travis arania.jpgTravis Arania.jpgThe Perth Turf Talk Harness forum will have lots of comments for you no doubt - I suggest you go over there and make a post as they'll remember everything you could possibly want to know about her horses, but to jot down some quick thoughts, Cass was very successful with many horses she bred. She had some fantastic broodmares who threw great ones for many generations. You'll see from my comments below that my family is a HUGE fan of the horse bloodlines she had and we've owned and bred with a lot of them.
Travis Arania was a stand out, the dam of Alfa Dyna , Scanio and Bold Ruler (see below). She didn't breed her but she bred with her:
Alfa Dyna: Mare. 38 starts, 11 wins, 11 places. 1.59 $95,147 (born 1988). A lot of money back in those days! Won the WA Oaks and 4th in the Gold Nugget to Valley Champ. She is one my Mum bought off Cass when Cass got out of horses.
Bold Ruler: 116 starts, 12 wins, 34 places. $62k
Scanio: 114 starts, 22 wins, 29 places and $208,495 (born 1990). Raced in Perth a lot in the big races, never winning or placing but still AMAZING to have a horse in them - Pacing Cup to Our Sir Vancelot, Fremantle Cup to Havago and again to Golden Gears, Gold Nugget to Slick Vance. He won the Bunbury Cup in 95 and Sires Final too, as well as a Harvey Cup I believe.
Alfa Courageous: Cass must have sold/given her away as her foals show other people as their breeders but she was the dam of:
Roadless Travelled: 94 starts, 22 wins, 26 places $183k and Courageous Ned: 177 starts, 21 wins, 59 starts. The fact multi generations were good is indication that the bloodlines she bred were good quality back then.
She bred Alfa Freeway (born 1981): 82 starts, 23 wins, 20 places ($102k). Sadly harness.org.au doesn't have any of her race details but I recall from the Yearling Sale catalogues way back that Freeway won a couple big races. $102k back in the 80s was HUGE for a mare. She was the dam of Eliza (see below).
Go to this site: http://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/r...on=main.search and type in the horses name you want to look at and you can look at the dams and follow how many she bred and their form. I've attached a screenshot.
My mum and her had a good friendship and when Cass got out of horses, we bought a few of her broodmares including Eliza named after Cass' mum I believe ( bred Eliza Grace and Jasper Freeway from Eliza the horse. Both were great horses, Grace having some niggles but tough as nails and Jasper who broke down as a 3 yo and then again as a 6yo).
We used to love how her horses always had name themes: Scanio, Alfa Triumph, Alfa Turbo (after a truck/car theme), the Alfa line. I'm pretty sure she had another good male horse but I can't remember it
Here's an article. She was at the time the only woman to train a WA Oaks winner. http://www.harnesslink.com/News/WA-H...ner-Cass-Haese
We remember Cass being a really lovely lady. I'll ask my Mum if she has anything to add.