New Zealand
With the 2020 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale series set to kick off in a week’s time, the wins of class mare Avantage (Fastnet Rock) and promising filly Festivity (NZ) (I Am Invincible) at Trentham on Saturday put a smile a mile wide on the
Breeding
The measure of a thoroughbred stud’s prowess is the year-by-year consistency in turning out high-quality winners over a long period. Matamata’s Mapperley Stud has achieved that level of excellence, and its reputation is well-earned, but it has also raised the bar for a medium-sized thoroughbred breeding operation by
New Zealand
Twenty-four hours on from securing the first Group One win of his riding career, jockey Shaun McKay is still coming to terms with the achievement. The amiable 23-year-old was taking time on Sunday morning to let the achievement sink in after booting home one of his favourite horses, The Mitigator
New Zealand
Trainer Michael Pitman was bursting with pride after his class sprinter Enzo's Lad (Testa Rossa) went within a short neck of tearing off his third consecutive victory in the time-honoured Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday. Bidding to become just the third
Breeding
The proud Hogan legacy joins forces with the influence of new owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay to create a quality Cambridge Stud draft for the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Cambridge Stud was lifted to world renown by Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan, breeding more than 40
New Zealand
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Australia
Promising stayer Romakash (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) has vindicated trainer Matt Kropp's decision to make an annual trip to the New Zealand sales with his win at Eagle Farm. Toowoomba-based Kropp travels his horses around the southern corner of the state and has an excellent strike rate when
New Zealand
Underrated stayer Soleseifei (NZ) (Shocking) completed a fairytale result for the Lupton family when she carried the colours worn by the legendary Kiwi to victory in the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, thirty-seven years after the Snow Lupton-trained Waverley wonder scored in
New Zealand
The Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham has always been one of the McKay family’s favourite races, but on Saturday it became much more special. The Mitigator (Master of Design) delivered a third victory in the time-honoured feature for Matamata trainer Peter McKay, who had previously won
New Zealand
Feisty mare Avantage (Fastnet Rock) showed all her fighting qualities when she overcame a wide barrier and a plucky southern rival to take out the Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. Prepared by Jamie Richards for owners the Te Akau Avantage syndicate, the Fastnet Rock four-year-old
New Zealand
A copybook ride by Opie Bosson paved the way for promising filly Showbeel (NZ)(Savabeel) to add a valuable black type success to her career record when she took out the first feature race at Trentham on Saturday, the Gr.3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m). The Murray
New Zealand
National Jockey’s Premiership leader Kozzi Asano continued a white-hot run of form when he guided Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) to an upset victory in Saturday’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m). Asano, who won the last five races on the card at the New Plymouth meeting on Friday,