Satono Aladdin foals make impact
Rich Hill Stud shuttle stallion, Satono Aladdin, a son of champion sire Deep Impact, has made a good impression on buyers with his first foals sold at the JRHA Select Sale at Northern Horse Park this week. With four foals from the first-crop of the Group One winning miler going under the hammer, they sold up to 56,000,000yen (NZ$773,295) and averaged 40,500,000yen (NZ$559,258). Satono Aladdin won on debut as a two-year-old and was Group Three-placed as a juvenile before training on to dual Group...
July 12, 2019Ocean Park hits memorable mark
Waikato Stud resident Ocean Park has brought his century of winners up in style and in good time. The memorable mark was hit at Avondale where his daughter Seductress led all the way to impressively win a maiden mile. Ocean Park has a smart winners to runners strike rate of 58.5 percent overall and 55 winners at 62 percent in Australia. “It’s great that he’s got there quickly and onward and upward for him,” stud principal Mark Chittick said. “He was a fantastic galloper and he’s pass...
July 11, 2019Polly picks up Pearl bonus
The last $20,000 NZB Insurance Pearl Bonus for the season was struck last Saturday at Te Rapa by the four-year-old Azamour (IRE) mare Polly Grey. “It was her last chance,” said part-owner and trainer Kylie Fawcett. “It was the last $20,000 Saturday bonus and she turns five next month so will no longer be eligible.” Polly Grey headed home a field of 12 mares in the rating 72 1600 metre event, and five of the first six home were all chasing the bonus. This is the second bonus Polly Grey ha...
July 10, 2019Blog post- Sam Bergerson
Sunline Trust International Management Scholarship winner Sam Bergerson provides an update:Another month has flown by here at Coolmore and I am nearly on to the last leg of the journey. Crazy to think how fast it is going. I’ve been working with the stallions for the last month or so which has been an awesome experience. To work with some of the best racehorses and sires in the world has been unbelievable and I owe a lot to Tony and the stallion lads for the opportunity. It may ...
July 10, 2019Wellfield offers bonus opportunity to breeders in 2019
Wellfield Lodge is encouraging broodmare owners to ‘breed with confidence’ this year after announcing their stallion fees for the upcoming season. The Manawatu based farm will stand each of their three resident stallions Alamosa (O’Reilly x Lodore Mystic), Road to Rock (Encosta de Lago x Trewornan) and Vespa (Elusive City x Miss Avalon), at $5000 +GST. As an added bonus the farm are offering any breeder that sends two mares to the same stallion an additional incentive. When two mares owned...
July 8, 2019Per Incanto’s Unicorn sprints to Cup win
Classic Unicorn headed a successful weekend for Little Avondale stallion Per Incanto when he made it two wins from two starts when successful in the Class 3 Members Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jockey Zac Purton, who won six of the 10 races on the day, had been in the saddle for the three-year-old’s debut but handed the reins to Derek Leung when the Chris So-trained gelding was allotted a weight below Purton’s minimum. The chestnut sprinted home in 55.09s, a length and a quarte...
July 8, 2019NZTBA represents breeders in healthy rivers policy change
An increase in political action has provided policy and regulatory framework to remedy the declining water quality throughout New Zealand. It has been well documented that poor farming practises over the years have led to a loss of nutrients in the soil and pollution of the waterways, and that it is no longer acceptable. Not surprisingly the Waikato Regional Council, which has the one of the largest rivers in the country flowing through its region, is proactive in wanting to provide policy and r...
July 3, 2019Scholarships open for applications
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association have opened applications for their two annual scholarships. The International Management Scholarship, sponsored by the Sunline Trust, sends the successful candidate on an all-expenses paid, bonded trip of 30 weeks where they will experience the operational infrastructure, systems and management of three of the Northern hemisphere's leading stud farms. The winner of the Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship will attend the five-month Breedi...
July 3, 2019Taylors savour Igraine’s big year
With stakes wins on both sides of the Tasman, imported European mare Igraine has earned herself a special place in Brent and Cherry Taylor’s broodmare band and hearts. The Trelawney principals are in the midst of a winter escape to Spain, but watched with delight as the Robert Priscott-trained Igraine scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) in Queensland. “It was a huge thrill to see her do that,” Brent Taylor said. “She’s a mare we’ve always had faith ...
July 2, 2019Why membership matters
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association’s (NZTBA) membership numbers currently stand at around 1500, and CEO Justine Sclater believes the benefits of belonging affect the industry as well as the individual. “We represent breeders’ interests in so many areas that are significant to their livelihoods and the future of our industry,” Sclater said. “A strong member representation has a positive impact, whether it be on a political, welfare, research or education front. I...
June 27, 2019Broodmare’s unretirement works wonders for Pencarrow
Pencarrow Stud’s decision to bring a broodmare out of retirement has been spectacularly rewarded by the dual black-type winner Sleeping Beauty. The Rip Van Winkle six-year-old mastered the gruelling conditions for a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Ultimate Ford and Mazda Tauranga Classic (1400m), having also taken out the Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) at her previous start. Sleeping Beauty is the tenth and final foal out of the Danehill mare Kailey Princess. “She was quite an old mare ...
June 26, 2019Changing of the guard at NZ Racing Hall of Fame
Chris Luoni, the driving force behind the establishment of the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, is stepping down as Chairman after serving seven years in the post but will continue as a director. “Chris was the catalyst behind establishing the Racing Hall of Fame,” past Chairman and director Gerald Fell said. “I was the first Chairman of the Hall of Fame and between us we drove the development of it. “I retired and Chris took over, and it has just got stronger and stronger.” Luoni, an...
June 26, 2019Racing Industry Transition Agency Board Appointed
Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced who is being appointed to the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) following the passing of the Racing Amendment Bill this afternoon. RITA will be led by Dean McKenzie (Chair), Bill Birnie, Liz Dawson, Kristy McDonald, Anna Stove and Sir Peter Vela. “With transitional powers, RITA will enable the urgent changes required to drive the racing industry toward a financially sustainable future,” says Mr Peters. To provide continuity and maintain th...
June 21, 2019Son of Frankel joins Brighthill roster
In a coup for the King family’s Brighthill Farm, Group One performed son of Frankel, Eminent, will retire to their Tauwhare property for the forthcoming breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of $8,000+GST. Eminent becomes the first son of the all-conquering Frankel to retire to stud in the southern hemisphere. Raced by Sir Peter Vela, in conjunction with Hubie De Burgh, Eminent won three of his 14 career starts, prepared predominantly by Martyn Meade before transferring to the care ...
June 21, 2019Racing Reform Bill passes third and final reading
“The revitalisation of this industry is underway,” says Racing Minister Winston Peters as the Racing Reform Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament today. The Bill, which comes into force on 1 July, opens the starting gate for the transition of the New Zealand Racing Industry into a financially sustainable future. The Bill reconstitutes the New Zealand Racing Board as the Racing Industry Transition Agency, (RITA). RITA will have a new membership and a legislative mandate...
June 20, 2019Rich Hill has Ace in the pack
High Chaparral’s dual Group One winning son, Ace High, has been retired to Rich Hill Stud, near Matamata, where he will stand for a fee of $10,000+GST for the forthcoming breeding season. Prepared by David Payne, Ace High was a winner at two and dominated as a spring three-year-old, winning the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) before successive Group One victories in the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) and VRC Derby (2500m). As an autumn three-year-old he was a close-up fourth in the Gr.1 Randwick ...
June 19, 2019Emperor to stand at Weowna Park
Three-time Group Two winning son of Zabeel, Ocean Emperor, has been retired to Gary and Jenny Hennessy’s Weowna Park ahead of the forthcoming breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of $7,000+GST. Ocean Emperor will be the last Group winning son of Zabeel to retire to stud and boasts a strong pedigree, with his dam the Group One-placed Pins mare Tootsie. A $450,000 yearling purchase at Karaka from the draft of Waikato Stud, Ocean Emperor was raced by his trainer Hennessy in partnership ...
June 18, 2019Stallion having Fabulous run
Peter McKenzie called it. When contacted last week for a story about the first winner for his resident stallion Fabulous he said call back next week when there would be another one to talk about. Seven days later and the son of High Chaparral, whose oldest crop are now three-year-olds, has three wins to his credit. The flag bearer for Fabulous is the McKenzie-trained Happy Star (x Carlton Queen) who won at Trentham in testing conditions on June 8 before backing up seven days later with a convinc...
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June 17, 2019Hawke’s Bay Foal walk coming up
The Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay Thoroughbred Breeders’ annual foal walk around several properties in Hawke's Bay will be held on Sunday, June 30. The walk will start at Guy and Brigid Lowry's property at 305 Kawera Rd, Okawa, at 10am sharp. At the completion of the foal walk a luncheon has been arranged at Off The Track Restaurant in Havelock Rd. For luncheon bookings RSVP Sharyn Craig at mike.sharyn@xtra.co.nz...
June 14, 2019Racing Reform
In mid-May the much anticipated Racing Reform Bill was introduced to Parliament, it received its first reading on the 31st of May, and following submissions to the Bill which had to before Parliament by June 4th it is now at the Select Committee stage with a report due this week. There were 46 submissions presented to the Select Committee from industry stakeholders and sporting codes. The NZTBA presented a submission in support of the changes. During the debate of the Bill the age of old questio...
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