Class of 2017
Last week’s Kiwi Chronicles featured the New Zealand dominance of Savabeel (Zabeel) within the local industry, so this week, a gaze into the crystal ball might be appropriate. Savabeel is also the country’s most prominent sire in Australia and since we are largely dependent on the Australian buying bench, making an impression there is paramount.... Read More
Goldman shakes off monkey with Hellbent’s daughter scoring maiden win
Kurt Goldman, who trained Group 1-winning sprinter Hellbent (I Am Invincible) in his first seven starts, has provided the promising first season Yarraman Park Stud sire with his tenth two-year-old winner for the season and the Goulburn horseman believes the best is yet to come from both his horse and the stallion. The talented Goldman-trained... Read More
Bletchingly the likely fork in the road for talented Toronado mare Mariamia
Newhaven Park-purchase identified for stallion on the rise in Xtravagant Mariamia (Toronado) is destined for a date with Newhaven Park stallion Xtravagant (Pentire), but whether it’s this year or next could be determined by how the rising six-year-old performs in Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. Group 3-placed at Caulfield in February, which... Read More
Camilleri enjoying ‘fantastical dream’ on northern hemisphere journey
John Camilleri has bred some of Australian racing’s most prominent stars. There’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Vancouver (Medaglia D’Oro) and, of course, one of the greatest ever in 25-time Group 1 winner Winx (Street Cry). He operates from a relatively small, but select, group of mares, and in recent years has embarked on... Read More
‘Quality’ National Broodmare Sale begins as NZB suggest live return next year
New Zealand Bloodstock has hinted that the National Broodmare Sale could hold a permanent place on the calendar and return as a live auction at Karaka from 2023, as this year’s online sale gets under way today on Gavelhouse Plus. The 81-lot catalogue, which includes stallion shares offered in Reliable Man (Dalakhani) and Shocking (Street... Read More
Aquis rue death of promising young sire Spieth
Queensland-based operation lose dual Group 1 runner-up just days after siring his second stakes-performed two-year-old Queensland operation Aquis Farm has been dealt a blow to their stallion roster with the sudden death of their promising young sire Spieth (Thorn Park). Aquis announced the news yesterday, with the stallion, a sire of two stakes placegetters among... Read More