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BLOG | Dorian Kos - June 2023

2023 Sunline Trust Scholarship recipient Dorian Kos gives an update on his time abroad.Hello everyone!As months fly by here in Ireland and we are now (finally) moving into summer, it is time for me to update you on the progress of my travels and learnings.I am currently entering the final few weeks of my time at Coolmore Ireland, where I have been since February. Spending an extended period here has allowed me to understand better how this stud is managed. It has also given me the opportunity to...

Vendors upbeat in countdown to weanling sale

With the welcome return of New Zealand Bloodstock’s popular winter mixed sale format, along with the prospect of a rejuvenated New Zealand racing industry on the back of the TAB’s deal with global wagering giant Entain, weanling vendors are in a positive frame of mind leading into Friday’s National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka.The one-day sale will be the first physical sale of its kind at Karaka in four years. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 sale, repl...

Antino a class above in Wayne Wilson

The Listed Wayne Wilson (1600m) may have been something of a consolation prize at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but a spectacular performance by New Zealand-bred Antino (Redwood x Mahamaya) has eased any disappointment for his trainer Tony Gollan and got him thinking about spring carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne.Gollan had hoped to sneak the rising star four-year-old into the field for the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) later on Saturday afternoon, but came up just short. The Wayne Wilson was the n...

National Online Breeding Stock Sale locked in for July

Due to demand, breeders will again have the opportunity to offer quality broodmares in a stand-alone online breeding stock sale on Gavelhouse Plus in the lead up to the season.Entries for stallion shares and nominations will also be accepted for the showcase which will run from 28th June to 12th July.“In our seven years of operation there has always been a flurry of activity around breeding stock in July and good prices fetched as breeders look to finalise their plans for the season,” said g...

The Oaks purchase U S Navy Flag

The Oaks Stud in Cambridge have shown their faith in young stallion U S Navy Flag, purchasing him outright from Coolmore Stud.The regally-bred son of War Front sired his sixth individual winner from his first crop when Geldof won in good fashion at Avondale on Saturday, while Chantilly Lace trounced her rivals in the Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui to become the stallion’s first Southern Hemisphere stakes winner.“The deal was finalised on Friday, so we own him now. The timing ha...

Nakhle secures Rose ‘N’ Power for $70,000

Byerley Park founder Daniel Nakhle has made a black-type addition to his broodmare band, securing Rose ‘N’ Power for $70,000 on Gavelhouse Plus.The highly talented mare was trained by part-owners Fred and Lindsay Cornege to win six of her 24 starts and more than $176,000 in stakes. She won four races in succession during 2021, culminating in a Listed victory in the Levin Stakes (1200m) at Otaki – setting a new track record of 1:08.63 in the process.“I was thrilled to be able to secure th...

Lucky Sweynesse joins illustrious company

Lucky Sweynesse might be given the chance to extend a phenomenal season in search of a ninth victory after matching Beauty Generation’s record for the most wins in a single Hong Kong campaign with a dominant performance in the Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.The New Zealand bred posted his eighth win from 10 starts this season, and his sixth in a row, Lucky Sweynesse powered to a comfortable one-and-a-quarter length victory over Victor The Winner despite conceding the r...

Successive stakes victories for Ribchester filly

Talented filly Red Card made it successive stakes victories when leading throughout to land the Listed Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for trainer James Cummings.The daughter of Haunui Farm shuttler Ribchester had previously won the Listed Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone and has now won five of her 10 starts, with a further two placings.Sent out a $3.60 second favourite, Red Card dominated her rivals under James McDonald, winning by more than two lengths from Milane ...

U S Navy Flag making good impression in New Zealand

The early signs are good for multiple Group One winning stallion U S Navy Flag, who shuttles to the Oaks Stud in Cambridge.The regally-bred son of War Front heads a strong group of first season sires by winners in New Zealand, with six individual winners posted since February.On Saturday, U S Navy Flag was represented by his first stakes winner when Chantilly Lace trounced her rivals in the Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui, having previously been stakes-placed.Also victorious was the...

Justaskme continues red-hot form at Wanganui

Taranaki galloper Justaskme continued his purple patch of form at Wanganui on Saturday when taking out the Listed AGC Training Stakes WFA (1600m).The seven-year-old gelding was installed a $1.90 favourite for the mile feature following his last start victory in the Listed Rangitikei Cup (1550m) last month, and he duly delivered for punters.Under a patient ride by Johnathan Parkes, Justaskme settled in behind pacemaker Regal Rock where he remained before Parkes was able to find an inside passage ...

Chantilly Lace scores emphatic stakes victory

It was a popular win at Wanganui on Saturday when Chantilly Lace demolished her rivals in the Listed John Turkington Forestry LTD Castletown Stakes (1200m).The daughter of U S Navy Flag headed into the race in great form, having placed in the Listed Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at her previous outing, and trainer Chrissy Bambry was confident of another bold showing in Saturday’s juvenile feature.Chantilly Lace didn’t disappoint, running out a 10-length victor following a positive ride fr...

Under The Radar - Matt Mowbray

In this month's BetaVet NZ Under The Radar we talk to Matt Mowbray, New Zealand Bloodstock's Property Manager.What is your role and how did you get to it?I’m the property manager at NZB. I heard about the job through a good friend who was an executive chef at the Hilton so I approached Andrew and James. I got the job and I have been loving it ever since.I’m a builder by trade, have also worked in horticulture, concrete, swimming pools and management. This is a job where I can ...

Niagara back in the Bay

Proven stallion Niagara, a Group Two winning son of Encosta de Lago, will return to Hawke’s Bay ahead of the 2023 breeding season to take up residence at Vicki Wilson’s Hau Ora Farm in Kahuranaki, south of Hastings.It is somewhat of a homecoming for Niagara, who initially retired to Greg and Jo Griffin’s Lime Country Thoroughbreds in Hawke’s Bay in 2013, before the couple relocated across the Tasman, resulting in Niagara joining The Oaks Stud’s roster in 2017.The sire of nine stakes pe...

Entain ready to play its part in racing’s future

By Dennis Ryan, RaceFormThe brave new world of a racing industry under the jurisdiction of global gambling giant Entain becomes a reality today with the handing over of operational control from TAB NZ.In what has seemed a rapid final stage to a joint venture outcome that had been years since first mooted and months since an acceptance that it had to happen, June 1 is the date that the keys to TAB functions is passed to Entain.Central to Entain being launched as New Zealand’s new gambling provi...

Meet the Breeder - Lib Petagna

In this week's Dunstan Horsefeeds Meet the Breeder we talk to Kerrie Cox, General Manager of Elsdon Park who spoke on behalf of Lib Petagna.How did Lib get into thoroughbred breeding?Through racing a few top level fillies that become very hard to part with!How many mares do you breed from?Around 50What else do you have in your bloodstock portfolio?40 racehorses & breakers- a few we race with in partnership, 40 weanlings and shares in a few stallionsDo you breed to retain or breed to trade?A ...

Proisir claims a slice of New Zealand history

Proisir’s stellar season is now a record breaking one with the Rich Hill Stud stallion claiming a piece of New Zealand stallion history.He sits atop the domestic General Sires’ Premiership with an unassailable lead of more than $1.4 million over Savabeel and champion honours await the 13-year-old.Proisir’s current progeny earnings for the 2022/23 season are a new record mark of $3,966,885, which betters the previous best of $3,951,419 set by champion sire Savabeel during the 2018/19 season...

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Trelawney Stud - quality from diversity

Just on the outskirts of Cambridge, on the banks of the Waikato River, is New Zealand’s longest running commercial thoroughbred farm.The origins of Trelawney Stud date back to 1930 when Seton Otway, a thoroughbred breeding enthusiast, purchased a 200-acre run-down dairy farm and developed it into one of the most successful breeding studs of its era.Since Otway was at the helm the stud has changed hands on just two occasions, has grown to 175 hectares and is now owned by Brent and Cherry Taylor...

Logan’s Saltcoats dominant in Futurity Stakes

Despite having to sit wide throughout, promising juvenile Saltcoats proved too strong for his rivals in the feature race at Pukekohe on Saturday, the Listed Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m).The son of Ardrossan had looked like he would lap up the 1400m distance of the contest after closing off strongly at his first two starts which resulted in minor placings, including finishing third to Solidify at Listed level at his previous outing.Rider Kozzi Asano was content to settl...

Kovalica a class above in Queensland Derby

Rising star Kovalica lived up to his red-hot favouritism with a dominant display in Saturday’s Gr. 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm, continuing an astonishing season of Australian Group One success for New Zealand-breds.The A$1 million classic was the 21st win from 69 Group One races in Australia so far this season – an extraordinary success rate of 30 per cent, despite making up only 8 per cent of runners.Three-year-olds have shone particularly brightly, with Group One victories fro...

More Queensland success for Kukeracha

Two years after taking out the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm, the Kiwi-bred Kukeracha returned to the same Eagle Farm meeting on Saturday and landed another big prize over the same course and distance.The Chris Waller-trained five-year-old prevailed in a tight finish to the Gr.3 Living Turf Premier’s Cup (2400m), taking his career earnings past A$1 million from a 33-start career that has produced five wins and nine placings.Heading into Saturday’s race on the back of a strong-f...

The Chosen One to stand at The Oaks Stud

The Chosen One will join the rejuvenated stallion roster at The Oaks Stud this breeding season.The Chosen One joins Champion European Two-year-old and Champion Sprinter U S Navy Flag and proven Classic sire Roc de Cambes at the Cambridge farm, with stalwart Darci Brahma retired from stud duties last month.“We’re really excited to be standing The Chosen One this season,” The Oaks Stud General Manager Rick Williams said.“He has all the credentials to be a success at stud, he’s a Group On...

TAB and Entain partnership gets the green light

Minister for Racing Kieran McAnulty has announced the approval of a 25-year partnership between TAB NZ and UK betting company Entain that delivers at least $900 million in guaranteed funding for the racing industry over the next five years.Entain, a UK based group that operates multiple sports betting providers globally, will use their economies of scale and significant technology and capital capabilities to deliver TAB NZ’s betting, wagering and broadcast operations.“This is one of the most...

Stakes success for Thought Provoking

An inch-perfect ride from Ben Melham has aided Thought Provoking (So You Think x Zerello) to land the Listed Thomas Farms Centaurea Stakes (2028m) at Morphettville on Saturday for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent jnr.The New Zealand-bred daughter of So You Think had finished runner-up in her three previous starts and under an expertly-rated front running ride from Melham, the five-year-old mare edged out the fast-finishing Agreeable. “It is good to have the black-type on her CV, being a ma...

Parkes caps red-letter day aboard Justaskme

Leading Central Districts rider Johnathan Parkes capped a magnificent day at the office when he rode four winners at Awapuni, including the main event on the card, the Listed Happy 90th Birthday Edith Bull Rangitikei Cup (1550m) aboard Justaskme (No Excuse Needed x Often).After taking the first race aboard the Mike Breslin-trained Papa Surf, Parkes brought up career win number 1000 when taking race two on the Mark Walker-trained Fellini.Parkes wasn’t finished there, winning race six on the Pet...