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Mental health has become a growing concern in New Zealand and the New Zealand breeding industry is doing their bit to try and address the issue. As part of the AGrowQuip National Breeding Awards on Saturday, the Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association are holding an auction
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An early call has been made to cancel the Levin RC meeting at Otaki on Saturday. The RIB and club officials inspected the track on Tuesday. The track is sodden having received 109mm of rainfall in the last seven days on an already heavy surface. A NIWA report commissioned specifically
New Zealand
The final opportunity to enter a yearling filly in the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series closes on Sunday 31st July, with entry $1,500 plus GST. A bonus scheme for Southern Hemisphere bred fillies and mares, offering bonuses of $2.8 million, the scheme includes up to 200 individual races
New Zealand
After one of the most dominant seasons by a jumps jockey in New Zealand history, Shaun Phelan is now looking to conquer Australia. With one day of jumps racing to go in New Zealand, the Cambridge horseman has an unassailable lead in the jumps jockey premiership. He has won 19
Breeding
The 2021-22 racing season provided Trelawney Stud with some standout performances. Brent and Cherry Taylor’s racing team focusses on quality rather than quantity and the results shone through on the track with horses carrying their familiar silks, posting 24 wins, 10 at stakes level. “We have celebrated some great
New Zealand
The new owners of Pensardo (NZ) (Belardo) will recoup their purchase price in double quick time if the filly can continue her winning form on the synthetic course at Cambridge on Wednesday. The daughter of Belardo was bought out of the recent Valachi Downs Dispersal Sale on the Gavelhouse Plus
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Graham Thomas admits he’s slowed down a bit since hitting “retirement” age, but he’s still going strong training horses for, among others, owner-breeder John Wood. The pair were to the fore again at New Plymouth on Saturday when Turnmeon won a special conditions maiden over 1800m.
Breeding
Thoroughbred breeders from around the country will gather at the Sir Don Rowlands Event Centre at Karapiro on Saturday for the much-anticipated National Breeding Awards. For the last two years the awards, sponsored this year by AGrowQuip, have been without a public celebration, now finally the recipients can be honoured
New Zealand
Sam Spratt has already set a simple goal for the new racing season with a wish for a spring and summer of non-stop action. The Pukekohe jockey’s dream of an uninterrupted spell in the saddle is understandable, given the frustrations of recent years. “I’m just hoping to get
Breeding
South Island breeders will welcome the addition of Echoes Of Heaven to their stallion ranks this coming breeding season. The brother to Manhattan Rain and half-brother to the remarkable Redoute's Choice will join Group One winner Jon Snow at Clearview Park near Timaru. Previously standing at Newmarket Stud,
Breeding
Three-year-old Belardo filly Bellabel maintained her perfect record since arriving in the United States for trainer Phil D'Amato when winning the Gr.2 San Clemente Stakes (1600m) at Del Mar, heading home a stable trifecta. Originally prepared in Ireland by Jessica Harrington, Bellabel had previously won the Listed
Australia
When promising galloper Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) was heading towards victory at Doomben on Saturday the loudest noise he probably had ringing in his ears were the cheers from his proud owners and breeders John and Carole Lynskey. The New Plymouth couple had made the trip over to Brisbane to support