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Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 05 Nov 2018 21:39
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I couldn't find a topic on him (sure there was, but I couldn't find it). Anyway what are people's opinion of him? I have heard mixed reports of him
Robert Morris Australia (Verified User) Posts 695 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Nov 2018 23:35
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Absolute jet on the track at his best!
Trent Wrigley Australia (Verified User) Posts 1549 Dogs 40 / Races 3 06 Nov 2018 04:52
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Please share Matt info u have heard
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 06 Nov 2018 09:02
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I don't know what to believe about him that's why im asking peoples opinions on him and if they think he will be popular at stud?
Kade Joske Australia (Verified User) Posts 213 Dogs 6 / Races 0 06 Nov 2018 09:37
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CLICK HERE Flying machine with great depth of pedigree.
Chris Nutt Australia (Verified User) Posts 310 Dogs 2 / Races 0 06 Nov 2018 09:58
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I thought he was a gun chaser with a huge motor. Ive got 7d and a bitch that are 5 months old and couldnt be more happy. Tall leggy pups with plenty of fire in the belly. Fingers crossed.
Bradley Miller Australia (Verified User) Posts 82 Dogs 0 / Races 0 06 Nov 2018 23:30
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He was a star on the track impeccably bread but like any new sire needs to get the right opportunitys and given a chance to service bitches!! There are a bunch of quality race dogs that were high performers on the track, that are now currently trying to forge a career at stud, they are unproven Dogs at stud currently waiting for there opportunity. Unfortunately they cant become proven unless breeders give them a go. Im sure if breeders have the courage to use some of the new up and coming sires that are a fraction of the cost of the so called top liners, then they will be rewarded with some quality litters. I have no doubt if some of the new sires coming through were provided the luxury of servicing1/4 of the bitches that the top 3-4 stud dogs get they would be throwing high class winners also. Breeding is a numbers game and if you get the litters on the ground naturally any sire will throw winners, it would be great to see breeders give the unproven sires an opportunity Im sure if Blazer along with other unproven sires get their chance they will deliver.
James Shaw Australia (Verified User) Posts 59 Dogs 3 / Races 0 09 Nov 2018 04:21
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Mepunga Blazer has had a pretty good response so far. A lot of reputable breeders such as Chris Nutt, Angela Langton, Chris Georgieo have used him. Owner Barry smith has used him over Group preformed stayer Mepunga Rosie. Dave hobby has used him twice already and has another two straws ready to use. Paul Stuart also has a straw ready to use. Hes been producing good size litters with the smallest being 7 so far. (Though the implanting vets should get some credit for that too). We havent heard a bad thing about his pups yet with words like a good size an chase being common reports.
Darren Langley Australia (Verified User) Posts 3160 Dogs 12 / Races 0 09 Nov 2018 08:29
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How much are his straws and who has them?
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 09 Nov 2018 08:56
Darren Langley Australia (Verified User) Posts 3160 Dogs 12 / Races 0 10 Nov 2018 05:31
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What bitches would suit this stud dog?
Has David Brasch done an article on him?
David Brasch Australia (Team Member) Posts 844 Dogs 2140 / Races 9672 10 Nov 2018 06:30
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This was written when he initially retired to stud before he came back to break the track record at Albion Park
Pedigree - Mepunga Blazer
THERE'S a saying that's been around the horse breeding world that goes something like ... breed the best to the best and hope for the best! It works, and it doesn't. For every superstar on the racetrack who produces Group quality offspring, there will always be those who fail dismally. Putting a Group 1 winner to a Group 1 winner "should" produce a Group 1 winner. If only that were true. When "genius" Victorian breeder Barry Smith put his Group 1 Adelaide Cup winning race bitch Mepunga Nicky (Premier Fantasy-Mepunga Diamond) to Group 1 Maturity winner Barcia Bale (Go Wild Teddy-Princess Bale) he was, naturally, hoping for the best. And he got it! The result is Mepunga Blazer who retires to stud after just 22 race starts for 11 wins and five placings earning $157,000 in stakes. Jeff Britton trained him throughout his race career and he landed the quinella when Mepunga Blazer won the Group 1 Maturity ... emulating his very own father. To say Mepunga Blazer was something right from the start is to show he was switched on to this racing game as a pup. At his very fourth start he won at Sandown in 29.23 (a career best). He would later win in 29.64 at The Meadows and 29.25 at Angle Park. He would run second in the Speed Star at Sandown and third in the SA Derby. Mepunga Blazer was special ... a very special race dog. His litter includes other special gallopers like Chardy (9 wins, 17 placings, $36,000), Mepunga Tycoon (10 wins, 19 placings, $40,000) and Nicky's Gift (8 wins, 11 placings, $21,000). All nine in the litter were winners. This is the very famous direct damline Barry Smith has been nurturing for generations. Dam Mepunga Nicky won 15 races and earned $177,000 and her litter brother Mepunga Geordie won 33 races and was placed 44 times for $161,000. That takes some doing. He was a finalist in the Perth Cup, Warragul Cup, Horsham Cup and Anniversary Cup all Group races. Mepunga Nicky is no one hit wonder. She has also produced (to Bekim Bale) Absolute Power (13 wins, 12 placings, $63,000). As well as her Adelaide Cup victory, Nicky won the SA Oaks and was also a finalist in the Group 1 Maturity and Vic Peters. Mepunga Diamond, second dam of Mepunga Blazer, won 11 races and was a multiple winner at Sandown and The Meadows. Third dam Mepunga Anna won 20 races and was a sister to Mepunga Jet (finalist G1 Vic Peters). Fourth dam Mepunga Silk was out of the famed producer Mystic Therese who was also the dam of the 1998 Group 1 National Derby winner Mepunga Blaze. Barry Smith obviously loved the potential of Mepunga Blazer to name a dog so close to his Derby winner. Now that Mepunga Blazer has retired to stand with such legends as Barcia Bale and Fernando Bale under the guidance of Paul Westerveld, breeders will look closely at what could make him tick all the right boxes for their broodbitches. Obviously being a son of champion sire Barcia Bale will make him attractive. He has an outcross influence in Premier Fantasy as his damsire, but there is so much of this blood about to link with Mepunga Blazer, it can only be a good thing. Bitches with Premier Fantasy's son Fear Zafonic in their make-up could be an ideal possibility for Mepunga Blazer. But, the feature of Mepunga Blazer's pedigree that appeals most for his chances at stud is the fact he is "balanced" in his pedigree to legend Brett Lee coming in 4x3 via son and daughter. MOST, champion sires carry a balance within their pedigree. Mepunga Blazer's direct damline runs to a famed foundation bitch called Magenta. This bitch is found in the direct damline of Pretty Short, Malawi's Prince and in the damline of Little Blade the sire of legend Brother Fox. Mepunga Blazer has no Bombastic Shiraz (or Black Shiraz), no Collision (or Awesome Assassin), no Token Prince, no Just The Best, in his pedigree. He will be the perfect avenue for matings to bitches that carry these lines. He will be absolutely perfect for bitches with Where's Pedro to link with his litter brother Hallucinate. Mogambo bitches could be an ideal potential mating. That's because Mepunga Blazer's second dam Mepunga Diamond is bred on the same Gun Law Osti/Osti's Idol cross as Mogambo. Being by Barcia Bale, Blazer too will suit bitches with lots and lots of Wheeler damline. Bekim Bale bitches will especially be suited because Mepunga Nicky (dam of Blazer) has already worked with him. The outcross influence of Premier Fantasy will also attract many strong crosses for Blazer. Daughters of Kinloch Brae will be especially attractive for him. That's because of the special cross of genetic brothers Murlens Slippy and Fortress it will introduce. This is the cross found in Kinloch Brae's UK champion son Ballymac Vic (recent sire of first and third in the English Derby). There is no doubt studmaster Paul Westerveld would be approached at least weekly with the offer to stand different stud dogs. He has to be selective, and he also can be just that. His decision to give Mepunga Blazer his opportunity alongside such stars as Barcia Bale, Fernando Bale etc means Blazer will get his chance to succeed. His racetrack performances and his pedigree demand that. It really is a case of putting the best to the best ... and getting the best.
Sandro Bechini Australia (Verified User) Posts 19488 Dogs 15268 / Races 1856 26 May 2023 22:10
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And this underrated dog gets a Group 1 Sandown Cup winner to prove his great versatility as a sire
https:/ CLICK HERE Carrying some pretty hefty overseas influences including the Premier Fantasy x Flying Penske cross that has been proven to produce good 500m+ greyhounds
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1955 Dogs 56 / Races 2 26 May 2023 23:46
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First Australian group 1 winner. Congrats and credit when it's due to Jeff Britton/Angela Langdon for backing their own sire and getting results
Wade Gallagher Australia (Verified User) Posts 372 Dogs 117 / Races 0 29 May 2023 01:04
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We are really proud of Korda winning the G1 Sandown Cup. Not every day you breed a G1 winner, especially when the litter has 3 others in it that have made a G1 Final. Looking forward to Molly's Shima Shine and Bella Infrared pups hitting the track also.
Well done to Mepunga Blazer, he is a very good sire.
Darren Leeson Australia (Verified User) Posts 1343 Dogs 154 / Races 139 29 May 2023 06:39
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Will be interesting to see which ends up the best mating Wade. As good as the Barcia litter has been, youd have to say the Mepunga Blazer litter has outperformed the Barcia one. Yet, how many would choose Barcia over his son. Especially, a maligned one as Mepunga gets in some quarters.
Goes to show the finites of pedigree. As it was the reverse with Mollys dam Mepunga Mia, Barcia litter, outperforming her Mepunga Blazer litter.
Congrats on breeding Korda and Mepunga Blazers first Group 1!
Ryan Vanderwert Australia (Verified User) Posts 5958 Dogs 8 / Races 0 29 May 2023 11:58
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If you reverse Korda's pedigree i.e. put Mepunga Molly's brother Mepunga Pride over Mepunga Blazer's sister Mepunga Dasha https:/ CLICK HERE it's back to that traditional Chloe Allen who is the second sires dam, clicking with Brett Lee's influence over that damline at a massive 94% within 6 gens thru different individuals https:/ CLICK HERE .
The other aspect involved with Korda's ped https:/ CLICK HERE is that Mepunga Hayley https:/ CLICK HERE is from that same damline. Mepunga Hayley is by Bekim Bale who's sire is Bartrim Bale. Barcia Bale reintroduces Bartrim Bale back to the the same damline he was successful with previously thru his dam & Bartrim Bale's full sister Princess Bale, once again the second dam going up Mepunga Blazer's sireline.
No doubt I'll cop more push back over this but it is what's actually there so I'll say this in advance. No one's right or wrong, so long as you can provide the evidence and reasoning to prove the breeding theory correct.
So Korda's ped has Tesio stamped all over it, i.e. linbreeding thru different individuals at extremely high percentages and reintroducing them back into damlines they were previously successful with, as shown above.
Oh and these nicks only work approx between 35%-45% of the time. That's my experience with looking at pedigrees in this manner (Tesio)
However you may want to look at it, it's well bred Wade, so well done! Cheers.
Darren Leeson Australia (Verified User) Posts 1343 Dogs 154 / Races 139 29 May 2023 22:43
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IMO Mepunga Blazer seems to be most dominant to Premier Fantasy in his pedigree. Id be focusing first and foremost on that aspect of his pedigree, before building elsewhere.
Sandro Bechini Australia (Verified User) Posts 19488 Dogs 15268 / Races 1856 29 May 2023 23:04
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Sandro Bechini wrote:
And this underrated dog gets a Group 1 Sandown Cup winner to prove his great versatility as a sire
https:/ CLICK HERE Carrying some pretty hefty overseas influences including the Premier Fantasy x Flying Penske cross that has been proven to produce good 500m+ greyhounds
Do you have questions about breeding theories? 
