BIG EASTER WEEKEND FOR CONTRIBUTER

Contributer featured prominently across the massive Easter weekend of racing with notable winners on both sides of the Tasman. We have seen Contributer's biggest and best crops start to hit the racetrack and he has had a surge of recent winners which is only highlighting the quality of racehorse he has been able to produce.

Top class 3 year-old Kiwi Skyhawk was in the spotlight again on the feature day at Ellerslie winning the Gr.3 Championship Stakes making it back-to-back stakes wins for the son of Contributer. Kiwi Skyhawk was coming off an impressive last to first victory in the Gr.3 Manuwatu Classic and continued his great campaign for in-form trainer Stephen Marsh.

Kiwi Skyhawk is out of the Dubawi mare Pouter and was bred by Warwick Doughty. A standout individual as a yearling, he sold to Marsh Racing / Dylan Johnson Bloodstock for $240,000 at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales.

Contributer registered a double at Ellerslie when Rockin Rosie flew fresh to win the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai over 1200m. Trainer Stephen Marsh was in the winner's circle again, after buying the talented sprinting mare for $110,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale in 2021.

The racecard at Matamata on Thursday unearthed an extremely exciting prospect for Contributer with 2 year-old Varjak winning brilliantly on debut for the team at Wexford Stables. In his debut appearance, he showed a sharp turn of foot of a promising 3 year-old in the making and we wish his owners JML Bloodstock, Bruce Perry, C Nelson, P O’Rourke & Hawridge Developments the very best luck with him.

Across in Australia, quality staying 3 year-old filly Chase Your Dreams brought up her 3rd career victory from only 8 starts for trainers Ben, Will & JD Hayes. Chase Your Dreams is a full-sister to the stakes performed Follow Your Dreams.

Rounding out a super weekend for Contributer on Monday was Acapulco Girl winning at Ipswich at only her 2nd career start. After having the flashing red light on in her first start, the market supported her strongly winning at a short quote of $1.45 for trainer David Van Dyke.

Switching to Gr.1 action at Royal Randwick, Mapperley Stud was extremely proud to see Brutal sire his first Gr.1 winner when first crop 2 year-old Nepotism won the Gr.1 Champagne Stakes in stunning fashion.

Born and raised on the rolling hills of Mapperley Stud, Brutal was sold through our 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Draft to Hawkes Racing for $220,000.

Brutal joins an elite group of So You Think and Dundeel as Gr.1 producing stallions in the Hunter Valley with the famous Mapperley Brand.