Kiwi Chronicles
Worth the wait
Building a healthy race record of six wins in ten starts, Islington Lass (Proisir) clearly has plenty of ability and her handy win in Saturday’s Rangitikei Cup (Listed, 1600m) won’t be her last. Her owner has been patient. So patient that the mare did not race, or even trial, at two or three and did... Read More
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One that won’t get away
The future broodmare roster at Cambridge Stud received another boost after Bella Waters (Sacred Falls) scored the Rotorua Cup (Gr 3, 2200m) during the past weekend. Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s gold and black colours are on a roll. Fillies and mares representing the stud are winning at black-type level and their Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) delivered,... Read More
Seth looking super
The two-year-olds took centre stage of Saturday’s New Zealand racing and the Listed race at Te Rapa resulted in Waikato Stud’s Super Seth (Dundeel) siring Super Photon, his first New Zealand black-type winner. Linebacker (Super Seth), who landed the TL Baillieu Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) on March 30th and ran second in the Champagne Stakes... Read More
Stars aligning
Cambridge Stud’s colours and stallions cannot be denied. Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) is on fire. In Adelaide, associate sire Embellish (Savabeel) received his biggest boost yet while the stud’s owners, Brendan and Jo Lindsay, saw their gold and black colours twice first past the post at Saturday’s Te Rapa meeting including in the Easter Handicap (Gr... Read More
Cambridge Stud magic
Cambridge Stud made headlines late last week, announcing that Chaldean, a Classic-winning son of the incomparable Frankel (Galileo), was to join Almanzor on the Cambridge Stud stallion roster. Attracting such quality (all five of Cambridge Stud’s stallions are Group 1 winners) can only be good news for the New Zealand industry. Windsor Park Stud’s successful... Read More
A memory for the ages
Invoking memories of Phar Lap (Night Raid) for any comparison might be a sign of over-enthusiasm. The reverence surrounding Phar Lap places him in the untouchable category as he was in a world of his own in 1930 and has been ever since. Yet newspaper reports of his win in the Weight-for-Age King’s Plate, staged... Read More