Kempinksy starting to move

Kempinsky’s stud career has been slow off the mark but, as expected, his stock is starting to come to the fore as 3YOs.

Kempinsky (b h 2000, Danehill (USA)-Tristalove (NZ), by Sir Tristram (IRE)) sired only one juvenile winner – the promising No Vacancy who won at Ballarat in April – but on Wednesday another son Zidansky (b c 2006, ex-Volkster, by Volksraad (USA)), appreciating the distance rise to 1650m, looked most impressive winning at Belmont. Trainer Phil Humann believes the gelding is a WA Derby contender.

Two days earlier, No Vacancy (b c 2006, ex-Lucid Dream (NZ), by Bassenthwaite (GB)), was an effortless five-lengths trial winner at Cranbourne for trainer Mick Price.

Kempinsky stands at Independent Stallions, Nagambie, for a fee of $8800 (inc. GST). He has some big crops still to run for him – books of 129 (2006) and 126 (207) – so the future looks bright.