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Well-bred winners collect TBS bonuses

Several particularly well-bred horses are among the 12 qualified winners and placegetters that have collected the healthy total of $28,650 in Thoroughbred Bonus Scheme (TBS) prizemoney during the past fortnight.   At Tauranga on 29 November bonus winners included a daughter of Snap, NZ Filly of the Year, and relatives of G1 Perlin and G2 Growl. Brianna, a half-sister to SW Centennial, won a B bonus race at Avondale last Wednesday, and Tristavel, a half-sister to G1 Russian Pear...

Armada's breeder eyes Hong Kong Mile

Otaki-cum-Cambridge breeder Tom Jamison is hoping that Armada (Towkay-Dance In Time by Red Tempo) will maintain his brilliant form in Sunday’s $NZ3 million HKJC Hong Kong Mile G1. He won the HKJC International Mile Trial HK-2 on 19 November, the day after Pentathon (Pentire-Star Royal by Grosvenor) claimed the CJC New Zealand Cup G2. Both horses were bred by Tom, who shares the honours for Armada with Miss J. Fleming and Mr G.G. James. New Zealand-bred ARMA...

Great Sires book published

A very select group of eight New Zealand stallions (Alcimedes, Beau Pere, Foxbridge, Limond, Martian, Sir Tristram, Sovereign Edition & Summertime) are included in the recently released book Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World, by Andrew Reichard, Jennifer Churchill & Byron Rogers. Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World, newly published in Australia It's a milestone publication of 1000 pages, more than 10 years in the making, and covers the major thoroughbred b...

Seven horses claim TBS prizemoney

Once again, Thoroughbred Bonus Scheme (TBS) prizemoney has been claimed in all three regions of New Zealand since 15 November. Two horses, four-year-old Take No Prisoners and Saturday's two-year-old stakeswinner Crossyourheart have collected winner's bonuses totalling $16,425 between them. In all, seven horses have won $21,825 from the TBS prizemoney pool during the past two weeks. The next opportunities for TBS-qualified horses come up at Tauranga tomorrow, Levin on Thursday and Cromwell on ...

Crossyourheart extends Centaine's premiership lead

Waikato Stud's late champion sire Centaine extended his lead on the 2006-07 New Zealand broodmare sires' table at the Counties RC meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday. Two-year-old filly Crossyourheart (Show A Heart-Red Century; bred by Gary Carvell) joined Legs (HBRI Ormond Memorial S. G1) and Alamosa (WRC Wellesley S. LR) on this season's list of domestic stakeswinners from Centaine mares. She made it two wins from two starts in the $50,000 Counties Challenge S. 1100m LR and went some way toward...

Resolution from Council & Branch Reps meeting

The Council and Branch Representatives of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association met in Auckland yesterday. The following resolution was passed unanimously by the meeting: "The Council and Branch Representatives of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association fully support the Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing in their full review of the 2006 Mercedes Awards and their efforts to speedily resolve the outstanding issues of the Wilson Report, as we believe the ongoing int...

Magic Cape: a tale of two NZ studs

Two New Zealand studs can take pleasure in Magic Cape (Magic Albert-Cape City by Kaapstad), winner of Saturday's CJC NZ 2000 Guineas 1600m G1. Windsor Park's Nelson Schick (left) & Steve Till (below), and Haunui Farm's Mark Chitty (lower left) Although he's by an exciting young Australian sire, who stands at Yarraman Park Stud, Magic Cape is from a female family closely associated with Haunui Farm, Auckland, and was bred by the Mapperley Stud Partn...

Melbourne Cup Week success for (NZ)

If there is one week in which a breeder, studmaster, owner, trainer or jockey wants the favourable attention of the cosmos, it's Melbourne Cup Week. Any race on the four fabulous days at Flemington is worth winning, but especially the 24 Group & Listed Stakes races, among them eight of the 13 Group One events staged by the Victoria Racing Club during the season. New Zealand-bred horses have been part of Cup Week for more than 130 years, and particularly since World War II. It's been an in...

Part 2 of the Messara interview now online

The second part of Susan Archer's extended interview with Arrowfield Stud managing director John Messara at the NZTBA Auckland awards dinner is now online here: John Messara interview: Part 2. In this part of the transcript John tells the story of why and how he bought Redoute's Choice; considers the future of shuttle stallions; and shares his thoughts on pedigree theory, horse genetics and the controversial topic of artificial insemination. - ...

Impressive Irlanda collects TBS bonus at Feilding

Thoroughbred Bonus Scheme (TBS) prizemoney has been won right across the country during the past week. Three-year-old filly Irlanda was most impressive winning her second race, and second TBS bonus in two starts, at Feilding on 4 November. In doing so, she added $5475 to the excellent base prizemoney of $18,750. Her sire O'Reilly comfortably leads the list of New Zealand sires by number of winners and wins this season, with twenty-one winners of 28 races, including two new stakeswinners, two-y...

Dorabella delivers delight for Peter & Nancy Izett

"Life couldn't get any better." That's how Peter Izett describes his feelings after Dorabella (Postponed-Caserio by Kaapstad), the filly he bred and races with his wife Nancy, won yesterday's CJC New Zealand 1000 Guineas 1600m G1 from Princess Coup (AUS) (Encosta De Lago) and Velvet And Satin (Carnegie). The victory also gives Dorabella the lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock-sponsored NZ Filly of the Year series with 12 points. Peter & Nancy Izett's NZ 1000 Guineas G1 wi...

Milestone Melbourne Cup quinella for Japan

The magnificent one-two finish by Delta Blues and Pop Rock in yesterday's $A5 million VRC Melbourne Cup 3200m G1 confirmed the international status of the race and the place of Japan among the world's major breeding & racing nations. The thoroughly resolute DELTA BLUES (red cap) holds out the courageous POP ROCK in a finish as thrilling as any seen in a Melbourne Cup. PHOTO: Racing and Sports The rise of Japan's thoroughbred industry is news only to those...

Brilliant Efficient tidies up Victoria Derby

Three-year-old Kiwi-bred gelding Efficient (Zabeel-Refused The Dance by Defensive Play) yesterday's VRC Victoria Derby 2500m G1 in a manner rarely seen in a major race at Flemington. In doing so, he gave the New Zealand breeding industry its 12th Victoria Derby win since 1980, and its first since Amalfi in 2001. He also provided champion sire Zabeel with his 35th Group One winner, and his first Victoria Derby winner. Michael Rodd salutes the judge on EFFICIENT (NZ) after the 20...

Efficient quinella adds to sunny (NZ) spring

Wild weather has made spring 2006 less than pleasant in New Zealand, but across the Tasman the sun has been shining on Kiwi-bred horses. EFFICIENT (NZ) becomes the 104th stakeswinner for champion sire Zabeel in Saturday's MVRC Moonee Valley Vase G2 PHOTO: Gary Wild/NZ Thoroughbred Marketing Three-year-olds Efficient (Zabeel-Refused the Dance by Defensive Play) and The One (O'Reilly-The Grin by Grosvenor) were clearly superior to the rest of the field in Saturday's MVRC ...

TBS offers a feast of summer bonus racing

Owners, nominators and trainers of Thoroughbred Bonus Scheme-qualified runners have plenty of bonus races to aim for over the summer. A total of seventy-three TBS bonus races have been scheduled for them around the country from 1 December to 31 March 2007. Twenty of these carry $15,000 "A" Bonuses, and the remaining 53 races carry $7500 "B" Bonuses. The full schedule for the next five months can be found here: TBS Races. TBS administrator Sally Cassels-Brown says, "Now that the Scheme is in fu...

Fields Of Omagh makes Cox Plate history

Nine-year-old gelding starts in his fifth Cox Plate, after winning it three years ago. His owners announce it will be his final raceday appearance and he's given the honour of leading out the field, but hardly anyone expects him to lead it back. Paying $19 on the tote, he misses the start and sweeps home from the back to win the race by a nose. Yeah, right. Yesterday it all happened at Moonee Valley. FIELDS OF OMAGH (No. 2) defeats El Segundo & Pompeii Ruler in the 2006 Cox P...

TBS pays out more than $35,000 this week

Thoroughbred Bonus Scheme prizemoney won by ten horses since last Wednesday totals a very healthy $35,475, with owners and trainers clearly targeting races carrying TBS bonuses. This was especially evident yesterday when a Saturday-quality field lined up in the Rating 83 race over 1670m at the Counties RC meeting held at Paeroa. The race carried a $15,000 A Bonus, the four most heavily backed runners were TBS-qualified, and they filled the first four placings. The race was won by the highly pr...

The John Messara interview

The first instalment of John Messara's 50-minute interview by Susan Archer at the recent NZTBA Auckland Awards dinner is now online: The NZTBA Auckland interview with John Messara, Part 1 Topics in this part of the interview include: Industry reform and taking Redoute's Choice to the world Danehill overload and big stallion books Broodmares & super-dominant stallions Selecting & standing stallions - ...

Mary Lynne Ryan: farewell & thank you

A sombre week in New Zealand racing was further darkened by news of the death at the weekend of one of the industry's most valuable contributors, Mary Lynne Ryan. Tony & Mary Lynne Ryan, at Jeanette Broome's 70th birthday party, April 2006 Her funeral today at St Peter's Catholic Church, Cambridge, was led by the Most Reverend Bishop Denis Browne and attended by a large number of New Zealand racing people, including NZTBA chief executive Michael Martin and treasurer Jo...

Cambridge celebrates Melbourne Cup-winning heritage

Thirteen Melbourne Cup winners bred in the Cambridge area were honoured yesterday when the 2006 Emirates Melbourne Cup travelled to the Waikato for an unprecedented celebration of New Zealand's success in Australia's greatest sporting event. The impressive line-up of Melbourne Cup-winning owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys and family members at Cambridge Stud yesterday. At Cambridge Stud Sir Patrick & Justine, Lady Hogan hosted owners, breeders, studmasters, jocke...

NZTBA website gets results for members leasing horses

The Horses for Sale & Lease section of the NZTBA website has been extremely active lately and has received very positive feedback from members who have successfully placed racing prospects or broodmares. Waikato member Bob Pollock has just leased a two-year-old filly we listed for him at the end of August. "The NZTBA service worked really well for me and generated contacts who were definitely interested, not tyre-kickers. I had one response from Melbourne, and one from a local owner who ha...

Waikato Stud heads owner-breeder success at Hastings

Waikato Stud continued its tremendous run of success in Group One company when Legs (Pins-River Century by Centaine) and Kerry O'Reilly (O'Reilly-Pegarah by Grosvenor) filled the first two placings in the $1 million HBRI Kelt Capital-sponsored Ormond Memorial S. 2040m G1, held in near-perfect Hawke's Bay spring weather on Saturday. Waikato Stud 2001 Ltd bred and races Legs, and stands both Pins and O'Reilly. Garry Chittick has won the New Zealand Breeder of the Year title for the past two year...

Kelt Capital attracts best possible field

New Zealand's richest race, the $1 million Kelt Capital-sponsored Ormond Memorial 2040m G1 at Hastings tomorrow has attracted the best possible field, missing only Darci Brahma, who has now embarked on an Australian campaign. It's also a field which displays the diversity of New Zealand's breeding industry. Seven of the 15 starters are raced by their breeders, either by choice or necessity: Kristov, Kerry O'Reilly, Pentane, Sculptor, Lilakyn, Seachange and Legs. Five runners (Balmuse, Mikki ...

NZTBA Auckland honours McLaren & Paykel

The NZTBA Auckland branch honoured Don McLaren and David Paykel with major awards at its highly enjoyable 2006 Awards Dinner, sponsored by NZ Bloodstock Insurance, and attended by 170 members & guests at the Ellerslie Event Centre last evening. Don McLaren received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Thoroughbred Industry, as an owner, breeder, vendor, administrator, sponsor and founder of animal pharmaceuticals company, Bomac Laboratories. David Paykel was named Auckland Breede...

Celebrating Sunline, New Zealand's champion

The "Diva Fever" which swept through Australian racing last year, after Makybe Diva's unprecedented third Melbourne Cup win, may have swept Sunline from the pedestal of Australia's champion, but she remains New Zealand's darling. It is perhaps only the long view, 20 or 30 or 50 years from now, that can fairly determine the relative merits of these two extraordinary horses. Time has certainly confirmed Bonecrusher's status, who can now be seen clearly as New Zealand's greatest champion of the 1...