XTRAVAGANT

PENTIRE (GB) x AXIOM (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
2012 Bay Stallion 16HH.
$16,500 (inc. GST) for 2024

Champion New Zealand 3YO and dual Group 1 winner blessed with breathtaking speed.

Eight-length winner on debut as a two-year-old, then responsible for record breaking victories in the NZ 2000 Guineas and the Waikato Sprint as a 3-year-old against older horses — beating five individual Group 1 winners!

Already sire of over 100 individual winners headlined by Group winning fillies LAVISH GIRL (MRC Angus Armanasco S., Gr.2) and ARTS (ATC Adrian Knox S., Gr.3).

First two crops to race also feature DEVOTED (WATC Raconteur S., LR), HE’S EXCEPTIONAL (MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S., LR) and XTRAVAGANT STAR (ATC Inglis 2YO Millennium, RL).

Sire also of the brilliant sprinter Nadal, winner of the inaugural $1 million Cranbourne TC The Meteorite.

2025 yearlings sold to $280,000 — with a further 10 members of his 2023 foal crop fetching between $180,000-$105,000.

Overview
Proven sire of Group winning progeny and of over 100 individual winners to date
Dual Group One winner and Champion New Zealand 3YO Colt
Highest rated 3YO in New Zealand since Bonecrusher, winning two Group One races by a combined margin of 16 1/2 lengths
A sensational eight length debut winner at his only start at two years
Won the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas by eight and a half lengths in race record time, clocking 1:33.59 for the 1600 metres, bettering the race record set the previous year by Turn Me Loose, who went on to win two Group One races in Australia
In his second Group One win, the Waikato Sprint, he beat older horses, including five Group One winners, by an extraordinary margin of eight lengths. He again ran blistering time, covering the 1400 metres in 1:21.92 seconds
First two crops to race include five individual stakes winners headlined by Group winning 3-year-old fillies LAVISH GIRL and ARTS
Stakes winning progeny also include DEVOTED, HE'S XCEPTIONAL & XTRAVAGANT STAR
Third-crop to race features $1 million inaugural The Meteorite winner Nadal
Sire of multiple winners SEYDOUX (10 wins), XTRA APPROVAL (8 wins), UNCOMPROMISED (8 wins), EXTRAVAGENT LAD (6 wins) etc
Race Record
6 wins from 12 starts with prizemoney of $458,789.00
At 2:
Niagara's At Karaka Maiden (1400)
At 3:
Group One NZ 2000 Guineas (1600)
Group One NRM Sprint (1400)
Group Three Inglis Cambridge Breeders Stakes (1200)
The New Zealand Herald Stakes (1400)
NZTBA Wellington Guineas Trial (1400)
Fourth Group One Levin Classic (1600)
Sale Statistics
2025 yearlings sold to $280,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast and $180,000 at the Inglis Classic
Eleven 2025 yearlings sold for six-figures — realising between $280,000-$105,000
2025/26 2YOs to be trained by Ciaron Maher, Ben, Will & JD Hayes, Annabel & Rob Archibald, Richard & Will Freedman etc
This year's yearlings bought by leading syndicators Proven Thoroughbreds, Darby Racing, Mirunners etc

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Pedigree

XTRAVAGANT PENTIRE (GB) Be My Guest Northern Dancer Nearctic
 
What a Treat Tudor Minstrel
 
Gull Nook Mill Reef Never Bend
 
Bempton Blakeney
 
AXIOM (2002) Zabeel (NZ) Sir Tristram (Ire) Sir Ivor
 
Lady Giselle (Fr) Nureyev
 
Arletty (NZ) Centaine Century
 
Riverlette Sir Godfrey (Fr)
 

PENTIRE(GB) (Bay1992-Stud1997). 8wins-1at2, Ascot King George VI & Queen Elizabeth DiamondS., Gr.1.Champion NZ Sire(AEI) 2005-06. Sire of 1068rnrs, 682wnrs, 46SW, inc.Xcellent (NewZealandDerby, Gr.1), (King) Mufhasa, Xtravagant, Zarita, Rangirangdoo, Pantani, Say No More, Prince of Penzance, Art Success, Recurring, Pentane, Penny Gem, Ferlax, Markus Maximus, Pentathon, Tinselto wn, Pentastic, Zanna, Amexed, Kincaple, etc.

1st dam

AXIOM (NZ), by Zabeel. Unraced. Sister toMaythehorsebemagic, World

Exclusive (dam of EXCLUSIVE LASS), Lucky Mascot (dam of KOALA

BEAR). Dam of 6 named foals, 5 to race, all winners, inc:-

XTRAVAGANT (c by Pentire (GB)) . 6 wins. See below.
HE'S REMARKABLE (c by Pentire (GB)) . 6 wins 1300 to 1600m, $569,870,

Newcastle JC Newmarket H., Gr 3, 2d New Zealand Two Thousand
Guineas, Gr 1, WATC Railway S., Gr 1, 3d Hawkes Bay NZB Insurance
Spring Classic, Gr 1, MVRC Crystal Mile H., Gr 2, Wellington S., Gr 3.

2nd dam

ARLETTY (NZ), by Centaine. 8 wins-4 1150 to 2000m, $405,559, AJC Villiers S.,

Gr 2, STC Queen of the Turf S., Gr 2, AuRC Ladies Mile, Gr 3, Royal S.,
Gr 3. Sister to FIRETAINE, Spillway, River Century (dam of LEGS,
GUYNO), three-quarter-sister to SIXTY SECONDS, SPOTTSWOODE,
Centico. Dam of 12 named foals, 10 to race, 9 winners, inc:-

Maythehorsebemagic (g Zabeel) . 12 wins 1400 to 3900m, $409,492, MRC

JRA H., 2d BRC Queen's Cup, Gr 3, VRC Andrew Ramsden S., L.

World Exclusive. 2 wins at 1716, 1750m in Aust. Dam of 2 winners-

EXCLUSIVE LASS (f Nicconi) . 3 wins at 1100, 1200m to 2015-16, Geelong

RC Rosemont Stud S., L, 3d MRC Ladbrokes Odds Boost S., Gr 3.

Lucky Mascot. Placed at 3 in Aust. Dam of 5 winners-

KOALA BEAR (f Exceed and Excel) . 2 wins–1 at 2–at 1050, 1400m, SAJC

Cinderella S., L, 4th MRC Blue Diamond Preview (f), L. Producer.

 

3rd Dam

RIVERLETTE, by Sir Godfrey (Fr) . Unraced. Half-sister to Dark Isa (dam of FILL

THE BILL), Samara, Vlonka. Dam of 8 named foals, all winners, inc:-

ARLETTY (f Centaine) . 8 wins. See above.

FIRETAINE (g Centaine). 8 wins 1150 to 3000m, SAJC Carlton Draught S., Gr 3.

River Century (f Centaine) . 2 wins at 1400, 1600m, 3d AJC Reginald Allen

H., L. 2007 NZ Broodmare of the Year. Dam of 6 winners-

LEGS (f Pins). Joint top filly on The 2005-06 NZ 3YO Free H. 5 wins

1200 to 2400m, $790,847, Hawkes Bay Kelt Capital S., Gr 1. Producer.

GUYNO (g O'Reilly) . 8 wins–1 at 2–1400 to 2600m, WATC Derby, Gr 1.

Fifteen Reasons. 4 wins at 1400, 1600m, CJC Laura Fergusson H. Dam of-

SIXTY SECONDS (f Centaine) . Champion 3YO in NZ in 2001-02 (Int.).

6 wins 1600 to 2212m, $563,830, STC Arrowfield Stud S., Gr 1.

 

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