Kiwi Chronicles
Eight Straight
What seemed impossible midway through last century, now seems possible. The number eleven, a historical benchmark for premierships by New Zealand-based sires, might be under threat. Eleven is the number achieved by the great Foxbridge (Foxlaw) and is looking more and more likely to be matched, perhaps even bettered, by Waikato Stud’s own Savabeel (Zabeel).... Read More
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Flying Kiwis
New Zealand-based sires strutted their stuff in three international jurisdictions over the weekend, beginning with two good winners in Hong Kong on Friday when Duke Wai (Per Incanto) and Bourbonaire (Darci Brahma) scored at Sha Tin. Bourbonaire’s win, by six lengths, was especially pleasing as he was one of the better three-year-olds of his crop... Read More
Ireland of the South Pacific
As the current racing season begins to wind down, there are still more than 20 stakes races to be run in our two countries next month and Kiwi thoroughbreds in Australia continue to represent our industry with good results. A Group 3 win from ex-New Zealand trained London Banker (Tavistock) was Saturday’s headline act,... Read More
Just like old times
The stars aligned for vendors and New Zealand Bloodstock at last Friday’s National Weanling Sale. Masks were discarded and the Aussies returned to make the sale a huge success, providing a much needed boost to the industry. It felt like old times. Online auctions are now part of, even central to, the auction scene but... Read More
Spirit, a key ingredient
A long neck, the winning margin in Saturday’s JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m), may be enough to ensure that I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) claims his maiden Australian Sire Premiership. The $420,000 difference between winning and second would have seen So You Think (High Chaparral) take over the top spot again. However, Sheeza Belter... Read More
Don’t forget Mother
All thoroughbreds have a mother and one in particular, Mrs Moss (Reform), continues to influence the bloodstock breeding world. Described by Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, of Bloomsbury Stud, as a “life changer”, Mrs Moss found her way into the Tavistock-Woburn Abbey empire for the princely sum of 2100 guineas in 1975 as a broodmare carrying... Read More