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Scholarship Blog: Ryan Stacey

Keith and Faith Equine Scholarship winner Ryan Stacey provides and update on his time at the Irish National Stud. As April passes by, the sun has finally been gracing us with its presence, brightening up not just the sky but everyone's mood.  The trees are blossoming and the tourists have been coming through the stud in big numbers.  With the foaling season slowly winding down, the stud also welcomed its 200th new-born foal of the breeding season. Those in the foaling unit having a cel...

Buyers find quality at Karaka May Sale

The New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka May Sale Weanling session has concluded with a pleasing increase in average and median price from last year’s edition of the Sale. The average weanling price reached $18,121 (up 35%) and the median rose to $10,000 from $8,000 in 2018, with the aggregate closing at $1,649,000 for 91 lots sold (71% clearance). “With the reduced quantity of horses on offer we were confident that the quality was much better than last year and that’s been reflected by the incre...

Divine result for Koru Thoroughbreds at Karaka

Kevin and Julie Taylor of Koru Thoroughbreds sent two mares to Aquis Farm stallion Divine Prophet two years ago, and the results of those matings returned a healthy profit for them at Karaka on Friday. The Taylors offered two weanlings by the son of Choisir at New Zealand Bloodstock’s May Sale, with lot 92, a filly out of Starcraft mare Startina, selling for $60,000 to Hallmark Stud, while $10 million Lotto winner Lout Te Keeti went to $95,000 to secure lot 135, a colt out of Pins mare Caramel...

Preferment's first foals excite

VIDEO: Caroline Searcy talks to Brighthill Farm's Nick King and checks out the first crop of weanlings by four-time Group One winner Preferment....

Group One winning son of Snitzel to Mapperley Stud

Mapperley Stud has added Snitzel’s Group One winning son, Summer Passage, to their five-strong stallion roster ahead of the 2019 breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of $8,000+GST. An A$800,000 yearling, Summer Passage was a high-class juvenile, winning the Listed Reid & Harrison Slipper (1200m) before showing sustained speed when crossing from the outside barrier to win the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) in emphatic fashion. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained colt then p...

Stallions introduced and farewelled in Karaka May Sale

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2019 Karaka May Sale is set to showcase stallions at opposite ends of their careers. Condensed into a single day of selling, this year’s mixed bloodstock sale will be held at Karaka on Friday. On one hand, the 240-lot catalogue features first-crop weanlings by 11 new entrants to New Zealand’s stallion ranks. There are eight weanlings by Haunui Farm’s Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes (1400m) and Lockinge Stakes (1600m) winner Belardo. Four-time Group One winner Preferment, w...

Rich Hill stallions continue to impress

VIDEO: Caroline Searcy and Rich Hill Managing Director John Thompson showcase exciting Deep Impact stallion Satono Aladdin, plus first crop foals sired by Monsun sire-son Vadamos....

Trelawney stars on super Saturday of racing

Brent and Cherry Taylor are no strangers to the feeling of success, 40 Group One races have been won by horses bred, raised or sold by Trelawney Stud since the Taylor family purchased the iconic property in 1993. The rush of emotion from a win never dampens, no matter the number of victories on the tally, and last Saturday was no exception. Brent and Cherry made a last-minute decision to travel to Brisbane to attend the Doomben meeting and were on hand to witness a Group winning double by horses...

Status quo for Inglewood Stud

After a pleasing first season at stud, exciting young stallion War Decree will return to Inglewood Stud in 2019 where he will stand at an unchanged fee of $6,500+GST. “We were rapt with the response to War Decree,” Inglewood Stud’s Gus Wigley said. “For a non-syndicated horse to serve just under 100 mares speaks volumes about his appeal as a stallion. “He drew mares from all over the country and the quality was outstanding, on one day alone he covered maiden siblings to Australian Gr...

Cambridge Stud announce 2019 service fees

Cambridge Stud has recognised the wider industry’s move to provide support to breeders, with the announcement of their 2019 stud fees. A number of studs have reduced fees to enable breeders the opportunity to make greater commercial returns. Cambridge Stud have responded in kind by reducing the stud’s flagship stallion Tavistock to a fee of $50,000+GST for the upcoming season, down $15,000 from last year. Tavistock has enjoyed success at Group One level in Australia, Hong Kong...

Archer savours Doomben 10,000 triumph

David Archer had already scaled some of racing’s highest peaks with his 10-time Group One winner Mufhasa, but last weekend he was right back at the summit. The Archer family’s home-bred star Bostonian, who races as The Bostonian in Australia, scored a stunning upset victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Brisbane – beating a field featuring the elite Australian sprinters Osborne Bulls and Nature Strip. “Days like that are what you live for in racing,” Archer said. “Al...

Grassyards Farm doubles stallion roster

Otago stud farm, Grassyards Farm, is doubling its stallion roster this coming breeding season, and studmaster Jason Coutts has an innovative carrot to dangle in front of prospective breeders. Coutts has secured the services of Howard Be Thy Name, a Group One-winning son of the late champion sire Redoute's Choice and Group Two-winning Faltaat mare Bellini Rose. He is offering $30,000 and a free service to the breeders who produce the first two-year-old winner of Howard Be Thy Name, and that offer...

All About Magic for first time breeders

Twizel based breeders Stephanie Rathgen and Grant Midgley were in love with All About Magic (Showcasing[GB]-Rosecroft) from the day she was born, and her achievements this season have endorsed their faith and strengthened the love affair. All About Magic is the recent winner of the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes at Riccarton, and within the hour in the North Island Rainbow Dash (Showcasing[GB]-Sarsouti) became Showcasing’s second stakes winner for the season. The son of Oasis Dream has l...

Matamata Thoroughbred Catalogue Wins Major Industry Award

Waikato Stud’s 2018/19 thoroughbred catalogue has won a major award at the prestigious Pride In Print industry awards, taking out Best Sheetfed Process from dozens of competing publications. The Pride In Print awards programme is seen as the annual benchmarking event for the printing, packaging, signage and graphic arts industries and attracts hundreds of entries from all over New Zealand. This year, the black tie event was held at Wellington’s TSB Arena on Friday May 3. The catalogue was en...

Ghibellines heads White Robe Lodge roster

White Robe Lodge have announced a slight fee increase for exciting young sire Ghibellines, who will stand for a fee of $6,000+GST for the forthcoming breeding season. The Group Two-winning son of Shamardal has made a promising start to his stud career, with two winners and a stakes performer from just seven runners to date and has been represented by a host of promising horses at the trials. Ghibellines’ first winner was the John and Karen Parsons-trained gelding El Gladiador, while trainer ...

Belonging to the Barlows

Chris and Tina Barlow believe in second chances and aren’t afraid to think out of the box when it comes to giving their horses another shot at success. Case in point is Man of Honour (Postponed (USA) - Big Soiree) who won the inaugural New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Ready Teddy Trophy at the recent Matamata Two-Day Event for best performed thoroughbred. Bred and owned by the Barlows, he was unplaced in two starts as a five-year-old. Instead of moving him on they sent him to i...

Princess Jenni wins G1 Australasian Oaks

Champion jockey Damien Oliver had to call on all his skills to get Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral - Glitzbeel) home in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville in Adelaide. Trained at Mornington in Victoria by David Brideoake, the filly found herself in traffic more than once but Oliver was patient and steered her through a gap late in Saturday's Group One test. Brideoake's racing manager Alex Woodhams was on hand and admitted to some nerves but had faith in the jockey. "You put ...

Randwick result for Reliable Man

Westbury Stud based stallion Reliable Man scored a clean sweep in the ATC Heritage Centre Tours Handicap (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday after Nobu (Reliable Man - Royal Prize) headed off Chris Waller-trained stablemates Duchess of Lennox (Reliable Man - Dunbarton) and Ombudsman (Reliable Man - Fifth Avenue).Nobu, who was bred by the Whitby Bloodstock Trust, is now likely to head to the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) on June 8. Waller sent Nobu across the Tasman for the New Zealand Derby in ...

Showcasing 2yos shine in stakes races

Former Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Showcasing sired the winners of both juvenile stakes races in New Zealand on Saturday. Consistent filly Rainbow Dash (Showcasing - Sarsourti) added further valuable black-type to her outstanding two-year-old campaign with a gritty victory in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa. The Jenna Mahoney-trained filly has only finished further back than second on one occasion in her six starts to date and that was when running sixt...

Windsor Park Stud release fees

The Schick family’s Windsor Park Stud, in Cambridge, has announced the stud fees for its seven-strong stallion roster headed by triple Group One winner Charm Spirit at $18,000+GST. The son of Invincible Spirit has made an excellent start to his stud career in both hemispheres, with the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Group Two winner Aretha his best performer from his first crop to date. Hitherto the sire of five stakes performers, Charm Spirit’s Listed winning son Kick On will cont...

Speedy Meady - first stakes winner for Mead

Morrinsville publican Russell Mead headed to Bali over Easter knowing that his classy three-year-old Speedy Meady (Swiss Ace[AUS]- Lucy In Disguise) could win at Rotorua on Easter Monday but he wasn’t expecting him to take out the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders Stakes five days later. “I knew he was going to run at Rotorua and could win,” recalled Mead, “but then Stephen (Ralph) rang and said he was going to back him up quickly in the Cambridge Breeders Stakes, and I said good luck with getting...

Rich Hill Stud Announce Fees

Rich Hill stands four exciting young stallions for 2019, each bringing the best of international bloodlines and top class race performance. With the stud's focus on offering breeders value, the stallion service fees are predominantly unchanged. Young sire Vadamos stands again at $15,000+gst and Satono Aladdin at $12,500+gst, while Proisir who is currently one of New Zealand's leading first season sires will stand for an unchanged fee of $7,000+gst. Proven Group...

Status quo for The Oaks Stud

Cambridge farm The Oaks Stud have left their stallion service fees unchanged heading into the 2019 breeding season. The farm’s stallion roster is headed by five-time Group One winner Darci Brahma, who will stand for a fee of $15,000+gst. The son of Danehill, who is Singapore’s six-time Champion sire, has left 38 individual stakes winners, including nine individual Group One winners. He will once again be joined by Roc de Cambes and Niagara who will both stand for an unchanged fee of $5,000+g...

Scholarship Blog: Sam Bergerson

My four week experience with the Goffs UK team began at Aintree for a boutique National Hunt (Jumpers) sale of 28 horses as part of the iconic Grand National Carnival. A bit of background quickly - Goffs UK (formerly Doncaster Bloodstock Sales (DBS)) is the second largest and fastest growing Thoroughbred Auction House in the UK and Goff's (Ireland Branch) is Ireland's leading Bloodstock Sales Company. The combined entity offers an extensive programme of sales throughout the year, in Britain and ...

Eulogy - her influence on Hong Kong champion Beauty Generation

What do Hong Kong Horses of the Year Sacred Kingdom (Encosta De Lago), Ambitious Dragon (Pins) and current star Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) have in common?. Sacred Kingdom, Champion Hong Kong Sprinter for four successive seasons achieved the title in 2010 followed immediately by Ambitious Dragon’s back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012. Beauty Generation’s second consecutive Hong Kong Horse of the Year title was very likely wrapped up mid-way through the season but heavily confirmed with ...