Breeding
Under strict health and safety requirements, NZB Airfreight has successfully completed a test flight with a small pool of horses from Auckland to Sydney. With new regulations and plans in place for grooms, New Zealand Bloodstock can confidently begin to work on limited flights for the backlog of horses requiring
Breeding
Haunui Farm has announced that the decision has been made to call time on the shuttling career of Group One producing stallion Iffraaj. “After lengthy discussions with the team from Darley, we have made the decision to retire Iffraaj from Southern Hemisphere serving duties after 12 years. At 19 years
Breeding
With New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale having to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the decision has been made to hold a quality weanling only sale in its place on Gavelhouse Plus in June. The National Weanling Sale will be open to all vendors and allow those
Breeding
Gavelhouse.com has reached a new milestone and is offering their largest ever catalogue of 132 lots. The catalogue includes 66 broodmares, one of which is a stakes-placed half-sister to Group One winner First Seal. Entered as lot 68, Best Command is in foal to Sacred Falls. Bidding will close
Breeding
Group One winner Super Seth (Dundeel) will retire to Waikato Stud this season, giving breeders access to the first Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) winner to stand in New Zealand in three decades. Super Seth won five of his 12 career starts, highlighted by his victory in last year’s
Breeding
Novara Park, near Cambridge, have announced that service fees will remain unchanged for the forthcoming 2020 breeding season for their exciting young stallion duo of Sweynesse and Staphanos. Sweynesse is the Leading New Zealand First Season Sire on earnings, winners and stakes-winners and while in previous years this would normally
Australia
Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man bolstered his CV on the weekend when his son Kinane (NZ) took out the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding has now recorded two wins from just four starts and with Saturday’s victory he became his
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