http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:14:06 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170742/the-continuing-story-of-high-chaparral/ Not for the first time has Kiwi Chronicles highlighted the quality sire-line exploits of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells). In February 2023, while discussing whether he might establish his own Australasian sire line, we remembered that during the Sydney 2022 Championships So You Think (High Chaparral) sired three Group 1 winners in successive races. Knights Order landed the Sydney Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), Nimalee the Queen of the Turf Stakes (Gr 1, 1600) and who could forget the brilliant tactical ri... Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:07:46 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170742 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170741/karaka-graduate-nonu-impresses-at-sydney-trials/ Exciting Karaka graduate Nonu (NZ) (Anamoe) made an immediate impression in his first public appearance, leading throughout to score a dominant three-and-a-half-length victory in Monday’s official two-year-old trials on the Kensington track at Randwick.The Bjorn Baker-trained colt was purchased for NZ$600,000 from Wentwood Grange’s draft at the 2026 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka. He is the first foal out of stakes-winning Pride Of Dubai mare Easifar, who won three r... Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:04:48 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170741 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170541/star-mare-seachange-still-making-her-mark/ Rising age group star Blind Raise (Ace High) continues to add further honours to his already decorated family.The Oaks Stud-bred and sold three-year-old landed top honours in Saturday’s Gr.3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) to now share favouritism for the upcoming Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).Prepared by expatriate New Zealanders Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, he is a grandson of the Cambridge nursery’s former two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year Seachange.The daughter of Cape ... Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170541 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170527/wanganui-gelding-knocks-off-stakes-win-at-trentham/ Rejuvenated galloper Knock Off (Fabulous) proved too tough for his rivals in the Trentham mud as he dominated proceedings from the front to capture the Gr.3 Hunterville Vet Club Metric Mile (1600m) on Saturday.Trainer Gerard Cvitanovich has played the patient game with the seven-year-old and is now reaping the rewards, with the son of Fabulous finally living up to the promise he showed earlier in his career.Rider Leah Hemi took the bull by the horns from barrier rise and set up a steady pace in ... Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170527 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170584/blind-raise-makes-statement-in-caulfield-guineas-prelude/ The New Zealand-bred Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) stamped himself as one of the horses to beat in next month’s Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) with a dominant performance in the A$300,000 Gr.3 Sportsbet Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday.Now a four-time winner from only five career starts, and a perfect two-from-two this season, Blind Raise has risen to $4 equal favouritism alongside Tron Bolt in the TAB’s fixed-odds market for the Caulfield Guineas on October 10.The Trent Busuttin ... Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170584 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170480/cambridge-stud-backing-karaka-2027-100/ Leading thoroughbred nursery Cambridge Stud has again committed its full support to NZB’s 2027 National Yearling Sale, with the announcement they will be selling 100% of their yearling stock at Karaka.Karaka 2027, which marks the next century of yearling sales in New Zealand as the 101st National Yearling Sale, will be selling from 24 – 28 January at Karaka.Cambridge Stud has a long and rich history of selling yearlings, dating back to their debut at Trentham during the 1978 National Yearlin... Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:27:44 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170480 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170536/perfumist-makes-her-mark-in-nzb-tibbie-stakes/ New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Perfumist (NZ) (El Roca) made an emphatic return to racing at Newcastle on Friday, powering clear to claim the Gr.3 NZB Tibbie Stakes (1400m).The Bjorn Baker-trained daughter of El Roca had shown she was ready to fire with a series of strong gallops leading into her resumption and delivered on that promise with a dominant 2.6-length victory under Rachel King.King gave Perfumist an economical run in fifth before angling into the clear approaching ... Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170536 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170529/nz-oaks-heroine-retired/ Taranaki couple Peter and Heather Crofskey have enjoyed a fairytale ride with their Group One winner Leica Lucy (Derryn), but that journey has now come to an end following her recent retirement from racing.Bred by the Crofskeys, Leica Lucy is by Grangewilliam Stud stallion Derryn and out of winning Sir Percy mare Dynamite Lucy, a half-sister to Group Two performer Endowment and stakes performer Airlie House.She was entrusted to the care of New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson, for whom she won ... Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170529 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170445/south-african-interests-purchase-showpiece-property-fayette-park/ Another chapter is set to be written in the history of one of New Zealand’s most admired thoroughbred properties, Fayette Park, following its purchase by South African interests.The change in ownership of the South Waikato farm has been confirmed by South African expatriate and now New Zealand-based Craig Ramsay. Acting on behalf of the principal of South Africa’s leading wagering operator Hollywoodbets, Ramsay has completed negotiations to secure the property established in the late 1980s b... Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:56:05 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170445 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/170432/vale-jo-wilding/ A stalwart of the thoroughbred industry and a much-admired personality, Jo (Josephine) Wilding passed away recently in Christchurch.Jo was the breeder of four Derby winners including the Champion Three-Year-Old Zonda(Zabeel- Gone With The Wind) and his half-brother Man of Honour (by Noble Bijou), So Casual and Analie. As well she bred three other group one winners the Champion Two-Year-Old Joker’s Wild(Black Minnaloushe -Miss Rory), Wall Street (Montjeu- Villa Wanda), and Surprize Surprize (Pr... Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:19:26 +1200 http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/#post170432