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Lease filly shines in Wanganui Guineas

A lease arrangement brokered by Novara Park principal Luigi Muollo has allowed Sweynesse’s former trackwork rider to share in his black-type success at stud. Muollo bred the Sweynesse filly Only Words, who scored an impressive victory in Saturday’s Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). She became the second stakes winner for Sweynesse, who was New Zealand’s leading first season stallion in 2019-20 and has now begun his second season on the perfect note. After Only Words was passed in as...

Pearl bonus struck

Two big supporters of the NZB Insurance Pearl Bonus Series were rewarded with an extra $10,000 in winnings this week after winning bonus races at Avondale. Turrett won a 1600 metre maiden for John McPherson, Kylie Fawcett, Rob Joyce, Dwayne Todd and Jeremy Ruddle, and Vamos Bebe won the 1400 metre maiden for the Taylor Family Trust and Trelawney Thoroughbreds Limited. For Matamata based trainer Kylie Fawcett is was the sixth Pearl Bonus she has won as an owner and her fourth as a trainer since t...

Book full for Almanzor

Cambridge Stud has put up the book full sign for their European Champion three-year-old Almanzor for the third consecutive year. The son of Wootton Bassett is standing his third season in New Zealand at a fee of $30,000 + GST. “We are delighted that Almanzor’s book is full again,” Cambridge Stud chief executive Henry Plumptre said. “Our thanks go, particularly, to our shareholders but also our annual breeders, most of which are using him for the third consecutive year. “New Zealand bre...

Waikato Stud named New Zealand Breeder of the Year

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA) has announced that Waikato Stud is the winner of the Sir Patrick and Justine Lady Hogan New Zealand Breeder of the Year Award. In a very successful year for New Zealand breeders, the voting went right down to the wire with Waikato Stud prevailing from a stellar pool of finalists which featured Gerry Harvey, Nearco Stud, The Oaks Stud and Trelawney Stud. According to NZTBA President John Thompson, the competition for the New Zealand Bre...

First stakes success for Belardo as Isabella Giles dominates at Goodwood

Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo registered his first stakes success over the weekend with two-year-old filly Isabella Giles scoring in impressive fashion at Goodwood. Isabella Giles enhanced her position as the leading light from the maiden crop of Belardo as she provided him with his first stakes win in the G.3 Ladbrokes Prestige Stakes (1408m). The filly already boasted victories at Leicester and Newbury and had finished fourth to Santosha (Coulsty) in the Gr.3 Princess Margaret Stakes (1...

January dates retained for New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale

New Zealand Bloodstock has today announced that the 95th National Yearling Sales Series will be held in the original timeslot in January next year as a physical sale at Karaka. While a secondary April date was initially set aside to allow for travel restrictions to ease; with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, non-confidence from government and airlines and the lack of certainty that any change should amount between now and April, the decision was made not to delay the Sale. “If you asked me one ...

New traceability rules require "accountable person"

A considerable body of work in the welfare area comes to fruition on 1 September 2020 with the introduction of new rules regarding traceability at both ends of the spectrum.NZTR’s focus on ensuring comprehensive traceability of the racing and breeding thoroughbred population has involved extensive consultation with industry sector groups.  This sustained commitment from NZTR, and industry participants has led to the development of these new rules around foal notification and those concern...

Southern Hemisphere Time Test Yearlings Step Out

The first public parade of yearlings by Little Avondale’s exciting young stallion Time Test takes place at the stud this Friday at 2pm. Time Test, who has been back in the country a little over a fortnight, will also parade, along with Per Incanto and Nadeem. Interest in the son of Dubawi has been strong from the moment it was announced he would be standing at LA in 2018, and it has only intensified on the back of his sire’s results and the quality of Time Test’s first foals last year. It ...

THE EMINENT FILLIES PEARL SERIES BONUS

Brighthill Farm in conjunction with the New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series is delighted to announce an exciting initiative to support the marketing and racing of fillies by our resident son of Frankel, Eminent. For the 2020 breeding season, all paying mares visiting Eminent will qualify to have a complimentary entry to the NZB Insurance Pearl Series paid for by the Eminent syndicate, should a filly result from this 2020 mating (for terms and conditions please contact Brighthill Farm)....

Deauville Group 1 results a boost for Cambridge Stud

Significant international results have been welcomed by Cambridge Stud with Group One outcomes to savour. At Deauville Racecourse in France a two-year-old quinella was posted by Kodiac in the Gr.1 Prix Morny while a daughter of Wootton Bassett won the Gr.1 Prix Jean Romanet. Kodiac is the sire of the part Cambridge Stud-owned dual Group One-winning sprinter Hello Youmzain, who will go to stud next year. The Stonestreet Stables-raced filly Campanelle got the better of the colt Nando Parrado to cl...

First NZ Foal for Ace High

Rich Hill Stud reports that their first NZ-born foal by their magnificent dual Group One winner Ace High made her arrival at the stud on Saturday. The filly is from Gold Rose, a two-time winning daughter of Pentire from the family of dual Oaks winner Domino.  “She is a well-balanced quality filly with her father’s lovely head and colouring,” Rich Hill stud-master John Thompson said. “She is the second foal by Ace High. The first was born at Andrew Ferguson’s Bell River property i...

New Rule - 30 day foal notification

As you are aware there is pressure on our industry to be accountable to the public, and we have been under increasing scrutiny, therefore we welcome the introduction of the new rule regarding 30-day foal notification. An important part of NZTR’s thoroughbred welfare mandate is understanding where our horses are, from birth to death. The new rule regarding 30-day foal notification has been brought in specifically to deal with the “birth” aspect.  Up until now the first NZTR knew of t...

New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse Of The Year Awards Finalists

The high quality of New Zealand’s three-year-old crop last season is illustrated by the finalists for the Champion Three-Year-Old category at the NZ Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.Eight horses, including five fillies, are finalists in the three-year-old division, which will provide the voting panel with plenty to mull over.Seven of the eight contenders won a Group One race in the 2019-20 season and between them the finalists recorded 29 wins and 29 placings from 67 starts.The Kiwi three...

A HUNDRED NOT OUT FOR SUPERSTAR SAVABEEL

Waikato Stud’s star resident Savabeel has cracked another significant milestone in his remarkable career with daughter Savacool providing the multiple champion sire’s 100th individual stakes winner.Savabeel has achieved extraordinary dominance since his retirement to the premier Matamata nursery and Savacool’s victory in the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury adds to his list of extraordinary achievements.He has won the Grosvenor Award (champion New Zealand sire) for five consecutive se...

Stallion Parade cancelled

The gavelhouse.com Waikato Branch New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association stallion parade planned for this weekend (August 22/23) has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.After consultation with several stud masters the decision was made not to go ahead with the planned tour.“It’s unfortunate for the Waikato Branch who have put so much effort into this tour, but we cannot risk up to 100 people going around the Waikato from farm to farm under the current COVID-19 restrictions,”...

NZB to Unveil New Bidding Technology

New Zealand Bloodstock have announced the development of a new, robust online bidding platform specifically developed for the future of their thoroughbred and standardbred auction sales.After introducing market-leading technology into the digital auction-sphere four years ago via popular online subsidiary gavelhouse.com, NZB has now been able to adapt the technology to be used extensively during their upcoming physical sales.The development of the advanced bidding module is underway and wil...

Stallion Coverings

Leading into the breeding season, we reflect on the volume of mares covered by stallion with 10+ mares in 2019....

First foal for Embellish

Savabeel’s Gr.1 winning son Embellish was well supported in his first season at stud and the next phase of his stallion career got underway when his first foal arrived at Colero Park last week. High Chaparral mare La Achiever delivered a filly for breeder’s Graeme Rogerson and Eric Thompson. Colero Park’s Christine Juett was impressed by the filly, which is also the dam’s first foal. “We were delighted to have our first foal of the new season by Embellish,” Juett said. “She has a g...

First foal for Staphanos

The first foal by Staphanos, a son of global sire sensation Deep Impact, has arrived.Bred by Andrew Burton and Linda Hunt, Novara Park report the filly out of Sepoy mare Hirondelle is a strong ,correct foal with good bone and a lot of presence and an encouraging start to her sire’s stud career.Staphanos, a multiple Group One performer in Japan and Hong Kong, served 108 mares in his first season.He was ranked consistently as one of Japan’s top racehorses over four consecutive seasons. He reti...

Ground Control to Major Tom

In the first stakes race of the new New Zealand season, Major Tom (Red Giant[USA]) belied his preferred wet-track form with a game win in the 1600 metre Group Three feature to score his maiden stakes success. The Riccarton Park track, rated as a Dead 5, was in great shape for the 123rd running of the Winter Cup and attracted a decent field in which Major Tom, a raider from the far north of the country, took over soon after straightening and was tenacious to the line, holding off two serious late...

Wootton Bassett sale welcome news for Cambridge Stud

The arrival of Almanzor at Cambridge Stud on Friday in preparation for his third Southern Hemisphere breeding season coincided with a major announcement from Coolmore Stud overnight. Coolmore announced that they have purchased Almanzor’s sire Wootton Bassett from Haras d’Etreham and he will take up residence at the international powerhouse’s Irish base. The announcement of Wootton Bassett’s sale and departure for Coolmore vindicates the decision made by Cambridge Stud in 2018 to purchase...

Finalists announced

The four finalists for the Sir Patrick and Justine Lady Hogan Breeder of the Year Award were announced by the New Zealand Breeders Association this week. Last year’s winner Nearco Stud is nominated, along with The Oaks Stud, Trelawney Stud and Waikato Stud. The NZTBA have also announced the nominees for the Eight Carat Broodmare of the Year as Bak da Chief, Evana, Meleka Belle and Platinum Elle. Nearco Stud Limited is owned by South Island businessman Greg Tomlinson, who after a passion f...

First foal for Eminent

Brighthill Farm stallion Eminent has welcomed his first foal with the birth of a colt out of High Chaparral mare Rose Meer at Cambridge Stud on Saturday. “I went to Cambridge Stud and couldn’t be happier with him,” Brighthill Farm principal Nick King said. “He is a smart, strong correct colt with a lovely head and a bit of presence about him. It’s certainly exciting to have the first foal on the ground safely and leaving a good impression.” Before retiring to stud, Eminent won three...

A late racing starter but a major investor

Kevin Pratt’s death on Wednesday morning has left behind a racing legacy which mushroomed within just nine years to include a major investment.Pratt (67), who passed away after a short illness, may have been a late starter in horse racing, but he immediately developed a love of the industry and his horses, one which saw him establish the showplace Kamada Park, an elaborate pre-training, agistment and training property on the outskirts of Palmerston North. Pratt was so proud of Kamada Park...

AGM Reminder

The Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay branch will hold their AGM on Thursday August 27 at 6pm in the Special (VIP) Room at the Hawke's Bay Racing Club....