Victorian
Greyhound Weekly Volume 1
Number 15
Friday January 13, 2017
BARCIA BALE TOP VICTORIAN METROPOLITAN SIRE 2016 2012 Group 1 Maturity Stake winner, Barcia Bale (March 2010 Go Wild Teddy x Princess Bale), whose dam is by Hallucinate x Gold Rush Bale (Lansley Bale x Jindara Bale) is Victoria’s top metropolitan sire for 2106. He scored a dominant win, finishing the year with 115 individual winners, who won 242 races on Melbourne’s two city tracks, finishing well clear of Cosmic Rumble 157 wins, Magic Sprite 133 wins, Collision 120 wins and Fabregas 111 wins completing the top five. Three other sires, Kinloch Brae 106 wins and Turanza Bale and Dyna Tron with 102 wins all topped the 100 win mark. Barcia Bale is from a very good litter which included Alessi Bale, Bagget Bale, Desalle Bale, Krisa Bale, Rattray Bale, Schnikey Bale and Wharton Bale. Their dam, Princess Bale, also had good winners on file from her four other litters, whelped in April 2011 by Dyna Lachlan, March 2012 by Collision, March 2013 by Kinloch Brae* and April 2014 by Turanza Bale. On the track he raced 14 times, for 13 wins, which included the 2012 Group 1 Maturity Stake. He won four times over 525 metres at The
Meadows (29.84), twice over 450 metres at Shepparton (24.96), twice over 480 metres at Horsham (26.96), twice over 450 metres at Maitland (24.90) and also over 460 metres at Geelong (25.60) and 472 metres at Bulli (26.11), where he also set a track record of 22.20 over 400 metres. Also worth noting his great grand dam, Jindara Bale is by Grove Whisper* x Star Lee. See full details on the Vic Metro Sires list on pages 7-9.
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