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NZTBA Canterbury Branch to hold auction for "First Girl Home" bonus scheme

The Canterbury/Marlborough/Westland Branch of the NZTBA, supported by the Canterburey Jockey Club, is planning to hold an auction on Tuesday 13th November to raise funds for the 'First Girl Home' stakes bonus scheme. The auction will be conducted by the team from 'OFF THE RAILS' and items to be auctioned include a mounted, gold plated Zabeel shoe, a signed photo of Zabeel, a book, video and caps, all donated by Sir Patrick Hogan, 12 original watercolour cartoons by Lynnley Driver and the coffee ...

The Spring Edition of the Wellington Branch's "WellBred" Newsletter is out now

Click here to read the Wellington Branch "WellBred" newsletter - Wellington Branch...

Is it such a long way from Louis Vuitton pumps to Red Band gumboots?

There is an old saying about taking the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy – or in this case the girl, and the girl in question is Angela Williams. Following a successful career in communications and marketing and with a new husband in tow, Angela returned home to the famous Te Parae Stud just out of Masterton last year. Simon Irving, her husband and a police sergeant, had taken a position locally and Angela swapped her glamorous corporate life to establish t...

D’Cash Man, is it a case of "like father, like son"?

The Vince & Joyce Roberts bred 3yo D'Cash Man looks in fine fettle for upcoming feature races, including the New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas (Group one) in which he holds a nomination for, after Saturday's highly impressive victory at Riccarton Park. D'Cash Man was dropping back in class from his last start fourth in the 1200m listed Westbury Stud Challenge Stakes at Ruakaka, where he led and was only caught late by some classy horses including the unbeaten Hawke's Bay Guineas winner, Sac...

Jamie Richards' photo blog

Got to http://sunlinescholarship.blogspot.co.uk/#!/2012/10/double-dan-horsemanship.html to read about Jamie's experience with Double Dan Horsemanship. - NZTBA...

Sacred Falls' breeder has the highest praise of all

Following his sensational win in the Gr 2 DHL Hawke's Bay Guineas, Sacred Falls has been getting huge accolades from his trainers, his rider, from those who witnessed the race and from the media, but perhaps the biggest compliment comes from Waikato Stud's Mark Chittick who likens the colt to his illustrious father. "He is the closest I've seen to his father racing wise. As a three-year-old at his first start O'Reilly did exactly the same thing - lost four lengths at the start of his race and c...

Josie Hines continues her mother's passion

Fifty odd years ago when Cambridge octogenarian Gladys Hodgson, was asked by her husband Geoff what she would like for her birthday, she asked him if she could keep a filly he had bred that was unable to race and he was considering selling. That filly, Gabadee (Gabador[FR]-Chickadee),went on to leave a couple of smart stakes winners in Urupukapuka and Dee Dee and a dynasty to follow that is still giving Gladys a huge thrill and something to bet on today. The most recent stakes winner from this ...

Jamie Richards latest blog

Jamie Richards has spent the last eight weeks at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky, preparing yearlings for the Saratoga and Keeneland Yearling Sales. Click here to read the latest blog from America - Jamie Richards...

Jamie's Blog - September 2012

Welcome to America I've been in the Blue Grass state of Kentucky for over six weeks now working and living at Taylor Made Farm, and what a busy and brilliant time it has been on the last placement of the NZTBA Sunline Scholarship. Lexington, the horse capital of the world has been very welcoming from my initial implementation into the Taylor Made way of life, to living with Dan James of Double Dan Horsemanship, the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Sale in Saratoga and a special day out at Rood and...

Robin Hapi's Belle of Foxton

The win by Dubai Belle (E Dubai[USA]– Shy Dancer) in the group three Merial Ancare Metric Mile has made that mare the "Belle of Foxton". In the small coastal town just south of Palmerston North in the Horowhenua, with a population of around 2500, the mare is a heroine and a welcome diversion for the racing mad community who earlier this year witnessed a number of arson attacks on their race course. "She's a celebrity in town especially at the Foxton Hotel. The racetrack is an iconic part of ...

Racing Te Aroha Stallion Placement Scheme

RACING TE AROHA 2012/2013 STALLION PLACEMENT SCHEME The Stallion Placement Scheme is up and running again. If any owners have mares to mate this season please consider using the Placement Scheme. All money raised by the scheme goes to supporting the GROUP 1 Fillies and Mares Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes in April. If you wish to view stallions to hand please contact Club No. and leave your name & address or fax. No. Click here for details about the stallions or visit the stud and stallio...

Kate gets the spring off to a good start for Don Skelton

The first day of the Rush Munro Hawke's Bay Carnival heralded the start of spring racing in New Zealand and the group one Makfi Hawke's Bay Challenge Stakes lived up to expectation producing a stunning win by Ocean Park (Thorn Park[AUS]- Sayida). However, on the under card, a very smart three-year-old filly in Kate (St Reims – Dutowin) also made her presence felt. Scoring her second win, the big bay filly cleared away from her rivals in the 1200 metre New Zealand Bloodstock 3YO a race which i...

Big weekend for Waikato Branch Stallion Parade

The sun shone brightly for the two days of the NZTBA's Waikato Branch JLT Bloodstock Stallion Parade last weekend. Up to 300 people enjoyed the gorgeous spring weather as they eyed some gorgeous horse flesh in the Waikato region. Many had travelled from outside the region and were not disappointed by what they saw. A changed format saw the parade commence at Cambridge Stud in Cambridge at lunch time on Saturday before heading to Matamata for the afternoon, while on Sunday the tour concentrate...

The Auckland Branch celebrates members' success at Annual Awards dinner

The Auckland branch of the NZTBA held their annual awards dinner on Friday 17th August at the Ellerslie Function Centre. The evening sponsored by New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance was attended by around 130 guests who honoured the award recipients and enjoyed listening to the guest speaker, leading Melbourne trainer Peter Moody. Moody enjoyed a 'fireside chat' with Steve Davis and discussed how, as a boy from the bush in Queensland who wasn't keen on school , had landed a job breaking in yearl...

JLT Bloodstock and Waikato Branch Stallion Weekend - 25 & 26 August

This annual event held on the last weekend in August, is popular with vistors and broodmare owners throughout New Zealand and Australia. See Itinerary here Saturday and Sunday Tour around studs in the Waikato Area Follow the tour around in your own car (see below for map links) All welcome members, breeders, owners, public No charge for this event Win a Free Service to Battle Paint............. Clink on link of our sponsor JLT Insurance www.horseinsurance.co.nz/ - Waikato Branch...

Big sale for Rangiora private breeder

Rangiora's Kaye Sanders is the latest private New Zealand Thoroughbred breeder to prove that big results can be achieved from a modest base. In 2009 Kaye and her daughter Holly decided that they wanted to get involved in the thoroughbred breeding industry. Kaye headed off to the bank to get a loan, before attending the NZ Bloodstock National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed sale at Karaka. Kaye had spent weeks with her eyes glued to the sales catalogue and had picked out what she believed were th...

2012 New Zealand Breeder of the Year finalists announced

Last year's NZ Breeder of the Year Piper Farm is once again a finalist for Breeder of the Year at this year's NZTR Awards to be held in Hamilton on September 12th. The other three finalists are Karreman Bloodstock, Llannehock Trust, and Colin and John Thompson. Karreman Bloodstock has featured as a nominee for this award in the past and this year they have been represented by a host of stakes winners coming from their fine band of broodmares, and by a variety of stallions not just those standi...

2012 New Zealand Broodmare of the Year finalists announced

Three broodmares have been nominated for the prestigious NZ Broodmare of the Year Award. They are Sheila Cheval (Mi Preferido [USA]-Silver Sheila), Sunday Joy (Sunday Silence [USA]- Joie Denise) and Triassic (Tights [USA]- Astral Row). The award is given to the mare whose New Zealand-bred and/or New Zealand-conceived progeny, anywhere in the world most clearly reflect true breeding merit in quality of racing performance in the season under review, Sheila Cheval is amongst the nine mares owned ...

Jamie's Blog - August 2012

As I look back on the last ten weeks in Ireland, there seems no better phrase to sum up my time other than living the dream! Since arriving at the beginning of May after the conclusion of the English Guineas weekend where Coolmore and Aidan O'Brien dominated proceedings taking both the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas with Camelot and Homecoming Queen respectively, Ireland has been very welcoming, the work great and the locals outstanding. Throughout this piece, I will look back and conclude on another i...

Your Choice - Starts Monday 20th August on Trackside

Mondays 8pm Tuesdays 10am Thursdays 12:30am (Friday morning) Your Choice will be hosted by George Simon and Mark McNamara and looks back on some of our favourite racing moments on Trackside since 1992 to celebrate Trackside's 20th anniversary. And it's not just our racing moments that matter; you can have your say too and enter our Your Choice Viewers Competition! To enter the Your Choice Viewers Competition Send us your favourite racing moment since 1992 and not only could your race be...

NZTBA Central Districts Branch Stallion Parade - Sunday 19th August

The Central Districts Branch of the NZTBA will be holding its annual Stallion Parade on Sunday 19th August. Clickhere for the programme. All welcome - ENQUIRIES TO SECRETARY, HUW TAYLOR (021 544557 OR 06 3293309) - Central Districts Branch...

2011-2012 New Zealand Free Handicaps released

The 2011-2012 New Zealand Free Handicaps, framed by NZTR's Senior Handicapper, Mr Dean Nowell for the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, have been released today. Click here to view ...

High Kin comes up with the goods for breeder

Feilding plumber Mike Kunac has dabbled in racing and breeding horses for the past 12 years or so, but more recently he and his partners have found it pretty painful to their pockets. With Chris and Jack Stone, he owned a mare called Kinzan (Kinjite-Double-Zan) and in 2009, after Jack had moved to the South Island, they decided to quit the High Chaparral filly she had produced as a yearling at the Festival Sale. However, Mike wasn't quite ready to give up on the family. Her first three foals w...

Peter Moody Guest Speaker for Auckland NZTBA Awards

The Auckland branch of the NZTBA are delighted to announce that trainer of the famed Black Caviar, Peter Moody, will be the guest speaker at their annual awards dinner to be held at Ellerslie Racecourse on Friday, 17th August. Sponsored by New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance, the Auckland Branch dinner recognises the success of the Auckland-bred racehorse with the 2011/2012 another successful one for the region including VRC Derby-winner Sangster (NZ) (Savabeel) and, Singapore Derby-winner Chase M...

'Kiwi Bred' starts on Trackside 1st August

A long awaited breeding programme is about to hit the screens on Trackside. Kiwi Bred will commence screening on Wednesday August 1 at 8pm on Trackside and every Wednesday after that for the next 11 weeks. Each programme will be repeated on Thursday and Friday at 11.30am and again on Sunday at 10.30am. According to Tim Aldridge the Senior Producer at Trackside/TAB TV there had been a lot of talk for quite some time about putting together a weekly programme that showed a more expansive look at ...