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Belonging to the Barlows

Chris and Tina Barlow believe in second chances and aren’t afraid to think out of the box when it comes to giving their horses another shot at success. Case in point is Man of Honour (Postponed (USA) - Big Soiree) who won the inaugural New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Ready Teddy Trophy at the recent Matamata Two-Day Event for best performed thoroughbred. Bred and owned by the Barlows, he was unplaced in two starts as a five-year-old. Instead of moving him on they sent him to i...

Princess Jenni wins G1 Australasian Oaks

Champion jockey Damien Oliver had to call on all his skills to get Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral - Glitzbeel) home in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville in Adelaide. Trained at Mornington in Victoria by David Brideoake, the filly found herself in traffic more than once but Oliver was patient and steered her through a gap late in Saturday's Group One test. Brideoake's racing manager Alex Woodhams was on hand and admitted to some nerves but had faith in the jockey. "You put ...

Randwick result for Reliable Man

Westbury Stud based stallion Reliable Man scored a clean sweep in the ATC Heritage Centre Tours Handicap (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday after Nobu (Reliable Man - Royal Prize) headed off Chris Waller-trained stablemates Duchess of Lennox (Reliable Man - Dunbarton) and Ombudsman (Reliable Man - Fifth Avenue).Nobu, who was bred by the Whitby Bloodstock Trust, is now likely to head to the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) on June 8. Waller sent Nobu across the Tasman for the New Zealand Derby in ...

Showcasing 2yos shine in stakes races

Former Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Showcasing sired the winners of both juvenile stakes races in New Zealand on Saturday. Consistent filly Rainbow Dash (Showcasing - Sarsourti) added further valuable black-type to her outstanding two-year-old campaign with a gritty victory in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa. The Jenna Mahoney-trained filly has only finished further back than second on one occasion in her six starts to date and that was when running sixt...

Windsor Park Stud release fees

The Schick family’s Windsor Park Stud, in Cambridge, has announced the stud fees for its seven-strong stallion roster headed by triple Group One winner Charm Spirit at $18,000+GST. The son of Invincible Spirit has made an excellent start to his stud career in both hemispheres, with the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Group Two winner Aretha his best performer from his first crop to date. Hitherto the sire of five stakes performers, Charm Spirit’s Listed winning son Kick On will cont...

Speedy Meady - first stakes winner for Mead

Morrinsville publican Russell Mead headed to Bali over Easter knowing that his classy three-year-old Speedy Meady (Swiss Ace[AUS]- Lucy In Disguise) could win at Rotorua on Easter Monday but he wasn’t expecting him to take out the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders Stakes five days later. “I knew he was going to run at Rotorua and could win,” recalled Mead, “but then Stephen (Ralph) rang and said he was going to back him up quickly in the Cambridge Breeders Stakes, and I said good luck with getting...

Rich Hill Stud Announce Fees

Rich Hill stands four exciting young stallions for 2019, each bringing the best of international bloodlines and top class race performance. With the stud's focus on offering breeders value, the stallion service fees are predominantly unchanged. Young sire Vadamos stands again at $15,000+gst and Satono Aladdin at $12,500+gst, while Proisir who is currently one of New Zealand's leading first season sires will stand for an unchanged fee of $7,000+gst. Proven Group...

Status quo for The Oaks Stud

Cambridge farm The Oaks Stud have left their stallion service fees unchanged heading into the 2019 breeding season. The farm’s stallion roster is headed by five-time Group One winner Darci Brahma, who will stand for a fee of $15,000+gst. The son of Danehill, who is Singapore’s six-time Champion sire, has left 38 individual stakes winners, including nine individual Group One winners. He will once again be joined by Roc de Cambes and Niagara who will both stand for an unchanged fee of $5,000+g...

Scholarship Blog: Sam Bergerson

My four week experience with the Goffs UK team began at Aintree for a boutique National Hunt (Jumpers) sale of 28 horses as part of the iconic Grand National Carnival. A bit of background quickly - Goffs UK (formerly Doncaster Bloodstock Sales (DBS)) is the second largest and fastest growing Thoroughbred Auction House in the UK and Goff's (Ireland Branch) is Ireland's leading Bloodstock Sales Company. The combined entity offers an extensive programme of sales throughout the year, in Britain and ...

Eulogy - her influence on Hong Kong champion Beauty Generation

What do Hong Kong Horses of the Year Sacred Kingdom (Encosta De Lago), Ambitious Dragon (Pins) and current star Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) have in common?. Sacred Kingdom, Champion Hong Kong Sprinter for four successive seasons achieved the title in 2010 followed immediately by Ambitious Dragon’s back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012. Beauty Generation’s second consecutive Hong Kong Horse of the Year title was very likely wrapped up mid-way through the season but heavily confirmed with ...

Weanling walk a winner

The inaugural tour viewing progeny of first season sires in the Waikato has been chalked up as a success. The JLT sponsored event, which was organised by the Waikato branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, visited six farms where around 10 weanlings were paraded at each property to a crowd of 60 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association members. “For our first weanling walk tour we were very happy with the turn out we got,” organiser Derek Mayne said. “We had...

Rudkin ready to Rock On

After nearly a year off the racing scene Rock On Wood (Redwood[GB]- Rock On Rye[AUS]) is shaping into a very progressive racehorse. His recent win in the Listed ANZAC Mile at Awapuni was his third in this campaign from three starts, and his fifth in total from only nine career starts. Rock On Wood is trained at Levin by Leanne Elliot and is raced by her and her mother Jill Ker, and in his last three wins has been ridden by the Elliot’s son Ryan – the country’s leading apprentice. As a thre...

Ardrossan to stand at Waikato Stud

Lightly-tried stakes winning sprinter Ardrossan will offer New Zealand breeders a unique opportunity to tap into a high-class source of speed and class when he begins the second phase of his career later this year at Waikato Stud where he will stand at $8,000+GST. The precocious son of champion stallion and sire of sires Redoute’s Choice has been retired following a career-ending injury in Sydney where he had finished third in the Gr.3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) on an unsuitably heavy track. ...

Nine straight for Beauty Generation

New Zealand-bred galloper Beauty Generation showcased why he is the world’s highest rated active racehorse when he trounced his opposition in the Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. It was the six-year-old geldings ninth straight win and eighth of the season, setting a new benchmark in Hong Kong after bettering the previous record of seven, jointly held by Entrapment and Ambitious Dragon. He also became the highest earning horse in Hong Kong’s history, amassing HK$84.8 million ...

White Robe lead the way at southern sale

Mosgiel stud farm White Robe Lodge had another memorable result at New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale on Monday. The South Island operation extended their leading vendor by aggregate streak to three consecutive years, while resident stallion Ghibellines secured the title of leading sire by aggregate. The farm also sold the top-priced lot of the day, lot 57, the Per Incanto yearling filly out of stakes-winning mare Cherry Creek, a half-sister to Group Three winner Coulee. She was knocke...

Successive Success for Zed Em

Zed Em was being toasted on both sides of the Tasman when he was hailed as the King of Oakbank at the popular South Australian meeting on Saturday. Three of Zed Em’s five Wairarapa owners had a raceday experience they will never forget when being on course to watch the horse they refer to as Bobby extend his unbeaten Oakbank record to five with the completion of the Von Doussa (3250m) – Great Eastern Steeplechase (4950m) double for the second year in succession. Last year Zed Em became the f...

NZTBA Breeders Bulletin Autumn 2019

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The Laffey's and Who Dares Wins

There was plenty of excitement in the Laffey household in Masterton last weekend when Who Dares Wins (Iffraaj[GB]- Wee Tipple) won the Gr.3 Coca Cola Canterbury Gold Cup. “Very exciting man alive it was a great thrill, all my children were here watching it and the place just went off. You would think it was the Melbourne Cup,” recalled a still very excited Rosie Laffey, who bred Who Dares Wins with her mother Margaret Wallace. “We are very excited to get that group win, it was amazing ther...

Dunstan Feeds - Under the Radar Q & A with Keeper of the NZ Stud Book Julie Walker

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Ready Teddy award honours Olympic champion

It has been more than 20 years since Ready Teddy and Blyth Tait set the benchmark of what can be achieved with an off the track thoroughbred. Tait and the chestnut son of Brilliant Invader were at the top of their game in the 1990s winning Olympic Gold at Atlanta in 1996, and after success at the 1998 World Equestrian Games Ready Teddy became the first horse in the world to win eventing gold at both pinnacle events. This year the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association will honour ‘Te...

Fabulous Day at Te Aroha enjoyed by NZTBA Members

The Waikato Branch of the NZTBA hosted a marquee at Te Aroha to witness the running of the Gr.1 Fibre Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes. Around 120 members from throughout the country enjoyed the trackside location, the camaraderie and witnessed some fabulous racing including the all the way win by the Savabeel (AUS) mare Nicoletta in the group one event. Waikato Branch President Keith Lunn was very pleased with the turn out and how the day played out.  “I thought it was a g...

Vale Trevor McKee

The racing industry lost one of its most respected and admired characters with the passing of Trevor John McKee ONZM last week. Born in 1937 Trevor entered the industry as an apprentice jockey, and progressed to be a champion trainer, becoming a successful, owner, breeder and businessman along the way. He started his training career in Pukekohe after a compulsory stint in the army at the end of his jockey apprenticeship in the 1950’s. During his service he worked as a cook, and working with f...

Sam Bergerson's Sunline Scholarship experience continues

The second half of my Shadwell journey began with a two week stint at SnarehillFarm - the rehabilitation yard for all the Sheikh’s horses in work. There were two yards comprising a total of 40 boxes which were all pretty much in use whilst I was there. As all the horses were nursing some sort of issue you can imagine the attention to detail and quality of care for these horses had to be nothing short of the best. No expense was spared for the well-being and care of these horses. The facilities...

Ryan Stacey's Irish National Stud journey continue's

As the 1st of March rolled around, we were greeted with a descent dumping of snow overnight. Causing to bring the inner child out of everyone, with snowballs flying everywhere across the yards and hostel. Weather wise it’s slowly getting warmer, though I still find myself needing a few layers on most days. This month’s rotation with work around the farm yards have kept me busy which included Minoru (Mares in foal down) Blandford (Mares and Foals) both with Leona who loves to keep you on your...

Vicki Pascoe Service

Vicki Pascoe’s significant contribution to racing was celebrated on Breeders’ Stakes day at Te Aroha. Pascoe is the latest recipient of a New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) Service Award. The awards were introduced by NZTR this season, with the aim of acknowledging people who have   made valuable contributions to thoroughbred racing, usually but not necessarily in voluntary roles, and often with limited formal recognition. Pascoe has had a lifelong interest in horses and the th...