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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
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Peter Corbett has come to the end of a special journey with his multiple stakes-winning stayer Dee And Gee (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who played a starring role with a sale-topping price of $105,000 in the 2022 National Broodmare and Stallion Share Sale on Gavelhouse Plus on Wednesday night. The
The catalogue for the 2022 National Broodmare and Stallion Share Sale on Gavelhouse Plus is stacked with stallions held in high regard throughout Australasia, both for their own progeny and for their ever-growing reputations as broodmare sires. Buyers will have the opportunity to buy into these world-class bloodlines, with bidding
Cambridge Stud first-season sire Almanzor has continued his strong early run after siring his seventh individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when Islero won the 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Murtoa. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained gelding proved too strong at the finish, winning by a neck ahead of fellow Kiwi-bred Musgrave
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Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto has again staved off global competition to end another Hong Kong racing season as the most prolific source of individual winners and delivering the highest tally of wins. The Wairarapa-based stallion took that honour in 2021 with 17 winners of 30 races and successfully
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Anyone looking to strengthen their broodmare stocks in the countdown to the 2022 breeding season needs to look no further than the National Online Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus, which offers a selection of quality mares with outstanding racetrack and pedigree credentials. Highlights of the 81-lot catalogue include: LOT 4
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The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association is inviting their members to join them at Cambridge Stud at noon this coming Thursday for an information talk on preparing their mares for the coming breeding season. The session will cover management of dry, maiden mares, early or late pregnant mares, dental and
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The 2022 National Broodmare and Stallion Share catalogue is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with 81 lots. Bidding will open on Monday 18th July and will close from 7pm (NZT) on Wednesday 20th July. The catalogue is comprised of a mix of young and proven mares plus shares in New
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Cambridge Stud have been buoyed by the early interest in their freshman sire Sword Of State ahead of the coming breeding season. “It (interest) has been very good,” Cambridge Stud chief executive Henry Plumptre told Bensley. “We are very lucky that we have got some good shareholders in our two
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Leading into the 2022 breeding season we reflect on the volume of mares covered by a stallion with 10+ mares in 2021. STALLION20212020201920182017Circus Maximus (IRE)161Embellish158106138Savabeel (AUS)148137172182167Almanzor (FR)142145160140Hello Youmzain (FR)141Per Incanto (USA)13395117116103Ocean Park13118915383101Proisir (AUS)1261528686110Darci Brahma1259799103101Tivaci (AUS)1248993128139Time Test (GB)119135116116Super Seth (AUS)109143Ace High (AUS)
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Mapperley Stud, in conjunction with Windsor Park Stud, are holding an open day this Friday at 2.30pm for the public to view their exciting new stallion Armory. A precocious two-year-old, Armory won three of his first four starts including the Gr.2 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and Gr.3 Tyros
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Mapperley Stud will welcome the addition of three new stallions to their roster this upcoming breeding season, with former Valachi Downs residents Vespa and Savile Row joining the Matamata farm’s earlier acquisition of Armory. Vespa, a winner of seven races including the Gr.1 Diamond Stakes (1200m) and Karaka