Southland-bred and nurtured then South Taranaki-trained, Ucalledit (Zacinto) went back-to-back in Saturday’s Winter Stakes (Listed, 1400m) as he wrapped up a winter stakes double. After his Civic Stakes (Listed, 1400m) victory two weeks ago, Kiwi Chronicles detailed Ucalledit’s early race career which began in far-away Reefton, inland on the West Coast of the South Island.... Read More

Tauranga Classic (Listed, 1400m) winner Flower Of Wanaka (Burgundy) is a lesson in perseverance. The four-year-old mare took nine starts to break her maiden and a further eight starts to claim win two. Last September at Waverley was her breakthrough, but win two, at big odds in Saturday’s feature (which was originally scheduled for June... Read More

Civic Stakes (Listed, 1400m) winner, Ucalledit (Zacinto), was the sole New Zealand-bred winner among Saturday’s seven Australian stakes races and was sold by the Corcoran family’s Grangewilliam Stud, Waitotara, west of Wanganui, but that is just half the story. Ucalledit was bred way down in the deep south, at Thomsons Crossing, near Winton, by Neil... Read More

Stakes racing, both here and in Australia, is winding down for the season but ex-performed New Zealand runners made their mark on Saturday with one of the country’s five black-type races falling to Regal Lion (Jakkalberry). In a mixed bag, based on their respective sires, the Kiwis had a pretty fair day and kept things... Read More

Another week, another High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) highlight, or three. If it seems that High Chaparral and his sons are dominating this column it’s because he warrants it and events of this past week underline his influence, not only via race results but also in the sales ring. Last week the Great Southern Weanling sale... Read More