27 Aug 2012
Keeper is currently the joint-leader for individual winners in New Zealand so far this season, with 7 already chalked up during the first month of racing.
His latest winner came yesterday at Te Teko when Soirette (Keeper ex Dana Zeel, by Danasinga) won a 1400m Maiden for trainer Shaune Ritchie.
Keeper is second on the list for wins and third on the Stallion Premiership for earnings so far this season.
A Group One-winning son of Danehill, Keeper is consistently in the top ten of New Zealand stallions on the domestic premiership, evidenced by the following snapshot
2012: 6th
2011: 3rd
2010: 6th
2009: 10th
2008: 5th
For the record, Keeper is the sire of 232 individual winners worldwide. He has 23 individual black type winners, 6 of which have been successful at Group One level.
Keeper parading at Cambridge Stud last Saturday - photo by Jenny Kain