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Sneaking To Win, a son of Snitzel, will take up stud duties in Hawke’s Bay Photo: Supplied The Hawke’s Bay breeding industry has been bolstered by the announcement that Sneaking To Win, a well-bred son of Snitzel, will commence stud duties for local breeders Steve Brougham and Jenni Tomlins this season. The imposing chestnut raced on three occasions and showed good ability for Peter and Paul Snowden, including a second placing behind subsequent Gr.3 Up & Coming Stakes (1300m) winner Master Ash. A $450,000 yearling, Sneaking To Win’s career was…

Ongoing Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) testing is providing optimism that the discovery of Theileria equi infection is a single, isolated case. The horse concerned was imported to New Zealand by Cambridge Stud for breeding purposes in February 2019 and returned a suspected positive test for Theileria equi as part of standard export certification prior to onward shipment to Australia. Further MPI blood tests confirmed the horse was positive, although it had displayed no signs of illness in its time here. At the time of import, the horse met all…

Blaze Seven (outside) finishing runner-up to Palm Springs at her only start Photo: Race Images PN New Plymouth trainer Warren Bolton has never had a large team in work, but the astute horseman generally has some promising gallopers within his select stable. Bolton, who has produced and traded a number of quality gallopers since taking out a trainers’ license some 25 years ago, is looking forward to having his cake and eating it too with promising filly Blaze Seven. The two-year-old daughter of Sacred Falls finished second in her only…

Shaun Clotworthy, who trains in partnership with wife Emma, is looking forward to resuming a career-best season when racing commences in July Photo: Trish Dunell After the coronavirus pandemic brought their career-best season to a sudden halt, Shaun and Emma Clotworthy are hoping to pick up where they left off. The Byerley Park couple have trained 22 winners from just 164 runners so far in 2019-20, placing them among the top 15 on the national trainers’ premiership. That is their best result from three seasons as a team, beating their…

Lot 36 (Highly Recommended x Vannista Belle), a close relation to Melody Belle. Photo: Supplied New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale of yearlings is now live and available to view on NZB’s new online subsidiary platform, Gavelhouse Plus. Bidding on the first-ever sale of its kind launched today and will run for an 11 day period, with the first lot closing on Sunday 7 June at 5pm (NZT). It is no secret that Southern-born and raised thoroughbreds continuously bring their immense staying power to the table and the quality 65-lot catalogue packs…

Shalwa will try to add further black-type to her record on Saturday. Photo: AAP A raceday gear change has helped stud-bound mare Shalwa (NZ) (O’Reilly) earn another chance at a black type race win. Shalwa will be having her fourth run in a stakes race in the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. Though she showed she was up to stakes company when second in the Listed Just Now Quality (1350m) during the Brisbane summer, trainer Tony Gollan wasn’t entirely happy with her form. “We took the…