Kiwi Chronicles
Beauty’s award has origins in a century-old generation
The Hong Kong Jockey Club champion awards judging panel has decided to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) in recognition of his great contribution to Hong Kong racing. If ever such an award was warranted, this one was self-evident. Twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, Beauty Generation was crowned... Read More
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High Chaparral passing class and versatility through his own and sire-sons
One great aspect of the surprise Flemington win by Mongolian Marshal (High Chaparral) in Saturday’s Winter Championship Final (Listed, 1600m) is New Zealand stud masters’ recognition that High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) is a stallion whose blood blends particularly well with New Zealand stud book mares and they have backed that judgement by supporting and standing... Read More
New Zealand’s Tofane the Queen of Queensland after Tiara success
Tiaras are for royalty and Tofane (Ocean Park), being the current Queen of Queensland, has every right to wear her prize after taking out Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m), the final Group 1 of the season. Another piece of headwear is the ‘Baggy Green’, the cloth cap worn by the Australian cricket team. Baggy... Read More
Stockman from good stock
Having registered his 30th stakes winner on Saturday, namely McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) winner Stockman, the late Tavistock (Montjeu) still has plenty of ammunition to fire and will likely continue to remind the industry of his great loss in late 2019. Karaka 2022 will see his last, reduced crop offered and it will be no... Read More
Taller mountains ahead for Supreme Heights
Supreme Heights (Jimmy Choux) made relatively short work of her rivals in what was her eighth career victory at Wanganui on Saturday, having the AGC Training Stakes (Listed, 1600m) well under control as soon the field turned their heads for home. The five-year-old mare is proving to be both honest and consistent, boasting back-to-back Group... Read More
Innovative points-based system sees Waikato Stud in running for leading vendor in Australia
Sire premierships are decided on monies earned, that’s just how it is, and how it has been, for some considerable time. Another measure, such as AEI (Average Earnings Index), has been used over time, providing further analysis of a sire’s performance. Wins and winners; stakes wins and stakes winners; stakes-winners-to-winners ratio; stakes-winners-to-runners ratio – are... Read More