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Red letter day for The Oaks Stud

The Oaks Stud General Manager, Rick Williams was quietly confident leading into the weekend that owner Dick Karreman and resident stallion Darci Brahma could be in for plenty of thrills from their racing representatives engaged at both Hastings and Ruakaka on Saturday. However, even he couldn’t predict the level of success they would enjoy with Karreman represented by four individual winners, all sired by Darci Brahma, who also added two further victories to rack up a sensational six successes...

Crofskey's add another stakes win to their count

The Singaporean Champion three-year-old of his year Countofmontecristo (Echoes Of Heaven[AUS] – Replicate) returned to form to win the Listed Merlion Trophy in Singapore on Sunday, much to the delight of his Taranaki based breeders Heather and Peter Crofskey. It had been around 700 days since the now six-year-old gelding last won a race, after winning seven races at three and four, including two of the Singapore three-year-old Triple Crown races the Three-Year-Old Classic, and Three-Year-Old S...

RITA Racing Reform Programme Update

Good evening, It’s been just sixty days since the establishment of the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) and a timely opportunity to update you on progress against the Reform Programme the Board are advancing on behalf of the Minister for Racing.  Our strategic focus is set out very clearly in the letter of expectation from the Minister for Racing -  we must work to secure the long-term success of the New Zealand racing industry. We must reform the industry into a more sustain...

Auckland Stallion Parade

The Auckland NZTBA Stallion Parade will take place on Sunday September September 15 and will be followed by an awards lunch at New Zealand Bloodstock. The first parade will commence at 10:30am at Westbury Stud (700 Linwood Road, Karaka) where the farm will showcase stallions El Roca, Redwood, Reliable Man, Swiss Ace, Tarzino and Telperion. The tour will then continue to Haunui Farm (113 Kidd Road, Karaka) who will parade Iffraaj and Belardo, along with some of Belardo’s first crop of yearlings...

Roaring Lion loses battle with colic

Cambridge Stud and staff are devastated to report the loss of stallion Roaring Lion overnight from further complications, following two major colic surgeries three weeks ago. Last year's Champion European three-year-old Roaring Lion won four Group One races from 1600m to 2000m, earning a Timeform rating of 130. Roaring Lion won eight of his 13 starts for trainer John Gosden and strung together four successive Group One wins last year, usurping the Eclipse Stakes (2000m), Juddmonte International ...

VIDEO: Eminent on Bred To Win

The latest instalment of Bred To Win featured Brighthill Farm's new stallion Eminent. In this clip Caroline Searcy talks to Nick King on the son of Frankel and his stallion credentials. ...

Vespa produces two trial winners

Wellfield Stud stallion Vespa’s first crop of juveniles are starting to hit the track and are showing promising signs, with two trials winners on Tuesday. A Stephen Autridge-trained filly, out of two win mare Langara, won her 650m heat at Te Rapa by half a length, while the Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained Piaggio looked impressive when taking out his 600m heat at Foxton by five lengths. “He’s a neat tidy horse with a fair bit of ability,” Benner said. “He looks like his sire an...

FASTTRACK INSURANCE BREEDER PROFILE: David Archer

David Archer was initiated into the world of racing as a pre-schooler and that early interest developed into a lifelong passion that has given him some of the biggest thrills possible for an owner or breeder of thoroughbreds. “Like a lot of people in my generation my interest came from my father, my parents,” Archer said. “We have a photograph of me in the New Zealand Herald when I must have been about four years of age sitting on the fence watching the races at Ellerslie. “Right through...

Dunstan Feeds - Under the Radar

This is a short Q & A with an industry person to gain a little more insight into who they are…. for this month's “Under the Radar” we talk to North Island Foster Foal co-ordinator Philip Smyth What is your industry involvement and how did you become involved I had equestrian background beginning with Pony Club then this continued to show jumping. My brother and I decided to go breeding the sales and purchased a couple weanlings and that was the beginning of a family interest that inv...

New Season Sire Preview

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New focus at The Oaks Stud

There has been a change of direction by The Oaks Stud owner Dick Karreman with some of the younger horses and the likelihood of some further major decisions to be made in a year or so. Since purchasing The Oaks Stud in 2002, the successful Queenslander has watched a steady stream of winners emerge from the Cambridge property, either bred and raced or sold by the stud, or progeny of one of its resident stallions. He has enjoyed many highlights with home-bred fillies, headed by the seven-time Gro...

Ride Like A Girl exclusive

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association have secured the first viewing of the inspirational movie Ride Like A Girl, the story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when riding New Zealand-bred Prince Of Penzance to victory in 2015.  The viewing will take place on Friday August 23, from 5pm at the Tivoli Theatre in Cambridge. Cashbar available. Movie starts at 5:45pm. Tickets are strictly limited and to secure please phone the NZTB...

Another Group Winner for Charm Spirit

Leading young sire Charm Spirit's progeny continued on with their fine form overnight when his three-year-old son Kick On defeated the older horses to land a thrilling renewal of the Gr.3 Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes (1600m) in England. From the stable of champion Newmarket trainer John Gosden, Kick On produced a performance reminiscent of his own sire's relentless courage and class to hold off Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) hero Accidental Agent. "To be honest, from where I was standing I wasn'...

Rutten honoured by NZTBA Wellington

A very humble Chris Rutten was recently awarded the John A Higgs Award at the Annual General Meeting of the Wellington Branch of the NZTBA. “It was completely unexpected, but awesome to win,” according to a delighted Rutten when discussing the award a few days after the announcement. “It was great to get recognised for the work we do here at Cavallo. A lot of my clients have won the award over the years, and there were a few of them to help us celebrate. It was a nice surprise.” Rutten i...

Guidelines for dealing with strangles

The disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi var. equi, or strangles, is commonin New Zealand, as it is in many countries where there is a significant population of horses. The disease is found throughout the country and is a readily transmissible disease enhanced by the normal movement of horses between premises, especially in race yards and studs. During the breeding season movement of horses between farms is extremely high so vigilance is needed to restrict the spread of stran...

Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay Racing Awards

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Tough initiation for Cambridge Stud couple

To say that the past fortnight has been a tough one for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay would be an understatement. The fickle nature of the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry could not have been highlighted any better than a thirty-minute period on a sunny Saturday morning just two weeks ago. The Lindsay’s, their family and some close friends along with all of the staff at the Stud had gathered to welcome their newest stallion arrival, European Horse of the Year Roaring Li...

Cambridge Stud Stallion Parades

Cambridge Stud will host the first of three public stallion parades this Sunday at 2pm. The Cambridge farm will parade resident stallions Tavistock, Almanzor, Burgundy and Embellish. Subsequent parades will take place on the 18th and 25th of August at 2pm and 2:30pm respectively. All welcome....

Show-jumping prize paves way to Winter Cup breeding success

Saturday’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) added some black-type lustre to a brief foray into thoroughbred breeding for Carole and Doug Isaacson. The time-honoured Riccarton feature was won in strong style by Dez, who was bred by the Dannevirke couple in unusual circumstances. Doug Isaacson is a respected name in show-jumping, where he competed with distinction for several decades before retiring earlier this year at the age of 71. One of his many victories in that arena came in Masterton a decade ago...

LA Stallion Open Day

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2019 Rodmor Trust Lecture Series

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Blog Post- Sam Bergerson

Sunline Trust International Management Scholarship recipient Sam Bergerson updates us on his overseas experience:  On to the final leg. Winstar Farm, Kentucky, America. After a 13 hour flight from Dublin to Chicago and then on to Lexington, I had arrived.  Winstar farm is located on the outskirts of Versailles, Kentucky. Purchased in the year 2000, the growth and success of the farm in such a short period of time has been phenomenal. It is now comprised of over 2,700 acres and is home ...

Prominent owner dies

Group One-winning owner Scott Richardson passed away on Monday after a lengthy battle with illness. A former stock broker, Richardson was a director of the Auckland Racing Club for 11 years until 2002. A passionate racing man, he then turned his attention to his 100-acre property in Matamata which he called Flemington Farm, with well-regarded horse people Mark and Cath Lupton at the helm. Richardson’s pink silks with grey armbands became synonymous with success and his greatest triumph came wh...

2019 Winter Breeders' Bulletin

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Savabeel continuing to raise the bar

Savabeel has broken his own domestic stakes earnings record, narrowly missing becoming the first stallion to hit $4 million in New Zealand in a season, as he stretched his Grosvenor Award winning streak to five years running. The Waikato Stud stallion has enjoyed yet another banner season, becoming leading two-year-old sire for the first time, as well as sweeping the main New Zealand stallion awards for the fourth straight year. Savabeel's progeny earned $3,951,419 in New Zealand for the 2018-19...