Preferment set to stand for stud in New Zealand

Preferment
Champion runner Preferment is headed for a cosy life as a stud at Brighthill Farm

FOUR-TIME group one winner Preferment will take up stud duty by Brighthill Farm after the son of Zabeel was acquired by Nick and Anne-Marie King’s Waikato operation.

Nick King said the 2014 Victorian Derby winner was close to the top of their stud shopping list.

“We’d been on the look-out for a stallion since Azamour died, but we were determined to sit it out if necessary to find the right one,” Nick King said.

Preferment fits all our criteria – he was a spectacular racehorse and it’s highly likely that he’s the last Derby-winning son of the great Zabeel.

“He’s a very tidy, athletic type and being a four-time group one winner says it all. He was a champion Australian stayer and his record, combined with his pedigree, speaks for itself.”

Preferment is by the champion sire of sires Zabeel and has the speed influence of both Flying Spur and Canny Lad on its dam’s side.

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Advice from one of the wisest thoroughbred heads in the game also played a part in securing Australia’s champion stayer of the 2015-16 season.

“Last November Sir Patrick Hogan suggested to us that we should try and get Preferment and for him to say that gave us even more confidence,” King said.

“There was a broad ownership in Preferment so it’s taken a while to sort it out and some of the owners have bought others out and we will be standing the horse on their behalf.”

There will also be shares available for breeders to buy.

King said standing in the homeland was always going to be on the cards for the gun runner.

“New Zealand is the only place for Preferment,” he said.

“The owners wanted him here and they will all be supporting him with mares.”

Preferment’s racing credentials are world class – he beat the best stayers in Australia and also a selection of the best from Europe, who competed in Australia.

“He’s a truly exciting prospect and we’re delighted to have secured a horse of his outstanding quality.”

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