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Waikato Annual Stallion Parade well attended

The weather gods were shining on the Waikato Branch when they held their annual JLT Bloodstock Stallion Parade last weekend. "The weather was fantastic on both days and that really helped to get the people out and looking," according to Waikato Branch president Mark Devcich. "We had good numbers on both Saturday and Sunday, naturally Saturday was a bit quieter due to the races and other sporting commitments but on Sunday we had a big turn out. "The new season's stallions were exceptionally po...

Matt's Blog - August 2011

Arrival to Taylor Made Farm 16 July 2011 – 28 August 2011 Saturday the 16th of July, my third and final leg of the Sunline Scholarship brought me to the United States of America on the very accommodating flight by US Airways. As I landed in Lexington Kentucky, or otherwise known as the Bluegrass State, I was thinking about all the great things I will be learning in another country and state that thinks so highly of the thoroughbred as we do back home in NZ. I stepped out of the customs area...

Trish Dunell breeds full brother and sister - 1st and 2nd

When Divine Miss Em beat Roverto recently it may have only been an industry day at Waipa in a $5,000 maiden event but the remarkable thing is that these two horses are brother and sister. Divine Miss Em is the 2007 filly by Traditionally (USA) out of Delph (Blue Razor [USA] –Miss Forty Niner [USA]) and Roverto is her 2006 colt. Both horses were bred and are raced by New Zealand's leading equine photographer Trish Dunell. Racing pundits have been trying to recall when or even if this has happ...

Superturf’s Winter Cup Win very satisfying for Breeder / Owner / Trainer – Greg Lambert

Superturf's win in the Group Three Aussie Browne's Pharmacy Winter Cup certainly vindicated Greg Lambert's decision to bring him home from the 2008 yearling sales. "It's really satisfying to win a decent race with him, he has now won over a $100,000 and that vindicates my decision to pass him in at the sales when he failed to reach his $50,000 reserve. I always felt he would be a good horse. I kept a half share and sold the other 50% in five or 10% shares to various friends, some of whom had nev...

Auckland Branch Annual Awards Dinner selling out fast

Only week left until the NZTBA Auckland branch awards starring special guest speaker, now officially crowned Sydney's leading trainer, Chris Waller and tickets are selling fast!Sponsored by New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance, the night has attracted some notable items that will be up for grabs in auction style fashion, complimented by a fantastic meal, super entertainment, while racing personality Steve Davis will be hosting us through the night.Tickets are limited and are selling fast. Tickets al...

Graded Stakes Committee's Annual Review released

The New Zealand Graded Stakes Committee has undertaken its annual review of the Group and Listed races run in New Zealand in the 2010-11 season. In accordance with the Rules of Racing the following decisions have been made: 1. The Canterbury Jockey Club's Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) has been downgraded from Group Three to Listed status. 2. The Waikato Racing Club's James and Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) 3YO has been upgraded from Listed to Group Three status. 3. The Auckland Racing Club...

"WhoRthey?" - Three Generations of a Family Steeped in History enjoy Whoshe's success

Three generations of a family steeped in New Zealand racing history and folklore are celebrating the success of the listed Wanganui Guineas winner Whoshe (Storm Creek[USA]-Lesley Coup), a filly they bred from a family they have bred from for six generations. Ninety-three year old Elizabeth Waller – grandmother to champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller - owns Lesley Coup (Prized[USA]- Foreign Coin) the dam of Whoshe with her daughters Robyn, Chrissy Cunningham, and Ali Horrocks and grandson Ric...

Canterbury Branch invite all members to their annual pre-sale 'Meet & Greet'

New Zealand Bloodstock & Canterbury/Marlborough/Westland & Otago Branch Of the NZTBA Invite you to the annual Welcome Function and Auction Where: Chateau on the Park When: Thursday 11th August from 6.30pm Click here for further details - NZTBA...

Pretty Nippy 'Marea Alta' (Montjeu - Semper Fidelis) Takes Home The Gold Cup

Training stakes winners isn't unusual for Central Districts NZTBA member Mark Oulaghan, neither for that matter is owning them, but owning a stakes winner and having it trained by another trainer is a whole new experience. Oulaghan and his mother Pam, also a NZTBA member, bred and race the listed Taumarunui Gold Cup winner Marea Alta (Montjeu [IRE] – Semper Fidelis) and she is trained for them at Wanganui by Alexander Fieldes. "We are delighted with that win and the great job Alexander has d...

Auckland Branch July 2011 Edition of 'Hoofprint"

Click here to read the Auckland Branch newsletter "Hoofprint July 2011" - Auckland Branch...

"CK" Phua breeds a Singapore Derby winner in New Zealand

When Laurie Laxon moved to Singapore to train horses in 2000 he took a small team of horses with him which included a lightly raced Deputy Governor (USA) mare named Torch (ex Spotlight) whom he sold to a first time owner Chian Kin (CK) Phua. Fast forward 11 years and Torch is now the dam of the Group One Singapore Derby winner Clint by Casual Lies (USA), raced by his breeder CK Phua and part of an extensive racing team he has in Singapore racing under Oscar Racing Stables and trained by Laxon a...

Matt's Blog - July 2011

I cannot believe it. I am finished my second leg of the Sunline Trust International Management Scholarship. The year has passed by very swiftly whilst I have been abroad, and what I have learnt in both England at Cheveley Park Stud, and Ireland at Coolmore Stud has been spectacular, and an experience I will never forget. My final three weeks at Coolmore Stud has been filled with pure excitement with events such as the Irish Derby weekend, stallion parades for breeders all over the world, includ...

New Zealand Equine Artist reaches the finals of the inaugural William Inglis Equine Art Prize

Top Waikato based equine artist Barbara E. Lewis is the sole New Zealand representative among the 30 finalists selected for the inaugural Inglis Equine Art Prize in Australia. Her work, a study of top stallion High Chaparral on parade day at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge, is one of 34 artworks from artists in Australia, Canada, USA and Germany that will be competing for prizemoney of AU$15,000. The theme for 2011 is "Life at the Stud" and will be judged by Ross Harvey, Alan Bell and Arthur Ing...

First Stakes Winner for the New Generation "Chequers Stud"

Shenzhou Steeds (Ishiguru (USA)-Suncity) pictured above. (Picture by Trish Dunell) The win by Shenzhou Steeds (Ishiguru (USA)-Suncity) in the listed Sunshine Coast Guineas recently represented the first stakes winner for Chequers Stud since it was purchased by Mark Fraser Campin and his brother Chris Campin. The three-year-old gelding joins a whole host of stakes winners that were produced at Chequers Stud when it was owned by the boys father Jim Campin and mother Ngaire Fraser; horses of the c...

Bomac Lecture Series 2011 is 'All about Foals'

The Bomac Lecture Series will follow the same afternoon format as the last two years and will be held from 1pm to 5.30pm Sunday 24th July Christchurch Riccarton Racecourse Wednesday 27th July Palmerston North Awapuni Racecourse Friday 29th July Auckland NZB Karaka Sales Complex Sunday 31st July Matamata Matamata Club Inc, Rawhiti Avenue Jane will deal with the management of common conditions and diseases of the later pregnant mare, the newborn foal, the young foal and the older foal beyond ...

Matt's Blog - June (wk 4) 2011

Coolmore and Working the Stallion Yard 4 June 2011 – 24 June 2011 I am over the halfway point at my stay here in Ireland at Coolmore Stud, I am continuously learning from the staff and managers here. The weather is beautiful this time of the year, the countryside is magnificent, and the people are very friendly and helpful. I am in love with this country and how thoroughbreds are constantly on people's minds, talking either racing or breeding and who will be the next champion racehorse or si...

Matthew Scown's latest blogg from Coolmore

Coolmore and Working the Stallion Yard 4 June 2011 – 24 June 2011By Matthew Scown Coolmore Stud, I am over the halfway point at my stay here in Ireland at Coolmore Stud, I am continuously learning from the staff and managers here. The weather is beautiful this time of the year, the countryside is magnificent, and the people are very friendly and helpful. I am in love with this country and how thoroughbreds are constantly on people's minds, talking either racing or breeding and who will be the...

Hawke's Bay announce date for annual weanling walk

The Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay T/Bred Breeders will be holding their annual foal parade on Sunday 3rd July commencing at 10am.This as usual is the day following the premier jumps meeting at Hastings.The start will be at Lime Country T/breds Okawa Stud.Weanlings will be shown at the old stallion stables up the main driveway.A good selection of stallions will be represented. As usual a luncheon will be held after the parade at "Off The Track" Restaurant, Havelock Road at a cost of $35. Reservations fo...

Matt's Blog - October 2011

Final Blog 29 August 2011 – 25 September 2011 I simply cannot believe how fast the past 30 weeks have gone by whilst being on the Sunline Scholarship. The friends, knowledge and experience I have gained in all three country's is something I will never forget and am excited to bring what I have learnt into play in New Zealand. On my days off I decided to visit some of the impressive stud farms around Kentucky, including Three Chimneys, Darley, Ashford Stud, Win Star and Lanes End. Each stud ...

Queensland Derby Duelled's first group one winner

The irony of Duelled leaving the group one Queensland Derby winner Shootoff (ex Athenri) was not lost on the partners in Duelled, Denise Howell and Graham Rogerson. Last week prior to the Derby, they had failed to find the right place to stand the son of Redoute's Choice either here or in Australia and decided to stand him once again at Dormello Stud, just out of Hamilton, and set his fee at $2500. "We couldn't get mares to the horse last season, and after the yearling sales we decided to hold...

Central Districts Branch announce date for 'Foal Walk'

SUNDAY 19th JUNE ITINERARY 10. 00 am Highden Park, Highden Road. Libby Bleakley (027 6129610)A selection of weanlings by High Chaparral, Alamosa, Don Eduardo, St Reims and Shinko King. 11.00 am Fairdale Stud, Number One Line. Duncan Fell (0274 604132)A selection of weanlings by Fully Fledged. 12.00 pm Mangatiti Bloodstock, 347 Oroua Rd. Tony Bambry (027 2215678)A selection of weanlings by Perfectly Ready, Iffraaj, Mettre En Jeu, Fully Fledged, and Mr Nancho. To be followed by lunch and a demonst...

Matt's Blog - June 2011

So You Think's a star for Matt Coolmore Stud and Irish 1000 Guineas 14 May 2011 – 3 June 2011 I am well settled in at Coolmore stud now, learning the different techniques and ways of going about life at such an amazing stud. Thanks to the very friendly and helpful managers and staff, I simply eased into the day to day routine in Guirys 1 yard where my Coolmore experience begins. I would like to start this blog with a special mention to the magnificent young colt by Coolmore sire Hig...

Tribute to Jane McClintock Bunbury 11 Aug 1943 - 1 June 2011

Jane McClintock Bunbury11 Aug 1943 - 1 June 2011 The NZTBA lost one of its stalwart members with the passing of Jane Bunbury in Auckland recently. After a short battle with cancer, fought with her indelible tenacity, Jane died peacefully surrounded by her husband Callum MacLeod and members of her extended family from Ireland. Jane was born in Ireland on August 11th 1943 into a family steeped in racing history. She was passionate about and had an unwavering enthusiasm and commitment for the thor...

Breeders' Bulletin - Winter 2011

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Dr Bill Luey's Family Comes Up Trumps

Breeding theories, nicks and crosses, male or female line dominance, they are all part of the fascinating elements that make thoroughbred breeding so intriguing. Believing in theories and putting them into practice is a brave move and not for the faint hearted, neither is it a passion for those that don't have the stamina to stay in the game to ensure the results and reap the rewards. This autumn's multiple stakes winning 3yo filly Scarlett Lady (Savabeel-On Call) is the result of 30 odd years o...