Breeding
Another chapter in a lifetime of milestones has been written by White Robe Lodge founder Brian Anderton and his family. This week marks the iconic Otago nursery's 70th anniversary, dating back to 1956 when the man affectionately known as BJ purchased the original White Robe property while still
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Talented steeplechaser Smug (NZ) (Complacent) will be out for redemption at Trentham on Thursday when he contests the 139th running of the Grant Plumbing Wellington Steeplechase (4900m). The Chris Wood-trained gelding emerged on the scene when first past the post in the maiden steeplechase at this meeting last year,
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Royal Valour (NZ) (Belardo) gave a brave account of himself in last year’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) and is on track for a second tilt at the Riccarton feature. That plan will gain further momentum with another strong performance from the son of Belardo on his home track
Three-year-old filly Echannay (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) ran up to her impressive pedigree with a strong debut victory in the Campbell Infrastructure 1215m at Rotorua on Wednesday. Prepared by Mark Brooks, the daughter of Hello Youmzain began well before pulling out of a speed duel to settle just off
Another chapter in a lifetime of milestones has been written by White Robe Lodge founder Brian Anderton and his family. This week marks the iconic Otago nursery's 70th anniversary, dating back to 1956 when the man affectionately known as BJ purchased the original White Robe property while still
Hilal has made an encouraging start to his stud career, with the Grangewilliam Stud stallion producing a strong result from limited representation at last week's New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale. The first-season sire was represented by a colt out of the placed Pierro mare Drama Series,
A select offering of 17 mares in the National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus continues an exciting period of evolution and growth for Milan Park. Tony Rider’s operation is having a landmark year, from the A$1.8 million sale of triple Group One-winning homebred mare
Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) continued her late-career resurgence with a second consecutive win on Saturday, albeit not in the race her connections might have been hoping for. An impressive last-start success at Sandown on June 13 raised the possibility of a tilt at Saturday’s Gr.1 Tattersall’
Four years on from his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) triumph, Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) is enjoying a second wind as a seven-year-old and collected his fourth feature win of the season in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm. The
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Fast Network (NZ) (Wrote) is set for a two-race Japan campaign in September, with Dennis Yip’s crack sprinter to tackle the G2 Centaur Stakes at Hanshin before a tilt at the G1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama. Yip has yet to receive an official invitation from the Japan Racing
Hilal has made an encouraging start to his stud career, with the Grangewilliam Stud stallion producing a strong result from limited representation at last week's New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale. The first-season sire was represented by a colt out of the placed Pierro mare Drama Series,
Hong Kong is brimming with exciting young horses and first-season trainer Brett Crawford is hoping Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) can confirm some of his own early promise in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Wednesday (1 July). As a four-year-
Entries for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now open via the NZB Portal, with the Sale to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 18 and 19 November. This year’s Breeze Ups are set to take place on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13
Leading into the 2026 breeding season we reflect on the volume of mares covered by a stallion with 10+ mares in 2025. STALLION 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Super Seth (AUS)19716411765109143 Sword Of State (AUS)177131142126 Noverre166179136127 Auguste Rodin (IRE)160 Hilal (AUS)154137 Profondo (AUS)153173177 Little
Matamata trainer Benji King was on a high after Predominance’s (NZ) (Preferment) maiden victory at Arawa Park in December but he quickly came back down to earth in the following days when it was feared the gelding was all but lost. The four-year-old had suffered complications from
Fine weather is forecast for Wellington ahead of Trentham’s postponed meeting on Thursday, but New Plymouth trainer Debbie Harris is hoping the track doesn’t dry out too much. Initially set to take place on Saturday, the meeting was postponed due to track conditions following heavy rain, and the
The New Zealand thoroughbred industry is mourning the loss of respected horseman Peter Stanaway, who passed away peacefully late last week following a short illness, aged 80. For decades, Stanaway was a familiar and highly respected figure throughout New Zealand's thoroughbred breeding and racing industry. A prominent member
Joe Pride has been the Listed Winter Stakes' (1400m) dominant trainer in recent years and he will have three shots at another win this year. The Warwick Farm horseman will be represented by Cool Jakey (Pierro), Accredited (All Too Hard) and Poison Chalice (NZ) (Savabeel) in the $200,000
Versatile and dependable performer Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking) will head Gail Temperton’s team of three at Thursday’s rescheduled Trentham meeting. The in-form son of Shocking will front up for the sternest test of his career in the Grant Plumbing Wellington Steeplechase (4900m), while Cocktail Lad runs
Winton horseman Shane Phillips is still on cloud nine after recording his first training win at Wingatui on Sunday. Phillps joined his father, John, in partnership earlier this season, and while they had five placings from their previous 18 starts, a victory had remained elusive. That all changed on Sunday
Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn) defied topweight and made light of a rain-affected track to score one of the best wins of his stellar career in the RM100,000 APlus Cup (Metro A – 1600m) at Sungai Besi today. Always consistent since coming on the scene in 2024, the Derryn galloper gave