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 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

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

Between Randwick, Caulfield and Trentham, New Zealand-bred highlights were many this past Saturday even if Group 1 success eluded the NZ Stud Book. Nevertheless, the stakes-winning and metro-winning performances achieved by the Kiwis helped to maintain a solid spotlight on our local product just as the Inglis Easter Yearling sale kicked into gear. Caulfield sweep... Read More

Same venue but a different race, Saturday’s Roy Higgins Quality (Gr 3, 2600m) brought to mind a longer race which is run on the first Tuesday of November. Replay the last 100 metres of the 1983 Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) and there is Kiwi (Blarney Kiss), sprinting as if he had just joined in,... Read More