Barbara (Bing) Wigley, the grand lady of South Island racing, died in Christchurch on Friday at the age of 87.
Seamist was among a host of winners raced by Mrs Wigley and her husband, Sandy.
They bred Seamist, the winner of 12 races including the group one Auckland Stakes, the Japan International Trophy and the Awapuni Gold Cup in the late 1980s when trained by John Parsons. Mrs Wigley bred the 2003 NZ Cup winner, Torlesse, from Seamist.
The mare also left Mystify, a winner last season when owned and trained by Mrs Wigley's son, Nick.
Another foal Mrs Wigley bred from Seamist was Truthful, winner of the 2000 Kumara Nuggets.
The Wigleys won the feature race at Kumara in 1967 with Ursinus, trained by Lionel Pratt.
Mrs Wigley had her first win with the Pratt-trained London Lights at Greymouth in 1953.
She bred London Lights who was by Sun King from London Pride. Meneleus won nine races for the Wigleys in the 1970s when racing out of the Pratt stable.
Ballesteros and Faldo were other good winners for the Wigleys from the Parsons stable.
Ballesteros won 10 including the1990 Kurow Cup.
Faldo, a brother of Ballesteros won a maiden hurdle and the Otago Hurdles in successive starts in 1990.
Sorrento won the Dunedin and Southland Guineas and Inglewood Stakes for Mrs Wigley in the 1998-99 season.
Her husband died two years earlier.
Mrs Wigley won the listed $55,000 race for 3yr-old fillies at Wingatui in April with the Parsons-trained Thimble. She bought the filly for $35,000 as a 2yr-old at the South Island sale.
