Breeding
The highly anticipated opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka is only a few months away. Construction, which began in early July 2019, has not been smooth sailing for all parties involved after being forced to shut down due to the country’s COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown. Despite this,
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Group One performer King Of Comedy will join Novara Park’s stallion roster this coming breeding season. Farm principal Luigi Muollo had been on the lookout for a son of outstanding young sire Kingman and is delighted with his acquisition. “He (Kingman) is one of the hottest names in European
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Mark Baker has had plenty of success pinhooking out of New Zealand Bloodstock’s May Sale, and he believes he has found another promising youngster at Karaka on Friday. The Hallmark Stud principal paid $145,000 for lot 78, the Almanzor colt out of Group One performer Girl Of My
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Inglewood Stud’s young stallion War Decree, a son of War Front, will stand the 2021 season at an unchanged fee of $4,500+GST. “His yearlings sold through the ring averaged nearly $60,000 this year,” said Inglewood Stud’s Gus Wigley. “That’s a tremendous return on the
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Galileo’s triple Group One winning son Circus Maximus heads the 2021 stallion roster at Windsor Park Stud. Group One placed as a two-year-old, Circus Maximus won the Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes (1600m) and Gr.1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (1600m) at three, before
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, set to be held this Friday 14 May, is a prime opportunity for astute judges to purchase their next lucrative pinhooking investment. Over the last few editions of NZB weanling sessions, pinhooked purchases have fetched significantly higher prices upon their return to
Breeding
Several days have passed since recording a black-type double at Riccarton, but Nigel Auret is still lost for words when asked about the achievement. His son, Fraser, had travelled south from his Marton base with Unusual Countess (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) and Streak of Power (NZ) (Power) and duly delivered
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Vendors are welcoming the return of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale to a physical format at Karaka next week, but without losing sight of lessons learned from last year’s COVID-19 disruptions. A select catalogue of 120 weanlings will go under the hammer at Karaka next Friday,
Breeding
The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale at Karaka features progeny by an outstanding range of stallions, including rising stars whose early sons and daughters are set to shine in the coming seasons, superior performers with limited chances remaining to access their progeny, and everything in
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Windsor Park Stud are holding a RUGBY, RACING & BEER Yearling sale & luncheon, 7th May 2021 at the Riccarton Park Racecourse this Friday. The live auction features nine quality yearlings which will be onsite at Riccarton for the event. Further to the auction there will be an excellent panel
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Foal NZ co-founder Leigh Wills will be presenting two free talks on foal education at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale later this month. The 30-minute talks entitled ‘Does foal education create champions?’ will take place in the Phar Lap room at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka
Breeding
Highview Stud stallion Wrote will stand his fifth season at stud at an unchanged fee of $5,000 + GST this coming breeding season. The Group One winning son of High Chaparral has enjoyed good patronage in his initial seasons at stud, covering 338 mares across four seasons, with his eldest