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‘It’s going to take a couple of weeks to sink in’

Port Lockroy lands Railway Stakes for Neasham and Archibald as Clint Johnston-Porter rides breakthrough Group 1 winner Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald became the first trainers based outside of Western Australia to land the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) since the Lindsey Smith-trained Scales Of Justice (Not A Single Doubt) in 2016 when Port Lockroy... Read More

‘I couldn’t be happier with both my horses’

Neville Parnham to have duo of Railway Stakes runners as he bids for back-to-back wins in Ascot feature rainer Neville Parnham is confident he can repel the eastern states challenge in Saturday’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Ascot as he seeks to go back-to-back following his maiden win in the event last year. The... Read More

‘He’s an absolute weapon of an animal’

Ormsby’s Churchill colt takes starring role as the curtain comes down on another record-breaking NZB Ready To Run Sale iverrock Farm’s Chad Ormsby was celebrating an extraordinary result on Thursday when he pocketed a significant return on an initial $25,000 investment he made on a colt by Churchill (Galileo), selling the same youngster to Hong... Read More

Leung buys up at Karaka 

rominent Hong Kong-based agent Willie Leung of Magus Equine is a familiar face at the Ready To Run Sale and he made his presence felt once again at the auction when he purchased a colt by Swettenham Stud’s resident stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) on behalf of Sha Tin-based trainer Francis Lui for NZ$625,000.  It was... Read More

Hong Kong beckons for Harry Angel colt

s expected, the brother to Group 2-winning sprinter Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel) garnered plenty of attention at the Ready To Run Sale and the colt’s future looks set to be in Hong Kong after bloodstock agent Morgan Carter purchased the youngster for NZ$520,000.  Offered as Lot 372, the two-year-old was bought by Ohukia Lodge’s Jamie... Read More

KB Bloodstock enjoy strong results

it Brooks’ KB Bloodstock bookended Thursday with two strong results in the ring, first selling a colt by Super Seth (Savabeel) for NZ$420,000 and then enjoying another fine result when a son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) realised NZ$480,000.  The son of Super Seth was snapped up by TJ Askew of NZ$70,000 at NZB’s National Yearling... Read More