Breeding
Highview Stud newcomers Divine Prophet and Santos are receiving warm welcomes from the New Zealand breeding community. The proven pair have relocated from Australia to join Wrote at the Waikato farm, with Divine Prophet’s profile further boosted this season by the deeds of his Group One-producing brother Proisir.
Breeding
The legacy of the late Peter Setchell had a fitting final flourish on Wednesday night, producing the sale-topping lot in the 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus. Group Three-winning mare Ticket To Ride was the final horse to ever be sold from the estate of
Breeding
Leading stallion Per Incanto will serve a limited book of mares at best in the 2023 breeding season after suffering a leg injury in a paddock accident. The long-term outlook for the Little Avondale Stud resident is good and should he recover in time, he will be restricted to
Breeding
The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which is currently in progress on Gavelhouse Plus, gives buyers rare access to a number of young mares who have just reached the end of their quality racing careers. One of those is Cool Change (NZ) (Showcasing), who is catalogued as Lot 10.
Breeding
With the 2023 breeding season just around the corner, the National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus gives buyers a prized opportunity to add Group One bloodlines to their broodmare band. The 54-lot catalogue features numerous siblings, daughters and close relations of elite racetrack performers. A major contributor
Breeding
Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 22 and 23 November. With a reputation like no other, NZB’s Ready to Run Sale is renowned for
Breeding
The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale is now live online on Gavelhouse Plus, with 54 lots on offer. Bidding is set to open on Friday 7th July and will close from 7pm (NZT) on Wednesday 12th July. The catalogue is comprised of a mix of young and proven mares,
Breeding
A highly successful season for Redwood continued at the weekend with another pair of significant home-bred winners for the Westbury Stud resident. The Group One-winning son of High Chaparral added to his stakes haul for 2022/23 at Sha Tin on Sunday evening when Tuchel triumphed in the
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Whanganui-based stallion Unusual Suspect has proved a more than useful sire. Standing at the Auret family’s Letham Stud, the now 19-year-old stallion has produced a host of well-credentialed horses, including the stakes winner Unusual Countess and multiple Melbourne metropolitan winners So Unusual and Unusual Culture.
Breeding
Proisir’s remarkable season went to another level at the weekend with his progeny’s earnings surpassing $4 million, the first time that mark has been reached in New Zealand stallion history. The Rich Hill Stud resident has an unassailable lead in the race for the General Sires’ Premiership with
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Multiple stakes performer Windermere was the highlight lot of the broodmare session at Friday’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka and fetched $120,000 to the bid of Little Avondale Stud’s Sam Williams. The six-year-old daughter of All Too Hard was a
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Gordon Cunningham is a man that knows a good Ocean Park. The Curraghmore principal has sold two of the stallion’s Group One winners Tofane and Kovalica and he was delighted to secure a colt by Ocean Park from the High Chaparral mare Rolling in Thedeep at Friday’s New