The family
King Kalium is owned and bred by The Potassium Partnership, the syndicate also
own the dam Hannah Park.
A triple flat winner in Germany, Hannah Park was then trained by Peter Monteith to win a couple
of hurdles in 2002 & 2003.
As well as Hannah Park, second dam Wassl This Then has produced
another 2 winners, the sprinter De Tiger and flat winner and
fair handicap hurdler Cat Five.
Wassl This Then was also a dual flat winner over 1m 2f/1m 3f.
King Kalium is the second foal out of Hannah Park, and the
owners also have a couple of unraced youngsters - a Helissio
filly and a younger Midnight Legend colt.
About the sire
Kayf Tara (bay horse, born 1994) was a top-class stayer on the
flat for Godolphin winning 10 of his 15 races, including 2 Ascot Gold Cups. He was suited
by any type of ground.
He is a full brother the King George VI winner Opera House.
Kayf Tara is the sire of around a dozen individual flat winners but it is as
a top UK based NH sire that he has made his mark at stud.
Already the sire of over 100 individual NH winners, he looks sure to dominate the British scene
for several years to come.
His top performers to date are those classy chasers Planet of
Sound, Mad Max & Carruthers.
Potassium Partnership were a new horse racing ownership partnership to Dodlands
Steading in season 2011-12. Their members were regulars at the
stables each Saturday, and it has been a pleasure to train for them.
Over the past decade, the partnership have had a few horses in
training, mainly over jumps. Old Nosey was a regular on the Scottish
racing circuit and was an jumps winner for The Potassium
Partnership.
King Kalium, owned and bred by the The Potassium Partnership, is a
lovely gelding by Kayf Tara, who has had a few runs in the Spring of
2011 prior to joining the stable. But he quickly settled in, and
became
a popular horse with all the stable staff.
He hasn't shown much to date on the racecourse, but we thought he would benefit from a wind operation and this was
carried out in the Spring of 2012.
King Kalium
has shown us enough to keep him in training for 2012-13 season, and we'll be looking to
start him off over staying trips in handicap hurdles, whilst keeping a close eye
on his suitability for chasing.
Season | win | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | other | |
2010-11 | NH Flat | 1 | ||||
2010-11 | hurdles | 2 | ||||
2011-12 | hurdles | 3 | ||||
2012-13 | hurdles | 1 | 4 | |||
chases | 1 |