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A host of young talent was on show on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale breeze-ups at Te Rapa racecourse on Monday. There were 70 heats of promising juveniles put through their paces on a Dead6 track, with the sale to take place on
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s Breeze Ups will go ahead as scheduled at Te Rapa on 11 and 12 October. New Zealand Bloodstock and the Waikato Racing Club have been given confirmation to stage the 2021 Breeze Ups at Te Rapa Racecourse under Alert Level 3, should the current Hamilton city
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Little Avondale Stud stallion Time Test was represented by a stakes winner in Italy on Sunday when The King's Horses won the Listed Criterium Nazionale (1200m) in Rome to advance his record to three wins from four starts. The colt also became the fourth individual stakes winner from
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Applications for the 2022 Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship which supports the successful recipient to travel to Ireland and complete the world renowned Irish National Stud Diploma Course are set to close next week. The Scholarship, which was established in 1991, is open to any person aged 30 or
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New Zealand Bloodstock has devised a contingency plan for the 2021 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups. On Sunday 3 October, the Government imposed an Alert Level 3 ‘border’ placed around Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton city and Huntly for an initial period of five days, ending at 11.59PM
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Applications have opened for the 2022 Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship which supports the successful recipient to travel to Ireland and complete the world renowned Irish National Stud Diploma Course. The Scholarship, which was established in 1991, is open to any person aged 30 or under who is interested
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Nine-time Group One winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock) has fetched a whopping $4.1 million when sold to Tom Magnier of global breeding giant Coolmore via New Zealand Bloodstock’s online platform Gavelhouse Plus. The stunning figure establishes a new world record for any horse sold online, a growing trend in
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The first Group One race of the season has been run and won with Callsign Mav once again taking out the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings last Saturday. For breeders Windsor Park Stud it’s a welcome feeling of Groundhog Day with the five-year-old son of Atlante recording his sixth
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Nine-time Group One winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock), whose racing career was brought to a sudden halt on Friday after suffering a tendon injury, will be sold through New Zealand Bloodstock’s Gavelhouse Plus in an online auction that starts on Sunday 19 September and finishes at 7pm New Zealand time
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has earned its stellar international reputation through the remarkable racetrack results of its graduates, along with the acclaimed horsemanship skills of its many respected vendors and preparers. But the catalogue is also never short of high-quality pedigree credentials, and 2021 is no
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It’s been a memorable week Ben Kwok. The Singapore-based breeder-owner celebrated a handful of stakes victories, including Bellaconte (NZ) (Burgundy) winning the Listed O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui on Saturday for trainer Chrissy Bambry. He also enjoyed watching Pure Imagination (NZ) (Darci Brahma) winning on debut for
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For the second year running COVID-19 restrictions have interrupted plans for the Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards. The National Breeding Award winners will now be announced at the rescheduled event. Over 350 tickets had been sold for the event but with uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 Alert Levels the decision has been