NZ Racing and Breeding News – 04 April 2022
It may have taken him longer than he would have liked, but apprentice jockey Donovan Cooper was rapt to record his 100th win in the saddle at Ascot Park on Sunday. The expat South African brought up the milestone in the opening race of the card aboard the Michael and
Award-winning racing photographer Trish Dunell scored a sentimental victory last Saturday when her filly Fringes (NZ) (Niagara) took out the Gr.3 SA Fillies Classic (2546m) at Morphettville. While international stakes success is nothing new to Dunell, Saturday’s win meant more than most, with the filly named after her
Darryn and Briar Weatherley’s Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) is set to make a welcome return to their Matamata stable at the start of next month following a wind operation. The six-year-old son of Proisir had made a pleasing return over summer, finishing runner-up in the Gr.1
The countdown to NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a high quality catalogue of 140 youngsters by New Zealand’s best stallions now available to view online at nzb.co.nz, with physical copies arriving in mailboxes soon. Set to be held on Thursday 25 June at