All The Finer Details

Here is all the information you will need to help you decide if this is two year old gelding by Preferment may win you a derby trophy in New Zealand, South Australia or maybe Queensland in 2026. 

There is only a few small shares now available, in 10% and 5% shares units in this capped syndicate of twenty owners.

No Buy In Required - All Shares Now Sold

Principal Share        25% - Sold
Advanced Share     10% - Sold 
Select Share             5% - Sold
Novice Share            2.5% - Sold 

Ongoing Monthly Costs

Your chosen share unit includes all costs in the horse's development up to the June 30th 2025. After this date, ongoing costs per month, are $460 NZD (inc GST) per 10% share, while in New Zealand, and $700 NZD (inc AUS GST) per 10% share, while trained in Australia. A full financial investor statement is available on request.

Monthly finances and the horse's individual syndicate account are managed by an external Financial Controller, Martin Jackson. Formal financial accounts are provided quarterly upon request, by any Kingmakers owner for the horse they have an ownership Lease Share in.

Overview

This 2 year-old Preferment gelding out of the dam Red Sierra will be trained by Andrew Foresman in Cambridge from 1st July. The gelding is destined for an Summer to Autumn 3 year-old campaign in New Zealand, looking for qualification into one of the later NZ or Australian, SA and QLD Derbies. He may also become a nice trade horse at the end of his 3 year-old racing season pending ability.

He was initially broken in and pre-trained by Conor & Sarah Fahey at Pukekohe right up to early December 2024, where he had a quiet 800m jump-out. He has also been through the gates and will re-enter education from 1st March 2025. He is destined for a 600m jump-out in early May.

He breaths very well, and is a very correct horse, developing slowly but as predicted. Early reports confirm he is a sensible horse, doing everything very workman-like. Easy to handle, and most importantly, has no reported physical issues from his track riders and trainers.

The Horse Itself

To sum this horse up, I would say he is finally maturing quickly, that will continue and he will develop a lot in the coming 6 months. He is playful and is still learning, as he never had the early yearling sales prep or education that most yearlings receive. He will continue to surprise us and we think he has inherited the ability of the dam Red Sierra, who was a Kiwi central districts warhorse, winning eight races.

Conformation wise, he is perfect. He is a great breather and will grow to about 16.0 hands, sitting at 520kg racing weight. His joints and legs are perfectly correct with clean x-rays from when we bought him.

He has been described as a work in progress by Conor Fahy, who broke him in initially and who has done his early pre-training work. He has a nice action overall and is tractable through the line. He won’t be a big and heavy 3 year-old but has a lovely profile and has developed into a mentally sound horse, following a slow start with a lack of stud farm handling as a yearling.

Why Did Kingmakers Buy This Horse?

This 2 year old gelding was bought from Karaka's Online Sale, a sale that used to be referred to as the Book 3 Festival Sale. The sale can turn up a few hardy types that make good solid racehorses.

This gelding will no doubt be a stayer (yet he may go well enough fresh to win at 1400m like the dam). He is the perfect syndicate Lease horse for people wanting to enter the industry on a budget, with a tough, hardy horse that may race as a cups horse following a focus on some of the lessor Australian Derbies. 

All the boxes are now ticked around education and he is well on his way. You won’t have to wait long as he is not a yearling but rising 3 year old. Trialling in June 2025, he will be racing in summer, on a special program aimed towards a New Zealand, South Australian or Queensland Derby target.

We think this new and unique genetic cross of Redwood and Preferment (staying blood with staying blood) may produce a quality racehorse out of this young tough broodmare Red Sierra who won eight races in the central districts.

Watch Dam Red Sierra Fly at Wanganui- Play
Watch Dam Red Sierra Boom Home at Hawkes Bay - Play
Watch Dam Red Sierra Roar Home at Trentham - Play

To order a copy of an Investor Statement for this Leased 2-Year Old Preferment Gelding or for more information about Kingmakers please contact by:

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