Real Saga Retired
Thursday, 9 July 2009: Real Saga, the top rated Timeform two-year-old in Australia this season, has been retired due to injury
Real Saga will go to stud in Queenlsand where he will stand at Glenlogan Stud.
Glenlogan finalised a deal to secure standing rights to Real Saga
after it was confirmed he had suffered a suspensory injury that would prevent him racing this spring.
The
Tale Of The Cat colt, trained by Jonh Hawkes and his sons Michael and
Wayne, won four of his six starts this season including the G2 Breeders
Plate at Randwikck and G2 Todman Stakes at Rosehill.
He was Group One placed when second in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield and fourth in the Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill.
Australian TImeform, exclusive to Racing and Sports, assessed him at 123 at the end of his autumn campaign.
His first season stud fee has been set at $12,500 plus GST.

| REAL SAGA (AUS) |
Bay colt 2006 |
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Tale of the Cat Bay or brown 1994 |
Storm Cat Bay or brown 1983 |
Storm Bird Bay 1978 |
Northern Dancer Bay 1961 |
Nearctic Natalma |
1954 1957 |
14-c 2-d |
South Ocean Bay 1967 |
New Providence Shining Sun |
1956 1962 |
9-d 4-j |
Terlingua Chestnut 1976 |
Secretariat Chestnut 1970 |
Bold Ruler Somethingroyal |
1954 1952 |
8-d 2-s |
Crimson Saint Chestnut 1969 |
Crimson Satan Bolero Rose |
1959 1958 |
26> 8-c |
Yarn Bay or brown 1987 |
Mr Prospector Bay 1970 |
Raise a Native Chestnut 1961 |
Native Dancer Raise You |
1950 1946 |
5-f 8-f |
Gold Digger Bay 1962 |
Nashua Sequence |
1952 1946 |
3-m 13-c |
Narrate Bay or brown 1980 |
Honest Pleasure Bay or brown 1973 |
What a Pleasure Tularia |
1965 1955 |
5-f 11-f |
State Bay 1974 |
Nijinsky Monarchy |
1967 1957 |
8-f 2-f |
Windy Kate Bay 2000 |
Air Express Bay 1994 |
Salse Bay 1985 |
Topsider Bay 1974 |
Northern Dancer Drumtop |
1961 1966 |
2-d 5-h |
Carnival Princess Chestnut 1974 |
Prince John Carnival Queen |
1953 1962 |
14-f 16-g |
Ibtisamm Chestnut 1981 |
Caucasus Bay 1972 |
Nijinsky Quill |
1967 1956 |
8-f 5-g |
Lorgnette Chestnut 1964 |
High Hat Mlle Lorette |
1957 1950 |
2-o 17-b |
Kate Be Good Brown 1988 |
Semipalatinsk Bay 1978 |
Nodouble Chestnut 1965 |
Noholme Abla-Jay |
1956 1955 |
1-u A1 |
School Board Bay 1968 |
Reverse Merry Marlboro |
1962 1954 |
A4 23-b |
Kaoru Katie Chestnut 1977 |
Kaoru Star Chestnut 1965 |
Star Kingdom Kaoru |
1946 1955 |
1-g 31> |
I'm a Charmer Chestnut 1970 |
Trictrac Miss Hagen |
1962 1965 |
2-h 2-j |
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Ancestor duplications: |
Northern Dancer |
4m x 5m |
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Nijinsky |
5f x 5m |
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