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Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir created one of the major highlights on day five at Karaka on Friday when his son out of the Pins mare Knockout was sold to the bid of Alex Oliveira for $150,000. Consigned as Lot 894, the athletic colt comes from an extended family
New Zealand
Trainer Robbie Patterson couldn’t be any happier with Coventina Bay ahead of the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The six-year-old mare was successful over the same distance in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa last month and Patterson said she
New Zealand
Trainer Stephen Marsh is hoping lightning can strike twice when he lines up Lincoln King and Starrybeel in Sunday’s Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie. The pair quinellaed the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham in January and after impressing Marsh with their final
New Zealand
Group One winner Levante (NZ) (Proisir) has touched down in Melbourne ahead of her debut run on Australian soil this Saturday in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Fresh off wins in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) and Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m), trainers Ken and Bev
Australia
Tom Dabernig has not given up on a start for his stable flag-bearer Flying Mascot (NZ) (Tavistock) in the All-Star Mile but realises hopes of a start are lengthening by the day. Flying Mascot is to run at Flemington on Saturday in the Gr.3 Matron Stakes (1600m) with a
Mark Newnham has prepared his share of talented fillies and he says untapped three-year-old Sanstoc (NZ) (Tavistock) has the potential to be as good as any of them. Newnham has won Group One races with the likes of Nakeeta Jane and Maid Of Heaven, while Greysful Glamour, Harmony Rose, Scarlet
Breeding
After a buoyant Book 1 Sale, selling continued steadily on Day One of Book 2 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka 2022 National Yearling Sales Series. Domestic trainers were active in the sale ring with strong demand for New Zealand’s quality line up of emerging sires, who accounted for
Breeding
Rich Hill Stud stallion Vadamos provided two of the star turns during the opening day of the Book 2 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales at Karaka on Thursday. With the oldest New Zealand crop of the son of internationally acclaimed sire Monsun just three-year-olds and featuring
New Zealand
Punters on both sides of the Tasman will benefit from a change being made to the New Zealand Track Ratings early next month. From Monday, 4 April the New Zealand Track Ratings will once again align with those introduced to Australia in 2014. While this move is part of NZTR’
Breeding
Shaune Ritchie is hoping lightning will strike twice after he added a new chapter in the Jennifer Eccles story by purchasing her full brother during the Book 1 sale at Karaka earlier this week. Jennifer Eccles was the outstanding filly of her year, winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks
Australia
Trainer John O’Shea is happy with his star sprinter Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto) ahead of his tilt at the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Per Incanto gelding heads into the race off the back of winning first-up carrying 61kg in the Gr.
Breeding
International bloodstock agent Paul Moroney was unable to attend last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale in the flesh, but he was pleased to be back this year as the border opened up to Kiwis returning home. After purchasing 11 yearlings out of the Book 1 session, Moroney