Australia
New Zealand-bred mare Verona (NZ) (Belardo) turned her form around in emphatic style at Rosehill on Saturday, charging home from last to score a runaway win in the A$160,000 Schweppes Handicap (2400m). The daughter of Belardo proved herself against some of the best of her generation as a
New Zealand
Sam Bergerson made a winning start to his training career at Cambridge on Wednesday when Cote de Beaune took out the Kingsclere Stables 970. It was the first win for the newly established Te Akau training partnership of Mark Walker and Bergerson, which had a distinct tangerine flavour, with Cote
New Zealand
New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the running of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will continue this season, with incentivised prize packages awarded to trainers across a series of domestic race sponsorships. The well-received trainers Series was introduced by NZB three years ago to help support New Zealand
New Zealand
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New Zealand
The beginning of the 2023-24 racing season marks a momentous occasion for Waikato Thoroughbred Racing. The newly established Club is set to make history with its inaugural Trials on Tuesday at Te Rapa, followed by a meeting at Cambridge Synthetic on Wednesday, promising a thrilling start to the season. In
Breeding
The 2022-23 racing season has delivered another long line of triumphs for Waikato Stud, whose continued success has come on the back of two of its iconic stallions. Current kingpin Savabeel keeps churning out a seemingly endless supply of big-race performers, and this season marks his eighth Centaine Award for
Breeding
Less than two months after The Oaks Stud made the bold decision to purchase U S Navy Flag outright from Coolmore Stud, their faith in the former shuttle stallion has been rewarded with the title of New Zealand’s champion first-season sire of 2022-23. U S Navy Flag has held
Australia
Bluegrass Bloodstock principal Lenny Russo looks to have unearthed another treasure from his regular forays into the New Zealand tried horse market with Struck Gold (NZ) (Castledale), a three-year-old son of Castledale who romped home by four lengths at Echuca on Friday when making his Australian debut. Bred by Tim
New Zealand
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New Zealand
After a series of near-misses for foundation stallion Pentire, Rich Hill Stud has finally broken through and taken top honours with New Zealand’s new champion sire Proisir. The 2022-23 season saw Savabeel’s eight-year reign as champion Kiwi sire broken in spectacular style. Proisir sired 47 winners from 89
New Zealand
The unique strength of the current three-year-old crop has been reflected in the flat racing finalists for the 2023 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year awards. All five finalists in the three-year-old category – Legarto, Pennyweka, Pier, Prowess and Sharp ‘N’ Smart - were Group I winners in New Zealand
Breeding
Brad Molander has been an integral part of Wentwood Grange’s Cambridge operation and he was recognised for his contribution to the local breeding industry at the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro last weekend. The Wentwood Grange yearling manager was this year’s recipient of the LOVERACING.NZ-sponsored