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New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups took place at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 17 October, with 148 two-year-olds having the opportunity to gallop down the home straight of Waikato Racing Club. Ideal weather and track conditions saw a smart display of Breeze
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Ross and Corrine Kearney took an instant shine to Satono Aladdin and first impressions have resulted in the South Waikato couple adding Australian stakes success to their domestic achievements. Relative newcomers to the thoroughbred game, their homebred Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) set the ball rolling at Trentham earlier this
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The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, in partnership with the Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship Trust, are offering the opportunity of a lifetime for one young industry participant. Applications are now open for the Irish National Stud Scholarship, which supports the successful candidate to attend the renowned establishment to
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New Zealand Bloodstock has made the decision to postpone its Breeze Ups for the 2022 Ready to Run Sale, with the revised contingency dates being held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 of October at Te Rapa Racecourse. Working closely with the Waikato Racing Club and New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing
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Holding firm against a torrent of overseas interest, Cambridge Stud bought Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel) for $1.1 million on Gavelhouse Plus on Wednesday night, and the Group One-winning mare will be served by Almanzor this spring. Many of New Zealand’s most sought-after mares have been snapped up
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Crypto Force justified trainer Michael O’Callaghan’s faith in him with a convincing success in the Gr.2 Beresford Stakes (1600m) at the Curragh on Saturday. A promising debut winner over 1400m in the trainer’s colours in June, Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing team went to £900,000
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In a not too distant pre-internet past, Phill Cataldo remembers mailing Australian trainers VHS tapes of Kiwi horses’ trials and races in a bid to orchestrate a sale. Many things have changed in the last 25 years, but what hasn’t is Cataldo’s knack for unearthing a superstar
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Broodmare gem Opulence has passed away after foaling a healthy filly foal at Grangewilliam Stud on Saturday. The 17-year-old Danroad mare was crowned New Zealand Broodmare of the Year for the second consecutive season at the New Zealand Breeding Awards last month after the deeds of her 11-
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The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA) is deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen was a passionate and enthusiastic horse breeder for over 70 years and has been the patron of the NZTBA since 1990. The NZTBA is the only horse-related organisation
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High-class mare Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock) is heading across the Tasman to join the broodmare band at Yulong Stud, who edged out Cambridge Stud in a tight bidding duel on Gavelhouse Plus on Wednesday evening. The only son or daughter of outstanding sire Tavistock (NZ) to win a Group One
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Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor welcomed his fourth stakes winner overnight when promising two year-old filly Around Midnight won the Listed Criterium de l’Ouest (1650m) at Craon. Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, Around Midnight made it two wins from three starts when she scored a neck win in her
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Haunui Farm are hosting their annual stallion parade this Sunday at 10.30am. They will showcase their two shuttle stallions Belardo and Ribchester, as well as a selection of youngstock of interest. Belardo, sire of recent American Group Two winner Golden Phoenix, has sired six black type performers to date