Breeding
Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis has announced the retirement of Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner Noverre (NZ) (Savabeel). “Noverre has been retired and has been bought by Waikato Stud and he’ll stand next season at Waikato Stud,” Ellis said on Weigh In. The classy son
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Kiwi expat Michael Wallace is set to leave the China Horse Club at the end of the year. Currently the Chief Operating Officer for the international bloodstock operation, Wallace will resign from that position effective December 31. The bloodstock agent has been with the global Thoroughbred firm for eight years.
Breeding
Opulence (NZ) (Danroad) has been named the 2020-21 Eight Carat New Zealand Broodmare of the Year, sponsored by Arion Pedigrees. Owned by recently crowned New Zealand Small Breeder of the Year Don Goodwin, Opulence is the dam of Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) who won five Group One races during the
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Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series in March are now online. The sale has been pushed back from its long-standing late-January slot and will now be held at Karaka from Monday 7 to Wednesday to Saturday 12 March. A total of 1103 yearlings are set to
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Auckland resident Don Goodwin has been named the inaugural winner of the New Zealand Small Breeder of the Year Award for 2020-21 due to the feats of his outstanding mare Verry Elleegant. Sponsored by Luigi Muollo, the award recognises the achievements of a New Zealand breeder whose small broodmare band
Breeding
The completion of the DoubleTree By Hilton Karaka hotel couldn’t come at a better time for New Zealand Bloodstock. Located at their Karaka sales complex, the hotel is set to open in February next year, just weeks before the delayed New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Series, which will
Breeding
Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer is starting to make his mark in Hong Kong. Earlier this month he sired his first Hong Kong winner when Snowalot won the HKJC Canmake Tokyo Handicap (1200m). Snowalot was having his first raceday start for expat Kiwi trainer Paul O’Sullivan after being sold to
Breeding
The best in the New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry will be celebrated in the New Year. One of the many events rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards will now be held on February 20, 2022 with the NZTBA’s iconic breeding awards being revealed
Breeding
Momentum continued on the final day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale off the back of a positive first day, with a strong market demanding quality juveniles that fetched significant price tags. NZB’s Managing Director Andrew Seabrook was jubilant over the efforts of the auction
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A son of the late Sacred Falls will be chasing the lucrative prizemoney on offer in Sydney following his sale to Australian interests on the closing day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale on Thursday afternoon. The colt drew an opening bid of $200,000 and fierce
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Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu and New Zealand-based bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne have teamed up once again to secure a couple of colts at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Te Rapa this week. On Wednesday, the opening day of the sale, the pair went to $320,
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Prominent Australian owner Ozzie Kheir is hoping he has landed another Group One star after he shelled out $640,000 for what his judges deemed the best colt at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale. Group 1 Bloodstock’s Mathew Becker identified lot 195, the Pierro colt out