Nureyev - Lassie Dear (Buckpasser)
Chestnut 1989 - height 15.3hh

The ONLY sire at stud in SA to have sired a EUROPEAN CLASSIC CHAMPION

2000 - 2nd Leading UK Sire of 2yo’s in Europe
2001 - Top 20 UK Sire %ABC Horses in Europe
2002 - Sire of a European Champion, Bright Sky
2003 - Sire of Graded Gr3 winner Vale Mantovani
2005 - 1st SA Crop of 2yo’s 63% in the money
2006 - 2nd crop in SA incl. Surabi, Gr2/3 placed
2007 - Surabi training on; Gr3 2nd place

TOP PRICED YEARLINGS IN 2007:
R300.000 - R250.000 - R230.000

Sire in SA of 88 runners that have been to the course more than twice: 53 wins = 54% and 23 placed: 86% of his runners (more than 2 starts) have won or placed

Stakes performers in South Africa to May 08: SURABI, Gr2 win, 5 wins incl Gr2 and 2x Gr3 place, NORTHERN WOLF, 6 wins incl Listed and Gr2 place, Wolfpack, 5 wins Gr2 place, Sangria Girl 2nd Winter Oaks (L), Lassie’s Legacy, 7 wins and placed Speedster Stakes, Red Bud, 3rd Derby Plate (L), Wippem Wolf, 2nd East Cape Nursery (L) , Woelfin, 3rd Goldfields Sprint (L), etc.

Overseas top performers:- BRIGHT SKY, champion and 2 x Gr1 and Gr2 wins, VALE MANTOVANI, 2 x Gr3 win and Gr1 place (hwt at 4 yrs), LEVENTHAN, 2 x Gr3 win, REGINA SAURA, Gr3 win, IRISH VALE, Gr3 win, SAKHA, listed win, Seismo, 5 ins & 3 x Gr3 place, Chez Cherie, Gr3 place, Amazon Beauty, Gr3 place, Attache’, 8 wins & 2 x listed place, Manzoni, 7 wins & listed place, Aran Pilot, listed place, Alpen Wolf, 11 wins, Mr Wolf, 9 wins, Wolfe Tone, 9 wins etc

CHAMPION EUROPEAN SPRINTER (TFR126) and DUAL Gr1 WINNER

NUREYEV - Leading sire of sires
Stravinsky - CHAMPION 1st crop sire in USA 2003
Fasilyev - CHAMPION sire of 2yo’s in Europe 2003
Peintre Celebre - LEADING sire in Europe and Australasia
  LASSIE DEAR family - the damline connection:
AP Indy - CHAMPION sire in USA 2003
Deerhound - 2nd LEADING sire of juveniles in USA
Al Mufti - CHAMPION sire in SA
Foxhound - LEADING 1st crop sire in Europe
Summer Squall - HORSE OF THE YEAR, 2nd leading sire of 2yo’s
Standing at Gary Player Stud - Secretary: Mary-Ann Smith (051) 753 1389 - www.garyplayerstud.com - guy@garyplayer.co.za
All Bookings and Enquiries to:- John Freeman - Stallion Manager - Tel: +27 21 439 2781 - pegasus@mweb.co.za