Russian Roullette
Handsome Russian Roullette being walked before a race (getting a bit nervous)
Gorgeous athletic Russ as a fit 2 yr old.
Gorgeous athletic Russ as a fit 2 yr old.
Gorgeous athletic Russ as a fit 2 yr old.
Russian Roullette being cantered up to the start
Russ in a training run with Dash for the Sun
Shiny Russ patrolling his paddock.
Name: Russian Roullette
Barn Name: Russ
Breed: Thoroughbred
Gender: Stallion
Age: 4
Colour: Bay
Markings: tiny star
Height: 16.2hh
Points: 1060
Disciplines: Racing, Stud (will retire to eventing)
Sire: Zabeel
Dam: Geisha Melody
About:
Russian Roulette is a wonderful horse to work with , he just loves to race and to win which really helps :)
He has a wonderful personality and is always happy , he loves to run and won't not do anything I ask him. An unusually calm and polite stallion who has good manners.
Though he can be quite excitable when somewhere different (the track , beach etc)and crowds and storms tend to make him nervous.
He is a wonderful racer , he is more of a stayer but is learning to really sprint , he has long legs which helps him to cover a lot of ground and for him to do well.A well balanced , fluent galloper
"Storm Prospect led from the gate until the final turn, when Russian Roulette and VIS Raining on Sunday each made their moves, with Joey's Russian Roulette winning by half a length.
He is by ZABEEL , a very sucessful , extremly good and well know, influential kiwi racer who was sired by the infamous Sir Tristram <<(the legendary amount of winning progeny sired makes Sir Tristram the world's second leading sire of Group One winners: only in arrears of Sadler's Wells and ahead of Mr Prospector, ahead of Nijinsky II, ahead of Danzig and ahead of Northern Dancer.)>>, -all of those who thought that USA's Secretariat or Northern dancer were leading sires, think again. -
Zabeel has sired such famous gr1 winners as :
**Octagonal
(Those with double astrix won the Melbourne Cup,those with one placed in Melbourne Cups or were multiple winners of Gr 1 races.)
**Might & Power (did the double Caufield-Melbourne Cup, Worlds best stayer in'97)
**Sky Heights(did the double Caufield-Melbourne Cup win-'99,3rd Caufield'01
-first 3 places in Caufield '99 were Zabeel progeny-)
**Jezabeel
**Champagne
*Zagalia
*Inaflury
*Mouawad (another legendary sire, full brother to Zabeel)
.His mother is a bay mare called Geisha Melody , who's grand sire is Northern dancer and on her father side , her other grand sire is Mr Prospector. , so Russ has great lines!
He is already showing a talent and like for x -country as well , so he has a good future infront of him when he retires from racing.
Russian roullette is an obvious choice when it comes to TB racing, he has some of the most spectacular and desired linage i've ever seen, sewn together with a great and workable personality and a gorgeous conformation, he is the one.
Racing/Show Record
(Past Show Records)
1st Tb stallion Mile n Over
1st Mile n Over
2nd "Quick Sprint"
1st X Country
1st Equitation
1st TB Show class
1st TB stallion halter
1st intermediate X country
4th TB stallion halter
4th Intro dressage
1st jumper 3'-3'3
2nd Mile & over
2nd Sheer energy Turf 1/2 Mile
1st gr1 Stallion Race
2nd Intermediate X country
1st-Racing - 1 Mile Turf
3rd - Black Tie Affair Handicap 3yo+ Colts 1 1/16 miles on turf
2nd-Stallions in hand-Thoroughbred Classic show
3rd-Eventing prospect-Thoroughbred Classic show
1st-Gr1 race- Thoroughbred Classic show
2nd-Electric Guitar Stakes -4 yo and up-1 1/2 -turf
CHAMPION THOROUGHBRED STALLION AT EQUINE DREAM -Summer Championships
1st-All-Sim Mini Melbourne Cup 2005
*Foal Record*
Remember the Game
'Grand Roullettes Perfection' (Black eventing filly)
| Pedigree for Russian Roulette | ||
| Zabeel | Sir Tristram | Sir Ivor |
| Iscolt | ||
| Lady Giselle | Nureyev | |
| Valderna | ||
| Geisha Melody | Hideyoshi | Devils Bag |
| Franfeluche | ||
| Even Beat | Protos | |
| Semi Royal | ||
Absaloutly gorgeous proffesional photo done of Russian Roullettes head.All his glory really comes out in this photo
Russ just relaxing in his paddock
Gorgeous athletic Russ as a fit 2 yr old.
P.S Usually racing thoroughbreds will aquire a bit of their parents names or the starting letter or along the same theme as them obviously Russian Roullette has nothing to do with Zabeel or Geisha Melody, in case you were wondering Russ got his name because he had a difficult birth, it was touch and Go for a bit and the vet was amking blind descions because it looked really bad for him and his mother, the vet even qouted himself to be "playing a game of Russian Roullette..." :)
