New Zealand
Six years after being bought for just $8,500 from New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale, Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) has retired with more than $330,000 in prize-money to her name and is being sold as a valuable broodmare proposition in the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com.
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Little Avondale will celebrate their 11th year of sponsoring the Lowland Stakes at Hastings this week. Wednesday’s eight-race, twilight meeting features the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) for three-year-old fillies which is set to run at 6.09pm. There is a strong field assembled with Group Three
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Respected racing journalist and administrator Dave Bradford passed away peacefully in Auckland on Thursday, aged 91. Having started out as a cadet reporter with the Thames Star, Bradford moved onto the Rotorua Daily Post before later becoming racing editor of the Auckland Star/8 O’Clock. A committee member of
Australia
Megastar Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) added a sixth Group One trophy to his collection with another breathtaking performance in Saturday’s A$750,000 Lamaro’s Hotel Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Four of those six Group One triumphs have come this season alone, where the New Zealand-bred’s eight
Australia
A proven Group One star in her homeland, Kiwi mare Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) added valuable Australian black-type to her CV with a determined win in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Carlton Draught Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield. Te Akau Racing’s high-class six-year-old has put together an
Australia
Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young know what it takes to win a Derby in Australia, and now they are setting their sights on Sydney with the unbeaten Immediacy (NZ) (Tarzino). The Kiwi-bred son of Tarzino extended his perfect record to three-from-three with a dominant performance in
Australia
The opening race at Caulfield on Saturday was named in honour of an iconic New Zealand-bred champion, and it was fitting that Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) won it with some of the stamina and toughness that top-flight Kiwi stayers are renowned for. The A$150,000 Vale Verry Elleegant (2000m) was
Breeding
Milan Park’s Tony Rider went full-circle on gavelhouse.com on Monday night, buying back the multiple Group-winning mare Aromatic (NZ) (Sacred Falls) for $257,500. Rider bred Aromatic and offered her in Milan Park’s yearling draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2018, where she was bought by Te
Australia
Waikato Stud’s Super Seth has struck a significant offshore blow with the Group One-winning son of Dundeel siring his first juvenile winner in Australia. The race day covers came off his highly regarded son Linebacker (NZ) (Super Seth) at Hawkesbury this afternoon and the John O’Shea-prepared colt didn’
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