AUDIO: Grant Cooksley
Andrew Bensley speaks with co-trainer Grant Cooksley about his Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) prospect Jason Belltree
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First Season Sires Shine at Booming National Weanling Sale
Demand was evident at NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale on Thursday, with all key metrics increasing and a total aggregate of $3,593,000 (up 49%) for the 102 weanlings sold at Karaka. The compact 143-lot catalogue also witnessed an increased average of $35,255 (up 23%), an
Super Seth’s penultimate Kiwi crop to the fore at Karaka
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Paddington makes late impact in National Weanling Sale
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Buyers in both hemispheres have clamoured for the first weanling progeny of Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Chaldean, and that huge demand continued with his very first weanling to go through the Karaka sale ring during the NZB National Weanling Sale on Thursday. Mike Fleming of major Australian players Bhima ventured