A tale of two sisters
One was a brilliant winner at the world famous Royal Ascot meeting while the other never ran a drum with the colours up.
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154 articles
Karaka 2024
Pencarrow Stud
Over the years, Pencarrow Stud has become a beacon of consistency in New Zealand, steadily producing quality racehorses.
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Mapperley Stud
With graduates like So You Think and Dundeel and Brutal, Mapperley Stud isn’t one to rest on old achievements.
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Highline Thoroughbreds
It is an impressive list of graduates that Highline Thoroughbreds are able to claim, the Cambridge farm run since 2019 by Cam and Eva Heron selling such outstanding gallopers as Legarto, Dark Destroyer, Alabama Gold and Glamour Tycoon.
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Haunui Farm
Early October - Poetic Champion debuts with a dominant victory at Hawera, backing up that performance with a Listed placing at just his second start in late November. Making it a pretty good start for the members of Haunui Farm’s 2023 Karaka draft.
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Elsdon Park
Founded two years ago by Lib and Katrina Petagna to house their expanding broodmare band, Elsdon Park was set up on the stunning property previously owned by Kevin and Jo Hickman.
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Cambridge Stud
Hello Youmzain delivered a dream result on the track for Cambridge Stud and the Waikato farm is now looking forward to a milestone event in the second stage of the former high-class European sprinter’s career.
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The best is still ahead for Sweynesse
New Zealand’s Sweynesse (Lonhro-Swansea, by Singspiel) is no one hit wonder. Yes, he has the absolutely brilliant triple Gr1 winner Lucky Sweynesse.
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Nick Johnson
After 10 years in the United Kingdom, Nick Johnson returned to New Zealand to become the CEO of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA)
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First Crop Sires
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Pencarrow Stud a spectacular source of racetrack success
Throughout the more than three decades since Sir Peter Vela founded Pencarrow Stud in partnership with his late brother Philip, the stud’s name and its recognisable ‘V in a box’ brand have become renowned as an outstanding nursery of thoroughbred talent.
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Ardrossan
Ardrossan (Redoute’s Choice) is a simple case of “you can’t argue with results.” With his first crop, Ardrossan sired three individual stakes winners, and to put that into perspective, New Zealand only has seventeen stakes races for two year-olds in their annual calendar.