Inglis release quality Easter catalogue
Hutch rates the yearlings assembled for 2024 sale among the strongest ever compiled by the auction house The keenly awaited first live foal out of Winx (Street Cry) and the maiden offspring of Group 1–winning mares including Melody Belle (Commands), Pippie (Written Tycoon) and Mizzy (Zoustar) are among the headliners for an Easter Yearling Sale... Read More
Vale David Benjamin
The New Zealand breeding industry lost one its best marketers as well as a genuine character with the passing of David Benjamin on Friday. Benjamin had been battling illness for some time. Buzz Williams went to school with Benjamin and paid tribute to him: “I was a couple of years ahead of David at Wanganui... Read More
Almanzor filly proves too strong in Desert Stakes
Cambridge Stud’s shuttle stallion Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) was handed his 12th individual stakes winner, and fourth in New Zealand, when Sudbina produced a strong finishing effort to land yesterday’s Desert Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m) at Trentham. The three-year-old filly was racing for the just the third time at Group level, having run a commendable sixth... Read More
Tough Mary Louise caps red-letter day for Patterson and Grylls
A game effort from Mary Louise (The Bold One) in yesterday’s Wellington Cup (Gr 3, 3200m) had trainer Robbie Patterson and jockey Craig Grylls on ‘cloud nine’ as she stayed on best of all to land yesterday’s feature for stayers. Coming just half-an-hour after the trainer/jockey partnership had revelled in Thorndon Mile glory with Puntura,... Read More
‘How do you beat this?’
Patterson and Grylls combine for feature-race double at Trentham headed by Puntura’s win in the Thorndon Mile There were joyous scenes at Trentham yesterday for trainer Robbie Patterson and jockey Craig Grylls as they enjoyed a stakes double when they saddled the winners of both the Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) and Wellington Cup (Gr... Read More
Amelia’s Jewel’s dam set for 2024 sale date
Bumbasina to go under the hammer carrying a sibling to Group 1-winning star As racing fans keenly await today’s debut of the $900,000 half-brother to Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni), the star mare’s owner has dropped news to set pulses in the breeding world running considerably faster: the sale of her dam in foal with her sibling.... Read More