Stallion Review - Majestic Son
Majestic Son
With the 2014 North American breeding season nearing its end and the Down Under breeding season just three months away we will continue with our "A Stallion Review" series highlighting the stallions that are making an impact on the harness racing breeding scene.
Today we have produced an in depth review for the outstanding trotter and sire Majestic Son 1:52.2 ($1,993,157)
Enjoy the read.
BREEDING
The sire of Majestic Son is Angus Hall one of the all-time great trotting sires. His stats are mouth-watering to say the least. To date he has sired the winners of $77,081,144 in stakes including five millionaires. He is the sire of 74 in 1:55 and 467 in 2:00. His best winner to date is the champion race mare, Peaceful Way 1:51.4 ($2,746,240). Majestic Son is the biggest stake winning son of this great sire.
The dam of Majestic Son is a daughter of King Conch, her name is Celtic Contessa. She only took a record of 2:02.4 and won $4,200 on the track. She has three in 1:58 from her time at stud but apart from Majestic Son has no other credit of grand circuit class. The strength of the maternal pedigree comes through the second dam Ramerizi 1:56.4 ($433,344) who is a wonderful producer at stud. Her best performer to date is Misterizi 1:51 ($597,027). Another daughter Lindsey Fieryimage 1:57 ($203,363) is now the dam of the smart Striking Lindsey 1:54.1 ($617,578).
A full sister to Celtic Contessa in the unraced Celtic Merizi is now the dam of Loose Change Louie 1:55.4 ($473,874) while another half-brother to Celtic Contessa in Rams Billy Brisco 1:58.3 has $191,232 on his card.
RACE RECORD
Majestic Son has a race record to die for.
At two he faced the starter 13 times for five wins and five placings. His best win at two was undoubtedly in the $300,000 final of the Ontario Sires Stakes in 1:56. Further wins in the $106,965 final of the Champlain Trot in1:55.4 and the $130,000 final of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold series in 1:55 were other highlights. The only negative was having no luck in the final of the $555,485 Valley Victory where he finished second.
At three, Majestic Son stepped up to the plate with a record of 19 starts for 14 wins and 2 placings. His best win all season was in the final of the $1,000,000 Canadian Trotting Classic where he took his lifetime mark of 1:52.2 in spectacular fashion and in the process destroyed the Hambletonian winner Glidemaster ($2,038,575) by six and a half lengths.
Majestic Son - $1,000,000 Canadian Trotting Classic
Other notable wins were in the $569,250 Breeders Crown Final in 1:54.2, the $280,600 Goodtimes Trot in 1:53.2, and the $175,534 Canadian Breeders Trot Final in 1:53. It was a long and tiring season but he performed at his best the whole way through it.
Majestic Son - $569,250 Breeders Crown Final
At four he raced just six times for three wins and one placing. His best win in this brief campaign was in the $155,250 Frank Ryan Trot in 1:53.
On Majestic Son’s retirement to stud, his race record stood at 38 starts for 22 wins, 5 seconds and 3 thirds for $1,993,157 in stakes.
NORTH AMERICAN STUD RECORD
His first crop raced as two year olds in the 2011 season. They are five year olds in the 2014 season. From the 59 horses from that crop, 41 have been winners to date with 7 in 1:55 and 30 in 2:00 for stakes totalling $3,256,288. His progeny’s average earnings per starter is a respectable $67,839. The best performers from this crop are Summer Indian 1:51.1 ($402,250), Circles 1:56.1 ($385,677) and Lovely Vocation 1:54.3 ($309,577).
His second crop raced as two year olds in the 2012 season. They are four year olds in the 2014 season. From the 45 horses born in that crop, 37 have started with 24 winners to date with 3 in 1:55 and 15 in 2:00 for stakes totalling $2,077,700. His average earnings per starter is $56,154. The best performers from that crop are Murmur Hanover 1:54.3 ($483,629) and Charmed Life 1:52.2 ($482,360).
His third crop, were two year olds in the 2013 season. They are three year olds in the 2014 season and most are just getting to the track now. From the 22 horses from that crop, 15 have raced to date with 8 winners, with 1 in 1:55 and 4 in 2:00 for stakes totalling $357,273. His average earnings per starter from basically two year old racing is $23,818. His best performer from this crop to date is Harper Blue Chip T2 1:55 ($196,883).
NOTE: The lack of numbers in his North American crops to date is a direct result in our opinion of Majestic Son being seriously over priced in his initial years at stud. A stud fee of $12,000 in Canada was a serious miscalculation and has adversely impacted on his stud career to this point.
AUSTRALIAN STUD RECORD
His first crop, were two year olds in the 2011 - 2012 season. They are four year olds in the 2013 - 2014 season. They were conceived via frozen semen and number just five foals. To date three have been winners with the best performer being Jaden Girl ($22,210).
His second crop, were two year olds in the 2012 - 2013 season. They are three year olds in the 2013 - 2014 racing season. This is the first of the crops where fresh semen was available and number 36 horses. To date 14 have started for six winners with the best performer being the brilliant I'm Stately ($182,915) who was the Australian two year old trotter of the year last season. Injury has kept him away from the racetrack so far this season.
His third crop, are two year olds in the 2013 - 2014 season. This crop numbers just 26 horses of which ten have started to date for five winners. The best performers to date are Royal Treat ($34,940) and Illawong Armstrong ($33,962).
He has two further small crops of 11 yearlings and 10 weanlings but then served 91 mares in the current breeding season.
NOTE: No other trotting sire in Australia has sired more than one individual two year trotting winner to this point in this 2013 – 2014 racing season.
NEW ZEALAND STUD RECORD
The first crop, were two year olds in the 2010 - 2011 season.
They are five year olds in the current 2013 - 2014 season and were conceived via frozen semen and number just six foals of which four have raced to date for three winners including the smart mare Regal Petite (8 wins).
His second crop, were two year olds in the 2011 - 2012 season. They are four year olds in the 2013 - 2014 racing season. This crop was also conceived via frozen semen and number just seven foals. They have all started and all won. Glenferrie Typhoon ( 7 wins Aust) Juneamy Castleton(4 wins) and Jocy Jaccka (3 wins) are the best performers from this crop to date.
His third crop, were two year olds in the 2012 - 2013 season. They are three year olds in the 2013 - 2014 racing season. This is the first crop sired via fresh semen in New Zealand and number 52 foals of which 26 have raced to date with 15 being winners. The best performers from this crop to date are King Denny 2:00.2 ($163,179), One Over Da Moon 1:57.9 ($133,523), Daenerys Targaryen ($102,202) and Majestic Time 1:58.2 ($76,945).
His fourth crop, are two year olds in the 2013 - 2014 season. This crop numbered 23 foals of which six have raced to date with two of those winning. The winners are Prince Fearless 2:00.2 mile rate over 1950 metres ($45,771) and Wanna Play 1:58.9 mile rate over 1950 metres ($57,956).
He has 12 yearlings and 8 weanlings on the ground but served a huge 161 mares in the current breeding season.
POSITIVES
This son of Angus Hall has had to really battle to make his mark as a sire especially in North America. A service fee of $12,000 at the start of his career really hurt him in the Northern Hemisphere and a lack of numbers at the same time handicapped him in the Southern Hemisphere. But he battled back by doing what he does best, leaving winners.
They are noted for their great gait and high speed.
He is now the hottest trotting sire in Australasia and his immediate future looks assured.
NEGATIVES
The one complaint that trainers have of his stock is that some can become quite hot.
Couple that with some Sundon mares and you have the potential for the odd head case. Also lack of numbers as yearlings and weanlings in Australasia may hinder the next two seasons statistics.
OVERVIEW
Majestic Son was an outstanding racehorse who has overcome some significant hurdles to establish himself as an elite sire especially in Australasia. They can get up and go at two and three and carry on as older horses. He still has some way to go to reach the elite level in the Northern Hemisphere but is now firmly established as the premier trotting sire in the Southern Hemisphere.
OVERALL RATING
8.5 out of 10
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