Breeding
The first-ever New Zealand Bloodstock sale to be conducted on gavelhouse.com’s new online platform, Gavelhouse Plus, will be NZB’s annual South Island Sale. Postponed from its original April date to August due to the COVID-19 lockdown and travel restrictions, the decision has now been made to sell
Breeding
A charity tipping competition run by thoroughbred stud farm Windsor Park Stud has raised $27,500 for charity. KidsCan and the Starship Foundation are the beneficiaries, with the money raised split between the two charities. Gordon Reid took out the competition and in doing so has won a free service
Breeding
There was plenty of cause for celebration amongst the Waikato region’s thoroughbred breeding fraternity on Saturday afternoon following the running of the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick. The nail-biting last stride victory by Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) provided a triumph for both her breeder, Curraghmore
Breeding
As we move towards the end of our third week under Level 4 we are anticipating a decision from Government on Monday announcing when we can expect to move to Level 3. Yesterday the Prime Minister released an updated Alert Level Chart that reflects how we can expect Level 3
Breeding
In 2006, a filly by Zabeel out of Carmina Burana came into the world in the usual way, but her appearance was anything but normal. The three-quarter sister to champion galloper Might And Power was pure white in colour. "It is a pure-bred thoroughbred and I don't
Breeding
Multiple Group One winner and renowned stallion Shamardal has been euthanised at the age of 18 after some recent health issues. Trained by Mark Johnston to win the Vintage Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes as a two-year-old, Shamardal joined Saeed bin Suroor in the Godolphin colours for his three-year-old season. It
Breeding
The Hong Kong International Sale has been pushed back further as the fallout from Covid-19 continues to impact on all walks of life. Traditionally held on the Friday night before the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in March, Hong Kong Jockey Club officials were forced to reschedule the sale into two
Breeding
With less than 24 hours to go before the online Inglis Sydney Easter 2020 Sale, there’s the usual pre-sale nerves amongst the team at LA but there’s also a sense of real achievement of having left no stone unturned in preparing and presenting the select draft of four
Breeding
Road To Rock, the sire of dual Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Beauty Generation, passed away last week. The Wellfield Lodge stallion had been battling laminitis issues in recent years and the tough decision was made to euthanise the dual Group One winner. “He has had laminitis issues, which
Australia
Brutal (NZ), a New Zealand-bred son of O’Reilly, has been retired and will stand at Newgate Farm in Australia this spring. A winner at two, the Team Hawkes-trained entire went on to win five of his 10 starts including last year’s Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). The four-year-old
Breeding
Verry Elleegant (NZ) has been the flagbearer for her sire Zed in recent times and she further enhanced his profile on Saturday when winning the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill. A son of legenday sire Zabeel, Zed has sired two individual Group One winners, with 2013 Gr.1
Breeding
Arrowfield Stud, one of the most high profile thoroughbred breeding farms in Australia, has withdrawn its catalogued horses from the Easter Yearling Sale. The Inglis Easter sale is one of the biggest thoroughbred auctions in the country and traditionally attracts cashed-up international and local buyers vying for the cream of