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Ima Roca Bee (NZ) 3 f El Roca – Shelly Bee by Pentire  O: H & K McQuade B: H & K McQuade T: Karyn McQuade W: Ryder Stakes (Listed, 1200m), July 31, Otaki  The final stakes race of the New Zealand season was won by homebred Ima Roca Bee (El Roca) in impressive fashion... Read More

“Then she rolls it, and folds it, and rolls it again – layer upon layer upon layer.”  How fitting that Melbourne lawyer Susan Zeitz likes to compare her approach to breeding, her fascination with pedigrees, to that line from a 1980s ad for a famous brand of apple Danish. For after some 14 years developing... Read More

New first season sire winners Caravaggio Aswan (2 c ex Spring Garden by Fastnet Rock) found plenty late in the day to take the Goodwood Racecourse Patrons Nursery Handicap (7f) on Thursday. The Simon and Ed Crisford-trained first foal by Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare Spring Garden travelled well into the race on the outside of... Read More

Observing plump, healthy thoroughbred broodmares in the paddock is mesmerising. They carry so much hope in their bellies. Will it be a colt or a filly? Could it be the nation’s next champion racehorse? Finally, after 11 wondrous months, a foal is born and the breeder’s dreams become a reality, with the young horse taking... Read More