Ca - 1
Western Terror US -1
Terror To Love NZ – 1
Village Jolt Ca – 1
Pet Rock US – 1
American ideal US – 1
Betterthancheddar US – 1
Major Bronski – 1
COLTS AND GELDINGS
Somebeachsomewhere US – 8
Sportswriter US – 3
American Ideal US – 3
Captaintreacherous US – 3
Bettors Delight US – 3
Rocknroll N Roll Heaven US - 3
Art Major US - 2
A Rocknroll Dance US - 2
Shadow Play US – 2
Western Terror US – 2
Sunshine Beach US – 1
Roll With Joe US -1
Four Starzzz Shark Ca – 1
Pet Rock US – 1
McArdle US – 1
Betterthancheddar US – 1
Auckland Reactor NZ – 1
Lincoln Royal NZ -1
Village Jolt Ca – 1
Sweet Lou US – 1
THREE-YEAR-OLDS
FILLIES
Art Major US – 10
Alta Christiano NZ – 4
Courage Under Fire NZ – 3
Bettors Delight US – 3
A Rocknroll Dance US – 3
Somebeachsomewhere US - 3
Betterthancheddar US – 2
Sportswriter US - 2
Mr Feelgood US – 2
Rollover With Joe US – 2
Heston Blue Chip US – 2
Four Starzzz Shark Ca -1
American Ideal US - 1
Petrock US - 1
Big Jim US – 1
Lincoln Royal NZ – 1
Sweet Lou US - 1
Shadow Play US – 1
Village Jolt Ca – 1
Well Said US – 1
Night Of The Stars NZ - 1
Changeover NZ – 1
Hes Watching US – 1
Barna Straide – 1
COLTS AND GELDINGS
Art Major US – 14
Somebeachsomewhere US – 5
Heston Blue Chip US – 4
Western Terror US – 4
Betterthancheddar US - 4
Shadow Play US – 3
Courage Under Fire NZ – 3
A Rocknroll Dance US - 3
Rock N Roll Heaven US – 2
American Ideal US – 2
Changeover NZ – 2
Well Said US - 1
Mach Three Ca - 1
Village Jolt Ca – 1
Tintin In America NZ – 1
Petrock US – 1
Sunshine Beach US – 1
Big Jim US – 1
Four Starzzz Shark Ca - 1
Sportswriter US – 1
Restrepo – 1
Blissfull Hall US – 1
Grinfromeartoear US – 1
Wally Walton – 1
Bettors Delight US – 1
Auckland Reactor NZ – 1
By David Brehaut
Photo: Major Bronski