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Buyer demand for freshman and emerging talent was evident throughout New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Online Yearling Sale on Wednesday night, with the highlight lots secured all by exciting young New Zealand sires. For the second year, the digital postscript to NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series took place
Breeding
Dual Group Two winner and NZB Filly of the Year Imelda Mary (NZ) (Ferlax) is the latest quality off the track mare to be offered on Gavelhouse Plus. Prepared by Wayne Hillis, Imelda Mary was forward enough to race as a November two-year-old, finishing third on debut and runner up
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Little Avondale Stud stallion Per Incanto has enjoyed a spectacular 2021/22 season with 14 stakes performers headed by the Group One winning exploits of memorable Newmarket Handicap (1200m) winner Roch ‘N’ Horse. Per Incanto’s son Justacanta was another to take big race spoils when winning down the Flemington
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Bidding for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Online Yearling Sale held on Gavelhouse Plus will conclude on Wednesday 20 April, with the first lot closing on at 6PM (NZT). Running on NZB’s premium online platform, the digitalised Sale will offer a select catalogue of 87 yearlings from some
Breeding
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Online Yearling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus serves as a digital postscript to its National Yearling Sales Series. Throughout the 87-strong catalogue, there are plenty of pedigrees that would not have been out of place during the highly competitive week of selling action at Karaka
Breeding
Waikato Stud have announced their stallion roster for the 2022 breeding season. The roster is headed by the seven-time New Zealand Champion and leading Australasian sire of stakes winners, Savabeel, and he is now joined by his abundantly talented Group One-winning son, Noverre. Continuing on from last year’s extremely
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Shuttle stallion U S Navy Flag has registered his first winner in the northern hemisphere when Ocean Vision won the Irish EBF median sires series maiden (1000m) at Dundalk on debut yesterday. Prepared by Kieran Cotter and ridden by Jake Coen, Ocean Vision raced greenly throughout but defeated favourite Lady
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the 87-lot catalogue available to view on the NZB website here. For the second year, the digital addition to NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series is set to be conducted on Gavelhouse Plus, with bidding closing on Wednesday
Breeding
The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity (NZ) concluded on Friday night with Hunter Valley-based Yarraman Park Stud securing the stakes-winning daughter of their resident sire I Am Invincible for NZ$480,500. “Obviously we follow the I Am Invincible progeny extremely closely and we were keen to secure
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His oldest progeny may only be three-years-old but Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino is already starting to leave his mark. He celebrated another pleasing weekend of results, led by Jungle Magnate’s win in the Mornington Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding showed form in
Breeding
The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity (NZ), a stakes-winning daughter of I Am Invincible, is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with bidding set to close from 7pm (NZ time) on Friday. From stakes placed Stratum mare Mabsam, Festivity won on six occasions between 1100m and 1200m including the
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What Roger James describes as a “light-bulb moment” has led to one of the major forces in Australian breeding and racing, John Messara’s Arrowfield Stud, taking a significant share in the headline lot purchased by the Cambridge trainer at the National Yearling Sale. James and his partner at Kingsclere