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Ballymore Stables have identified the NZ Derby in March for Tuesday’s seven length Kilmore maiden winner Arbitrage (Rip Van Winkle-My First Fifteen by Danasinga). Bred by JML Bloodstock and sold from our 2014 Karaka Premier draft to Paul Moroney for $100,000, the three-year-old colt clearly appreciated the firm track conditions and step up in distance. Arbitrage hails from the same family as Saturday’s sensational 2000 Guineas winner Xtravagent (Pentire-Axiom by Zabeel). The Wolf (Rip Van...

Check out the New Zealand Owners Bulletin November 2015. A fantastic celebration of all the recent success's on the track.

Two of our biggest supporters look to have bred nice horses judging by a couple of performances this week. Hawkes Bay’s Don Gordon bred impressive Avondale winner All Roads (Road To Rock-Dancing Daze by Dance Floor). Tony Cole bought the horse from our 2013 Karaka Select Sale draft for $40,000. Just You (Pour Moi-Monte Makemyday by Fusaichi Pegasus), a three length winner of the two-year-old event at Otaki on Melbourne Cup day was bred by the Spyglass Hill syndicate, owners of the LA bred...

Skybird ( Towkay -Cassandra by Centro), who comprehensively outstayed her R85 opponents to take the $30,000 2400m event at Trentham last Saturday, is another example of the great all-purpose ability of her sire. The Richard Cottle bred and Sandie Cookson trained mares success follows Slazenjah’s ( Towkay -Crisp by Zeditave) victory in the 2100m Raukawa Cup at Otaki the previous Saturday. Meanwhile in Hong Kong last Thursday, Idyllic Wind (Towkay-Wake Up Suzie by Hereward The Wake) was simply...

Exciting Per Incanto two year old filly Tennessee (Per Incanto-Bella Carolina by O'Reilly) gave her sire his third individual stakeswinner when...

Lot 265, the Nadeem/Foxtrot 2YO gelding (pictured left) ran the fastest time for Riversley Park in 10.11sec in his breeze up. The son of Nadeem was...

Whanganui trainer Paul Belsham’s progressive galloper Slazenjah ( Towkay -Crisp by Zeditave) all-but guaranteed himself a start in races such as the Fielding and Whanganui Cups through November, with a strong staying performance to win the 2100m Raukawa Cup at Otaki on Saturday. Although bred more to win a Telegraph than a staying feature, the versatile five-year-old has proven something of a revelation when tried over ground, with three wins and a second placing now from five career starts...

Exciting LA bred Per Incanto colt Magnum ( Per Incanto-Sound Lover by Sound Reason) had to call on his mothers tenacity and his sires class to win...

Trainer Michael Freedman may find some solace in Magnum’s gutsy win in Sunday’s $75,000 Graduation race over 1400m a couple of hours after his stable star Super One could only run second in the Apache Cat Classic (1000m) in Cranbourne in Australia. The hitherto undefeated colt was all the rage at his first Australian run leading up to his main mission, the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) on October 31, but never really showed the same sizzling turn of foot that saw him sweep four wins at...

Friday evening at Kranji saw the much anticipated debut of the Michael Clements trained Peer Gynt ( Per Incanto-Arche by Danasinga). Unbeaten in two trials, the LA and Stephen Seabrook bred three-year-old colt didn’t disappoint, winning impressively over 1000m. Bought for $180,000 from the Lyndhurst Farm draft at last year’s Karaka Ready To Run Sale, Peer Gynt’s win maintains a 100% strike rate for his sire Per Incanto , whose three starters in Singapore have all been winners. Nadeem’s...

The picture for Saturday week’s Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) may have become a little clearer courtesy of last weekend’s lead-up races but is the...

Per Incanto colt Dal Cielo ( Per Incanto-Cent From Heaven by Centaine) made a courageous Australian debut with a third place finish in the Group 3 Guineas Prelude at Caulfield . The top weight never had any peace in front, yet was only run down late in a performance that is exciting for connections going forward to the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas in a fortnight. Interestingly the two horses that sat outside and behind him finished 10 lengths further back. Dal Cielo’s performance follows Bob Of...