Leading into the breeding season, we reflect on the volume of mares covered by stallion with 10+ mares in 2019. STALLION 2019 2018 2017 Savabeel (AUS) 172 182 167 Almanzor (FR) 160 140 Ocean Park 153 83 101 U S Navy Flag (USA) 150 Embellish 138 Tarzino 126 133 124 Telperion (AUS) 122 122 118 Per Incanto (USA) 117 116 103 Time Test (GB) 116 116 Derryn (AUS) 114 105 Eminent (IRE) 114 Staphanos (JPN) 108 Preferment 104 121 117 Mongolian Khan (AUS) 102 83 91 Belardo (IRE) 100…
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First foal for Staphanos
The first foal by Staphanos, a son of global sire sensation Deep Impact, has arrived. Bred by Andrew Burton and Linda Hunt, Novara Park report the filly out of Sepoy mare Hirondelle is a strong ,correct foal with good bone and a lot of presence and an encouraging start to her sire’s stud career. Staphanos, a multiple Group One performer in Japan and Hong Kong, served 108 mares in his first season. He was ranked consistently as one of Japan’s top racehorses over four consecutive seasons. He retired with prize-money…
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Mark Chittick talks to Andrew Bensley after All Saints’ Eve prevailed in a nail biting finish at Randwick on Saturday.
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 17 August 2020
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Tarzino test for The Mitigator
The Mitigator (Master of Design) got a taste of Group One glory earlier this year and this spring he will be out for more. The six-year-old recorded his maiden victory at elite-level when taking out the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham in January and followed that performance with a solid runner-up effort behind Te Akau Shark in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. The Peter Mckay-trained gelding then finished eighth in the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki and fourth in the…
Friends combine with All Saints’ Eve
Talented mare All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) recorded a hard-fought victory at Randwick over 1400m on Saturday, the third career win for the daughter of Sacred Falls from seven starts to date. Prepared by John O’Shea, All Saints’ Eve sports the colours of Waikato Stud, with Mark and Garry Chittick sharing in an ownership group that features Rosemont Stud in Victoria and O’Shea’s wife Isabel. Stakes-placed at three when third in the Gr.3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) in March this year, All Saints’ Eve will now be aimed at…
Winning effort saves the day
Madam Sequoia (NZ) (Redwood) had more than just her own future resting on her bid to clear maiden ranks at Riccarton on Saturday. The four-year-old daughter of Redwood had been disappointing for Bevan and Robyn Wilson, the Ashburton couple who bred, own and train her. She had lacked concentration and finished among the tailenders in all but one of her four previous starts. Aided by the addition of blinkers, but more the manner in which she was ridden out in the open and clear of crowding, Madam Sequoia produced a…
Aragon bound for Victoria
Lightly-tried four-year-old Aragon (NZ) (Ocean Park) will join the Cranbourne stable of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. The son of Ocean Park was an impressive winner at Hastings for Foxton trainer Chrissy Bambry over 2100m late last month at just his third race day start. Out of the stakes-placed mare Acquisto, Bambry bred the progressive gelding in conjunction with her parents Tony and Judith and friend Fiona Massey. “He’s a horse with a bright future that will get over ground and he will get every chance with Trent and Natalie,”…
Group Three victory for Satono Arthur
Satono Arthur (Deep Impact) broke his winless drought in emphatic style in the Gr.3 The Sekiya Kinen (1600m) at Niigata in Japan on Sunday. The six-year-old son of Deep Impact made a barnstorming run to overpower front-runner Trois Etoiles in the Japanese feature. Satono Arthur made his mark at the JRHA 2015 Select Yearling Sale when he was knocked down to Hajime Satomi for ¥195 million (NZ$2.8 million), the fourth highest priced lot of the sale. He is the first foal of the New Zealand-bred and raced Redoute’s Choice mare…
Racing loses a gifted horseman
The New Zealand racing industry awoke on Monday morning to the news of the death overnight of popular Canterbury trainer Tony Prendergast, aged 84. Prendergast, who trained in partnership with his wife, Lyn, from their West Melton property, had been suffering from cancer after being diagnosed a few months ago and his death came after a shattering week for the family with their home being gutted by fire and with it the loss of all their possessions, including all their prized racing trophies and photographs. Kylie Williams, who completed her…