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Group One success celebrated at awards dinner

The Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association held their annual Cathay Pacific Group One Awards dinner last Friday. For the first time the awards were presented to breeders of Group One winners from around New Zealand, not just the Waikato region. Eighteen horses were acknowledged for their elite level wins, with Hong Kong champion Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) crowned horse of the year.  “We are playing with the idea of making it a national Group One award...

Co-breeder savours Seaway’s success

Seaway’s victory in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday was a big result for Trevor Luke. The Christchurch businessman bred Seaway in partnership with Waikato Stud, and he was delighted to see the Ocean Park gelding defy all challengers on Saturday to record his first black-type victory. Luke has enjoyed major success as an owner, notably with the multiple Group One winner Alamosa, but the horses he has co-bred from Seaway’s dam Miss Purrfection are allowing him to wi...

Ace High nomination for sale to support Taranaki Breeders' Stakes

The Egmont Racing Club, in conjunction with Rich Hill Stud, are selling a nomination to first season sire Ace High. Proceeds from the sale will go towards sponsorship of the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders' Stakes (1400m). Ace High is a dual Group One winning son of High Chaparral. Prepared by David Payne, he was a winner at two and dominated as a spring three-year-old, winning the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) before successive Group One victories in the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) and ...

Further accolades for Beauty Generation

Dual Hong Kong Horse of The Year Beauty Generation was named the Horse of the Year at the Cathay Pacific Group One Awards Dinner, hosted by the Waikato branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, at Sky City Hamilton on Friday night. The six-year-old son of Road to Rock was undefeated this season, recording a Hong Kong record of eight wins this term, four of those at Group One level. He also set a new all-time prizemoney record of HK$84.7 million (NZ$16.1 million) and earned ...

Roaring Lion suffers colic attack

Cambridge Stud suffered a devastating blow on Saturday morning when freshman sire Roaring Lion was struck down with a bout of colic. The Cartier Champion three-year-old and UK Horse of the Year was admitted to Cambridge Equine Veterinary Hospital early Saturday morning for colic surgery.  Released from quarantine at 6.00am on Saturday, he had spent 15 minutes in his paddock at Cambridge Stud when symptoms of colic were noted.  He was transferred to Cambridge Equine Hospital immediatel...

Waikato Branch Stallion Parade

The Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association will hold their annual Gavelhouse Stallion Weekend on August 24 and 25. 12 farm's will parade their stallions to the public, with lunch and refreshments served during the course of the day. A free bus is available to members and will leave the NZTBA office in Cambridge each morning. To book a spot on the bus or for more information contact Scott Buchanan on 022 613 1631 or scotty_nz@hotmail.com  ...

Ace High on parade

Rich Hill Stud will parade four of their five-strong stallion roster on Sunday, August 4.The line-up includes Ace High, a dual Group One winning son of High Chaparral, who will stand his debut season in 2019 for a fee of $10,000 +GST.Vadamos, Shocking and Prosir will also be on parade while Satono Aladdin is still in quarantine and will be available for viewing once cleared.The parade begins at 1pm. For more information contact Karl Mihaljevich on 021 247 8892 or karl@richhillstud.co.nz...

Deep Impact sets new record

A son of Deep Impact set a new standard at the JRHA Select Sale earlier this month. The yearling colt, out of multiple Group winner Musical Way, was knocked down to the ¥360 million (NZ$4.9 million) bid of Riichi Kondo. Kondo was once again active in the foal session, going to ¥470 million (NZ$6.5 million) to secure a Deep Impact colt out of Titan Queen, the dam of Grade Two winner Renee’s Titan and Grade Three winners Fashion Alert and Strong Titan. Sons of Deep Impact are also making a spl...

Helena Baby - star find of winter racing

The Listed Opunake Cup winner Helena Baby (Guillotine-Hot Stash[AUS]) has certainly been the star find of winter racing. The four-year-old gelding romped home to an easy five and a half-length victory in the listed feature at Taranaki dishing out a galloping lesson to a lot more senior and more seasoned winter performers in his first start in open company. Helena Baby commenced racing in March and ran second behind subsequent Gr.2 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes winner Speedy Meady. He lined up the...

Overnight treble for Charm Spirit

Leading Freshman Sire Charm Spirit continued his hot run of success in Europe with a hat trick of winners in England overnight at 1400m, 1600m & 2000m. Invincible Spirit’s highest earning son also enjoyed success earlier in the week at Longchamp in Paris when the exciting Aga Khan-bred and raced 3YO colt Shendam bolted in over 1,600m at their Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris meeting. Their success provided Charm Spirit with eight winners in just over a week including in Australia where his t...

First winner for Atlante

The ill-fated Atlante sired his first winner at Hastings on Thursday when Callsign Mav took out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (800m). “It was good to get it done, he is still quite green. Once he changed legs with 100m to go he did it nicely,” trainer John Bary said. Bary, who has fashioned a strong record with juveniles this season, was pleased with his two-year-old heading into the race after a couple of nice jumpout performances. “I was quietly confident,” he said. “I thought ...

Novara Park Open Day

Novara Park will host an open day on Sunday July 21 to parade their two stallions, Sweynesse and Staphanos. The first crop by Sweynesse, one of the top Australian three-year-olds of his year, are rising two while  multiple Group One performer Staphanos will stand his first season at stud this year. The parade will start at 11:30am with a light lunch and refreshments to follow. For more information contact Scotty Buchanan on 022 613 1631...

An evening with the experts

The CMWO branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders, Association are holding a breeding educational evening in the Phar Lap room at Riccarton Park on August 8th. The evening will feature a selection of industry experts speaking on a range of issues and practices relevant to both commercial breeders and owner/breeders. Anyone with an interest in breeding are encouraged to attend and it promises to be a highly informative evening. There will be a free drink for members on arrival, and cash ...

Four metropolitan winners for Tavistock

Cambridge Stud sire Tavistock was the star of the show on Saturday, with his progeny Travimyfriend, Tavirun and Bedford all successful at Caulfield, while his six-year-old son, Curragh, was a winner in Sydney. New Zealand Group One placegetter Travimyfriend broke through for his first Australian win since he and trainer Rachael Frost relocated across the Tasman last year and was sent out at the lucrative odds of $16 despite his good recent form. Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie You...

21st birthday present delivers golden result in Grafton Cup

A bargain broodmare and a birthday present from Nick and Anne-Marie King to one of their sons produced an outstanding result for Brighthill Farm in Thursday’s Listed Grafton Cup (2350m). The race was won by Kiwi stayer Sacred Day, who seized on an inside run at the top of the straight and outfought Sopressa and Vaucluse Bay in a tight three-way battle to the finish. The other New Zealand runner, multiple stakes-winning mare Igraine, was just behind them in fourth. Sacred Day is trained in Camb...

Satono Aladdin foals make impact

Rich Hill Stud shuttle stallion, Satono Aladdin, a son of champion sire Deep Impact, has made a good impression on buyers with his first foals sold at the JRHA Select Sale at Northern Horse Park this week. With four foals from the first-crop of the Group One winning miler going under the hammer, they sold up to 56,000,000yen (NZ$773,295) and averaged 40,500,000yen (NZ$559,258). Satono Aladdin won on debut as a two-year-old and was Group Three-placed as a juvenile before training on to dual Group...

Ocean Park hits memorable mark

Waikato Stud resident Ocean Park has brought his century of winners up in style and in good time. The memorable mark was hit at Avondale where his daughter Seductress led all the way to impressively win a maiden mile. Ocean Park has a smart winners to runners strike rate of 58.5 percent overall and 55 winners at 62 percent in Australia. “It’s great that he’s got there quickly and onward and upward for him,” stud principal Mark Chittick said. “He was a fantastic galloper and he’s pass...

Polly picks up Pearl bonus

The last $20,000 NZB Insurance Pearl Bonus for the season was struck last Saturday at Te Rapa by the four-year-old Azamour (IRE) mare Polly Grey. “It was her last chance,” said part-owner and trainer Kylie Fawcett. “It was the last $20,000 Saturday bonus and she turns five next month so will no longer be eligible.” Polly Grey headed home a field of 12 mares in the rating 72 1600 metre event, and five of the first six home were all chasing the bonus. This is the second bonus Polly Grey ha...

Blog post- Sam Bergerson

Sunline Trust International Management Scholarship winner Sam Bergerson provides an update:Another month has flown by here at Coolmore and I am nearly on to the last leg of the journey. Crazy to think how fast it is going. I’ve been working with the stallions for the last month or so which has been an awesome experience. To work with some of the best racehorses and sires in the world has been unbelievable and I owe a lot to Tony and the stallion lads for the opportunity. It may ...

Wellfield offers bonus opportunity to breeders in 2019

Wellfield Lodge is encouraging broodmare owners to ‘breed with confidence’ this year after announcing their stallion fees for the upcoming season. The Manawatu based farm will stand each of their three resident stallions Alamosa (O’Reilly x Lodore Mystic), Road to Rock (Encosta de Lago x Trewornan) and Vespa (Elusive City x Miss Avalon), at $5000 +GST. As an added bonus the farm are offering any breeder that sends two mares to the same stallion an additional incentive. When two mares owned...

Per Incanto’s Unicorn sprints to Cup win

Classic Unicorn headed a successful weekend for Little Avondale stallion Per Incanto when he made it two wins from two starts when successful in the Class 3 Members Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jockey Zac Purton, who won six of the 10 races on the day, had been in the saddle for the three-year-old’s debut but handed the reins to Derek Leung when the Chris So-trained gelding was allotted a weight below Purton’s minimum. The chestnut sprinted home in 55.09s, a length and a quarte...

NZTBA represents breeders in healthy rivers policy change

An increase in political action has provided policy and regulatory framework to remedy the declining water quality throughout New Zealand. It has been well documented that poor farming practises over the years have led to a loss of nutrients in the soil and pollution of the waterways, and that it is no longer acceptable. Not surprisingly the Waikato Regional Council, which has the one of the largest rivers in the country flowing through its region, is proactive in wanting to provide policy and r...

Scholarships open for applications

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association have opened applications for their two annual scholarships. The International Management Scholarship, sponsored by the Sunline Trust, sends the successful candidate on an all-expenses paid, bonded trip of 30 weeks where they will experience the operational infrastructure, systems and management of three of the Northern hemisphere's leading stud farms. The winner of the Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship will attend the five-month Breedi...

Taylors savour Igraine’s big year

With stakes wins on both sides of the Tasman, imported European mare Igraine has earned herself a special place in Brent and Cherry Taylor’s broodmare band and hearts. The Trelawney principals are in the midst of a winter escape to Spain, but watched with delight as the Robert Priscott-trained Igraine scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) in Queensland. “It was a huge thrill to see her do that,” Brent Taylor said. “She’s a mare we’ve always had faith ...

Why membership matters

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association’s (NZTBA) membership numbers currently stand at around 1500, and CEO Justine Sclater believes the benefits of belonging affect the industry as well as the individual. “We represent breeders’ interests in so many areas that are significant to their livelihoods and the future of our industry,” Sclater said. “A strong member representation has a positive impact, whether it be on a political, welfare, research or education front.  I...