Kermadec

B 2011 16.0½HH (1.63M)
Teofilo – Hy Fuji (Fuji Kiseki)
Standing at Northwood Park, VIC

A dual G1-winning racehorse and now a Classic sire.

The sire of four individual G1 winners, aswell as the G2-winning juvenile Trobrian.

Kermadec's top-liners: Four-time G1 winner Montefilia, G1 Queensland Oaks winner Amokura, G1 VRC Oaks champion Willowy and G1 Toorak Handicap victor Tuvalu.

Proven ability to sire good-looking high-class racehorses including; dual G1-winning (Singapore) Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko, Group-placed Hong Kong performer Running Glory and impressive Stakes winner Gundec.

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Watch him go: see him at his best

Doncaster Mile (G1), 1600m, Randwick, 06 April 2015
George Main S (G1), 1600m, Randwick, 19 September 2015
Carbine Club S (G3), 1600m, Flemington, 01 November 2014

Watch THEM go: big wins by his offspring

Amokura
Queensland Oaks (G1), 2200m, Eagle Farm, 03 June 2023
Tuvalu
Toorak Handicap (G1), 1600m, Caufield, 08 October 2022
Montefilia
Ranvet S (G1), 2000m, Rosehill, 19 March 2022
Montefilia
Metropolitan Handicap (G1), 2400m, Randwick, 02 October 2021
Willowy
VRC Oaks (G1), 2500m, Flemington, 04 November 2021
Montefilia
Spring Champion S (G1), 2000m, Randwick, 10 October 2020

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Pedigree

KERMADEC

TEOFILO

GALILEO

SADLER'S WELLS

NORTHERN DANCER

FAIRY BRIDGE

URBAN SEA

MISWAKI

ALLEGRETTA

SPEIRBHEAN

DANEHILL

DANZIG

RAZYANA

SAVIOUR

MAJESTIC LIGHT

VICTORIAN QUEEN

HY FUJI

FUJI KISEKI

SUNDAY SILENCE

HALO

WISHING WELL

MILLRACER

LE FABULEUX

MARSTON'S MILL

HYSTERICAL

WOLVERTON

WOLVER HOLLOW

MARY MURPHY

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TEOFILO (IRE) (Bay 2004-Stud 2009). 5 wins at 2, £141,950, €300,982, Curragh National S., G1,
Newmarket Dewhurst S., G1, Curragh Futurity S., G2, Leopardstown Tyros S., L.  Sire of 1225
rnrs, 760 wnrs, 111 SW, 62.1% winners, 9.1% Stakes winners inc. Kermadec, Cross Counter,
Happy Clapper, Humidor, Palentino, Exultant, Twilight Payment, Trading Leather, Subjectivist,
Donjah, Ajman Princess, Quest for More, Voleuse de Coeurs, Pleascach, Parish Hall, Havana
Gold, Gear Up, Scope, Tawkeel, Special Fighter, Sonntag, Loch Garman, Eziyra
, etc.

1st dam:
HY FUJI, by Fuji Kiseki. 4 wins from 1400m to 2400m, A$76,740, NSW Tatt's RC Tattersalls P.,
       
L,  2d  STC  Gallagher  Hotel  Management  H., 3d AJC Surry Hills H. Half-sister to Mary
       Machree
(dam of TRIPLE ELEGANCE), Supreme Echo, The Quarewan (dam of AT THE
       HEADS - HEAD START (SING.)
), Teneales Pearl (dam of SHOREHAM). Dam of 10
       named foals, 7 to race,
5 winners, inc:-

  KERMADEC (c Teofilo) 4 wins. G1 winner. See race record.
  Good Winning (g Al Maher) 5 wins from 1400m to 1700m, 352,205Rgt. in Malaysia, 2d
       Perak Derby,
L, 4th Selangor TC Piala Emas Sultan Selangor, L.

  Savigne (f Ocean Park) 4 wins from 1550m to 1900m, A$243,640, to 2020-21, ATC TAB
       Long May We Play H., Canterbury League Club H., Sky Racing Active H., Ranvet Power
       H., 2d ATC Quincy Seltzer H., All Too Hard at Vinery H., Events by ATC H., Sky Racing
       Active H.

  Global Currency (g Tavistock) 2 wins at 1600m, 2100m to 2021-22, BOP RC Mills Reef
       H., 2d Levin Christmas 18th December H., 3d Matamata RC Te Akau Racing H.

2nd dam:
HYSTERICAL, by Wolverton. 8 wins from 1100m to 1600m, A$225,240, AJC Emancipation
       S.,
L, Triton H., Lawn H., Sadlier H., 2d AJC Adrian Knox S., G3, Emancipation S., L,
       BATC QBBS Breeders' S.H.,
L, 3d QTC Exhibition H., L. Half-sister to DON BELLOTTO,
       Eliza Dane (dam of
COOLDINI, CORRECT AMOONDO). Dam of 6 named foals, 5 to
       race,
4 winners, inc:-

  HY FUJI (f Fuji Kiseki) 4 wins. See above.
  Mary Machree (f Quest for Fame) 2 wins at 1200m, A$143,028, AJC Ingham Love 'em H.,
       STC MacQuarie Print Dubbo H., 2d AJC Emancipation S.,
G2, Wiggle H., L, 3d Scone
       RC Dark Jewel Classic,
L, Japan Racing Association Cup, 4th AJC Nivison H., L. Dam
       of-

    TRIPLE ELEGANCE (g Mossman) 8 wins to 1550m, A$789,730, ATC Liverpool City Cup, G3,
          GCTC Magic Millions Cup,
RL, AJC Al Mansour H., STC Champs Cafe H., 2d Hawkesbury
          RC Ladies Day Cup,
L, 3d ATC George Ryder S., G1, George Main S., G1.

    Space Trip. Unraced. Dam of 3 winners-
       MOSS TRIP (f Mossman) 5 wins-1 at 2-to 1550m, A$593,085, ATC James HB Carr S., G3,
             
Scone RC Inglis 3YO Guineas,
L, ATC TAB H., 2d ATC Hot Danish S., G2, 3d BRC
             Dane Ripper S.,
G2, ATC Theraces H., 4th ATC Millie Fox S., G2, Nivison S., G3.

    Supreme Echo (g Snippets) 10 wins-2 at 2-from 1200m to 2000m, A$30,750, S$237,015 in
           Aust., Malaysia and Singapore, Perak TC Astro Wah Lai Toi Charity Cup, 2d Perak
          Derby,
L.

   The Quarewan. Placed at 2. Dam of-
       AT THE HEADS - HEAD START (Sing.) (c Hussonet) 6 wins from 1100m to 1600m,
           A$308,225, S$57,037, VRC Chester Manifold S.,
L, 4th MVRC Alister Clark S.,
           
G2.

   Teneales Pearl. Unraced. Dam of-
       SHOREHAM (g Reset) 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1400m to 2500m, A$789,085, MRC Easter
             Cup,
G3, VRC Galilee Series Final H., L, Sofitel H., L, Ken Cox 2YO H., MRC
             Clanbrooke Racing H., 2d MVRC Drake International Cup,
G2, Qld Tatt's RC
             Tattersall's Cup,
G3, 3d South Australian Derby, G1, MRC Easter Cup, G3,
             Sandown Cup,
L, Clarence River JC Grafton Cup, L, Warrnambool Cup, L.

Pedigree notes

Kermadec offers the opportunity to breed a Guineas or Classic winner using a stallion with an industry-leading stat of 3% G1 winners to runners. Many decent sires barely reach or exceed that figure for Stakes winners, let alone G1 winners.
Kermadec’s ratio of 57% G1 winners to Stakes winners is exceptional for a stallion with over 100 runners. He is from the proven Classic Galileo sire line and his four individual G1 winners have won the VRC Oaks, BRC Queensland Oaks, the ATC Spring Champion Stakes, ATC Flight Stakes and the MRC Toorak Handicap among their victories. Those are all elite G1 races every serious breeder wants to win. Kermadec can sire both top-class colts and fillies, three of his seven Stakes winners are colts, four are fillies.

G1 Statistics
Kermadec’s affinity for the Blushing Groom line is evident in his G1 stats as half his G1 winners are out of mares by Quest For Fame, a grandson of Blushing Groom. The Bendigo Guineas winner Gundec is out of a mare by Fantastic Light, another grandson of Blushing Groom. Kermadec’s sire Teofilo also has a strong affinity for a return of Blushing Groom in the mare. The various Teofilo/Blushing Groom crosses and their reverses have produced 41 Stakes winners and 10 G1 winners at a rate of 24.3% G1 winners to Stakes winners, an exceptionally high strike rate of elite performers.
Special mention
Both Quest For Fame and Fantastic Light are bred on a Blushing Groom/Nijinsky cross. Those two stallions are bred on a Nearco/Menow/Bull Dog mix which has been a very effective broad nick in contemporary pedigrees. The leading Australian sire Snippets also carries that trio of sires in his makeup and has crossed well with Blushing Groom and Nijinsky, so mares carrying Blushing Groom, Nijinsky or Snippets are likely to provide further good results when mated with Kermadec.
Multiple Stakes winner Lim’s Kosciuszko is already the result of this cross being the only runner with a second dam by Snippets’s son Pins.

Best Nicks
Kermadec has two G1 winners out of three runners from Quest For Fame mares and one Stakes winner out of a mare by another Blushing Groom-line sire, Fantastic Light from just one runner. It’s hard to find a stronger nick than that. His sire Teofilo has positive nicking stats with the same sire line.

Kermadec’s sire Teofilo has his best results with Dubawi mares which he covered in large numbers giving us a reliable data set. From 30 runners there are seven Stakes winners, 23.3% Stakes winners to runners including current Australian star Without A Fight.
Kermadec has just one runner out of a Dubawi mare, the G3-placed seven-race winner Running Glory, while his only other runner with a return of Dubawi is a multiple winner.
Kermadec’s grandsire Galileo and Dubawi’s sire Dubai Millennium are bred on very similar lines and are responsible for one of the strongest nicks in international pedigrees. It works for their sons Frankel, Teofilo and Dubawi in all combinations and is already showing promise for the Kermadec/Dubawi version.

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options
Kermadec is out of a Fuji Kiseki mare and that stallion’s third dam is a half-sister to Mill Reef. Returning mares carrying a strain of Mill Reef to Kermadec has had outstanding results, resulting in 17 runners, eight winners, two Stakes winners - both G1 winners, a G3 placegetter and two multiple winners which are both $200,000-plus earners.
This cross has 11.7% Stakes winners to runners and even more impressively 100% G1 winners to Stakes winners. 
It is a notable achievement for any stallion to sire a G1 winner early in his career, to sire two out of mares by the same broodmare sire as Kermadec has done with Quest For Fame mares, or two with returns of a quality ancestor, as Kermadec has done with Mill Reef is a clear pointer to the types of mares likely to produce future winners. 

Strategy One
Kermadec has his best early results with Quest For Fame and Fantastic Light from the Blushing Groom line. This bloodline can be found in descendants of sires such as Rahy, Viscount, Spectrum, Le Havre, Orientate, Housebuster and Animal Kingdom just to name a few.

Strategy Two
Replicate the hottest cross of the new millennium involving Galileo and Dubai Millennium. Galileo’s son Frankel and Dubai Millennium’s son Dubawi are responsible for eight Stakes winners from 32 runners (25% Stakes winners to runners) of which three are G1 winners, (9.3% G1 winners to runners and 37.5% G1 winners to Stakes winners). Those are industry-leading stats.
Kermadec has great early results with a return of Dubawi, so mares by Poet’s Voice, Makfi, Night Of Thunder and other sons of Dubawi look ideal choices for him.

Strategy Three
Kermadec is suited by mares carrying Mill Reef who can be accessed through mares by Redoute’s Choice, Written Tycoon, Pierro, So You Think or Xtravagant just to name the most obvious sources.
 

Conformation

Race record

His successful career

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
Three 8 3 1 2 A$2,217,025
Four 9 1 2 2 A$688,000
Total 17 4 3 4 A$2,905,025

At 3

1st
Doncaster Mile (G1), 1600m, Randwick, beating Real Impact, Royal Descent, Rudy, Pornichet, Arabian Gold, Suavito, World Ace, Sacred Falls, Hallowed Crown, Leebaz, Happy Trails, Hooked, Cosmic Endeavour, Diamond Drille, Puccini, Plucky Belle, Destiny’s Kiss, Sweynesse, Ninth Legion.
1st
Carbine Club S (G3), 1600m, Flemington, beating Stratum Star, Manhattan Avenue, Hi World, Tahni Dancer, Azkadellia, Vespa.
1st
Maiden race, 1400m, Warwick Farm.
3rd
George Ryder S (G1), 1500m, Rosehill, to Real Impact, Criterion, beating Royal Descent, Shooting To Win, Burbero, Hooked, Moriarty, It’s Somewhat, I’m Imposing, World Ace, Sacred Falls, Weary, Cosmic Endeavour.
3rd
Hobartville S (G2), 1400m, Rosehill, by a head and a nose, to Hallowed Crown, Sweynesse, beating Shooting To Win, Scissor Kick, Panzer Division, Hampton Court, Vadarian Bullet, Preferment, Thunder Lady, Delectation.
4th
Australian Guineas (G1), 1600m, Flemington, to Wandjina, Alpine Eagle, Stratum Star, beating Admiral, Merion, Chivalry, Minnesinger, Firehouse Rock, Manapine, Sweet And Speedy, Petrology, Fontein Ruby.
4th
Eskimo Prince S (G3), 1200m, Rosehill, to Scissor Kick, Delectation, Harrier Jet, beating Vadarian Bullet.

At 4

1st
George Main S (G1), 1600m, Randwick, beating Royal Descent, Pornichet, Lucia Valentina, Kirramosa, Sweynesse, Hauraki, Protectionist, Hooked.
2nd
George Ryder S (G1), 1500m, Rosehill, to Winx, beating Press Statement, First Seal, Happy Clapper, Turn Me Loose, Tinto, Hucklebuck.
2nd
Chelmsford S (G2), 1600m, Randwick, to Complacent, beating Royal Descent, Hartnell, Junoob, Pornichet, Who Shot Thebarman, Beaten Up, I’m Imposing, Precedence, Hawkspur, Preferment, Grand Marshal, Moriarty, Opinion, Tremec.
3rd
Canterbury S (G1), 1300m, Randwick, to Holler, First Seal, beating Happy Clapper, Our Boy Malachi, Ecuador, Criterion.
3rd
All Aged S (G1), 1400m, Randwick, to English, Black Heart Bart, beating Rebel Dane, Press Statement, Malaguerra, Perignon, Goldstream.
4th
Caulfield S (G1), 2000m, Caulfield, to Criterion, Happy Trails, Mongolian Khan, beating Contributer, Fawkner, Entirely Platinum, Pornichet.

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