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NZTBA to celebrate Patron’s Diamond Jubilee

The NZTBA has been invited to celebrate 60 years of The Queen's reign. The Queen has been the Association's Patron since 1990 when she opened the new office at Ellerslie Racecourse, and has had a lifetime passion in all horses, especially thoroughbreds. In recent correspondence to the NZTBA, Mr John Warren, the Queen's Racing Manager, commented "Her Majesty derives tremendous pleasure from any winner, however great or small. Her deep interest has no boundaries, from which mare or filly is intro...

Thoroughbred Breeding Course

In response to interest from Stud Masters, we are seeking expressions of interest from Employers to send current Stud employees to a block course working towards the Level 3 National Certificate in Thoroughbred Breeding. This will be run in the Auckland Area in two block sessions – the first on 3-5 July and the second on 17-19 July 2012. The courses will run from 9-5pm each day and students would be expected to attend all days and both block courses. Click here to find out more about the cou...

Queensland Oaks success for Greg Tomlinson

The group one Queensland Oaks is a race oftn targeted by New Zealanders and their record in the event is quite extraordinary with nine winners since 2000. This year's event was no different with the first four horses home all New Zealand bred, with three of the four being by colonial stallions standing at Waikato Stud. The winner was Quintessential (Fast 'N' Famous[AUS]-Florette [USA]), from Eliza Blues (O'Reilly – Censibelle), Vittoria (Postponed [USA]-Eurotec) and Dowager Queen (Savabeel[AU...

Jimmy Choux to stand at Rich Hill

In the face of widespread competition, Rich Hill Stud has won the race to sign multiple Group One winner and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Jimmy Choux. In an agreement reached by the farm and Nearco Stud principal Greg Tomlinson with the former outstanding galloper's owner-breeders Richard and Liz Wood, the popular bay will begin his career at the Walton operation on the outskirts of Matamata. "We weren't originally planning to have a new stallion, but the decision by Sir Percy's Engli...

Zennista gives Budgie a thrill

NZTBA Auckland Branch member John Berger, or Budgie as he is often known, is a self professed bit of a battler when it comes to his horses, so was rapt recently with the win of Zennista (Zenno Rob Roy [JAP]- Zarnitsa) in the listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup. "It was an awesome great result - she is the first stakes winner I have bred. I was pretty excited when she ran second in the Oaks and that certainly helped her pedigree and upgraded her from Festival to Select. That helped at sales ti...

Celia adds to the family Honour Roll

When it comes to bloodstock matters its not often that Celia Crawshaw ignores the advice of her father Garry or younger brother Mark Chittick, but in May last year she did just that. "We had Prickle (Pins[AUS]-Snobbish) and her weanling in the May sale, and thank God I changed my mind and withdrew Prickle. I would be feeling pretty sick right now if I hadn't," she told the NZTBA this week. Prickle is the dam of Brambles (by Savabeel) the recent winner of the group three Grand Prix and the grou...

Warren Pegg strikes "Gold" with Bonnie Mac

The winner of the listed SAJC Proud Miss Stakes, Bonnie Mac (Thorn Park[AUS]-Gold Class), also the winner of five out of her six career starts, nearly didn't make it to the race track. As a two-year-old in the Moroney stable in Matamata, the filly underwent her first preparation but was put aside after a small paddock accident left her very sore in behind. According to Paul Moroney, who selected the filly from the 2009 Select Fillies Sale, the vet prescribed rest for the filly. She then came ba...

Trevor Delroy loves his stayers

West Australian breeder Trevor Delroy is passionate about staying pedigrees and that, combined with patience and good fortune, has attributed to him being the breeder of two derby winners this year. Delroy, the owner of Wyadup Farm near Yallingup in the Margaret River region south of Perth, is the breeder of the ATC Derby winner Ethiopia(Helenus [AUS]- Shona[AUS]) and the South Australian Derby winner Zabeelionaire (NZ) (Zabeel- Kisumu[AUS]). He races Ethiopia out of Pat Carey's stable in Flem...

Pencarrow's top family have a golden weekend

There is plenty to smile about down on the farm at Pencarrow Stud right now, following the amazing double stakes winning feat of the full blood relations Dolmabache (Redoute's Choice – Our Echezeaux) and Burgundy (Redoute's Choice- Grand Echezeaux) at the Cambridge Jockey Club's recent meeting. Dolmabache, raced by her breeders Peter and Phillip Vela of Pencarrow fame, was an upset winner of the group two Travis Stakes, a weight-for-age event for fillies and mares over 2000 metres. The four-y...

Jamie's Blog - April 2012

How time flies when you're having fun the old saying goes and nothing is more fitting to explain my time here at Cheveley. With only a couple of weeks until the Guineas weekend, then the Sunline Scholarship takes me to Coolmore Ireland, it is hard to comprehend that I have been here for the best part of two months. With everything going on, mares foaling, lectures and coverings in the evenings and trying to ride out as often as possible, it really doesn't take long for the days to blend together...

Jamie's Last Blog From Cheveley Park

Click here to read Jamies latest and last blog from Cheveley Park - Jamie Richards ...

Oysters and Horses - a great mix for Willie and Karen Calder

Southland branch NZTBA member Willie Calder makes his living as an oysterman and doesn't often take time out in the oyster season but last weekend was the exception as he wanted to go to Riccarton to see his filly Asavant (Zabeel-Pins'n'Needles) take out the Listed Warstep Stakes. "On Friday I was up at 4 a.m to go fishing, I put the catch in the chiller, and at 5.30 in the afternoon headed to Dunedin with my daughter Anna to watch the Highlanders play rugby. Early the next morning we drove up t...

Swiper The Fox sneaks home in the Champagne Stakes

Swiper The Fox is a character from the children's cartoon series Dora The Explorer. He is described as a sneaky fox who is fast and agile, with a penchant for thievery. He is the antagonist in most episodes of the popular series. Swiper The Fox (Align[AUS])- Canzano [AUS]) the racehorse, demonstrated similar characteristics when he sneakily snuck through the field of two-year-olds in the listed 1600 metre Novotel Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie recently. In the hands of comeback jockey Jason Col...

Life long interest in breeding thoroughbreds rewards Wanganui Breeder/Farmer

Wanganui breeder Iain Elliot is like a number of other small breeders in New Zealand. He is a man of the land, he has been involved in racing and breeding all his life, as was the norm for a lot of farmers of his generation, he has a broodmare Blue Symbol (Bluebird [USA]- Regal Salute) descended from a family nurtured by his father and maintained by him. She was a promising racehorse, achieving two wins and two placings from seven starts, before she sustained an injury and was sent to stud. Bl...

Thoroughbred Industry advertises for Industry Training Tutor

A position has become available as an Industry / Training Tutor, who will work across all Thoroughbred off-job delivery, leading the Breeders' Programme, and supporting the Stable Procedures/ Management qualifications and also supporting the Apprentice Jockey Academies as required. Click here to read the advertisement for the role of Industry Training Tutor. Click here to read the Position Description - NZTBA...

Malandrino steps up for Blandford Lodge

The win by Malandrino (Darci Brahma- Staryn Glenn) in the group three Manawatu Classic, has come at the perfect time for Blandford Lodge on the eve of the Inglis Easter Sale. "We are taking a close relation to the Sydney sale and it's great to get another black type winner in this family so close to the sale. In fact, a bit later on that day the family produced another one when Luke's Luck (Show A Heart[AUS]- Red Dream) won the group two Ausdrill/Karrakatta Plate so there was double cause for c...

NZTBA members Kylie Fawcett and Eddie Wright, the breeders of Villifye and Miss Keepsake, have a great weekend

Trainer Graham Richardson continued his winning ways when Villifye (NZ) (O'Reilly) landed the Group Two Windsor Park Stud Japan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga on Saturday. The four-year-old daughter of O'Reilly (NZ) scored by the barest of margins from Postman's Daughter (NZ) (Postponed) and Jeu de Cartes (NZ) (Stravinsky), with winning rider Craig Grylls coming widest of all on the Slow 9 track. The victory continued a record-breaking season for Matamata trainer Graham Richardson, who registered...

Inaugural Waikato Equine Training Scheme Announced

NZTBA Equine Industry Training Education Courses - programme announcement: The Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association invites students, studmasters, parents, and other interested parties to the inaugural Launch of the 2012 Waikato Breeders Course When: Tuesday 27th March 4-6pm Equine Academy Hannon Road Cambridge Click here to download the flyer: The NZTBA (Waikato Branch) have been delivering an equine breeding education course for a number of years. This year...

Jamie's Blog - March (wk4) 2012

The Biggest Jumping Festival in the World Cheltenham Festival To say I was a little excited about attending the second day of the Cheltenham Festival was a long shot; an underestimation with only one word that could describe what is truly an exceptional days racing, AMAZING. Mark Marris and I headed away on the two and a half hour trip to Cheltenham on Tuesday night and had booked accommodation at The Bull at Fairford, roughly thirty miles away from Cheltenham where we met Andre Klein, the CEO ...

Fay Fay - Another Chapter in an Eighty Year Old Tale

The NZ suffix has become synonymous with the honour roll of the HK-1 Hong Kong Derby in recent years, with Fay Fay (NZ) (Falkirk) continuing the tradition in 2012 with a determined victory in the Sha Tin showpiece. The race has been dominated by New Zealand-bred horses over the past decade, with Aoteroa providing no less than six of the past nine winners including subsequent Hong Kong Champions Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins) and Vengeance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel). For Wanganui breeders Peter and B...

Jonathan Hope celebrates his first Group One winner

Well known Cambridge veterinarian Jonathon Hope admits to experiencing a few anxious moments awaiting the outcome of the ARC Haunui Farm Diamond Stakes (Gr 1). The race was eventually won on protest by Warhorse (General Nediym [AUS]-Rathlin Island[AUS]) after Rollout The Carpet, who was first past the post, ran an erratic last 400 metres veering across the track and interfering with and taking the line of Warhorse. In a valiant effort, Warhorse came from a length behind Rollout The Carpet at th...

Sensational Win Very Satisfying for Pedigree Aficionado

The triple group one Auckland Cup winner Shez Sinsational(Ekraar[USA]-Original Sin) is everything pedigree aficionado Peter Jenkins hoped she would be. Jenkins who is currently on the staff at Arrowfield in Sydney was working in New Zealand for Stoneybridge at the time and when they imported the Red Ransom (USA) stallion Ekraar he set about deciding which mares would best suit him. Original Sin was amongst the racing team of the Karaka Group a part of Stoneybridge at that time and was selected...

Jamie's Blog - March 2012

Cheverly Park Bound… Firstly I think I should briefly introduce myself, my name is Jamie Richards and I'm twenty-two years old from Dunedin in the South Island. Prior to being awarded this scholarship I had worked mainly in racing stables, with my dad Paul having his own stables on the family farm (where I would much rather be than at school), as well spending the summer holiday periods with Mark Walker, Mark Kavanagh, Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie, all of which were great learning opportun...

Long Standing Friendship produces Matamata Breeders' Stakes Winner

A passion for thoroughbreds forged a friendship many years ago between the Hong Kong based English born New Zealander Mathew Oram, and New Zealand Bloodstock's International Bloodstock agent John Cameron, and now they are enjoying the thrill of racing a good horse. Along with their wives Elizabeth Oram and Jackie Cameron, William Fan and Moon Lai Tung they bred and race Rollout The Carpet (AUS) (Holy Roman Emperor [IRE] – Out of Egypt[USA]) the winner of the Group Two J Swap Contractors Matama...

Breeders' Bulletin - Autumn 2012

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