Of the weekend’s three New Zealand stakes one fell to Australian-bred Captured By Love (Written Tycoon) and one fell to Australian-conceived but New Zealand foaled Desert Lightning (Pride Of Dubai). Those were balanced when the venerable Savabeel (Zabeel) and up-and-comer Ardrossan (Redoute’s Choice) countered with Listed wins at Ballarat and Eagle Farm thanks to Captain... Read More

Being King is okay except that once in charge, lurking around the corner is a pretender, wanting your crown. Crocetti (Zacinto) is clearly the King of the New Zealand three-year-olds. Unbeaten in six starts including last month’s New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), he has done everything to deserve the title. Emerging since... Read More

ew Zealand Bloodstock general manager Andrew Seabrook was rightly gobsmacked. No one predicted the amazing results achieved in last week’s Ready To Run Sale. After the two similar format sales in Sydney and on the Gold Coast combined with a dicey economy, the odds that the 2023 edition of the longest-standing sale of its type... Read More

In a straight-long powerhouse finish in the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) by the exciting filly, Molly Bloom, her sire Ace High (High Chaparral) joins a growing line of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) sons to sire a Group 1 winner. The February 21 edition of Kiwi Chronicles described the large impression that not... Read More

For the first three days of the just concluded Flemington spring carnival there were a few New Zealand highlights. Melbourne Cup day was solid with three stakes winners, two by Savabeel (Zabeel) and one by War Decree (War Front). However, saving the best ’til last, day four, Champions Day, was on another level. New Zealand... Read More