Colour Sergeant

About Colour Sergeant

By the right, quick march – Colour Sergeant is on parade!!!

Lovely Staying Type – Potential Jumping prospect – Great Value here

Well we have managed to have do it again – that is, buying a proven galloper with a top pedigree for not a lot of money – hot on the heels of us buying Dreamflight (by Frankel) in September for just A$30k, we have now acquired the Northern Hemisphere bred seven-year-old Colour Sergeant (by Kingman) for just A$15k off the Inglis Digital Sale

Born in March 2018, Colour Sergeant is still only six years old, turning seven in March 2025 – he had 10 starts in Ireland for a win and nine minor placings, before being brought down to Australia where he raced out of the stable of Matthew Smith in NSW for a further 27 starts winning 3 times (Canberra, Scone and Randwick) and running into the money on several occasions. In recent times, he has been out of form and clearly his Ownership Group ran out of patience and they offered him for sale.

Mark Walker and I always scour the offerings on Inglis Digital looking for types that we think are genuine stayers and also have the potential to be jumping prospects. We identified this horse as having a genuine staying pedigree, and who had got down to a very low rating in the handicaps. We also noted that, despite being Irish bred and having run over decent trips as a 2yo and 3yo (up to 2400m) in Ireland, he only had a handful of starts at 2000m in Australia, where he usually ran in the money and then they would revert him to shorter trips.

Our interest was piqued, so we had him vetted by one of our very good NSW Vets (Paddy Todhunter based in Scone) and he passed with Colours Flying. Paddy did comment on his feet, saying that he needed to be reshod and some adjustments made and that is exactly what happened with Dreamflight also – his feet and shoeing needed a lot of attention and we have been training him without shoes and within a few weeks, his hooves have grown back naturally, he is a lot better in the coat, his action is significantly improved and he now licks his feedbowl clean – and that is what we will be doing with Colour Sergeant also.

In addition to that, these former NSW based horses just thrive at Cranbourne – they love the big open spaces, the sand dune based gallops, the uphill galloping track and the nearby beach, which we use a lot.

Mark of course, loves his jumpers and he has already been schooling Dreamflight and Colour Sergeant will do the same also in due course.

Mark says,

“John, well done on securing Colour Sergeant for not a lot of money – I have been through all of his races and he ran some very encouraging minor placings in good company at the metropolitan tracks but I do feel when I look at his pedigree page that he just needs to get over more ground.  The beauty of this horse is with him now being at Cranbourne and down to a rating of 61, he will get plenty of opportunity to make his mark in relatively weak company over decent trips – we have bought three or four of this type of horse in recent times including Midnight Blue who won the Seymour Cup for us a few weeks ago and of course as you know we have made giant strides with Dreamflight whom you bought in September.  Colour Sergeant is by Kingman, one of the leading Sires in Great Britain and the female side of the family has produced a succession of really good stayers over several generations. So what we will do with this horse is train him without shoes for a while and let his feet grow naturally, get him working out in the sand dune tracks here at Cranbourne, get him working up the hill track also and get him out to the beach from time to time. I’m aiming to get him to a jumpout in late January and all going well we should then be off to the races. He will also get plenty of schooling as I think this horse could be one that is a great jumping prospect – physically he is a very attractive type of horse who moves well, he vetted well, and I think your owners are going to have a lot of fun with him, particularly given that you haven’t paid a lot of money for him”

Initially, our plan had been to spell him for three or four weeks after he had arrived at Cranbourne but Mark was actually there when he arrived and after having a good look at him and getting the farriers advice he’s decided to put him straight into light work and prepare him for a jump out towards the end of January

Click HERE to see his winning run over 1600m at Randwick

Click HERE to see him parading at Cranbourne with voiceover from Mark

Colour Sergeant

Pedigree

Colour Sergeant is by Kingman, the winner of eight races in Europe and a leading Stallion in Great Britain (currently 4th on the General Sires list as the 2024 season draws to a close. His Dam is the German bred Quilita, a winner at 1800m and Group 3 placed – she is also the dam of seven foals to the races, six of whom have been winners. This is a prolific German family of genuine staying types over several generations

Click HERE to see his pedigree

All up he is to be syndicated for NZ$45,000 – this includes his sale price, Aus GST, Promoters Fees, Vet fees, insurance through to 31 Jan 2026 and a healthy working capital figure of just under $12k

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Terms

• Shares available right down to 1%.
• 10% share $5,100, 5% share $2,550, 2.5% share $1,225, 1% share $510 – with ongoing costs from 1 February 2025 @$60 per month per each 1% share
• Initial Capital includes Purchase Price, NZ GST, Promoters fees, Vet fees, Insurance to 31 Jan 2026, and working capital of just over $10k
• Monthly ongoing costs from 1st February 2025 – from that date ongoing costs are – 10% share $600 per month – 5% share $300 per month – 2.5% share $150 per month – 1% share $60 per month.
• Monthly ongoing costs can alternatively be paid up to 12 months in advance as an option for subscribers by Bank  Payment or Credit Card

Applications can only be made after Investors have perused and signed the NZ Thoroughbred Racing approved Disclosure Statement. This can be obtained from the Syndicate Promoter, Fortuna Ltd (Director John Galvin) HERE

Fortuna Ltd is an Authorised Syndicator in accordance with the Code of Practice administered by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (Inc) established under The Financial Markets Conduct (Equine Bloodstock) Exemption Notice 2016. Details of this Offer are contained in the Disclosure Statement relating to the Offer

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