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After a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Waikato Branch of the NZTBA were looking forward to a bumper weekend in the Waikato this week with the Gavelhouse.com Waikato Stallion Parade book-ending the Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards. Last night’s announcement that New Zealand would
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Breeders should circle Sunday 29th August on their calendars as the Auckland Branch of the NZTBA look to host the Auckland Stallion Parade at Haunui Farm and Westbury Stud, followed by a casual function for NZTBA members to celebrate the success of Group race winners bred in the Auckland region.
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Little Avondale’s young shuttle stallion Time Test recorded his first stakes winner at Newbury on Friday when Tardis powered home in the Listed St Hugh's Stakes (1050m) for trainer Michael Bell under the urgings of Oisin Murphy. The two-year-old filly is on a steep upward
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Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Ribchester sired a double in the UK on Friday to provide him with his eighth and ninth winners respectively. First to strike was the Karl Burke-trained Snooze n You Lose, who impressed on her second start at Nottingham. Bred by the Bryce family’s Laundry
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Former Windsor Park Stud shuttle stallion Mastercraftsman died at Castlehyde Stud in Ireland on Friday following a suspected heart attack. The 15-year-old son of Danehill Dancer was European Champion two-year-old of 2018 having won the Gr.1 National Stakes (1400m), Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes (1200m) and
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Gregarious, generous, a great contributor, best describe Clyde Buckingham who passed away last week after a short illness in Middlemore Hospital, aged 83. Buckingham was a Gold Star member of the Auckland Racing Club, where he had served as a director in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s,
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Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Ribchester was credited with his sixth individual winner this week when Shaikha (Ribchester x Kerila (Makfi)) won on debut at Deauville on Thursday. Shaikha impressed when jumping smartly and tracked the pace in second through the early stages of the race. At the half-way mark
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New Zealand breds were well-represented at elite-level in Australia in the 2020-21 season. The NZ suffix featured on 18 occassions behind Group One victors last term, led by Verry Ellegant with five Group One victories. From 7.3 percent of runners, New Zealand-breds won 24 percent
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This year for the first time the Gavelhouse.com Waikato Stallion Parade weekend will be held in conjunction with the National Breeding Awards. All are welcome to attend the stallion parades which take place over the weekend of Saturday August 21 and Sunday August 22, with over 30 of New
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Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer has been crowned New Zealand’s Champion second season sire. The son of High Chaparral sired 13 individual winners in New Zealand, notching up 18 separate victories and accumulating a total $354,916 in stakes. His star performer was Llanacord, the winner of the Gr.2
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Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo secured last season’s title of New Zealand’s top first season sire with Yeaboi’s runner-up result in the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki on Saturday. Belardo finished the season with four winners from 20 runners in New Zealand, including three black-
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Outstanding Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel has asserted his dominance yet again in season 2020-21 with another clean sweep of New Zealand’s three major stallion awards. For a seventh time in succession the son of Zabeel has won the Grosvenor Award, as Champion New Zealand-based sire by total