Hurrikane Kingcole
ADVANCE ATTACK.
From the time he first stepped onto a racetrack, Advance Attack had huge boots to fill. After all he was a full brother to the harness racing champion juvenile Courage Under Fire 1:54.2 ($1,551,941). He was also such a good looking individual and he was in the best stable in New Zealand at Mark Purdons.
And for a while it looked like he might fulfil those expectations held for him.
As a two year old he won his first seven starts including such time honoured classics as the Sapling Stakes and the Welcome Stakes and he ran time as well, rating 1:57.3 over 1950m.
His last couple of runs at two looked well down on his previous displays and he was spelled with a view to bringing him back at three.
He was to have seven more runs in New Zealand at three, winning three with his best run an unlucky second in the $125,000 Great Northern Derby where he was beaten just a neck.
It was at this point he was sold to Australian interests and while he was to win a further 18 races and compete in most of the major classics in Australia, one always felt he had never really reached the level he had promised too as a juvenile.
Ending up in Perth at the end of his career, he retired from the track the winner of 28 races for stakes totaling $406,094.
At this point his full brother Courage Under Fire had established himself as one of Australasia's elite sires with a string of high class colts and fillies.
At last count he had gone on to sire 521 winners for stakes totaling $15,997,128 in Australasia.
So on retirement from the track with his pedigree and race performance being so good, it was decided to give Advance Attack his chance at stud.
Expectations weren't that high as he settled in at Henty Brooks Standardbreds farm in Western Australia.
Serving just nine mares, he ended up with eight foals from his first crop.
From Advance Attack first crop he has produced two $100k winners Persistent Threat 1:55.3 ($155,520) who has won fourteen races to date including the Group 1 $100,000 Sales Classic as a two-year-old Massive Attack also from his first crop has won $181.976 from 15 wins with a best mile rate of 1.52,2.
But his best may very well be current three-year-old filly called Cott Beach who won six races this year including the Group 2 Champaign Classic the Group 3 Westsired and the Group 1 Westbred Fillies Final.
With Advance Attack’s his full brother Courage Under Fire no longer with us broodmare owners will no doubt look to Advance Attack to carry on the In The Pocket line.
From the time he first stepped onto a racetrack, Advance Attack had huge boots to fill. After all he was a full brother to the harness racing champion juvenile Courage Under Fire 1:54.2 ($1,551,941). He was also such a good looking individual and he was in the best stable in New Zealand at Mark Purdons.
And for a while it looked like he might fulfil those expectations held for him.
As a two year old he won his first seven starts including such time honoured classics as the Sapling Stakes and the Welcome Stakes and he ran time as well, rating 1:57.3 over 1950m.
His last couple of runs at two looked well down on his previous displays and he was spelled with a view to bringing him back at three.
He was to have seven more runs in New Zealand at three, winning three with his best run an unlucky second in the $125,000 Great Northern Derby where he was beaten just a neck.
It was at this point he was sold to Australian interests and while he was to win a further 18 races and compete in most of the major classics in Australia, one always felt he had never really reached the level he had promised too as a juvenile.
Ending up in Perth at the end of his career, he retired from the track the winner of 28 races for stakes totaling $406,094.
At this point his full brother Courage Under Fire had established himself as one of Australasia's elite sires with a string of high class colts and fillies.
At last count he had gone on to sire 521 winners for stakes totaling $15,997,128 in Australasia.
So on retirement from the track with his pedigree and race performance being so good, it was decided to give Advance Attack his chance at stud.
Expectations weren't that high as he settled in at Henty Brooks Standardbreds farm in Western Australia.
Serving just nine mares, he ended up with eight foals from his first crop.
From Advance Attack first crop he has produced two $100k winners Persistent Threat 1:55.3 ($155,520) who has won fourteen races to date including the Group 1 $100,000 Sales Classic as a two-year-old Massive Attack also from his first crop has won $181.976 from 15 wins with a best mile rate of 1.52,2.
But his best may very well be current three-year-old filly called Cott Beach who won six races this year including the Group 2 Champaign Classic the Group 3 Westsired and the Group 1 Westbred Fillies Final.
With Advance Attack’s his full brother Courage Under Fire no longer with us broodmare owners will no doubt look to Advance Attack to carry on the In The Pocket line.
