The combination of John & Karen Parsons and rider Tina Comignaghi completed a clean sweep of the stakes races at Wingatui on Saturday when they scored in the day’s feature event, the time-honoured Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Weight For Age (1600m). Riding
Yearlings by four-time Group One winner Preferment were offered at Karaka for the first time this week and it was apt that three were purchased by Guy Mulcaster. The prominent bloodstock agent bought the Brighthill Farm stallion as a yearling at Karaka in
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh still has five fillies in contention for March’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham and will have a better line on two of them after racing at New Plymouth on Saturday. Marsh will produce Eli
Ngaire Fraser reckons she’ll never lose her association with grand galloper Westminster, even as she prepares to saddle a two-year-old in a stakes race some 30 years later. The Cambridge trainer will produce Il Cavallo filly Alice Tinker in Saturday
Platinum Invador will take a step closer to his Gr.1 Barfoot and Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) aspirations when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth on Saturday. The Central Districts stayer put in an eye-catching run to
Per Incanto’s strong record in Hong Kong didn’t go unnoticed by Hong Kong interests on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 2 sale at Karaka on Wednesday. The Little Avondale Stud sire has accrued an impressive strike-rate of 72 percent wi
Matamata nursery Waikato Stud continued their dominance of recent years at the National Yearling Sale at Karaka, taking out the leading vendor title for the seventh consecutive year. Powered by the progeny of champion sire Savabeel along with the exciteme
It took nearly all day to reveal the sale topping yearling for day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale but when it was unveiled the wait was well worth it. Lot 454, the Savabeel colt form Fastnet Rock mare Bayrock had been confidently
There was an air of expectation in the sale auditorium at Karaka on Monday prior to lot 449 entering the sale ring. Charlotte Chittick, daughter of Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick, was preparing to lead her very first yearling through the ring, marki
The generosity of a number of thoroughbred industry kingpins has led to more than $300,000 being raised for the CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust at Karaka on Monday. The journey began a few years ago with Valachi Downs principals Kevin and Jo Hic
A strong resemblance to Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) winner Jameka led to the first $500,000 sale at Karaka on Sunday. Leading Australian trainer Ciaron Maher was taken back by the similarities between lot 28, the Showcasing colt out of Don Eduardo mare Kha
Expat New Zealand trainer John Sargent is hoping to strike while the iron is hot with New Zealand-bred mare Luvaluva. The daughter of Mastercraftsman has recorded two stakes victories in her last two starts after a 20-month hiatus from the winner’s circ
Its Destinys Child levels up to Molto Veloce (inner) to take out the Gr.3 Preferment@Brighthill Farm Concorde Handicap (1200m). Photo credit: Trish Dunell Underrated sprinter Its Destinys Child bounced back from an unplaced run in Group One company
Outstanding southern mare Kiwi Ida showed northern racegoers a glimpse of her undoubted class when she dashed home to take out the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m) in her first look at the Ellerslie track. Prepared at Balcairn in the South Island by John and
Jockey Opie Bosson has a strong record in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m). Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Opie Bosson doesn’t mind getting called greedy. Especially when it comes for his desire for further Karaka Million success.
Lot 189 – The American Pharoah colt out of Posavina. Photo: Trish Dunell Situated in the lush countryside of the Waikato region, Pencarrow Stud was established by international businessman Sir Peter Vela. Developed in tandem with his late brother Phili
Unbeaten filly Play That Song. Photo: Trish Dunell Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley believes undefeated filly Play That Song is hitting all the right notes heading into Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie. The daughter of Showcasi
Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick. Photo: Trish Dunell This year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale will be the final bow for one Waikato Stud stallion and a debut for another, but Savabeel remains an all-conquering constant. Savabeel h
Jockey Shaun McKay celebrates his first Group One win with his parents Kim and Peter Photo credit: Race Images – Peter Rubery The Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham has always been one of the McKay family’s favourite races, but on Satur
Trainer Jamie-Lee Lupton with her pride and joy, Soleseifei Photo credit: Race Images – Peter Rubery Underrated stayer Soleseifei completed a fairytale result for the Lupton family when she carried the colours worn by the legendary Kiwi to victory in t