Kiwi Chronicles
Novara’s Night
Joining a coveted list, Madonna Mia (Red Clubs), dam of the world’s top–rated sprinter, Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse), has been named New Zealand Thoroughbred Broodmare of the Year for 2022-23. The prestigious title, first awarded in 1953, includes the creme de la creme of the New Zealand Stud Book. Once a title has been achieved it... Read More
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A round of applause for the Whangarei Racing Club. They put on a top program and gave us a glimpse of what New Zealand racing might be like when the Entain cash infusion (less than we’d hoped for) kicks in next season. This was a regular meeting. There were no stakes races to boost the... Read More
Doubling down
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
Don’t Give Up
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
Where’s that again?
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
Ticking over
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