August 11th, 2008

A syndicate of six headed by Racetree principal Kevin Dixon has purchased the Danzig horse Monashee Mountain (USA), who this year is standing his first season at the Innisplain stud.

“Monashee Mountain didn’t serve in Australia last season and Coolmore offered us the opportunity to stand him this season,” says Kevin.
“I accepted the offer and then thought it would probably be better to buy him outright, which we did.
“A small syndicate of six people, including myself, now own him.”

An 11-year-old Monashee Mountain, who scored his four victories, from seven starts, in Group 3 and Listed Races, has proven himself to be a successful sire in both hemispheres since being retired to stud in Ireland and Australia in 2001.

His progeny to have raced in Australia feature the QTC Stradbroke Handicap-Gr.1 winner La Montagna, the CJC Canterbury Belle Stakes-LR heroine Cherry Creek, the stakes placed winner Monashee Princess and the speedster Sir Monashee, who is a winner of the Gold Coast R.M.Williams Magic Millions Sprint.

His northern hemisphere offspring include the stakes winners Le Giare, Kay Two, Don Pele, Shamoan and Jader.  Monashee Mountain is standing this season at a service fee of $11,000 and Kevin expects him to attract around 120 mares.

June 13th, 2008

Greenwood Lake a Group One winning two-year-old and three-quarter maternal brother to Grade 1 Breeders Cup winner and outstanding Australian Sire, Success Express, returns to Racetree for his second season this spring.

Greenwood Lake is by Meadowlake an outstanding sire in America who boasts 51 stakes winners and over $42 Million in stakes.  

After arriving late into Australia from Kentucky last spring, Greenwood Lake recorded a 98% fertility rate from his first Australian Season in 2007.  He has runners on the ground in America where he has a 70% winners to runners ratio from his first three crops in Kentucky where his oldest progeny are four-years-old.

 Greenwood Lake stands for a very reasonable $11,000 inc gst (payment on live foal).

April 27th, 2007

Greenwood Lake was a group one winning juvenile, and to cement his appeal to Australian breeders he's a three-quarter maternal brother, to the Group 1 Breeders Cup winner and outstanding sire, Success Express.  Greenwood Lake is by Meadowlake, a sire of 49 stakes winners with earnings of more than US$42 million.

Standing his second Australian season, Greenwood Lake, is based at RACETREE in Innisplain just 15 minutes south of Beaudesert the breeding heartland of south East Queensland. 

Greenwood Lake boasts a 98% fertility rate from his first spring and Racetree advise owners of Bletchingly, Luskin Star and Sir Tristram mares to consider him as each cross has worked with an amazing amount of success with Success Express.

As a racehorse, Greenwood Lake rated the second highest juvenile in North America, coming from just a five start preparation, where he recorded wins in the Group I Champagne Stakes (1700m) at Belmont Park and the Group 2 Remsen Stakes (1800m) at Aqueduct along with a second placing in the Group I Futurity Stakes at Belmont.

Since his retirement to his new career, Greenwood Lake, has had 53 starters, 37 of them are winners, that's a great winners to starters ratio of 69.8%.  He has one stakes winner and another six have placed at stakes level.