One of Australia’s best broodmare bands will go under the hammer in Perth next year.

Neville and Susan Duncan of Oakland Park are dispersing all of their broodmares at a special session of the Magic Millions Perth Thoroughbred Sale in March.

The quality dispersal will comprise 29 lots – 11 of them having achieved black type on the track – a large percentage already proven stakes producers.

The draft will include stakes winning mares Hi On Love, Jestatune, Lady Go Bello, Most Secret, Paradise Park, Paris Petard and Umatune.

Star producing mares will also be plentiful – the dams of stars including Covertly, Grand Nirvana, Jestatune, Marasco and No Wine No Song and more set to be sold.

The majority of the mares will be present at the sale in foal – to sires including Oakland Park residents Ihtiram (sire of Miss Andretti) and Viscount (sire of Rocket Man). Other covering sires include Lonhro, Fast and Famous, O’Reilly, Blackfriars, Fath and Choisir.

The Duncans have decided to hold the dispersal as they plan to take a break from breeding – planning to spend more time with family with travel high on the agenda.

“After a very demanding and enjoyable development of Oakland Park Stud at its new location at North Jindong, we have decided to take a short sabbatical and will offer all our broodmares for sale,” Neville Duncan stated.

“We will retain all foals, yearlings and current racing stock.”

“Oakland Park’s agistment services for outside clients will continue as normal with no change envisaged to our dedicated core staff, led by Adrian Brown. Their expert care of visiting broodmares, foals, yearlings and spelling racehorses will remain unchanged.”

“Our client’s mares will enjoy some of the state’s best on farm facilities and we may be able to accommodate a few new customers.”

“Oakland Park will continue to stand the stallions Viscount and Ihtriram.”

“We are by no means leaving the breeding and racing industry behind, rather, taking the opportunity to take some time and to travel with our growing children, who are close to ‘leaving the nest’.”

Magic Millions Perth Manager Murray Tillett said the Oakland Park broodmare dispersal would be a highlight on the Australian thoroughbred calendar next year.

“Rarely do buyers get the opportunity to compete for such an outstanding line up of mares,” Tillett said.

“Neville and Susan have built up one of the great broodmare bands in the country and these mares will all go under the hammer in late March.”

“The 29 mare draft will go under the hammer at the Belmont complex following the Oaks meeting at Ascot on March 26.”

“We will then hold a Thoroughbred Sale on the Sunday (March 27),” Tillett summed up.

OAKLAND PARK DISPERSAL DRAFT

Bluegrass Belle (Is it True-Cold Fusion)

City winner. Half sister to stakes winners Hot Shot Brother and Cool Business. Dam of G2 winner Marasco, LR winner Siesta Park. Served by Viscount.

Champagne Amore (Xaar-Bluegrass Belle)

Half sister to Group Two winner Marasco and stakes winner Siesta Bay. Served by Blackfriars.

Cherry Wood (Woodman-Canon Song)

Winner. From a stakes winning Rory’s Jester mare. Family of Northerly, North Boy etc. Served by Blackfriars.

Danana Smoothie (Danetime-Smooth Mover)

City winner. Placed fourth in stakes company. From a stakes performed mare. Served by Ihtiram.

Deep Time (Kinjite-Spanish Angel)

Dam of four winners including G1 winner No Wine No Song and Flemington stakes winner Atlantic Air. Not served this season.

Diamonds and Dust (Charnwood Forest-Enchilada)

Unraced. Half sister to group winner Burrito and stakes placed Amah Dramas. Dam of stakes placed Darrange. Served by Fath.

Garden of Eden (Blackfriars-Paradise Park)

Unraced three-year-old filly. Half to group winner Grand Nirvana. From a Group Three winner. Served by Oratorio in her first season at stud.

Godelago (Delago Brom-Godswaki)

Unraced. From a stakes placed Umatilla mare. Family of Jestatune and Catapulted. Served by Oratorio in her first season at stud.

Gran Bella (Rory’s Jester-Paradise Park)

City winner. Half sister to group winner Grand Nirvana. From a stakes winner. Served by Choisir.

Hi on Love (Love a Dane-Dance Hi)

Stakes winner of seven races. Half sister to Oaks winner Ifestio and the dam of stakes winner Keytomoney. Served by Key Business.

Jestatune (Rory’s Jester-Umatune)

Stakes winner. Half sister to group placegetters Saxon Palace and Ihtsatune. From a stakes winner. Served by Fast and Famous.

Jeverre (Noverre-Jevanswer)

Stakes placed. Five time winner and $193,000. From a dual stakes winner. Served by Blackfriars.

Lady Go Bello (Bellotto-Todtona)

Multiple stakes winner. Five wins and $158,000. Half to Just Tod, My Time etc. Served by Viscount.

Ladybird Kate (Pricelessly-Euphory)

Winner. From a half sister to stakes winners Cambridge Star and Cheridge. Served by Ihtiram.

Magic Number (Magic of Money-Tickle the Till)

Unraced. Full sister to triple stakes winner Vizard. Half sister to stakes placed La Perancio. Dam of two winners including Magic Eight. Served by Viscount.

Most Secret (Bletchley Park-Ebony Pak)

Triple stakes winner. Full sister to stakes winner Ebony Magic. Dam of G1 winner Covertly, stakes winners Secret Link and So Secret and stakes placegetter Siesta Park. Served by Lonhro.

Most Secretive (Danetime-Most Secret)

City winner. Fourth in stakes race. Half sister to G1 winner Covertly, stakes winners So Secret and Secret Link and stakes placed Siesta Park. Served by O’Reilly.

Night at the Opera (Good Journey-Written by a Queen)

Winner and stakes placegetter. From a stakes placed, four time winner. Dam is a half sister to Singing Star. Has not been to stud. Being sold as a racing and breeding proposition.

North Girl (End Sweep-Canon Song)

Winner. From a group winner. Family of champion Northerly, North Boy, Northern Song etc. Served by Ihtiram.

Northern Banner (Serheed-Banners Flying)

City winner. Her one runner to date is a city winner. Half to the dam of group placed Banner Storm. Served by Blackfriars.

Paradise Park (Bletchley Park-Prohurst)

Group winner. Full sister to stakes winner Hartleys Dream. Half sister to group winner La Sirense. Half sister to stakes placed Propel. Dam of group winner Grand Nirvana. Served by Lonhro.

Paris Petard (Mujahid-Nitrate)

Group Three winner as a two-year-old. Three stakes wins. Earned over $330,000. Half to stakes placed Zentrate. Served by Viscount.

Perpendicular (Charge Forward-Highest)

Raced once. From a stakes performed half sister to stakes winners Vibrant Virgo and Tell Me Straight. Served by Fath.

Shan Dian (Rory’s Jester-Paradise Park)

Melbourne winner. Half to group winner Grand Nirvana. From a group winner. Served by Ihtiram.

Siesta Park (Seignorial-Most Secret)

Stakes placed, five time winner. Half sister to G1 winner Covertly and stakes winners So Secret and Secret Link. Served by Kendel Star.

Smooth Mover (Suave Dancer-Miss Sprinklet)

Stakes placed, city winner. Half to stakes winner Kahleda. Dam of three runners – all are winners. Served by So Secret.

Testa Magic (Testa Rossa-Ebony Magic)

Unraced. From a stakes winning juvenile. Family of G1 winner Covertly. Served by Kendel Star.

Umatune (Umatilla-God’s Tune)

Stakes winner. Half to stakes placed Godswaki and the dam of group winner Catapulted. Dam of stakes winner Jestatune and group placed duo Saxon Palace and Ihtsatune. Not covered.

Viarise (Viscount-Arise)

Lightly raced. Half sister to stakes placegetter Umaris. Dam is a daughter of G2 winner Wineglass. Has not been to stud. Being sold as a racing and breeding proposition.