Service Fee 2025 $5,000.00 +GST
by Zabeel – Better Alternative, by Flying Spur
16.2 hh
Permanent resident at Brighthill Farm
A champion son of the legendary Zabeel has been secured for stud duty by Brighthill Farm.
The four-time Group One winner Preferment will be a top-notch addition to Nick King’s Waikato operation.
2025 Stud Fee: $5,000 +GST
- Description
Description
PREFERMENT (NZ) (Bay 2011-Stud 2017). 5 wins from 2000m to 2500m, Victoria Derby, Gr.1. Sire of 107 rnrs, 43 wnrs, inc. SW Dunwoody (MRC St Leger, L), SP Smirk, Sign of Peace, Tap Dancer and of Rising Pacific, Rocket Lad, Superior Sam, Canny Man, Musgrave, Strathtay, In a Pickle, I Prefer Minties, Legatus, Californication, You Know, Mr Plume, Isometric, Twigman, Cosmo Appeal, Prefer Us, Prefer to be Ready, etc.
“We’d been on the look-out for a stallion since Azamour, but we were determined to sit it out if necessary to find the right one. 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.” Nick King
“Preferment is a very strong and attractive type and has been an absolute pleasure to train. He is a very clean winded horse and in this modern day I see it as a very welcome attribute to any horses joining the stallion ranks.
This horse is the perfect horse to continue on the Zabeel sire line and surely our memories go back far enough to realise how dominant he was a a younger stallion. With such a significant amount of prize money being injected into staying races as well as the Saturday racing in general that we have 52 weeks of the year, it makes sense to breed to a horse like Preferment who you know will leave progeny competitive in so many of these races, especially our Oaks, Derbys and Cups races of the future.
With the majority of breeding focused on speed, this horse would have very little competition at the major yearling sales and would prove a good investment to breed too. I, like many trainers, will be chasing the progeny of Preferment in the years ahead.” Chris Waller, Leading Australian Trainer
Race Performance:
Totals: 29Starts 5*Wins 4*Runner-up 3*3rd
Prize Money: A$3,432,730
At 2 : 2nd Geelong Classic Listed. 2200m, Nozomi 2nd3rd MRC Grand Hotel Frankston 2YO H. $42,000 1300m.
At 3 : Winner Victoria Derby Group 1. A$1,5130,000 2500m. Bondeiger 2nd and Nozomi 3rd.2nd ATC Rosehill Guineas Group 1. A$502,000 2000m to Volkstok’n’barrell, 3rd Hallowed Crown.Winner ATC Hill Stakes, Group 2 A$202,000 2000m, Magic Hurricane 2nd, Complacent 3rd.
At 4 : Winner BMW Group 1
Winner VRC Australian Cup Group 1 A$1,505,000 2000m, 2nd Awesome Rock and Rising Romance 3rd.Winner VRC Turnbull Stakes, Group 1 A$502,500 2000m, Royal Descent 2nd, Set Square 3rd.4th ATC Chipping Norton Stakes Group 1 A$605,000 1600m Winx 1st, Dibayani 2nd, Hauraki 3rd
