Millionaire Mums
Three Southland broodmares all aged 19 have between them left the winners of 184 races, 15 Group One winners and $5,264,037 in stakes.
Sly Shard, Beaudiene Babe and Winter Rose have also won Southland Broodmare and Elite Broodmare titles.
All three are alive and healthy and are still been bred from and now some of their daughters are carrying on their breeding legacy.
Bruce Stewart from Southern Harness complied these statistics on three of SBSR best mares.
Sly Shard ($1,785,371)
Age: 2000 (19) Black mare
Sire: Panorama
Dam: Sly Soky (Soky’s Atom)
Owners: Debbie and Mark Smith
Progeny details:
- 8 foals of racing age
- 7 qualified
- 6 race winners
- Numbers of races won by foals: 45
- Stakes won by foals: $1,785,371
Sale toppers: Mach Shard (2016) $200,000
Awards: Southland Broodmare of the Year (2009) and Elite Southland Mare (2017)
Top three foals (stakes based):
- Smiling Shard (Grinfromeartoear-colt) 50-17-15-7 $1,178,793
- Mach Shard (Mach three-colt) 32-7-7-5 $286,013
- Pemberton Shard (Christian Cullen-filly) 61-11-7-13 $229,578
Group winners: Group One (4), Group Two (3) and Group Three (0) Total 7
Group place getters: Group One (14), Group Two (4) and Group Three (7) Total 25
Mach Shard as a yearling
Beaudiene Babe ($1,838,447)
Age: 2000 (19) Bay mare
Sire: In The Pocket
Dam: Beaudiene Debtor (Cadillac)
Owner: Dave Kennedy
Progeny details:
- 9 foals of racing age
- 9 qualified
- 8 race winners
- Number of races won by foals: 69
- Stakes won by foals: $1,838,447
Sales toppers: Beaudiene Beaufighta (2014) $140,000
Awards: Southland Broodmare of the Year (2010) and Elite Southland Broodmare (2014)
Top three foals (stakes based):
- Beaudiene Boaz (Badlands Hanover – colt) 60-25-9-4 $1,256,587
- Beaudiene Bad Babe (Badlands Hanover – filly) 42-22-6-6 $404,898
- Beaudiene Beaufighta (Bettor’s Delight – colt) 18-8-2-1 $56,302
Group winner: Group One (7), Group Two (6) and Group Three (2) Total: 15
Group place getters: Group One (4), Group Two (3) and Group Three (5) Total: 12
Winter Rose ($1,640,219)
Age: 2000 (19) Bay mare
Sire: In The Pocket
Dam: Bella Chip (Peoples Blue Chip)
Owners: John Stiven
Progeny details:
- 12 foals of racing age
- 12 qualified
- 9 race winners
- Numbers of races won by foals: 70
- Stakes won by foals: $1,640,219
Sale toppers: Arden’s Place $110,000, Arden’s Crest $80,000 and Bettor’s Strike $70,000
Awards: Southland Broodmare of the Year (2012), Elite Southland Mare (2019) and 2015 New Zealand Broodmare of Excellence Award.
Top three foals (stakes based)
- Bettor’s Strike (Bettor’s Delight-colt) 77-16-13-12 $890,201
- Arden’s Choice (Panspacificflight-filly) 44-7-12-6 $282,296
- Rocknroll Arden (Rocknroll Hanover) 27-6-7-5 $172,154
Group winners: Group One (4) Group Two (1) Group Three (2) Total: 7
Group placed: Group One (13), Group Two (4) and Group Three (4) Total: 21
Arden’s Crest
