Celebrating QLD

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CELEBRATING QUEENSLAND
2012 CHAMPION SIRE – SHOW A HEART
Top performer – (2005) WOORIM (g Wabble)
12 Starts 3(2) 0 0 A$498,900
Show A Heart does it again!
Adding to his already amazing list of titles, Show A Heart is the 2012 Queensland Champion Stallion for the FIFTH consecutive year.
This season he is the sire of 99 winners, 65 placed, 5 stakes winners & 4 stakes placed including two Group One winners, Toorak Toff winner of the Rupert Clarke Stakes and Woorim winner of the prestigious Oakleigh Plate.
Show A Heart amassed A$4,482,560 for the 2011/12 racing season.
2012 CHAMPION FIRST SEASON SIRE – COURT COMMAND
Top performer – 2009 Robert’s Command (g Ludgate)
7 Starts 2-2-0 A$73,500
Court Command , standing at Wattle Brae Stud on the Darling Downs, is by one of Australia’s leading sires in Commands and he is the only commercial sire-son of Commands standing in Australia.
Court Commands dam Court House Lane by Zoffany was herself the winner of 4 races and has had five foals to race for four winners.
Court Commands was a multiple Group winning sprinter at 3 & 5 years and won the Group 3 BTC Sprint after his first year at stud.
In his first season, Court Command was the sire of 29 starters for 9 winners, 10 placegetters with prizemoney totaling A$356,225 & not forgetting the deeds of Bullish Friend in Hong Kong, with 3 starts for one & one third placing, banking HK$540,000.

Court Command has finished second on the National First Season Sires list for winners and third on the National First Season Sires List for prizemoney, an outstanding result for Wattle Brae Stud and the Queensland Racing Industry.

2012 CHAMPION 2YO SIRE – SHOW A HEART
Top performer – Luke’s Luck (c Red Queen) 6 Starts 3(2) 1(1) 0 A$490,950
Glenlogan Park Champion Stallion Show A Heart adds the 2012 Champion 2yo Stallion to his impressive CV for the second time. He also took this title in 2007/08.
Show A Heart had 33 2yo starters for 11 winners, 6 placed, 2 stakes winners for prizemoney totalling A$1,042,200.
His leading performers being dual Group winner Luke’s Luck (A$490,950) and Listed winner Discreet (A$197,500).
Show A Heart performed brilliantly on the National 2yo Sires list finishing in front of the likes of Bel Esprit, Shamardal, Exceed and Excel, Mossman, etc.
BROODMARE OF THE YEAR – TEMPLE SPIRIT
Dam of Temple of Boom and Spirit of Boom
Temple Spirit was a very handy race mare. From 16 starts she won eight races, placed second four times and ran third in the Listed Just Now Quality, amassing $136,425 in prizemoney.
She is the dam of four named foals, two to race, incredibly both black-type performers this racing season, an amazing feat for any broodmare.
Temple of Boom pictured (by Piccolo) – $1,180,245 (total career)
1st Gr 3 Aurie’s Star
1st Gr3 Bobbie Lewis
1st Gr 2 Gilgai Stakes
3rd Gr2 Salinger Stakes
1st Gr1 The Galaxy
3rd Gr1 Doomben 10,000

and Spirit of Boom (by Sequalo) – $731,900 (total career)
3rd Gr3 G Moore Stakes
1st L/R Goldmarket
1st Qlty Magic Millions Cup
2nd L/R Bribie Hcp
4th Gr1 Doomben 10,000

Temple Spirit was bred and owned by Scott and Colin McAlpine at Eureka Stud.