Kiwi breeders to be honoured at National Breeding Awards
The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding community will come together on Saturday, July 26 to celebrate another year of excellence at the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at the Sir Don Rowlands Centre in Cambridge. The evening will acknowledge 24 individual winners of 37 Group 1 races as breeders can again take pride in the global... Read More
Besanko bears no ill will towards her flying filly
A Jekyll and Hyde character she may be, but Illyivy’s (Flying Artie) breeder – and soon to be trainer – Kasey Besanko is willing to forgive the progressive filly almost anything given the inseparable bond the pair have formed. Besanko will officially become the fourth generation of her storied family to enter the training ranks... Read More
Far from finished
The older brigade knows that time is unstoppable and not just for we humans. Thoroughbreds are not immune and Waikato Stud’s Ocean Park (Thorn Park) will soon turn 17. That doesn’t mean he’s finished, far from it, but it does mean that he is finding that the competition is getting ahead of him. The stallion... Read More
Mosheen’s Kitasan Black colt tops yearling session of JRHA Select Sale
A Kitasan Black (Black Tide) colt out of the four-time Australian Group 1 winner Mosheen (Fastnet Rock) proved the most popular during the yearling section of the JRHA Select Sale on Monday when he was purchased by Nebraska Racing for a session-topping ¥420,000,000 (approx. AU$4,344,842). The daughter of Fastnet Rock (Danehill), whose top-flight wins included... Read More
Olentia to be offered at Magic Millions Virtual Sale
High class racemare Olentia (Zoustar) will be among the star attractions at the Magic Millions August Virtual Sale on Tuesday, August 5. Most recently third in the Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm, Olentia retires a three-time stakes winner in Sydney with almost $1 million in prize–money earned. The Star Thoroughbreds-owned rising six-year-old... Read More
‘Everyone who’s seen Pinatubo loves him’ – Darley confident son of Shamardal can hit the ground running
Two months out from the first official two-year-old trials, the question of who will be among the country’s next boom sires is a canvas coloured only by the hopes and dreams of studmasters around the country. But as his first season of Australian runners approaches, Darley has cause for a high degree of optimism surrounding... Read More