LA service fees on hold
Little Avondale Stud will hold the services fees of its three stallions for the next breeding season. Per Incanto will stand at NZ$17,500 + GST, Time Test will remain at NZ$10,000 + GST and Nadeem at NZ$5000 + GST. “Per Incanto has produced 22 stakes winners in the last 19 months highlighted by Thorndon Mile (Gr.1, 1600m) winner Shadow’s Cast and the Railway Stakes (Gr.1, 1200m) winner Santa Monica,” Little Avondale’s Sam Williams said. “We received really positive feedback on the firs...
March 11, 2020Hard-working Richards reaping rewards
Jamie Richards was persuaded to take some very rare time out to celebrate his Ellerslie Group One double last Saturday night, but it wasn’t long until his constant lengthy routine kicked in the following day. After Cool Aza Beel won the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Avantage took the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), as well as two other stable winners on Saturday, Richards joined his Te Akau Racing Stables boss David Ellis and wife Karyn, along with owners and friends, to celebra...
March 10, 2020Staying family to the fore in Auckland Cup
One of New Zealand’s richest horse races, the $500,000 Gr.1 Barfoot and Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m), was won by a horse that cost its owners $4,000. Roger That, a seven-year-old gelding by Shinko King (IRE) out of the Yamanin Vital mare Heather Lyn, took out the event for a small group of owners who describe themselves as battlers. He is trained on a farm outside Tauranga by Antony Fuller, a 59-year-old who gave up shearing to train racehorses and now has around 12 in work. His big ran...
March 10, 2020NZB’s 2020 South Island Sale Catalogue Now Online
New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series is heading South, showcasing 76 lots of the best Southern-bred product available, with the catalogue online now and arriving in letterboxes from mid-March. Held at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch, the one-day session features a selection of yearlings offered on Friday 17 April from the later selling time of 12pm. All yearlings purchased at this year’s South Island Sale are eligible to be...
March 9, 2020Mates over the moon with Melbourne result
Two young breeders pulled off a dream result when their yearling went under the hammer in Australia earlier this month. David Morris and Jason Thomasen headed to the Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale knowing they had a nice filly on their hands but were not expecting her to be so hotly pursued in the sales ring. The 24-year-olds bred Lot 208, a filly from the first crop of Windsor Park Stud’s Turn Me Loose out of Elusive City mare Herculaneum. After a fierce bidding duel she was knocked down to V...
March 9, 2020Stallion Service Sweepstake prize announced
On April 4 Racing Te Aroha will host the 49th running of the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m).The Fiber Fresh-sponsored feature attracts a strong field of quality sprinter/miler female racehorses each year and 2020 promises to be no different. The meeting also provides an opportunity for members of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association to get together at the annual event hosted by the Waikato Branch. A major drawcard for those financial members ...
March 6, 2020Breeders Bulletin Late Summer Edition
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March 5, 2020The negatives on nitrogen
Environmental consultant Sally Linton takes a deeper look at the issue of nitrogen run-off and seepage into our waterways, and what horse owners need to know about it - “But I don’t have any waterways on my property…” That’s a comment I get frequently when talking to owners of horse properties about reducing environmental impacts that affect water quality. It’s a common misconception that to have a negative effect on water quality you need to be close to a body of water. There ...
March 4, 2020Danny Rolston- February 2020 Update
Firstly, I think it’s only appropriate to acknowledge the success of the Karaka Million concept. We can all be proud of the show that our industry puts on at Ellerslie to such a wide local and international audience. The impact it has on sales results can’t be understated. An amazing achievement by Jamie Richards and when the thick end of the spoils goes the way of people like the Lindsay’s and Te Akau’s owners, you can be fairly confident of an immediate return in the sales ring. From a...
March 4, 2020Good fortune brings geat sale result
Good fortune, good luck, a good cross, and the right yearling preparation is what Tom Lane puts his success at the Karaka National yearling sales down too. The retired horse breaker, now rural real estate agent in Gisborne, and his mate Campbell Crisp were the proud owners of Lot 28 the Showcasing(GB) colt out of Khales that Haunui Farm sold to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Astute Bloodstock for $500,000. “The best thing is the magic of this breeding industry we knew we had a good cross, and a mare ...
March 4, 2020Celebrating 21 years in partnership with Dunstan
This year the NZTBA are celebrating a 21-year partnership with our good friends at Dunstan Feeds. Dave Smith and his team have been wonderful partners continuing their support of our Association and working with us along the way. About the same time Dunstan also began sponsoring the Dunstan Stayers Championship for up and coming young stayers. On New Year’s Day this year the final of the highly contested series was won by Paisley Park (Azamour[IRE]- Musical Magic[GB]), raced and bred by Garr...
March 4, 2020Breeder spoilt for good horses - the Shark the best yet
Waikato Branch member Darrell Hollinshead is the first to admit that his family have been spoilt with good horses over the years, but even he now agrees that the family’s latest star Te Akau Shark (Rip Van Winkle[IRE]-Bak da Chief) is pretty special. “Over the years we have had some good horses starting with Dad having Judena, then Bak da Chief, and more recently Pondarosa Miss and Ecuador,” Hollinshead said after Te Akau Shark claimed his first group one in Australia in the Chipping Norto...
March 3, 2020Living legends return to Manawatu roots
While Libby and Sam Bleakley of Highden Park haven’t set out to replicate Victoria’s famous Living Legends farm, the high-profile horses retiring to their Manawatu property shows they are well on their way. Living Legends, dubbed the international home of rest for champion horses, is home to the likes of Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) winners Efficient, Brew, and Rogan Josh, while Highden Park is starting with a distinct Hong Kong flavour. Last year HK$18million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hero Ping...
February 28, 2020Favourite takes Matamata Breeders’ Stakes
Race favourite Vernazza overcame a wide run and a dogged local challenge to take out the feature event at Matamata on Saturday, the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the More Than Ready filly had impressed many with her maiden victory at Ellerslie early last month and had thrived during her six-week break between races. Handled superbly by stand-in rider Michael Coleman, who was deputising for th...
February 24, 2020Polzeath upsets in Avondale Cup
Lightweight runner Polzeath (Pentire – Arniston by Volksraad) upset the applecart at Ellerslie on Saturday when he took out the Gr.2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m), and in doing so became Rich Hill Stud’s foundation sire the late Pentire’s 49th individual stakes winner. Bred by Rich Hill stud master John Thompson and his former schoolmate Peter Merton, the lightly raced seven-year-old was having his first attempt in stakes company and his first run beyond 2100m in the Group Two staying ...
February 17, 2020Scholarship Blog- Laura McNab
Keith & Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship recipient Laura McNab provides an update on her first few weeks in IrelandI’m not very good at sitting still, so 25 hours on a plane was fairly tough!! Stepping off the plane into a chilly 2 degrees was a bit of a shock to the system, especially since it was 25 degrees when I left home. I was warned about the Irish winter and it has definitely lived up to its reputation. The winter woolies have well and truly been dusted off and put to the test so far. W...
February 14, 2020Stellar year for Trelawney continues
It may only be February but Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud have already had a year to remember. Trelawney Stud recorded great returns at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale, selling 11 yearlings in the Book 1 session for an aggregate of $3.5 million, cementing their spot as the leading vendor by average at the sale. The Cambridge couple’s success has continued onto the track where three-year-old fillies Two Illicit and Loire posted black-type results at Te Rapa on Satu...
February 10, 2020Scholarship Blog- Hannah Airey
Keith & Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship recipient Hannah Airey reports on her first week in Ireland at the Irish National Stud.25 hours on a plane does not get you pumped up for anything except standing on solid ground, no matter where that may be. Nothing permeated my brain on the ride from Dublin to Kildare either and it wasn’t until I’d woken up the next morning (or perhaps two mornings later?) that I could fully appreciate that I wasn’t on home soil anymore. The Irish National Stud wi...
February 10, 2020Dream day at Te Rapa for Rip Van Winkle
Windsor Park Stud’s young guns have dominated the limelight in recent times with first-season sire titles for Shamexpress and Charm Spirit, but Saturday was all about Rip Van Winkle. The Te Rapa meeting delivered the biggest day of the Galileo stallion’s career. Te Akau Shark became his first southern hemisphere Group One winner with a supreme performance in the BCD Group Sprint (1400m), while Jennifer Eccles won the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) with breath-taking ease...
February 9, 2020Scholarship winners arrive in Ireland
Keith & Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship winners Hannah Airey and Laura Macnab have arrived in Ireland and settled into their new surroundings at the Irish National Stud.Both have completed all the health and safety modules and are now out in the yard rotations. The are also attending the evening lectures that cover a range of topics. Before departing they were both looking forward to working in the foaling unit and have since had the opportunity to assist with foalings. They also atten...
February 7, 2020First stakes winner for White Robe Lodge's sire Ghibellines
For the second time in four years, John and Karen Parsons have turned a Gore failure into an upset triumph in the Listed Mediaworks Dunedin Guineas (1500m). In 2017, the Parsons’ talented filly Residential finished 10th in the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m) before landing the Dunedin Guineas at odds of $15.10. This year they repeated that trick with El Gladiador, who was a late-finishing seventh in last month’s Gore Guineas. On Saturday at Wingatui, the Ghibellines gelding led all the way in th...
February 2, 2020Curtains Draw on Karaka 2020
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sale Series ended with the final day of Book 2 Lots going under the hammer followed immediately by Book 3 yearlings at the iconic Karaka Sales Complex.At the conclusion of Book 2, 282 Lots sold for a turnover of $9,873,500. The average and median reached $35,012 and $25,000 respectively with the clearance rate closing at 69%.Bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster topped the last session of Book 2 when he went to $120,000 to secure Lot 1097...
January 31, 2020Gillovic buoyed by Wrote reception
Highview Stud’s Brent Gillovic is over the moon with the reception first season sire Wrote has received at Karaka this week. The Group One winning son of High Chaparral’s sole Book 1 representative sold for $50,000, while his six yearlings sold in the Book 2 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale averaged $62,000, with two fillies selling for $80,000 each. “They have sold fantastically through Book 2 and we just sold a filly in Book 3 for $24,000, so it’s great,” ...
January 31, 2020Spotlight on New Zealand Sires During Book 2 Opening
On the opening day of Book 2 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sale Series, Australian Bloodstock agent John Foote continued his spending spree off the back of a strong Book 1 Sale. Foote took out the leading buyer title on Day One purchasing today’s highlight, Lot 726 a $160,000 Per Incanto colt out of Makkura from the draft of Little Avondale Stud. New Zealand-based sires have provided all three of the top Lots on Day One, with Australians present in the buying bench. G...
January 29, 2020Competitive Buying Bench Sees Out Book 1
After a solid finish at Book 1 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sales Series, the key critical indicators were up on last year’s Sale, which reflected a strong market. The turnover reached $67,130,000, representing an average of $138,698 for 484 horses sold. The median closed at $107,500, with the clearance rate climbing to 79%. The increased Australian spend was up by a total of $4.8 million on last year’s Sale. NZB’s Managing Director Andrew Seabrook was pleased wi...
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