New Blood for Kia-Ora Stud

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 826, 21 November 1929, Page 12

New Blood for Kia-Ora Stud

When the Australian stud roasti, Mr. Percy Miller, owner of Kia-Gu ; stud, was in England some time one of the horses he admired ni"?; was Constant Son, a handsome brtrva by Son-in-Law from Constant La!:. He made several inspections of Ua horse, and became so impressed vd him that he made overtures lor ia purchase. Constant Bon, hotrtvc; . was not for sal ?, but the ha j since changed his mind, and ia response to further inquiries by Miller has agreed to sell. Mr. Milp is elated ; t ih* success ~f liis neat* ations, and Constant Bon 'Hll go q Australia as soon as possible. Constant Bon, who is only a fw K year-old. comes from the [amonsni Quiver, a three-quarter sister in Hal to Musket (imp.), being by Son-in* Law, from Constant Lady, by fast from Baronin, by Isiiigiass fron Baroness La Fleche, by Ladas fromU Flecho, by Bt. Simon from Quires Bon-in-Law is a son of Dark Ronald ; sire of Magpie (imp.), at present E Kia-Ora, and is the sire of winners* ■ £173.000. including such iierfflßtf J as Straightlace, Foxlaw. I.idy Jrror. and Winalot. Constant Lady is * half-sister to Lineage, who prodi.ca a good galloper in Birthright. fast, n son of Chaucer, was the wnnK of £26.363 in stakes, and rJaronn * ft half-sister to Cinna, winner of : -n* One Thousand Guineas, and to Bp?*?* head (imp.), the sire of Bpearfelt. 7%* . pedigree is one full of proved sir* lines, recalling as it does the nn*** Polymelus, Grafton (imp.), Johr. « Gaunt < sire of Bvvynford), and Avo** smith (imp.), and backed up by y appearance?, and performances or •* turf. Constant Bon will go to Ora. one of the best 1 ecomint®* sires yet placed at the disposal «, breeders. Constant Bon was a W* performer in the best English panv. As a two-year-old h« feated a of 29 in the Alington Plate, six *he ran second to that great Toboggan in the Newmarket it—— Stakes, seven furlongs. The ing season Constant Bon won the iK* ; dock Park Ala nor Handicap, one and Derby Cup, one mile and sis. ***** longs, and ran third in the market Botesdale Three-Yet Handicap, one mile and carrying top weig it in u field Newcastle John Osborne Handicap® mile and a-half, and Chepstow Derby, one mile and a-half. Jir