holy roman emperor , is a retired thoroughbred racehorse and active sire .

he was a leading two-year-old racehorse , winning four races from seven runs in europe in 2006 .

holy roman emperor ( horse )

holy roman emperor is a 12 year old bay horse . holy roman emperor is trained by e a martinovich , at success and owned by .
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holy roman emperor was sired by danehill out of the dam l ' on vite holy roman emperor was foaled on 01 of august in 2004 .
holy roman emperor has a 50 % win percentage and 100 % place percentage . holy roman emperor ' s last race event was at g b - newmarket .
ferdinand ii , holy roman emperor , whole length on rearing horse , wearing armour , sash and holding baton ; battle in the background .
holy roman emperor ' s exposed form for its last starts is 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 .
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ferdinand ii , holy roman emperor , whole length on rearing horse , wearing armour , sash and holding baton ; battle in the background . | museu . ms
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; there he crowned him emperor in february 1530 . it was to be the last time that a holy roman emperor was crowned by a pope .
at the time of his retirement , holy roman emperor was second favorite to champion teofilo for england’s first classic of 2007 , the two thousand guineas . he was perfectly sound , and his perennial irish champion trainer , aidan o’brien , said holy roman emperor was the stable’s best horse .
holy roman emperor , winning the 2006 prix jean - luc lagardere , was retired to stud at 3 in 2007 .
holy roman emperor was our best horse ,
o ' brien told the british press association .
he was the horse we were looking forward to for the 2000 guineas and the st . james ' s palace .
holy roman emperor’s last race event was at 14 / 10 / 2006 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race .
as befitting a horse named after a roman emperor , honorius is a horse of great style and presence and he is sure to impress breeders as he begins his stud career at larneuk stud , euroa .
holy roman emperor career form is 2 wins , 2 seconds , thirds from 4 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $ .
all the latest horse racing form , betting odds , news , breeding , jockey and trainer information for roman emperor ( nzl ) . roman emperor ( nzl ) is a stallion born in 2005 october 15 by montjeu out of gussy godiva
although john magnier broke with one of racing’s holiest traditions in retiring holy roman emperor to stud while still sound after his juvenile campaign , that decision seems to be paying off . holy roman emperor may become the viable heir to danehill that george washington once appeared to be .
the current race record for roman emperor ( nzl ) is 2 wins from 20 starts .
with now three racing crops to 2012 , holy roman emperor took on the more seasoned green desert horse invincible spirit in a heavy duel for honours as leading sire of two - year - olds in europe .
holy roman emperor joseph ii tried to strengthen the habsburg empire with his enlightened reforms , but the changes he made were met with fierce opposition .
this was evidenced when holy roman emperor’s “full sister” milanova set an australasian record price for a broodmare when she sold in 2008 for $ 5 million .
on this day in history , 24th february 1500 , charles v , holy roman emperor was born . happy birthday , charles ! here are some facts about charles : -
, assuming at the same time the title of roman emperor - elect . in the spring of 1521 the imperial
george washington had been standing for a fee of 60 , 000 euros ( $ 78 , 000 ) . a stud fee has yet to be set for holy roman emperor .
aidan o ' brien , who trained both holy roman emperor and george washington at his ballydoyle yard in county tipperary , ireland , understands that coolmore has obligations to clients who had signed on to breed mares to george washington , and that their interests can be served by mating with holy roman emperor who , like george washington , is by danehill ( although holy roman emperor is out of a secretariat mare , while george washington is out of a mare by alysheba ) . nonetheless , o ' brien was nonplussed by the developments .
mount nelson , at 12 to 1 , is now the lowest priced ballydoyle - trained horse in the guineas betting , but the market for the opening classic of the season at newmarket is dominated even more by holy roman emperor ' s old rival teofilo .
in france , five of holy roman emperor’s juveniles won 8 races to give him his first champion sire title whilst his coolmore stud shuttle colleague choisir finished close behind in fifth position .
going down fighting when only just being beaten by teofilo in the group one dewhurst stakes at newmarket , holy roman emperor looked to have so much ahead of him but with fellow coolmore horse george washington proving infertile he was rushed off to stud to fill that gap on the roster .
holy roman emperor started a hot favorite in ireland’s premier juvenile race , the group 1 national stakes , but the unbeaten teofilo outpaced him convincingly , drawing off to win by 1 1 / 4 lengths , with holy roman emperor well clear of the rest . sent to france for the group 1 prix jean - luc lagardere , holy roman emperor easily outpointed a substandard field , but though it was his sixth start of a busy campaign , he ran greenly , veering right , then left , then back right again in the final furlong , though the race was already well in hand .
holy roman emperor charles v is one of the most intriguing characters of the 16th century . i believe titian was his favorite artist . every so often i think about him and don’t know why .
george washington has been suspended from covering , and holy roman emperor , another dual group 1 - winning 2 - year - old by danehill , has been retired to take his place .
like holy roman emperor , teofilo never raced again − in teofilo’s case because of injury − so it is difficult to assess just how good holy roman emperor might have been , but so far he has been a better sire than teofilo . holy roman emperor’s first crop of 105 named northern hemisphere foals includes seven stakes winners , headed by the tough , consistent filly banimpire , whose six wins at three in 2011 included a win in the group 2 ribblesdale stakes . at the end of that season , banimpire sold for $ 3 , 095 , 110 at goffs but finished third in her only subsequent start .
maria theresa was an austrian archduchess , and holy roman empress of the habsburg dynasty from 1740 to 1780 . she was also marie antoinette’s mother .
holy roman emperor challenged teofilo once again in the group 1 dewhurst stakes and came within inches of dethroning the champion . held up at the back of the field , he squeezed through on the inside rail running down into the dip and then had to be switched outside teofilo for the final uphill run . holy roman emperor headed teofilo about 100 yards out , but the favorite fought back to win by a head .
aquis shuttler holy roman emperor ( ire ) has been in top form this year and has a very bright prospect in german bred filly well timed , who won the group ii hoppegarten diana trial on the weekend .
whilst 2012 was his best year to date and hopefully , a sign of better things to come , holy roman emperor now stands at coolmore stud ireland in 2013 for a service fee of 20 , 000 euro .
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aquis shuttler holy roman emperor ( ire ) has had stakes - winners in every racing country in the world and was in the frame in canada on the weekend when shahroze captured the grade iii singspiel stakes at woodbine .
on the strength of that victory sent out favourite in the group one phoenix stakes at the same track , holy roman emperor was a dominant winner before a gallant second to rising star teofilo in the group one national stakes .
holy roman emperor’s highlights came with homemaker queen’s win in the gr1 english 1000 guineas and morandi romping through heavy ground to win the gr1 grand criterium . whilst roll out the carpet won the gr1 nz 1000 guineas in november .
milanova is a grand - daughter of franfreluche the champion 3yo in canada and horse of the year .
holy roman emperor also won the phoenix stakes as a juvenile and , in between defeats to teofilo in the national stakes and the dewhurst stakes , he was an impressive winner of the group one prix jean luc lagadere at longchamp .
…king , charles i , who , as charles v , was elected holy roman emperor in 1519 at the age of 19 . in this youth , the vast dual inheritance of the spanish and habsburg empires came together . the grandson of ferdinand and isabella on his mother’s side and of the emperor maximilian i…
magnier’s decision was met with considerable shock in the international racing community and perhaps caused substantial blowback on the subsequent stud career of holy roman emperor . some breeders were offended by coolmore’s decision , which put commercial considerations directly before racing consideration .
“i speak spanish to god , italian to women , french to men and german to my horse . ”
holy roman emperor charles vi and his wife , elisabeth christine of brunswick - wolfenbüttel , welcomed their first daughter , maria theresa , into the world on may 13 , 1717 . she was born at the hofburg palace in vienna , austria .
holy roman emperor ' s grandam is northern dancer ' s finest daughter fanfreluche - canadian horse of the year , us champion 3y0 filly . best remembered as the victim of a kidnap , she was saved by a family who found her wandering along the road ! fortunately she was eventually returned to clairbone farm from where she proved a powerful breeding force .
but back to her grandson holy roman emperor . with such a background of course expectations were high and he did not disappoint - at debut racing away with a maiden at leopardstown and two starts later claiming the group two railway stakes at the curragh .
the current race record for holy trilogy ( irl ) is 0 wins from 7 starts .
maria theresa died on november 29 , 1780 , at hofburg palace in vienna , austria—where she had reigned for four decades—leaving behind a solid basis for future generations of the family empire . with her death , joseph ii assumed full responsibility as holy roman emperor .
just a few weeks earlier at easter 2008 , gai waterhouse had paid an australasian record price for a yearling when she knocked down the rock of gibraltar / l’on vite colt , being the ¾ brother to milanova and holy roman emperor for $ 3 million .
to valois and the emperor defeated in his struggle for hegemony in western europe .
and the track ' s loss has proven breeding ' s gain with holy roman emperor proving himself to be one of danehill ' s classiest and most versatile sons , to date represented by 67 stakes winners , ten of whom have been successful at the elite level .
the unbeaten juvenile champion teofilo is now as low as 11 to 8 favourite for this year ' s 2 , 000 guineas after the weekend ' s shock decision by john magnier ' s coolmore stud to retire holy roman emperor to stud just weeks before the flat season begins .
by a champion , breed shaping stallion , holy roman emperor hails from one of the world ' s great thoroughbred families , one held in such high regard that his full sister milanova set an australian record when fetching a whopping $ 5 million at the 2008 inglis easter broodmare sale .
the emperor gave a rare example to his successors…in so doing , he proved himself to be a true christian prince…may the lord in all his goodness now grant the emperor freedom .
charles i , who was elected holy roman emperor charles v in 1519 upon the death of his paternal grandfather , maximilian , aspired to universal monarchy over the far - flung territories he had inherited , from germany , the low countries , italy , and spain to the new world . …
…and the holy roman emperor charles v . militarily , the kingdom was of the same magnitude as the papacy—the english king had about the same revenues and could field an army about the same size—and , as one contemporary noted , england , with its back door constantly exposed to scotland and its economy…
“he was the horse we were looking forward to for the two thousand guineas and st . james’s palace stakes , ” o’brien said .
their dam l ' on vite by the immortal secretariat , has produced four stakes winners - holy roman emperor the star whilst milanova was successful at group three level ( producing a group three winner in ireland ) as was big viking in japan . . . whilst heart of oak won listed races in germany .
, his native city , the emperor himself went to the netherlands . the country’s regent—charles’s sister ,
holy roman emperor ( ire ) b . h , 2004 { 4 - g } dp = 8 - 11 - 19 - 1 - 1 ( 40 ) di = 2 . 48 cd = 0 . 60 - 7 starts , 4 wins , 2 places , 0 shows career earnings : $ 764 , 836
it has been reported that holy roman emperor covered his first mare on the same day , a move that emphasises even more the commercial priority of magnier ' s coolmore operation , and one that has been undertaken to salvage as much as possible from the multi - million euro implications of george washington ' s infertility .
two years later an imposing son of danehill , a horse standing his second season at coolmore stud , was chosen as zarinia ' s mate .
an astonishing sequence of events , beginning with the discovery that last year ' s brilliant guineas winner george washington is infertile , led to the swift removal of holy roman emperor from aidan o ' brien ' s ballydoyle yard on saturday and the end of the racing career of the trainer ' s top classic prospect for 2007 .
therefore that makes our filly the daughter of pretty flamingo , the $ 625 , 000 weanling , and next , our filly is the grand - daughter of milanova the $ 5 million broodmare and milanova is the full sister to holy roman emperor . milanova is a half sister to the $ 3 million record price yearling mount olympus .
second - crop star homecoming queen provided holy roman emperor with his first classic winner this year through her runaway , nine - length victory in the one thousand guineas , though she has run disappointingly in subsequent races . that classic win , though , was only the beginning of what has turned out to be an excellent year for the young stallion .
and her blood flows through many a great australian horse with eight carat - record breaking dam of five group one winners including the champion octagonal - also a descendant .
, the roman catholic king and queen of spain . after his father’s death in 1506 , charles was raised by his paternal aunt
holy roman emperor’s second dam , fanfreluche , by northern dancer , was a champion in the united states and canada , and her daughters and granddaughters had been responsible for a long list of turf luminaries , including european champion juvenile filly bint allayl , leading australian sires flying spur and encosta de lago , and group 1 or grade 1 winners aube indienne , majestic roi , and medici .
holy roman emperor was the success story among stallions claiming championships in the various categories for the french racing year of 2012 . the last of 85 danehill foals to win a group i race was the appropriate champion as leading sire of two - year - olds , since he won his last race at the highest level in the prix jean luc - lagardere ( 1400m ) at longchamp .
holy roman emperor came to coolmore stud’s australian base in the hunter valley on four occasions and copped a hard start to his first season in 2007 when we were suffering the equine influenza crisis . he had two solid books his first two seasons , then the financial crisis in his third year which saw a drop in service fee and numbers and then again in his fourth and final season .
a truly international success story is holy roman emperor . . . winners in 41 different countries ! a stallion whose stats read so very well - a 65 . 3 % winners - to - runners strike rate , 6 . 2 % stakes winners to runners . prize money earnings in excess of $ 82 million , stakes winners who have won over a variety of distances from 1000m to 2500m .
such as caulfield cup hero mongolian khan , also winner of the new zealand and australian derbies . . . the only horse to claim all three of those coveted group one races .
the boss has his clients and he obviously has to take care of them . they are trying to replace like with like . holy roman emperor is by danehill and has a super physique too . with all those mares booked to george , they felt they had to pull out all the stops . it ' s a sickener , but it ' s a business decision ,
the champion trainer said .
holy roman emperor is inbred 3x3 to northern dancer , and , inevitably , 15 of his 21 stakes winners carry at least one additional cross of the little giant of windfields farm . two of his three group 1 winners , homecoming queen and rollout the carpet , do not , and there are no obvious strong preferences among the broodmare sires of his best runners although two of his nine group winners are out of bering mares .
, ” a formula conciliatory to the protestants but retaining the roman catholic ritual in general . although charles believed that he had granted far - reaching concessions to the people and the protestant authorities in that document , his main concern was to make the protestants return to the roman catholic church .
scintillo won the 2yo gran criterium group 1 , defeating gladiatorus ( who shortly after won g1 ' s dubai duty free and premio vittorio ) and was awarded the ‘ world’s highest rated horse “ .
five of her progeny , including canadian horse of the year l ' enjoleur , were stakes winners and she spurred a dynasty whose members include the australian champion stallions flying spur and encosta de lago .
including a tough fellow by the name of honorius , a horse whose illustrious background demands attention ! a proven high class sire line , an internationally prolific family . . . he has it all .
australia has been supported by an international spread of breeders which includes , in addition to shareholder china horse club , martin schwartz , moyglare stud , glenhill farm , gestut fahrhof , ballylinch stud and sir robert ogden .
the pope , having surrendered to the mutinous troops , was ready for any compromise . the newly started war between the emperor and france also came to a close when the mother of francis i approached margaret of austria , the emperor’s aunt , through whose mediation the so - called “ladies’ peace , ” the
, but the order to give decisive battle was withheld . instead , the emperor returned to spain in 1533 , leaving his brother ferdinand behind as his deputy .
never tasting defeat , zarkava earned the title of cartier european horse of the year and has already produced a group one winner - her son zarak charging home from the rear to claim the grand prix de saint - cloud in early july .
kristen manning is a freelance racing writer and pedigree analyst based in melbourne . a keen owner / breeder who loves every aspect of thoroughbred horse racing , she has written two books focusing on the deeds of fields of omagh and prince of penzance .
saturday racing in the week of the anniversary of the legendary bart cummings ' death , a horse that holds a special place in the family ' s hearts will start a campaign that could result in one of australian racing ' s most sentimental wins .
last season ' s charismatic champion miler retired to stud at the end of 2006 complete with a €60 , 000 covering fee . but the results of about 40 mares which the horse has covered so far in this breeding season have all been negative .
“no nay never was pinhooked by paul shanahan and timmy hyde as a foal so they’ve supported him very well since he’s come to stud–he’s got plenty of their mares , ” o’loughlin said . “they’re big believers in the horse . but he’s an interesting horse because he raced in three countries : america , england and france and he raced on three surfaces , turf , dirt and polytrack . he’s been particularly popular internationally ; some americans have bred mares to him , people like hunter valley and reiley mcdonald . ”
“we own him in partnership with al shaqab and they’ve supported him all along , ” o’loughlin noted of ruler of the world , who has also been supported at stud by his trainer , aidan o’brien . “breeders in england , france , ireland and germany have supported the horse . ”
uk horse of the year , one whose record mare earnings took ten years to surpass . a true legend of the turf - and another great mare to make her mark over the generations with her unraced daughter zahra the foundation mare of the aga khan ' s prolific
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family .
little wonder that australians have been keen to tap into the influence of this family and it was kia - ora stud , nsw who imported zariya ' s irish bred granddaughter zarinia in 2005 . . . and they struck gold early with her second foal being south african horse of the year igugu .
the results of conclusive tests on george washington ' s fertility are still awaited , but the move does leave open the intriguing possibility of a return to racing action for the horse which also won last year ' s queen elizabeth ii stakes before unsuccessfully bowing out on dirt in the breeders ' cup classic .
several stories tell of nicholas and the sea . when he was young , nicholas sought the holy by making a pilgrimage to the holy land . there as he walked where jesus walked , he sought to more deeply experience jesus ' life , passion , and resurrection . returning by sea , a mighty storm threatened to wreck the ship . nicholas calmly prayed . the terrified sailors were amazed when the wind and waves suddenly calmed , sparing them all . and so st . nicholas is the patron of sailors and voyagers .
, italy ) , the council for which the emperor had been pressing . once again charles’s precarious financial situation partially accounted for the failure of his plans . his finances were in a perpetually unsettled state . the spanish possessions in the
paul shanahan ( coolmore adviser ) was here at 11 . 30 and the box came for the horse at 11 . 50 . i spoke to the boss ( magnier ) in between and , the more i tried to persuade him , the more convinced he became that we had to retire him ,
explained o ' brien .
and designs on rome , hong kong horse of the year . as well as south american stars salto olimpico and maraton , hong kong mile winner beauty only , nz 1000 guineas winner rollout the carpet , oakleigh plate victor sheidel , american big race winner rich tapestry , uk 1000 guineas heroine homecoming queen and the , high class french galloper morandi .
. the gold from those possessions did not add up to any sizable sum at the time . only in 1550 did 17 spanish ships provide the emperor with 3 , 000 , 000 ducats and others with a like sum , the earliest significant
, who had been his enemy since the establishment of the league of cognac , the pope’s alliance with france , venice , florence , and milan against the emperor . mutinous and with their pay in arrears , charles’s forces entered the defenseless city of
members of australia’s first crop also include the progeny of group 1 winners circle of life ( belong to me ) , mauralakana ( fr ) ( muhtathir { gb } ) , virginia waters ( kingmambo ) , sense of style and nymphea ( ire ) ( dylan thomas { ire } ) , and siblings to group 1 winners order of st george , beauty only ( ire ) ( holy roman emperor { ire } ) ; earl of tinsdal ( ger ) ( black sam bellamy { ire } ) , guignol ( ger ) ( cape cross { ire } ) , lucky lion ( gb ) ( high chaparral { ire } ) , guiliani ( ire ) ( tertullian ) , ridasiyna ( fr ) ( motivator { gb } ) and potemkin ( ger ) ( new approach { ire } ) .
“we are absolutely delighted to have secured one of the most commercial young entires in training for our first breeding season , ” declared wooldridge . “no established sire in australia is more commercial than snitzel at this time , and with spill the beans we have managed to acquire a young horse that would not be out of place on any stallion roster in the country . ”
the dominions of charles v thus encircled france and incorporated the wealth of spain overseas . even after the division of this vast inheritance between his son , philip ii of spain , and his brother , the emperor ferdinand i , the conflict between the habsburgs and the french crown dominated the…
“he’s a different sort of horse from the gurkha , he’s more your speed type and he was a top 2 - year - old , ” o’loughlin said . he has a very interesting pedigree , being by street cry over a danehill mare from the family of invincible spirit and kodiac , so it resonates a lot with breeders . it’s a fantastic stallion - producing family and people can relate to it so easily . ”
1 print : etching , hand - colored . | cartoon shows catherine ii , faint and shying away from william pitt , who appears as petruchio , and don quixote on horseback ( a lean and scarred george iii whose authority has been usurped by pitt ) , seated behind pitt are the king of prussia and a figure representing holland as sancho panza , selim iii kneels to kiss the horse ' s tail ; a . . .
“he’s such an international horse , and i think that’s becoming more important because the world is getting smaller , ” o’loughlin added . “speed horses are getting more popular everywhere , so he’s a big hit with european breeders because he was so fast . he’s going to cover a similar book to the gurkha , 150 - plus mares . the other thing is he’s an outcross to sadler’s wells - line mares , which is important here . ”
in 1519 ( succeeding his grandfather emperor maximilian i ) recalled him to that country after some two and one - half years in spain , charles left behind him a dissatisfied and restless people . adrian , whom he had installed as regent , was not strong enough to suppress the revolt of the castilian cities (
, thus handing over imperial lands . when maurice tried to capture the emperor himself , the latter barely managed to escape . he soon gathered reinforcements , but the changed political situation compelled him to ratify an agreement made between his brother ferdinand and the rebels , according to which the new protestant religion was to be granted
. the reformer’s appearance represented a first challenge to charles , beginning with a sweeping invocation of his roman catholic ancestors , read out to the diet . after luther refused to recant the substance of his writings and left the diet , charles drew up the edict of worms . with it , he rejected luther’s doctrines and essentially declared war on protestantism .
the gurkha , the winner of last year’s g1 poule d’essai des poulains and g1 sussex s . , is standing his initial season for €25 , 000 . “the gurkha is a horse we bred , ” o’loughlin noted . “we bought his mother , who is by danehill dancer , as a yearling in deauville , and she was a good 2 - year - old and won a good race at the curragh . she was actually scanned in foal to galileo this week . ”
shareholders in pride of dubai include his breeder sheikh khalifa al maktoum and the china horse club , and other breeders supporting him include jim bolger , airlie stud , the niarchos family , moyglare stud , mark gittins , and denis brosnan . his book includes group winners ponty acclaim ( ire ) ( acclamation { gb } ) and princess nala ( ire ) ( in the wings { gb } ) , and the dam of group 1 winner lahaleeb ( ire ) ( redback { gb } ) .
under the roman emperor diocletian , who ruthlessly persecuted christians , bishop nicholas suffered for his faith , was exiled and imprisoned . the prisons were so full of bishops , priests , and deacons , there was no room for the real criminals—murderers , thieves and robbers . after his release , nicholas attended the council of nicaea in ad 325 . he died december 6 , ad 343 in myra and was buried in his cathedral church , where a unique relic , called manna , formed in his grave . this liquid substance , said to have healing powers , fostered the growth of devotion to nicholas . the anniversary of his death became a day of celebration , st . nicholas day , december 6th ( december 19 on the julian calendar ) .
in 1765 maria theresa’s husband , francis stephen , died . upon his death , maria theresa appointed her eldest son , joseph ii , as emperor and co - regent . the two frequently clashed in their beliefs . after considering her own abdication and ultimately rejecting the idea , maria theresa allowed joseph to take control of army reforms and join wenzel anton , prince of kaunitz - rietberg , in determining the empire’s foreign policy .
. after that , the turkish danger became the habsburgs’ foremost concern on land , as it had been on the seas ever since charles’s accession to the throne of spain . although charles realized that his first duty as emperor of christendom lay in warding off that peril , he found himself so enmeshed in the affairs of western europe that he had little time , energy , and money left for the task . in 1526 charles married isabella , the daughter of the late king
did not open until december 1545 , but paul iii had earlier offered charles men and money against the heretics . when the protestant princes failed to put in an appearance at the imperial diet of regensburg in 1546 , the religious and political situation turned critical once again . charles prepared for war . in a battle that decided the whole campaign and placed his archenemies at his mercy , the emperor ( who had been attacked by the german princes the previous september ) defeated the protestants at
champion 2yo in france , winner of the g1 prix jean - luc lagardere in record time as well as the g1 phoenix stakes & g2 railway stakes .
out of a secretariat mare , like storm cat , a . p . indy , gone west etc .
yearlings in 2017 sold for €245 , 000 , €180 , 000 , €140 , 000 etc .
at 2 : 1st prix jean - luc lagardere / grand criterium ( fr - g1 ) , phoenix s . ( ire - g1 ) , railway s . ( ire - g2 ) ; 2nd national s . ( ire - g1 ) , dewhurst s . ( gb - g1 ) .
brother to australian 10f performer milanova ; half - brother to high - class japanese performer big viking , and smart german winner heart of oak ; dam is sister to d ' accord & medaille d ' or . retired march 2007 to replace george washington at coolmore / ire ( + aust ) ; shuttles to brazil 2012 . in 2016 standing at aquis farm , qld australia . ( close )
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winx ' s staying power as one of the world ' s top rac . . .
t . j . comerford , assistant trainer for aidan o ' brie . . .
although coolmore and partners maintain one of the world’s most successful racing stables at ballydoyle , sending out classic winners and champions almost every year , their business is selling stallion seasons . with george washington’s stud fee at $ 78 , 000 , the loss of all those mares booked to george washington would be a substantial blow to the bottom line .
although unraced herself , l’on vite had done her share to spread franfreluche’s genetic excellence , producing australian group 3 winner milanova , by danehill , japanese near - millionaire big viking , by theatrical , and stakes winner heart of oak , by woodman .
this fall , his juvenile son morandi proved himself one of the best 2 - year - olds in france with wide - margin victories in the criterium de saint - cloud and prix de conde . a week after morandi’s group 1 victory , his australian - conceived daughter rollout the carpet captured the new zealand bloodstock one thousand guineas .
teofilo , too , has shown promise as a sire , with dewhurst stakes winner parish hall in his first crop , but poor george washington sired only one foal during his brief period at stud and was dead before the next stud season after breaking down in the 2007 breeders’ cup classic . his only foal , the aptly named date with destiny , placed in the 2011 totepool oaks trial stakes at lingfield park .
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a tudor christmas tale : one day in the life of elizabeth i by sydney m . klevesath cabrera
confessions of the executioner of queen anne boleyn – wiley emmett koon , jr .
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in his later life , charles v , like henry viii , was carried around on a special chair . this was due to his gout
“fortune has something of the nature of a woman . if she is too intensely wooed , she commonly goes the further away . ”
“to endeavor to domineer over conscience , is to invade the citadel of heaven . ”
“my cousin francis and i are in perfect accord – he wants milan , and so do i . ”
“a single friar who goes counter to all christianity for a thousand years must be wrong . ”
wow claire ! it’s like you read my mind ! first i was awake at night finding that i wanted to learn more about katherine h because i hated how annoying ( & naked ) they made her look on the tudors… . the next day , you posted an article on her . charles v was on my list of history to explore & study… . and here you are again . new to the site , but hooked…i like how you lay out all the facts and not just yours & others opinions… . although i almost always agree w / yours…great job ! keep it up , reading your site has now become a part of my morning routine w / coffee .
thank you , courtney , i always try to give a balanced view of historical characters because most of the time we just don’t know the whole truth . i’m so glad that you’re enjoying the site , i love running it .
although charles had affairs before he married and after he was widowed , he was devoted to his wife isabella and was faithful to her . they were married for thirteen years .
he was so devasted when she died following the birth of a stillborn child that he wore black for the rest of his life . he refused to consider re - marriage , although he only had one son and two daughters , and was still comparatively young ( 39 ) . a very different character from his contemporary and rival henry viii…
this makes me want to learn more about charles–i didn’t know about his mistresses or his epilepsy–of course , the chin–yes . thanks !
what an interesting person , i didn’t knew much about him . thanks for writing this 🙂
just want to say thank you for the interesting post about charles v . i’ve been looking at your site for about a year now and your informative articles have reawakened my long lost interest in history of this time period . i also am learning from other people’s comments . i look forward to reading your posts and thank you for all your hard work .
i would like to nkow about my coin . charles 5 . years 1648 .
do you have any more details on it , a photo ? it won’t be charles v as he lived a century before that . charles i of england was on the throne in 1648 .
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artist : unknown , printmaker ; classification ( s ) : print , print ; acquisition : given by charrington , john , 1937 [ p . 5640 - r ]
the christian amazon , with her invincible target , alias , the focus of genial rays , or dian of the rushes , to much for 300 , 000 , infidels .
1 print : etching with aquatint . | cartoon shows catherine ii , as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double - headed eagle , battling the sultan , selim iii , attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet ; joseph ii , an ally , hides behind catherine ; an apish louis xvi and the king of spain stand to the side of the sultan ; in the background the . . .
1 print : etching . | cartoon shows catherine ii , with orb and scepter , seated on the shoulders of leopold ii who is seated on the back of a stumbling bull ; seated behind him are george iii , frederick william ii and a man representing holland ; in the background , william pitt is about to strike a british citizen with a rod while chastising him for complaining . . .
1 print : engraving ; sheet 20 . 4 x 13 . 7 cm , on mount 21 . 1 x 14 . 3 cm . | cartoon shows joseph ii and frederick ii with swords drawn , catherine ii holding a cleaver , and louis xv with a knife , seated around a table on which rests a partitioned cake , representing poland , each monarch getting a separate , but not equal share ; in the background on the . . .
1 print : etching ; plate 11 . 3 x 17 . 7 cm , sheet 12 . 2 x 19 cm , on mount 12 . 9 x 19 . 7 cm . | cartoon shows catherine ii , joseph ii , and frederick ii seated at table on which rests a map of poland ; standing behind them and looking over their shoulders are charles iii and louis xv , still further back , asleep on a throne is george . . .
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the true story of santa claus begins with nicholas , who was born during the third century in the village of patara . at the time the area was greek and is now on the southern coast of turkey . his wealthy parents , who raised him to be a devout christian , died in an epidemic while nicholas was still young . obeying jesus ' words to
sell what you own and give the money to the poor ,
nicholas used his whole inheritance to assist the needy , the sick , and the suffering . he dedicated his life to serving god and was made bishop of myra while still a young man . bishop nicholas became known throughout the land for his generosity to those in need , his love for children , and his concern for sailors and ships .
through the centuries many stories and legends have been told of st . nicholas ' life and deeds . these accounts help us understand his extraordinary character and why he is so beloved and revered as protector and helper of those in need .
one story tells of a poor man with three daughters . in those days a young woman ' s father had to offer prospective husbands something of value—a dowry . the larger the dowry , the better the chance that a young woman would find a good husband . without a dowry , a woman was unlikely to marry . this poor man ' s daughters , without
, were therefore destined to be sold into slavery . mysteriously , on three different occasions , a bag of gold appeared in their home - providing the needed dowries . the bags of gold , tossed through an open window , are said to have landed in stockings or shoes left before the fire to dry . this led to the custom of children hanging stockings or putting out shoes , eagerly awaiting gifts from
. sometimes the story is told with gold balls instead of bags of gold . that is why three gold balls , sometimes represented as oranges , are one of the symbols for st . nicholas . and so st . nicholas is a gift - giver .
another story tells of three theological students , traveling on their way to study in athens . a wicked innkeeper robbed and murdered them , hiding their remains in a large pickling tub . it so happened that bishop nicholas , traveling along the same route , stopped at this very inn . in the night he dreamed of the crime , got up , and summoned the innkeeper . as nicholas prayed earnestly to god the three boys were restored to life and wholeness . in france the story is told of three small children , wandering in their play until lost , lured , and captured by an evil butcher . st . nicholas appears and appeals to god to return them to life and to their families . and so st . nicholas is the patron and protector of children .
, sparing the lives of those innocently accused , and much more . he did many kind and generous deeds in secret , expecting nothing in return . within a century of his death he was celebrated as a saint . today he is
sailors , claiming st . nicholas as patron , carried stories of his favor and protection far and wide . st . nicholas chapels were built in many seaports . as his popularity spread during the middle ages , he became the patron saint of
brought st . nicholas ' stories and devotion to st . nicholas to his homeland where nicholas became the most beloved saint . nicholas was so widely revered that thousands of churches were named for him , including three hundred in belgium , thirty - four in rome , twenty - three in the netherlands and more than four hundred in england .
through the centuries st . nicholas has continued to be venerated by catholics and orthodox and honored by protestants . by his example of generosity to those in need , especially children , st . nicholas continues to be a model for the compassionate life .
illustrations by elisabeth ivanovsky from saint nicholas by henri gheon , sheed and ward , 1936 . copyright © elisabeth ivanovsky , with kind permission for use by st . nicholas center only .
and french pressure , and even hostility from the pope . at last he yielded ,
and assumed rule over the netherlands . his scope of activities soon widened . on january 23 , 1516 , ferdinand ii died . as a result , the problem of the succession in
and castile together with his mother ( who , however , suffered from a nervous illness and never reigned ) . furthermore , the will provided that francisco , cardinal
and one of ferdinand and isabella’s most - influential advisers , should direct the administration in castile . the spanish opponents of ferdinand who had fled to
in september 1517 he arrived in spain , a country with whose customs he was unfamiliar and whose language he was as yet barely able to speak . there he instituted , under burgundian influence , a government that was little better than foreign rule . when his election as king of
) that broke out at that point . making the most of their candidate’s german parentage and buying up german electoral votes ( mostly with money supplied by the powerful
. his great - grandfather’s quest was to become a fateful problem for charles as well .
charles v , detail of an oil painting by titian , 1548 ; in the bayerische staatsgemäldesammlungen , munich , germany .
and charles v , with whom he concluded a treaty in 1521 . despite the outbreak of war with
in 1522 his teacher adrian of utrecht became pope , as adrian vi . his efforts to
, taking prisoner the king himself . the victory ensured spanish supremacy in italy . held in the
concluding hostilities between the two countries was signed in january 1526 , but as soon as he had regained his freedom , francis rejected the treaty and refused to ratify it .
, was concluded in august 1529 . the status quo was preserved : charles renounced his claim to burgundy ; francis , his claims to milan and naples . the pope , having made peace with charles , met him in
accordingly confirmed , in somewhat expanded form , the resolutions embodied in the edict of worms of 1521 . that , in turn , caused the protestant princes to close ranks in the following year in the
in return for armed support against the enemy . in 1532 a large army under charles’s personal command faced süleyman’s forces before the city of


the spot-winged glider ( pantala hymenaea ) is a dragonfly of the family libellulidae .

it looks very much like the wandering glider with the addition of a basal spot on the hindwing .

pantala hymenaea

predatory capacity and prey selectivity of nymphs of the dragonfly pantala hymenaea . - pubmed - ncbi
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similar to rainpool glider , but abdomen mottled gray - brown , more tapered . round spot at base of hindwings is characteristic but may be difficult to see .
flies almost continuously , but does perch sometimes , vertically on twigs of trees , bushes .
much of north america , also antilles , central and south america , galapagos . ranges northward into canada earlier in year than wandering glider . ( a generational migrant - - spring generations fly north , late summer and fall generations fly south . )
all year in southern united states , e . g . , texas , florida . late spring to fall in central areas . june - august in canada .
dragonflies through binoculars : a field guide to dragonflies of north america sidney w . dunkle . 2000 . oxford press .
dragonflies of the florida peninsula , bermuda , and the bahamas sidney w . dunkle . 1989 . scientific publishers .
stokes beginner ' s guide to dragonflies donald and lillian stokes . 2002 . little , brown and company .
dragonflies and damselflies of texas and the south - central united states john c . abbott . 2005 . princeton university press .
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this species is similar to wandering glider ( p . flavescens ) and equally cosmopolitan in the south - central united states . the face and thorax are essentially as in that species . each hindwing , however , has a distinct round dark spot basally . the abdomen is darker and mottled .
total length : 43 - 51 mm ; abdomen : 29 - 35 mm ; hindwing : 39 - 45 mm .
wandering glider lacks the brown spot basally in the hindwing . all saddlebag gliders ( tramea ) in the region have a basal band rather than spot in the hindwing . the hyacinth glider ( miathyria marcella ) has a narrow band in the hindwing rather than a spot . other similar skimmers lack the hindwing spot .
this species , although not found globally , is as widely distributed throughout north america as the wandering glider . the behavior of this species is much the same as that species . it is a strong flier , generally only taking a perch to roost at night . it is an early colonizer of temporary and artificial ponds where it breeds . males patrol larger more linear territories than do wandering glider . females lay eggs by tapping the abdomen to the water while flying quickly over the water or while hovering , and either accompanied by the male or alone . this species has been slow to colonize along the coast of the western united states , but there is an apparent increase over much of the region . one study showed larvae of this species in oklahoma cou ld complete development in less than five weeks during the summer months .
throughout southern canada and u . s . ; also west indies , central america south to argentina and chile .
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the spot - winged glider resembles the wandering glider , with its tapered yellow abdomen , gray thorax and long broad wings . it has a dark spot at the base of the hindwing , which makes it possible to tell the two species apart in the field . it migrates along the atlantic coast but is not as widely ranging as the wandering glider . uncommon . this is another summer invader , but there are definite irruptionyears and years with almost none . it is a transcontinental speciesand nebraska is at the northern and western edge of the range . its habitsare essentially identical to wandering glider .
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this brownish dragonfly is best known for its gliding flying style , much like the wandering glider . the hindwings form an elongated triangle , longer than abdomen , broad at base and reaching halfway down the abdomen . the abdomen is tapered and mottled gray - brown . the face is yellow to orange . mature males have red faces .
this species is common in united states and southern canada . it is common in southwest , while it is mostly migratory elsewhere . primarily , the spot - winged glider prefers temporary ponds and pools in the open , including brackish waters . but it also can be seen over fields , clearings , etc , well away from water . it is infrequently seen at scattered locations throughout wisconsin .
shading illustrates monthly percentages of the total flight season records for the species . each flight season record is a unique date / location / observer combination where one or more adult or an exuvia was recorded ( excludes nymphs ) . the actual number of flight season records for each month is shown in parentheses . flight seasons begin earlier in the southern part of the state , often by a week or more . also , flight charts may not be accurate for rare species because of few data available .
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dragonfly fall migration is underway ! i netted this spot - winged glider flying around rtpi this week . keep an eye out for them , wandering gliders , common green darners , black saddlebags and more on the move in large numbers soon .
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diastictis fracturalis , the fractured western snout moth , is a moth in the crambidae family .

it was described by zeller in 1872 .

it is found in north america , where it has been recorded from california to south dakota , colorado and louisiana .

it is also found in mexico ( sonora , guerrero , jalisco ) .

the length of the forewings is 9.5-14.5 mm .

the wings are pale tan to dark brown with highly variable silvery markings , ranging from small , isolated spots to elongated , connected spots .

adults are on wing from february to october .

diastictis fracturalis

species diastictis fracturalis - fractured western snout moth - hodges # 5256 - bugguide . net
crambid snout mouth diastictis fracturalis beautiful moth found in taylorsville , utah . © carol davis , 9 - 1 - 07 home - utah moths
restriction and revision of the genus diastictis hübner ( lepidoptera : pyralidae ) . eugene munroe . 1956 . the canadian entomologist 88 : 208 - 228 .
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powell , j . a . & p . a . opler , moths of western north america , pl . 23 . 44f , 23 . 45f ; p . 180 . book review and ordering
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powell & opler ( 2009 ) described as pale tan to dark brown with highly variable silvery markings , from small , isolated spots to elongated , connected ones .
moth photographers group and bug guide shows california to south dakota , colorado and louisiana .
also found in mexico , northern sonora ( morrison ) , amula in guerrero 6000 feet { h . h . smith ) , jalisco ( schumann ) .
powell & opler ( 2009 ) reported adults fly february through november in coastal california .
this is the most variable species of the genus , and , although there seem to be geographical differences in norms , the whole gamut of variation is represented in most parts of the range . there is a high proportion of specimens with small spots in texas , and of pale specimens in arizona , but there is nothing approaching a degree of differentiation that would justify the separation of subspecies . i can see no clear seasonal separation between pale and dark individuals
( munroe , 1956 )
check list of the lepidoptera of america north of mexico . hodges , et al . ( editors ) . 1983 . e . w . classey , london . 284 pp .
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a revision of the moths of the subfamily pyraustinae and family pyralidae . part 1
warren , 1892 descriptions of new genera and species of pyralidae contained in the british - museum collection ann . mag . nat . hist . ( 6 ) 9 ( 50 ) : 172 - 179 , ( 52 ) : 294 - 302 , ( 53 ) : 389 - 397 , ( 54 ) : 429 - 442
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the long-toed skink , oligosoma longipes , is a species of skink of the family scincidae , endemic to new zealand .

it was first described by geoff patterson in 1997 .

it is only known from a few sites in the south island of new zealand and little is known of its habits .

it seems to prefer dry , rocky habitats , usually eroding stream terraces or scree slopes .

it is diurnal and heliothermic .

maximum snout-vent length is about 70 mm .

long - toed skink

rangitata skink : discovered in canterbury early this year during a doc survey . much larger relative of the long - toed skink . chestnut brown with very prominent pale stripes . indications are it is a distinct species that does not interbreed with the long - toed skink despite occupying same habitat .
from latin “longus” ( = long ) and latin “pes” ( = foot ) , referring to the long toes .
long - toed skink . it is only been found in a few sites in the south island of new zealand and little is known of its habits . it seems to prefer dry , … | pinteres…
the long - toed skink ( oligosoma longipes ) is a small to medium endemic skink that grows up to 67mm long its dorsal ( back ) is grey - brown , with distinctive paler and dark spots and flecks and rudimentary darker strip down the middle of its back . the sides have a broad dark - coloured stripe edged with pale , notched stripes . the belly is grey with dark speckles . its most distinctive feature is exceptionally long toes and tail .
while five species had improved their threat status in the past five years , the mackenzie basin and long - toed skink ' s status increased due to potential threats from rabbit - driven predator irruptions as well as the new threat of dairy conversion destroying habitat .
long - toed skink , oligosoma longipes patterson , 1997 , collected 08 feb 1972 , alma river , 3 miles e of tarndale , new zealand . gift of landcare research – manaaki whenua , 2012 . cc by - nc - nd licence . te papa ( re . 004973 )
. . . several smaller skink species ( southern grass skink o . aff . polychroma clade 5 ( formerly called common skink ) , mccann ' s skink o . maccanni and cryptic skink o . inconspicuum ; nomenclature based on hitchmough et al . ( 2013 ) and bell ( 2014 ) ) are common in this region . in 2006 , we used artificial retreats ( also known as cover boards or artificial cover objects ) to sample these small skinks in three different predator management treatments at macraes flat ( wilson et al . 2007 ) . . . .
whirinaki skink : discovered last year in a forest clearing in whirinaki and still known only from video footage . appears to be different from all known species . it has a distinct colour pattern ( brown with indistinct long stripes ) , head shape and scale count .
sinbad valley skink : discovered in march in the mountains of fiordland during a survey for geckos . large , spectacularly coloured and unlike any other known species – black with green spots on the back and salmon - pink spots on the sides . unusually long toes and tail .
new zealand has a diverse , endemic skink fauna , which is recognised as the most species rich skink assemblage of any cool temperate region on earth . all native new zealand skink species are assigned to a single genus , oligosoma girard . a new species of oligosoma is described from screes in montane tussock grassland in the mid - canterbury high country , new zealand , where it is currently known . . . [ show full abstract ]
they were hopeful they would be able to fulfil their long - term goal of re - establishing populations in the wild but in the meantime they need protection from predators , prof burns said .
since the recovery programme had been in place , skink numbers had improved in managed situations such as within enclosures and areas were predators numbers were controlled .
among those were skink populations in the west of the south island which while the same species were genetically different , but not much was known about their status or range .
the purpose of this application , under article 75 . 6 of the code , is to conserve the specific name of the name oligosoma aeneum ( girard , 1857 ) , widely used for a species of new zealand skink , commonly known as the copper skink . we have found tiliqua ornata gray , 1843 ( currently oligosoma ornatum ) to be a senior subjective synonym and the oldest available name for this species . the name . . . [ show full abstract ]
te kakahu skink : discovered in 2002 on an island in fiordland . so far has only be found in one small area of low , open vegetation at the top of a cliff . has distinct colour pattern differences to other species , and different scale counts .
grand and otago skink recovery programme chairwoman prof carolyn burns , of the university of otago , said she thoroughly agreed with the classification which considered the population had not yet progressed far enough to off - set the declines in other parts of the species ' ranges .
we have at least 80 species and subspecies of lizard that we know of and we are still finding more . in the past two and a half years , we believe four new species of skink and three new species of gecko have been discovered . two of these species were spotted for the first time this year .
. . . gemmeus ; mccann 1955 ) is a moderate - sized ( total length up to 160 mm ) , diurnal , cryptic , arboreal lizard , only found in the southeast of the south island , new zealand ( jewell & mcqueen , 2007 ) . it is one of nine species of the endemic genus naultinus and is ranked ' at risk , declining ' according to the threat classification system of the new zealand department of conservation ( doc ; hitchmough et al . , 2013 ) . jewelled geckos are long - lived , viviparous geckos and produce a maximum of two offspring per year ( cree , 1994 ) . . . .
being cold - blooded , it needs warmth to digest food and is commonly seen basking in the sun on warm rocks . as it was only discovered in 1997 , little is known about it .
commonly found in the stomach contents predators . any conservation work to reduce the number of pest mammals is likely to benefit them
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seven entirely new species of lizard have been discovered in new zealand in the past two and a half years .
the discoveries made in both the north and south islands were announced today by conservation minister chris carter to kick off this year ' s conservation week ( august 2 - 7 ) .
few people realise that in addition to our unique native bird life , weta and giant snails , new zealand is home to a wider variety of lizards than almost any other temperate country in the world . this is a consequence of our environment being isolated from other land masses for 85 million years ,
mr carter said .
the fact we continue to discover so many new species demonstrates how much we still have to learn about what lives around us , and our impact upon them ,
mr carter said .
mount benson gecko / split rostral gecko : these probable new species were found in the kahurangi national park , the first in 2002 , and the other in 2003 . they appear to be quite different from other species , and each other . the split rostral species differs from all other geckos in the world , not just new zealand , because the scale at the tip of its nose is divided in two . genetic studies are now being made of these species .
moke valley gecko : discovered in the south island high country during tenure review in 2002 . a large robust gecko , which genetic tests have established is different from a similar gecko species discovered near wanaka in 1997 .
type locality : alma river , 5 km east of tarndale , marlborough , 173° 05’ e , 42° 10’ s .
hitchmough , rodney a . ; geoffrey b . patterson , and david g . chapple 2016 . putting a name to diversity : taxonomy of the new zealand lizard fauna in : chapple , d . g . ( ed ) . new zealand lizards . springer , pp . 87 - 108 - get paper here
patterson , g . b . 1997 . south island skinks of the genus oligosoma : description of o . longipes n . sp . with redescription of o . otagense ( mccann ) and o . waimatense ( mccann ) . journal of the royal society of new zealand 27 ( 4 ) : 439 - 450 .
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a revision of the threat status of new zealand ' s reptiles has shown otago and grand skinks have recovered dramatically in managed areas at macraes flat , while other populations continue to decline .
however , the recovery did not yet meet the threshold for their threat classification to change , a study in the new zealand journal of zoology says .
the two species were among the six assessed as being at greatest risk of extinction ( nationally critical ) and all were from the south island , in the study led by the department of conservation .
we ' re optimistic . it ' s good news they are showing a response .
the status of the population as a whole , particularly those which were not within those controlled areas remained in the high risk categories , she said .
managing the populations was slow and expensive work due to the skinks slow reproductive rate .
the study said despite considering public submissions on otago peninsula ' s jewelled gecko suggesting it was taxonomically distinct , it listed as at risk - declining due to numerous records of the skinks in canterbury and western otago .
( pdf ) conservation status of new zealand reptiles , 2012 . new zealand threat classification series 2
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conservation status of new zealand reptiles , 2012 . new zealand threat classification series 2
the conservation status of all known new zealand reptile taxa was reassessed using the new zealand threat classification system ( nztcs ) . a full list is presented , along with a statistical summary and brief notes on the most important changes . this list replaces all previous nztcs lists for reptiles .
assessed in 2009 ( hitchmough et al . 2010 ) and 2012 ( this document ) .
able 3 . statistical summary of status changes of reptiles between 2009 ( hitchmough et al . 2010 ) and 2012
. . . not dependent on alpine habitat ( facultative user ) . only three species are obligate users of the alpine zone ( i . e . restricted to it for at least part of their life history ) : hutton ' s shearwaters ( puffinus huttoni ) , takahē ( porphyrio hochstetteri ) and rock wrens ( xenicus gilviventris ) . hutton ' s shearwaters goodman et al . 2013 ; robertson et al . 2013 ; hitchmough et al . 2016 . 2 . dependence on alpine zone : obligate = restricted to the alpine zone for at least part of its life history ; primary = lives in a range of lowland , montane and alpine habitats but the alpine zone is an important habitat ; facultative = can occur incidentally or locally in the alpine zone but is not dependent on it . 3 . use code : f = feed , . . .
. . . about 75 % of alpine lizards are threatened or at risk ( table 1 ; hitchmough et al . 2016 ) but as with other alpine species groups , there are few data on impacts of predators on alpine lizards . there is a perception that high altitude lizard sites are rarely visited by mammalian predators ( patterson & bell 2009 ) . . . .
. . . recaptured animals were released quickly after recording their toe - code . otago skinks , which are nationally endangered ( hitchmough et al . 2013 ) , were released promptly with no marking or measuring . . . .
. . . furthermore , some species statuses have improved over time with conservation management that has included , but has not been restricted to , fenced subpopulations ( gummer et al . , 2015 ) . for example , the conservation status of otago oligisoma otagense and grand skinks o . grande improved from nationally critical to nationally endangered between 2009 and 2012 as a result of successful conservation management that included protecting some populations within pest - proof fenced areas and others in areas subject to landscape - scale predator control networks ( reardon et al . , 2012 ; hitchmough et al . , 2013 ) , although the former remains endangered on the iucn red list ( chapple , 2010 ) and the latter ' s assessment is out of date . hitchmough ( 2013 ) solid lines indicate causal relationships and / or feedbacks while dotted lines indicate actions . . . .
. . . data ) implying that no males remained in the release area or were available for mating , we suspect that the likelihood and / or speed of population growth and establishment may be hampered when a pen is not used for naultinus gecko translocations . a secondary advantage of penning is that it assists monitoring of the translocated population during the initial stages of population establishment and can provide invaluable information on poorly known taxa ( which is the case for many new zealand lizards ; hare et al . , 2007 ; hitchmough et al . , 2013 ) . little is published on the movement patterns of either natural or translocated populations of naultinus geckos , but available information suggests substantial variability among species and populations . . . .
. . . they are therefore a difficult taxonomic group for which to obtain data on distribution and population size . as such , 41 % of new zealand ' s lizards are considered ' data poor ' and 4 % are so rarely encountered that their conservation status cannot be determined and they are considered ' data deficient ' ( townsend et al . 2008 ; hitchmough et al . 2013 ) . lizards have traditionally been surveyed and / or monitored by active searches ( whitaker 1967 ; todd 2005 ) , pitfall trapping ( whitaker 1982 ) and , more recently , the use of artificial retreats ( lettink & cree 2007 ; wilson et al . 2007 ) and funnel traps ( barr 2009 ; gebauer 2009 ) . . . .
. . . once widespread in central otago ( south island , new zealand ) , these skinks have declined dramatically over the past century and now occupy only 8–10 % of their former range ( whitaker & loh 1995 ) . the species is now classified as ' nationally endangered ' ( hitchmough et al . 2013 ) . the only extant populations are present near the boundaries of their former range in the macraes flat and lindis / hawea districts ( whitaker & loh 1995 ) . . . .
. . . granulatus ' southern forest ' , and toropuku aff . stephensi ' coromandel ' ) ( hitchmough et al . 2013 ) . . . .
a new species of scincid lizard in the genus oligosoma ( reptilia : scincidae ) from the mid - canterbury . . .
case 3510 cyclodina aenea girard , 1857 ( currently oligosoma aeneum ; reptilia , squamata , scincidae ) : . . .
new zealand ' s diverse lizard fauna is under threat , particularly from predation by invasive mammals and ongoing habitat destruction . advances in genetic techniques have greatly enhanced our understanding of the lizard fauna . previously sparse island populations of species have recovered strongly following eradication of pest mammals and translocations of lizards to newly mammal - free islands . . . [ show full abstract ]