Author: Editor BOAY

Temyia Taiaroa winning on Satin Belt at the Foxton trials on Thursday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Promising rider Temyia Taiaroa is proud to be the third-generation of her family to become a jockey. The Central Districts apprentice has been riding since before she can remember and she is pleased to be following her dream career and her forebearers footsteps. “My Granddad, Arnold Taiaroa, he was a jockey, as well as my Dad (Evan), he is riding amateurs at the moment,” Taiaroa said. “I have been riding ponies…

Preferment will stand for $9,500+gst this coming breeding season. Photo: Trish Dunell Brighthill Farm have come up with a unique offering for breeders leading into the new breeding season. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Waikato farm has elected to reduce the service fees of all three of their stallions and offer two payment options to breeders. “We are all looking at the times in front of us and everything is uncertain,” Brighthill Farm principal Nick King said. “Our primary thinking behind it was really to help people keep…

A colt by Highly Recommended from the family of Melody Belle is one of a four-strong draft offered by Clearview Park Stud at the South Island Sale which is being conducted online through Gavelhouse Plus. Photo: Supplied Timaru-based Clearview Park Stud will offer four lots at the New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale, which is being conducted online for the first time in its history due to COVID-19 disruptions. The sale, which concludes on Sunday, is hosted on gavelhouse.com’s new online platform, Gavelhouse Plus and Clearview Park’s Aaron Tapper said…

Undefeated mare Only In Jakarta. Photo: Trish Dunell As racing is set to ramp back up after the COVID-19 enforced break, trainer Alex Oliveira is reflecting on a standout season from his Cambridge team. The Brazilian native has recorded five wins from just 11 starts this term and has had a lucrative time trading horses to Hong Kong. Oliveira’s charge was led by four-year-old mare Only In Jakarta who remains undefeated after winning all three of her starts over 1200m. “We have had a good season,” Oliveira said. “Only In…

Thoroughbred racing will resume earlier than anticipated with the Counties Racing Club hosting a meeting on Saturday 20 June. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) announced the move on Thursday based on feedback from trainers who have indicated they had horses ready to return to the track sooner than the planned resumption in early July. “We are delighted we can resume earlier than originally expected,” NZTR chief executive Bernard Saundry said. “Our first race meetings since lockdown will be held with owners being able to attend and, with the expectation that…