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Breeding Matters YEARLING SALES EDITION

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JANUARY 2022

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Shard Farm Standardbreds Ltd

proudly present their 2022 NZ Premier Sales Draft

Lot 379: Captain Norman K

Bay Colt Captaintreacherous – Priscilla Shard Half brother to Romeo Shard (3 wins leading up to Cup week).

Star of the Shard Farm draft, strong and correct, he is straight and paces naturally.

Lot 330: Shards Matrix

Bay Colt Sweet Lou – Lady Gaga Half brother to Lockhart Shard (1:52.6 placing third in a heat of the Sires Stakes 2021). He is real 2 year old type, will run early like his siblings.

Related directly to the family of Smiling Shard (multiple Group 1 winner).

Straight, well conformed, great natured loves being involved.

Photos: Fiona Montgomery Photography

For enquiries and inspections: Phone Debbie Smith on 027 258 4687

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Contents

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North Island Showing Season underway

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WA syndicate a Magnificent success

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IRD Tax and Standout Yearlings

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Spreydon is Back in a Big Way

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NZB Australasian Domination

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Reproductive performance of Standardbred mares in NZ

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View from the Chair

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Mo, He keeps me Safe

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Shard Farm’s Largest Offering

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Saturday Harness Millions Kick Off the Sales

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Arden Lodge

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Sundees Son

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Copy That

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Pacing Broodmare of Excellence 2021

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Young looking to head back to the Woodlands well The dawn of a new era New Aged Care System: Reset the Bar

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Breeding success since the 70’s

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Trotting Comes Up Trumps

The Three Best Colours in the World

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Trotting Broodmare of Excellence 2021

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Do we really appreciate how good he was?

Phoebe Stud stepping up to next level

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Positive news – enrolments up 52%

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Doing it the WHITE way

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Let ’s celebrate with the Next Generation

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Macca Lodge Centre Southland breeding

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Huge bonuses up for grabs in lucrative Vicbred scheme

A new career starts

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I Only have eyes for Chevy

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The Breeders support our Harness Family

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Double Tree by Hilton Karaka

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NZ Breeders Stakes – 50 Years Young

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A Little at a Time, but a Mighty Time it is

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Beaudiene

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Alabar to offer select draft at Karaka

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First Time Trotting Sires

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Thank you to John Mooney our editor, Graeme Hobbs for the graphics, AJ at Race Images, Emily Morgan and Charlotte Mooney for photos, Steve Gallop at Inkwise for the printing, writers Jonny Turner, Joshua Smith, Matt Markham, Brad Reid, Duane Ranger, Noel Kennard and Peter Craig , Rebecca Mooney for proof reading. We thank our sponsors, the studs and our breeders / sales vendors. We wish everyone a safe, profitable and successful sales experience. Next edition 15th April: Preparing for the breeding season, reproductive health, new stallions and much more!

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Kennedy admits he should be keeping classy fillies

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Will the champagne flow for Smolenski family?

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First Time Pacing Sires

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Studholme Bloodstock

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Stallions Australasia

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Havtime Breeding

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Spreydon Lodge

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Highfields Bloodstock

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Alabar and Always B Miki and Vincent

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Empire Stallions and Captaintreacherous

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Beta Vet

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NZB Harness Millions

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Presentation & perfection brings results

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Macca Lodge

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History of Facebook

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Beaudiene Breeding

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Auckland Trotting Club with HRNZ Harness Millions

Haras des Trotteurs

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The Breeders Excellence

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Laura Smith

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Phoebe Stallions

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SBSR

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NZB Flying First Class

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Smolenski Breeding

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Stallions Australasia

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Hollis & Robertson

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Breeders Crown

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NZ Sires Stakes Board

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Cobbitty Equine and Capt Midnight

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The Breeders Connections

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The French Revolution

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Dunstan Nutrition For Life

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SALES VENDORS Shard Farm Standardbreds

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Woodlands Stud

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Te Awatea Stables

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Denario Breeding

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Tardina Stud

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ADVERTISERS

Lynnex Holding

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Chelsea Faithful Stables

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Dunstan Recovery Mash Inside Front Cover

Stephen & Carol Baucke

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White Stables

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Alabar NZ

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Arden Lodge

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Tuapeka Lodge

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The Breeders Membership

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Dunstan Race Ease

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The Breeders Enhancing Knowledge

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Gavelhouse.com

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Vicbred

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VIEW FROM THE CHAIR

Yearling Sales With this edition of Breeding Matters largely focusing on the Yearling Sales it is worthwhile for a moment reflecting on the contribution that the Yearling Sales have made to harness racing.

The selling of Standardbred yearlings through an auction system was established by that well known Stock and Station agency company – Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd – the company that notably at Trentham in 1926 sold a chestnut colt for 140 guineas to a Harry Telford – Phar Lap. Bruce Barlass and Peter Larkin were the two people most responsible for developing and refining the basic livestock auction system as traditionally used for sheep, cattle and latterly deer, into a format better suited to the selling of quality race horses. Through the years the development of Yearling Sales Series run by the Sires Stakes Board, and the refinement and professionalism in the preparation of the yearlings for the sales have all played a part.

The move to the Yearling Sales being run by a specialised race horse selling and marketing organisation in NZ Bloodstock has resulted in further refinement and development, and these will continue.

The Yearling Sales today provide an avenue for breeders to sell their yearlings in a thoroughly professional manner, putting their yearlings in front of a well-informed buying bench that has had the benefits of a detailed catalogue, Yearling Sales tours and inspections, and of course this edition of Breeding Matters.

To all vendors, preparers and the staff at NZB Standardbred – all the best for the Sales.

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Photo: Charlotte Mooney MASH NZ

Breeding Season The early indications are that the change to 1 January for the horse’s birthday along with the reframing of the racing calendar has stimulated most aspects of the racing industry including breeding. Whilst it is too early yet to have a clear indication of numbers – and with the changes, the breeding season will likely continue later into January and February, there seems to be guarded optimism that the number of mares bred will hold up.

In support of the changes and to encourage any wavering breeders to make a positive decision to breed the Breeders Assn mailed out a brochure – Coming to You – 1 January 2022.

We just wanted to re-emphasize the link between the changed birthdays and the re-arranged race programming. Group and age group racing is now clustered in ‘carnivals’ throughout the year. Recognising that young horses will retain the age status for another five months than previously the 2YO and 3YO features are now towards the end of the year.

Stakes have been increased for a number of races in both gaits with increased racing opportunities for trotting fillies and mares a feature.

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Mo, He Keeps me Safe

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John Mooney

“I “I love love Mo, Mo, he he keeps keeps me me safe. safe. He’s He’s fun,” fun,” says says Haylee.

Haylee.

Ten-year-old Haylee Horton bubbles with excitement speaking about ‘Mo’, racing name Little Mo, and more on him later.

Dinner finished she tells me about their grand outing at the NZ Standardbred Riding Assn Annual Show, winning Champion in the Novice Ring, Overall Novice Champion (which is contested between all novice class winners from every ring) and Champion Up and Comer (chosen from the Champions of the Beginner and Novice rings).

“Haylee rode exceptionally well for a young girl amongst adults in the Intermediate ring and was awarded the NZ Standardbred Breeders’ Association Inc

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Hastie Personality Trophy,” said our Life After Racing ambassador Julie DeFilippi.

“This award is decided by judges and/ or committee and it was agreed that Haylee did such a super job that it would be awarded to her. I wish her luck for continuing success in the future.”

Haylee has had Little Mo for about two years. Mo was advertised as available and off the family trekked to inspect and ride him. Mum Diane had a ride and passed him safe for Haylee. Mo had other ideas and bolted! Haylee stayed with him.

Mum and dad thought, no, not this one.

Hayley returned, dignity intact, and announced I want Mo! The young lady

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was not for turning. Little Mo it was and is.

Haylee is not jumping Mo at the moment. “His previous owner had him at 1m plus jumping, but he still has a few tricks up his sleeve. Haylee has had him over 40cm, and we can wait before we go higher,” says Diane.

Mum Diane is no stranger to harness racing having worked for the DeFilippi’s, Bruce Hutton and did the harness racing course with Tommy Behrns.

As for Mo, now there is a story! Little Mo (Courage Under Fire – Kahlum) was bred, owned and trained by Diane and Ken Ford: 91 starts, 57 trotting, 34 pacing, 3 wins and 1 pacing win and $50,000.

This lovely pacing/trotting bred 12-yearold standardbred is a half-brother to a champion and our highest earning trotter, the globetrotting Lyell Creek (115 starts, 56 wins and $2.9m in stakes).

Mo started life as a pacer with Clint Ford doing most of the work with him. There were signs he wanted to trot. “One day he got out of the hopples while tied up, that was him saying I’m a trotter,” said Clint. The Fords are chuffed that Haylee and Mo, described by Diane as “fabulous, a lovely little horse” are doing well.

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Young looking to head back to the Woodlands well Joshua Smith

South Auckland trainer Jeremy Young has had plenty of success purchasing out of Woodlands Stud’s Yearling Sale drafts over the years and he is looking to replicate that success at Karaka next month.

Jeremy Young

While he has had plenty of success from Woodlands Stud stock, current stable star Lady Of The Light has proven to be his most exciting purchase.

Young’s bid of $16,000 bought the filly out of Woodlands Stud’s 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Standardbred National Yearling Sale draft and she has proven to be a bargain buy.

She has gone on to win five of her seven starts and ran third in the Group One Dunstan Horsefeeds Sires’ Stakes Fillies Championships (2200m) at Alexandra Park on New Year’s Eve. “It was a spur of the moment thing really when I bought her,” Young said.

“We had had a look at her. She is quite a big horse and I was thinking that she was out of my price range, being a Bettor’s Delight, but because she was so big that might have left a few people out of it.

“I was lucky enough to pick her up for $16,000. She was going reasonably cheap for a Bettor’s (Delight).”

Young’s main attraction to Lady Of The Light (Bettor’s Delight Steal The Light) was her close relation, Group One performer American Empress, who Young trained after purchasing her as a weanling.

“It is more luck than management because we had American Empress,” Young said.

“It was sort of going back to the well again as I had a bit of luck through that breeding.

“American Empress did a great job for me and funnily enough ran third in that same race (Sires’ Stakes Fillies Championships), which was one of my first Group One placings. To do it again was a great thrill.”

Lady Of The Light has proven to be a precocious type but Young believes her best is still ahead of her.

“Even now she is quite a big horse,” Young said. “She is going to need time to grow into her frame, so everything she is doing now it is all on her own ability. We won’t see the best of her for another 12 months.”

While Young believes Lady Of The Light is still a year away from realising her potential, she has some exciting targets ahead of her this season.

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Lady Of The Light

While Young believes Lady Of The Light is still a year away from realising her potential, she has some exciting targets ahead of her this season.

While Lady Of The Light has been the flagbearer for Young in terms of his Woodlands Stud association, she is not the only success story.

“She will probably head to the Oaks up here in Auckland and then have a spell after that,” he said.

“Woodlands have given me a few horses to train who have won a couple of races, Pocket Book was one,” Young said.

Prior to that Young will head to New Zealand Bloodstock Standardbred’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka in February where Woodlands Stud will offer her Sweet Lou half-brother, who will go through the sale ring as Lot 138.

“We have bought a lot of horses from Woodlands and they have always seemed to pay off for us. It has been good, we have been quite lucky.

The colt features a rich pedigree, being a half to Group One winner Jett Star, Group One performer Steel The Show, as well as Lady of the Light, another Group One performer out of Steel The Light.

“Steel The Show has done a great job. We had a look at that horse (at the yearling sales) but he was out of our price range,” Young said.

“When I kicked off it was more like American Ideal’s as opposed to Bettor’s (Delight) as they were a bit out of my price range.

“That is why we bought American Empress because she was an American Ideal filly and at the time the Orange Agent was going really well.”

“Jett Star has done a great job in Perth as well, so the mare is doing a super job.”

John Wayne is another current racehorse Young purchased from Woodlands Stud as a yearling, outlaying $31,000 for him at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Standardbred National Yearling Sale.

Young said he is interested to see how the colt goes in the sale as he is a similar type to Lady Of The Light.

“We had Best Western, who was a super horse for me, Andrew Grierson (Woodlands Stud Principal) gave her to me to train.

“It will be interesting to see because he is quite a large horse,” Young said.

“She did a great job and won a Group One. I went and purchased the brother (John Wayne) and he is actually smaller than her. He hasn’t grown much, he is quite a small horse but he tries like hell.

“With what the rest of the family has done there is no reason as to why he can’t be a nice horse also.”

“ We have bought a lot of horses from Woodlands and they have always seemed to pay off for us. It has been good, we have been quite lucky.”

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Lot 138: Sweet Lou – Steel The Light

Tony Grayling with Sweet Lou

“He is a typical Bettor’s – great pacers, good manners and they always try. He is doing a great job with a good syndicate of owners in behind me.”

“Another Sweet Lou that I like is the one out of Revere Me (lot 107), the full-sister to Adore Me, he is going to create a lot of interest. He is a very nice type.

While Young will be interested in having a number of Woodlands Stud yearlings on his shortlist at Karaka he won’t be the only one, with the Auckland farm offering 44 yearlings in their draft.

“There is also the Splendid Deal filly (lot 131) and everyone wants to get their hands on that bloodline, and lot 101, the full brother to Aladdin and Virgil. He is just like them, he is not going to be a big horse. He is a compact little fella and he will probably run early.”

“This is the biggest draft we have ever taken and that’s because we have so many nice ones this year and the Downbytheseasides are proving very popular,” Woodlands Stud Studmaster Tony Grayling said.

“Normally a second season sire we would be selling at the weanling sale but what they have done in the northern hemisphere and what we have heard from the trainers, we have kept a few more of them.”

One Downbytheseaside colt that is set to attract plenty of interest is Lot 78, the half-brother to Group One New Zealand Trotting Cup (3200m) hero Copy That.

“He is a strong-looking colt and he will get better and better with time,” Grayling said.

Grayling is also expecting strong interest in the farm’s offerings by Sweet Lou, including the Steel The Light colt.

“He is a big fella,” Grayling said. “He has really grown into himself of late. He is a November foal and he looked a bit behind but he has really caught up with everyone else now and he has got a great attitude.”

Woodlands Stud will also be well represented by Champion Sire Bettor’s Delight (20 yearlings), American Ideal (one yearling), What The Hill (three yearlings), and one filly by Father Patrick out of Group Two performer Girls On Film.

“Girls On Film was too closely related to What The Hill so we couldn’t send him to her (so she went to Father Patrick),” Grayling said.

“Charlie (Roberts) bought her (Girls On Film). She is a really nice filly and she should garner plenty of interest.”

We are also expecting strong interest in the farm’s offerings

by Sweet Lou, including the Steel The Light colt.

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We are proud to present our consignment of 44 quality yearlings for the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Standardbred Yearling Sale being held at Karaka on Sunday 13th February 2022 The draft includes: Eleven outstanding yearlings from quality sire SWEET LOU

LOT 25

LOT 107

Twenty impressive lots by the King BETTOR’S DELIGHT

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LOT 69

Eight lots from the exciting young sire DOWNBYTHESEASIDE

LOT 1

LOT 116

Three standout lots from sought after trotting sire WHAT THE HILL

LOT 40

LOT 13

And also one well-related filly each for AMERICAN IDEAL & FATHER PATRICK

LOT 22

LOT 49

The full draft, their photos and pedigrees can be viewed at www.woodlandsstud.co.nz Private viewings are encouraged, contact Tony Grayling on 021 618 830 NZ Standardbred Breeders’ Association Inc

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The dawn of a new era I As a youngster, not long after she left school, Katie Cox first cut her teeth in the harness racing industry by helping to prepare yearlings for the annual sales.

At the time, it was a nondescript role, a chance to make some money and further her already impressive knowledge of the equine animal through years spent in the equestrian realm.

Her focus at the time was on getting a qualification behind her and since then she’s achieved that with a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Land Valuation, but it’s taken a back seat.

Because little did Katie know that her chance pickup of work with Jamie and Natalie Gameson at Dunvegan Lodge would lead to something more.

In fact, something a lot more, with a lifetime in the industry ahead for the talented horsewoman.

“I instantly fell in love with the standardbred, from the moment I first started working with them,” Katie said.

“I’d spent years in the equestrian ring working with other types of breeds but there was something different about the standardbreds, their nature and willingness to work with you, it sort of captured me, I guess.”

Yearling work turned to stables work, which turned to becoming licensed and working through the Harness Racing New Zealand cadet scheme where she graduated into the driving ranks and ultimately obtaining her training license.

That was all over a decade ago, and if you ask the Katie Cox of today what the Katie Cox back then would have thought about where she’s gone to in the industry, she probably wouldn’t believe herself.

“I’d never have imagined it would have played out like this to be fair, but I wouldn’t change it.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have been able to learn from some great people who have helped me out along the way.”

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With close to 100 driving wins and 25 training victories next to her name, Katie has well and truly made her mark – but things are only set to get bigger with her 30-acre property in Doyleston – south of Christchurch – now fully operational under it’s Te Awatea Stables moniker.

“We purchased the property about five years ago now, and we’ve been slowly but surely chipping away on things and getting them to where we want them to be including redoing the boxes, adding a rubberized walker and redoing all the fences to optimise horse safety.

“It’s been a huge process, but we’re there now and it’s exciting.”

Te Awatea is a family name, Katie’s great grandfather farmed on the Chatham Islands on a block of land of the same name and her grandfather the same in Halswell.

Roughly translated, it means dawn, or daylight and that’s fitting considering the launch of Te Awatea stables earlier this year marks the dawn of a new era for Katie as she branches out beyond the training and driving ranks into yearling preparation.

It’s not completely new territory, she’s prepared for the sales before on her own accord – but never at this level with seven quality lots making up her draft for 2022 in Christchurch.

“I’ve done a few here and there along the way, but this is the first real crack at it and I’m over the moon to have seven yearlings this year and quite excited about them all too.”

Assembled through long-time stable clients and some of her own connections, Katie has a draft to be proud of – five fillies and two colts and all boast impressive pedigrees on their page.

“We’ve got a good set up here for the young ones, the walker is fantastic

for them and takes nothing out of them with the rubberized floor, it’s a huge asset.

“I’ve been fortunate this year as the group of yearlings I have are a really good group, they’re all lovely natured and well put together and have progressed through the stages really well heading towards the sales.”

Being a horse trainer herself and having purchased from the sales on her own accord previously too the knowledge that comes with that is a sure-fire asset when it comes to getting yearlings ready for the sale as knowing what prospective buyers might be looking for can lend a huge helping hand in the selling process.

“I think the combination of that, along with everything I learnt while I was competing with horses in the ring is a big bonus, but at the end of the day it does come down to the individual horse and having that person out there that wants to buy them.”

Included in Katie’s draft for this year are fillies by Lazarus, one from That’s Hunting Pink and the other from Unrehearsed. There are also four wellbred Art Major’s, three fillies from Zenola Starbuck, Laurent, Miranda Maguire and one colt from smart mare, Miss Elsie. And there’s also a Vincent colt from Saccha Maguire.

Seven is a good number to have and with a team of people around her supporting and helping the vision perhaps they will even grow that number in the future with the idea of bringing in new clients and new horses to both prepare for the sales and to race from the freshly minted stables.

But for now, Katie is just happy to be a part of the game. It’s a new time for her and with her acumen and ability with a standardbred there’s bright things on the horizon as a new era dawns.

With close to 100 driving wins and 25 training victories next to her name, Katie has well and truly made her mark …

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FILLY, LAZARUS - THAT’S HUNTING PINK

FILLY, LAZARUS - UNREHEARSED

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LOT 227 FILLY, ART MAJOR - ZENOLA STARBUCK

FILLY, ART MAJOR - LAURENT

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LOT 353 FILLY, ART MAJOR - MIRANDA MAGUIRE

COLT, ART MAJOR - MISS ELSIE

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RESET THE BAR

Refer Lot 349 ChCh: RESET THE BAR

Sweet Lou - Mantis Denario colt

Denario Breeding is endeavouring to lift awareness of an exciting new aged care project in Southland through offering Lot 349 “Reset The Bar” at the NZB Christchurch Standardbred Yearling Sales.

Branded as Hawthorndale Care Village (HCV) https://thehawthorndale.co.nz the project aims to deliver an innovative and superior model of care for the elderly, particularly those dealing with dementia and other cognitive related issues. A key difference is providing both care and accommodation in traditional styled houses rather than institutional type facilities.

HCV is a not-for-profit enterprise based on the model of Dutch care village, De Hogeweyk. This concept replicates everyday life in a suburban neighbourhood within a safe, secure setting. The design of the village, the philosophy and the way its residents are cared for is centred around evidence that suggests familiarity, comfort and stimulation has the greatest impact on overall health and well-being.

HCV has secured a 2.57 ha development site located at the former Hawthorndale School on Tay Street, Invercargill. The $35 million build project has advanced through the concept design stage, successfully obtained resource consent in December 2020, and is now completing the detailed design phase. A construction start is targeted for September 2022.

One of 3 yearlings being prepared for the Christchurch standardbred yearling sales by Denario Breeding, Lot 349 is a handsome colt with plenty of style and like his sire Sweet Lou displays an athletic frame with plenty of white on his forehead.

He is the first live foal from the strongly built Somebeachsomewhere mare, Mantis Denario who qualified as an early 2 year old but was destined for a breeding career - view her subsequent notable 2 year old trial win at Ashburton on 16 June 2016 against 5 male pacers at hrnz.co.nz via Infohorse.

A full sister to Mantis Denario, named Alexia Rose, is currently racing in Australia and has recently boosted its lifetime record by winning 5 races in the space of 9 starts.

Reset The Bar’s maternal family contains a host of impressive performers close up, including Shezacullen 10 wins, Averil’s Quest 9 wins, Shezaball 8 wins, and Fizzi Lizzi 8 wins. The next generation encompasses more than useful runners such as Ideal Tyson 28 wins + $296K, Form Analyst 13 wins + $110K, Magnifico To Watch 11 wins,

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the Sweet Lou and e ov ab sire et yearling Res e ag im ar B The ec taken late D 2021

Rockaball 10 wins + $80K to date and last season’s Group 3 Leonard Memorial winner Play Philly.

The breeders of Reset The Bar, Mark & Pauline O’Connor principals of Denario Breeding, are generously donating all the proceeds of the sale to The Hawthorndale Care Village.

“Mark & Pauline are hoping that the profile of the Hawthorndale Care Village project will be elevated through offering this colt at the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales. It should help draw attention to this new and better model of aged care and potentially will result in a win-win for whoever purchases Reset the Bar. He is a quality specimen who has an excellent chance of delivering on the race track with the added bonus of providing funding for a very worthwhile notfor-profit venture.”

“We would also like to acknowledge NZB Standardbred for waiving all charges relating to the selling of Reset The Bar, due to 100% of the proceeds passing to a charitable entity,” said Mark & Pauline.

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DENARIO BREEDING

OFFERS TWO STYLISH ALWAYS B MIKI COLTS LOT 310: MICKO DENARIO Always B Miki – Goodtogo Denario colt A yearling with an impressive physique by the boom sire Always B Miki!

• From proven mare Goodtogo Denario who has 3 handy winners from 4 foals of racing age • Dam has left the smart gelding Nota Bene Denario (11 wins to date + earnings of $140,000), Jewels runner Kayteeoh Denario (1.54.9) and recent Aussie export Satchmo • Family links to Fake Denario (NZ Yearling Sales & Breeders Crown 3 year old victories plus former World Record Holder 1.48.4 - USA stakes $543,000 + Australasian earnings $225,000)

Mature and confident attitude!

• This colt covers the ground with his lengthy stride and displays athletic behaviour in the paddock. Micko’s mature and confident attitude will please a future trainer.

LOT 399: MIKI JAGGER Always B Miki – Shezaball colt • Another example of the quality that Always B Miki can provide – note that ABM progeny won 3 of the 4 available 2 & 3 year old Horse Of The Year 2021 pacing titles in the USA • Updates to pedigree page include half-brother Rockaball currently racing in WA now having won 10 races and Alexia Rose (half-sister to yearling’s dam) winning 5 races in Australia including the last 3 in a row (as at 07/01/22) • The yearling’s half-sister by Captain Treacherous (just turned 2 year old) is showing excellent potential for Nathan Williamson and is scheduled to appear at a qualifying trial in February • Dam Shezaball has produced two Group 3 winners in the past 12 months with Play Philly winning the Leonard Memorial Stakes at Addington and Rockaball winning the Warwick at Gloucester Park.

Play Philly added to her record with a December Ashburton 2 year old win

Smar t and obliging nature!

• This smart colt has the obliging Always B Miki nature and should improve his dam’s already impressive record on the track.

For inspection contact Mark O’Connor 0272Sales 560 407 MATTERS Yearling Edition 2022 I BREEDING

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Justine Speck

In 1974 Anne and Tony Parker bought a mare called Floral Barmin from Sir Henry Kelliher’s dispersal sale at Puketutu Island.

She was in foal to Scottish Command, producing Whiskey Mac, and this was the start of Anne and Tony’s Standardbred breeding passion.

There is no doubt with horse racing and horse breeding that lady luck plays her part but for Tony and Anne their main focus has been on building a foundation of excellent mares such as Tudoress, Miss Whiplash, Dutch Annie, Dreaming Spires and Floral Barmin.

Currently the Parkers have 5th and 6th generation mares at home farm in Mangatawhiri called Tardina Stud.

In the early 80’s Anne and Tony stood a stallion called Taybridge,

by Lordship out of Blackwatch, at their small farm in Drury and Floral Barmin produced a mare called Border Coral by Taybridge in 1982. It was during these years that Tony introduced artificial insemination to the South Auckland standardbred industry in his veterinarian role.

The Rosewood line continued for the Parkers in Danse du Feu who is out of Border Coral by New York Motoring who went on to produce Dreaming Spires by Dream Away(US) which has proved to be a super cross for the family, producing winning foals by Bettor’s Delight, Falcon Seelster and Mach Three.

Our Summer Wind (21 wins), Hug The Wind (17 wins) being strong racehorses, and Forgotten Dreams and Delicata producing Group 1 winners in Sprinter, and Chase Auckland respectively.

Chase Auckland was named for Good Chase and was by Auckland Reactor, another Parker bred horse from the line of one of their 16

Delicata is pictured in the background of her 2021 colt by DownByTheSeaside.

farm, enjoying his retirement.

‘Tardina’ became the namesake of the stud.

Tony and his first yearling Whiskey Mac, 1976.

original 1970’s racemares, Tudoress.

This was the culmination of lines from over 40 years of breeding.

Auckland Reactor has been a highlight of their breeding commitment. The two-time NZ Horse of The Year is now at stud and produced Chase Auckland, NZ 3 year old Pacer of The Year, in his first crop. Amongst other top horses, he now has Soho Burning Love and Willie Go West performing well on the track internationally.

It was always a dream to produce a Group 1 race winner and they realised this in the 1990s with ‘Sharp and Telford’ who won the Auckland Cup, Australian Derby and Victoria Derby. He was by Butler BG out of a mare called Tardina. At 29 years old he still babysits weanlings at the home

The same year Sharp and Telford was born, they also produced Miss Whiplash, who was the last foal from Working Girl (US) by Gee Whiz II which became the foundation of their trotting line. Always full of verve, ‘Missy’ enjoys the good life and baby sits race fillies as needed.

At an age where Anne and Tony could put up their feet and enjoy the view of the horses from their lounge, feeling very satisfied with what they have achieved, their goals for the stud have not diminished.

Anne wants to breed horses for others to race, enjoy and win Group Ones.

Tony really wants to breed a top trotter.

Their daughter, Faine Mende, has come into the business as Operations Director and is deeply passionate about continuing the family’s breeding excellence.

The Parkers have consistently produced some of New Zealand’s top standardbreds from their boutique stud, and are planning more of the same for the seasons ahead.

Tardina Stud Sales Draft Bred by Tony and Anne Parker Tardina Farms is a nursery for champion Standardbred Pacers and Trotters. We are home to multiple Group 1 winning and record holding pacers including Chase Auckland, Auckland Reactor, Sharp and Telford, Devil Dodger, The Devils Own and The Parade. We are also the nursery for several stakes performed trotters including Wanna Play, Yagunnakissmeornot & Sex On Fire. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to race a Tardina bred champion from our 2022 draft!

LOT 58: DOUBLE QUICK

LOT 105: PLAY FAST AND LOOSE

CAPTAINTREACHEROUS – DREAMY DELIGHT Brown Filly

MAJESTIC SON – PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR Bay Filly

A spitting image of her full sister Double Delight who won the 2021 Ruby. She has a professional attitude and is very athletic.

Strong filly out of a race winning mare from the Miss Whiplash line. A chance to buy into this successful family.

LOT 77: SON OFA GUN

LOT 123: HURRY SCURRY

MAJESTIC SON – FAMILY ROBINSON Bay Colt

ALWAYS B MIKI – RUSSLEY HASTE Bay Colt

Half-brother to the well performed 2-year-old Mystic Max who won the Sires' Stakes 2yo Trot Championship 2021.

A well built colt with a clean natural pace. Out of race winning mare who is a half-sister to Russley Rascal (30 wins).

LOT 88: THERES THE RUB

LOT 132: COUNTIES CONQUEST

ART MAJOR – HI HO SILVER LINING Bay Filly

CAPTAINTREACHEROUS – SILENCE IS GOLDEN Bay Colt

A smart, powerful Art Major filly from 7 win mare who is the dam of Rub Of the Green (44 wins) and Your Good Fortune (14 wins).

Half-brother to Speech Is Silver who has now won 16 races from 32 starts. Intelligent demeanor and a cross to consider.

LOT 96: TRUE GRIT

LOT 135: SILVER SPOON

BETTING LINE – MAY FLY Brown Colt

BETTOR’S DELIGHT – SILVIA Bay Colt

A lovely upstanding colt from the family of Devil Dodger, The Devil's Own & My Ultimate Byron.

First foal out of a half-sister to Rub of the Green and Your Good Fortune by proven stallion Bettor's Delight. Highly trainable colt with a fantastic work ethic.

LOT 50: WHAT ABOUT ME LAZARUS – DREAMING SPIRES Brown Colt An extremely classy half-brother to Hug The Wind and Our Summer Wind. From the family of Chase Auckland, Sprinter and Montana Glory - all Group 1 winners.

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We breeders we all love to Dream I Shirley and Martin Cummings are not newbies to the yearling sales scene. They started out in 2016 as preparers and vendors and have been regulars at the Sales since then.

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and Dream Away, the mating that produced Sue Dreamer.

Sue Dreamer went through the sales and was bought back.

Her six wins, for a racing syndicate, included the North Island Breeders Stakes. Sue Dreamer returned to Shirley and Martin Cummings as a broodmare.

This year they're offering Lot 340, an Art Major colt out of the eight-win successful racemare LovetoDream (Bettor’s Delight – Sue Dreamer – Adios Trick), a maternal family Shirley has had a lot to do with over the years.

Sue Dreamer is a shy breeder eventually giving them seven foals which included Jumbo Jet, Grand Chico, Lovetodream, and Sugarloaf. The Cummings acquired Lovetodream outright at the end of her racing career.

Fifty years ago Shirley's dad, Delvan Rickerby, made the then rare and adventurous decision to send his good mare Sue Adios to race in NSW with the goal of mating her to Overtrick, then one of the first high profile USA stallions to come Down Under. Sue Adios’ 19 wins included the Ladyship Stakes.

This year Martin and Shirley welcomed three foals: Sue Dreamer / Captain Crunch filly; Sugar Loaf / Downbytheseaside filly and sadly Lovetodream / Always B Miki filly did not make it after becoming ill and despite three weeks nursing by Shirley.

Along with most breeders they've had plenty of disappointments. However, they are both very realistic about this business and nothing gives them more joy then seeing the mares with foals skipping around in the paddocks around their house in Weedons.

Delvan Rickerby worked at Belfast with Ces Donald before he established his own stable at East Eyreton. Shirley worked for her dad from a young age and by 10 was doing fast work.

She was in the vanguard of Canterbury lady drivers in the late 1970s and was one of the first females to be licensed as a professional driver for matinees and trials.

They are both hands on in the breeding business. Mares are bred at home. Shirley does the sales preparation, though this year their colt has been sent to Katie Cox at Doyleston for his final five weeks due to Shirley's business commitments.

Rickerby bought Sue Adios’ second filly, Adios Trick, back to New Zealand. Her successful two- and three-year-old career included the Great Northern Oaks.

When Delvan Rickerby died in 1985 Adios Trick was retained and bred to the best sires in Smooth Fella, Vance Hanover, Holmes Hanover

Lot 340: Art Major – Lovetodream Bay Colt Has spunk and respectful!

Well put together.

Carries himself well.

Compact!

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Trotting comes up trumps in latest feature calendar Brad Reid Harness Racing New Zealand has rewarded trotting breeders and owners with a financial investment in the biggest growth sector in its business.

The recently released Group & Feature Calendar from Harness Racing New Zealand came with some significant additions, headlined by the first two Group One trotting features for fillies to contest against their own sex.

It also includes a significant stake increase to the premiere North Island trotting feature and some key date changes to age group and open class races which will be discussed in more detail below.

For supporters of the gait like Ken Breckon and Trevor Casey, it is a case of better late than never with a significant investment in genetics by themselves and their peers paving the pathway.

“What you are seeing are some of the most modern bloodlines available anywhere in the world where as early as 10 or 15 years ago we were still breeding from very much old blood,” said Breckon.

“When we bred the dam of I Can Doosit to Muscles Yankee all those years ago, he was just so far ahead of his time and the breed has only gotten better as the best of European and North American blood has become available,” he said.

Casey agreed and applauded the commitment of trotting breeders around the country who have continued to invest in the face of adversity.

“The stakes have really not been equitable for a long time despite the growth and price paid for modern trotting service fees. We were spoilt by the likes of Sundon but the breed has come so far since he passed and will continue too when you have genetics from two continents available,” he said.

In the 20/21 breeding season, 117 trotting breeders invested $10,000 or more on a single service fee, up from a previous high of only 17 a year earlier.

The case for increased investment was compelling when considering the various numbers and data available.

For each of the last six seasons trotting numbers have continued to increase with trotting mares representing 30% of the mares bred in New Zealand in the 20/21 season, up from 16% six seasons ago.

2021 represented the first time that both Karaka and Christchurch aggregated $1 million dollars in each island for the respective trotting yearlings sold.

From that we can easily establish that trotting breeders and owners have put their money where their mouth is, but how do the numbers stack up from a business case in terms of profitability?

We know that over the course of their career trotters are likely to start on average two more times per season over the course of their lifetime.

While that may not sound much, when you factor in two starts a season over a race career spanning five or six years the difference is significant. Every horse that lines up as a starter at any race meeting is worth upwards of $7000 in turnover to the total margin on any meeting, so the more our horses are lining up and bolstering the depths of our fields the better.

The square gaiters have also maintained a higher average field size and a higher average win dividend with the TAB with basic logic suggesting both metrics are very key contributors to the overall performance of the sport.

Equity has probably not been a long-held view of those involved in the gait, particularly where fillies and mares trotting has been concerned. There has been a long-held belief that trotting fillies and mares were capable of beating the colts and as early as ten years ago, that may have been true.

“Horses like Allanah Hall and High Gait are prime examples of fillies who we would have liked to have raced on, but it’s just too tough for them to have to race the colts beyond their three-year-old year these days,” said Breckon.

“Traditionally we have been forced down the path of sending them to race in Australia at the back end of their two and three year old careers and occasionally have left them over there for the better opportunities. To now have two Group One races for fillies in our own backyard is a huge step in the right direction,” he said.

The New Zealand Trotting Oaks, first run as a Listed feature in 2003, has floated between Group Two & Three status since its inception. It will become the first Group One feature run in this country for female trotters when contested on the 25th of November next year making it

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the equal richest race for trotting fillies in the Southern Hemisphere. Joining it as the equal richest feature will be the newly minted two-year-old sapphire.

Many will rightly question the decision to programme a Group One race for two-year-old trotting fillies on December 2nd and overlook the existing population of mares left gasping for air by the likes of Sundees Son and Muscle Mountain at the elite level.

The strategic decision to bolster the front end with investment into trotting fillies and try and build this under-utilised portion of our racing population is a bold one.

Dangling a carrot like the ‘Sapphire’ and with the prospect of a tentatively programmed $20,000 Listed Sires Stakes 2yo Classique, one can safely assume owners of trotting fillies are more likely to try them and target such feature races with regular programmed filly trots along the way. As it stands only 10% of trotting fillies are making it to the races at two.

The front end has traditionally been bleak with numbers of two-year-old trotting fillies historically being very poor despite the occasional juvenile filly being able to trump the boys like we saw with the pacing bred filly in the 2yo Ruby at this year’s Jewels.

By virtue of the birthdate change and rescheduling of age group classics in the back half of the calendar, you can make a very solid argument that we are going to see a vast improvement on the 54% of trotting mares (and all trotting juveniles for that matter) who never make it to the races which is disproportionately higher than every other demographic by nearly 10%.

While the void of an Open Class Group One trotting mares’ race is still evident in the recently released calendar, the fact remains that as it stands, we don’t yet have the numbers of higher assessed mares to justify the investment.

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The gaps need to be plugged with more regular programming of fillies and mares’ trots around the country to provide a pathway to the higher assessment and the recent fields in Canterbury and the North Island would suggest that the tide is starting to turn.

One of the frustrations of club officials has been the lack of support for programmed fillies and mares’ races, having listened to industry participants crying out for greater opportunities.

In Canterbury in particular it would appear that trainers and owners are finally voting with their feet with full fields and upwards of 26 nominations for the fillies and mares trot at both Methven (Geraldine) and Addington, with even fields and fantastic betting races as a result.

The highest assessed mare in New Zealand right now is She Reigns (R96) and rightly so. Her performances off 50m lately around Cambridge over sprint distances and that on Cup Day off 30m have been breath taking and few would better deserve an opportunity to race for $100,000 against their own sex then her.

She is the only trotting mare in the country assessed R80 or better. Behind her are the likes of Vacation Hill and Kenny’s Dream (both R79) and Presidential Jewel (R73) and Gold Chain (R72).

With only five mares assessed R70 or better, it’s hard to make an argument at present for that lucrative Group One. In saying that in 2019 there was only the one Group race for the mares being the G3 Northern Breeders Stakes. The new calendar has six Group & Feature Races including the new G3 Jasmyn’s Gift stakes at Oamaru on Hannon Memorial Day to go alongside the G3 Waikato Breeders Stakes among others.

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Phoebe Onyx, 61 starts, 7 wins, 19 places typical of the trotting mares that need a pathway to a Group 1.

Their time is coming and the regular programming of mares’ trots going forward will provide the pathway for the female trotters to work their way through the ratings and I believe we are creating a framework that will result in a Group One trotting mares race by 2024 and possibly sooner. They are our future broodmares and deserve the ability to achieve black type against their own sex, however they also have potential to be a profitable part of the industry going forward if properly managed.

Some of the other developments for the trotters that need highlighting from the calendar change is the movement

of the New Zealand Trotting Free For All from Cup Day to a bumper day on December 2nd. Replacing it on Cup Day will be a 2000m Group Three stand start which will hopefully provide a better pathway for our best trotters in New Zealand to line up twice over Cup Week, as shown by five of the eight leading horses bypassing the FFA for this year’s Dominion.

While there was strong support for the Show Day feature to be moved to Cup Day and align with the pacers schedule of two miles and sprint mobile Cup Day/Show Day, it was ultimately decided by all involved in the consultation process that this was a better outcome.

The time-honoured Rowe Cup has also seen a lift of $100,000 elevating it back to one of the premiere Open Class trotting features in Australasia.

Oscar Bonavena, 2021 Trotting FFA winner.

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Chelsea Faithful Racing Stables Presents Lot 206: Tact Teena | Bettor’s Delight - Tact Lizzie BAY FILLY

TACT TEENA is the first lot into the ring so be there early!

Tact Teena is a well-grown filly with good conformation, scope and attitude. Bred on the winning Bettor’s Delight/ Christian Cullen cross from an impressive and sought after family.

Lot 402: Cracker Rock | Rock N Roll Heaven - Smiles For Miles BAY COLT

CRACKER ROCK is late on the final day.

This guy is worth a ‘crack!’

Cracker Rock is a neat, wellproportioned and correct colt.

Second foal and first colt from a lightly raced two-win mare.

He does everything to please.

On type he may run early.

Well worthy of an inspection.

Photos: Chelsea Faithful Photography

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JONNY TURNER Southland breeders Steve and Carol Baucke called on a rising star of the Australasian siring ranks and he didn’t disappoint them ahead of the National Yearling sales.

The Woodlands couple will present two fillies by Always B Miki from families they have had plenty of success with.

Delight My Soul was an outstanding performer for Steve Baucke’s stable, winning seven races before her retirement.

Another speedy type, the mare is in foal to Bettor’s Delight and soon to be retired with her progeny likely to be seen in the sales ring in the future.

Both mares trace back to the Black Watch family.

Another sister, Circus Flyer, is the dam of smart performers Raptors Flight, Flying Finn and Major Jellis.

She will be represented at the Christchurch sale by a yearling filly – Lot 277.

Half-sisters to Delight My Soul’s dam Soleil D’ Or have left many performers including Always B Miki stakes winner You’re So Fine. Aqua Sancta, Cover Girl, Town Echo and Cos I Can.

“She is a nice size and a well put together filly,” Steve Baucke said.

Baucke’s broodmare gem Operative Asset will be represented at the 2022 National Yearling Sales by Lot 374.

By Bettor’s Delight, Delight My Soul was a speed machine, with a deadly finishing burst.

The Armbro Operative mare from the family of Happy Asset and Mighty Khan has left a line-up of winners including Belkmyster, Takitimu Express and I’m Jimmy James.

Her first foal is a two-year-old filly by Sweet Lou who showed a great attitude when being broken in.

“Her mother was quite deadly the last bit, if she was threeback on the fence you’d have to look out.”

“Her two-year-old broke in nicely, she wanted to get out there and do it.”

“She certainly has the attitude her mother had; she wants to be there.”

“She gaited up very quickly, so I was pretty happy with her.”

Delight My Soul is a half-sister to Baucke’s stakes-race performer I’mallaboutthebase.

Lot 277 | KENTUCKY RAIN | BROWN FILLY

Many, especially stakes-placegetter Belkmyster, have been pocket rockets.

But Always B Miki has injected some size into the breed and Baucke has been pleased with the filly he will offer next month.

“She is well put together and Always B Miki has given the family a bit more size.”

“They have never been big, but they have been nice horses.”

“She is a very athletic filly.”

Steve Baucke welcomes inspections and inquiries about his two yearlings, he can be reached at 027 511 3946.

Lot 374 | MYSTRESS | BROWN FILLY

Always B Miki – Delight My Soul

Always B Miki – Operative Asset

Lovely type (you can see the Bettor’s Delight in her) with a good temperament. Grand Dam is a half-sister to the dams of Your So Fine, Aqua Sancta ,Cover Girl (2021 2yr Harness million), Town Echo and Cos I Can.

An athletic filly, great to work with. She has size. Her siblings Takitimu Express won 11, I’m Jimmy James won 9, Royal Gamble out of Citylight has won 14 times 24 seconds and 5 thirds for $163,000.

The Miki's are winning them here. They are winning them there, Best you get yours here!

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Do we really appreciate how good he was? I Noel Kennard

Christian Cullen 1994 27 B h In The Pocket - Pleasant Franco – Bo Scots Blue Chip was foaled in November 1994.

He was bred by Paul Bielby and purchased by Ian Dobson.

Christian Cullen is enjoying retirement at Dancingonmoonlight Farm, Swannanoa.

Christian Cullen won $1,249,150, winning 22 of his 31 starts with a best time of 1:54.1 at Cambridge in 1999.

He broke five race records, one as a two-year-old, two each as a three-year-old and a four-year-old. Of his 31 starts, 14 were Group races and he won 12 of those.

Probably one of his greatest race day performances was the 1998 Miracle Mile at Harold Park on the 27th November 1998 when he demolished a sensational field and that race there made him into a cult like harness racing superstar.

Relive the race and the domination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-oOyLbHA7I

Christian Cullen, 27 years young at Dancingonmoonlight

New Zealand Stud Career In New Zealand he has had 1,112 starters that produced 949 winners. That is 85% winners to starters. Those starters have won over NZ$36 million, roughly $32,000 per starter. This excludes the earning of his NZ bred progeny who were exported and raced in America. Of those 1,112 starters, 613 were colts/ geldings and 499 were female.

Christian Cullen is a sensational broodmare sire in New Zealand. $30 million in broodmare earnings and most notably the mighty Lazarus with earnings of over $4 million and the super mare Amazing Dream with over $1 million.

Australia Christian Cullen bred 352 Australian foals that earned over $12 million. His 245 starters produced 188 winners, a 77% winners to starters ratio, who averaged just over $50,000 per starter. His broodmare sire statistics are incredible with 950 of his daughter’s progeny having earned over $22 million to date and still counting.

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Christian Cullen with Rebecca Nairn of Stable to Stirrups Charity.

North America In North America, Christian Cullen’s first claim to fame was that he became the only New Zealand bred stallion to shuttle to North America. In 2009 he shuttled for only the one season where he bred just 32 foals.

His record in North America with his progeny was outstanding. His record is 205 eligible to race with progeny earnings in NZ/Aust and NA of $29,387,609 to date. That is a super average of $143,350 career earnings for progeny that started in NA. He has produced two millionaires, five $750,000 winners and 11 $500,000 winners to date. 84 of his progeny have earnings of over $100,000. 12 of his progeny have paced faster than 1:50.

Summary Christian Cullen rewrote the record books and is our most successful colonial sire and the only New Zealand bred stallion to be shuttled to North America.

He deserves to be recognised as one of Austraasia’s champion racehorses and certainly one of New Zealand’s greatest ever stallions.

Doing it the WHITE way

Then in 2021, they dove off the deep end and went straight in, lifting their presence, their exposure and most importantly their numbers as they took their biggest draft up the road to Christchurch for sales time.

Uncertain of what might come of it, or even just how it would go – the husband-and-wife duo are back again this year and diving to new depths - with a draft almost twice the size again of what they offered up 12 months ago from their White Stables operation.

“It’s exciting, but a little nervewracking at the same time, I guess,” Julie said.

“But that’s about us at our maximum for now, around 10 is an ideal number for us and we don’t really want to get any bigger than that going forward at this stage.”

That might seem like an odd thing to suggest, because who wouldn’t want their business to continue to grow and prosper from year-to-year?

Not the White’s, especially if it means that what they believe is one of their biggest strengths could be compromised by it.

“You’d hate to think that by getting bigger there was a horse here that missed out on something during it’s preparation because of it. I think that individuality thing is important, no horse here gets the same feed as any of the others, everything is mapped out individually for each horse and determined by what they each require.

“It’s little things like that which can make the biggest difference at the end of the day.”

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in heaven. Their own individual abilities bounce off each other with pure connection when they’re working together.

Tim, a talented trainer and excellent farrier, has that experience on his side while Julie can call on her years of experience in the equestrian world developing and nurturing horses as they progress through the ranks.

“It works well,” Tim said. “We each provide something a little bit different but work together well and I think it benefits the horses we have here too.”

– colt, Zingara – filly, Lew’s Delight) and one each by American Ideal (colt, Classical) and Sweet Lou (colt, Fleet’s Pocket).

2022 will see the pair float 11 horses up the road to Christchurch to put under the hammer.

“The American Ideal is one of only two colts by him in the sale, he’s a really nice type and has been the one horse that has really grown as he’s gone through his preparation.

It’s a strong mix of identity too with different breeds and types of horses and a good mix of a little bit of something for everyone.

No better evidence of this is that their six trotting lots all hail from different stallions covering the bases of the almighty Love You (colt, One Over Da Skye) through to almost unknown stallions Used To Me (colt, Filigree Sheree) and En Solitaire (colt, Aleana) through to Peak (colt, A Touch Of Sun), One Over Da Moon (colt, Muscle Girl) and Andover Hall (colt, One Over Da Stars).

The five pacers are a little more restricted with just the three stallions, three by Always B Miki (colt, Zenardle

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It works well,” “We each provide something a little bit different but work together well and I think it benefits the horses we have here too.

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It’s not that long ago that Winton’s Tim White and Julie Baynes-White were small fish in the yearling preparation pond. They dipped their toes into the water to check out the temperature for a few years in a row, just to see what it felt like before making their next big move.

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“The Sweet Lou might actually be the best one we’ve had from Fleet’s Pocket, I think. He’s a really nice type.”

With the added stress of not quite knowing what the Covid world is going to offer up in the week’s leading up the sales, the White team have been actively inviting trainers and perspective buyers to come to their property and check the draft out at their own leisure.

“You just don’t know what’s going to happen,” Julie said. “So, we’ve been extending the invite to the trainers down here and anyone who is coming down to make a time to come and see them.

“That way it’s not rushed and can be done in their own time, and it seems to have been well received.”

And when it comes time for those 11 lots to walk into the ring at the Christchurch Showgrounds, that attention to detail and individualistic approach to each horse is a surefire thing to see White Stables again produce the goods for their clients and those who are lucky enough to purchase from them.

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WHITE STABLES proudly presents its draft for the 2022 National Standardbred Yearling Sale, Christchurch Lot 142 I Gasherbrum

Peak – A Touch Of Sun

Bay Colt Well natured son of Peak out of prolific producing half-sister to Sundon. This colt is a half to eight other winners incl 4 time G1 winner, King Denny. Lovely strong colt who is a nice type.

Lot 148 I Solo Mission En Solitaire – Aleana

Brown Colt Lovely colt from an exciting first season French sire. Dam a half to 7 winners incl the Group performed Musgrove. Laid back and wonderful nature who is filling out into a nice colt.

Lot 167 I Kwik Draw

Used To Me – Filigree Sheree

Bay Colt French bred colt out a one-win halfsister to Dominion winner, Amaretto Sun. Prolific New Zealand Trotting family. Nice big type, who is solid, strong and cruisy.

Lot 177 I Da Moons Muscle One Over Da Moon – Muscle Girl Bay Colt Son of One Over Da Moon out of a Muscle Hill half-sister to the Fiery Ginga and 7 other winners.

Good natured colt, strong build and stands really well.

Lot 187 I Loveyou To Da Skye

Love You – One Over Da Skye

Bay Colt Striking son of Love You out of a one win Majestic Son daughter of champion mare and producer, One Over Kenny.

Stunning looker, impressive walk and floats across the ground.

Lot 201 I Look To Da Stars

Andover Hall – One Over Da Stars Bay Colt Son of dual Elitloppet winning producer Andover Hall out of five win Love You daughter of the 6 time G1 winner One Over Kenny. Nice type who looks like he will get up and run.

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YOU HAVE TO INSPECT THESE SHOW STOPPERS ONLINE AND IN THE FLESH! Lot 224 I St John Eight Always B Miki – Zenardle

Bay Colt Son of the exciting up and coming sire Always B Miki out of a stakes producing McArdle mare who has left 7 winners. Lovely big colt with a gentle nature.

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Always B Miki – Zingara Bay Colt Son of the exciting up and coming sire Always B Miki out of a 5 win Cullen mare hailing from the famed Black Watch family. Big strong type with a great nature and looks an early type.

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American Ideal – Classical

Bay Colt Son of NZ Cup winning sire American Ideal out of dual G1 winning former 2YO Filly of the Year. Colt a half to six other winners. Classy colt with a wonderful nature and is filling out nicely.

Lot 291 I Mighty Flying Lou Sweet Lou – Fleet’s Pocket

Bay Colt Son of world champion Sweet Lou out of one of NZ’s most prolific producing mares. Colt is a half to 12 winners, including G1 winner and stakes performed siblings. Nice size, beautiful body and could be the best type the mare has left.

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Always B Miki – Lew’s Delight Bay Filly Daughter of G1 Sires Stakes winning sire out of an unraced daughter of Bettor’s Delight who is a half to 7 race winners. Really good type who looks very masculine and can’t be faulted.

All photos taken on 27th of December

Inspections welcomed, contact Julie or Tim: 027 220 8358

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Huge bonuses up for grabs in lucrative Vicbred scheme Peter Wharton Amore Vita NZ (Art Major – Castellina Lover) 2YO Fillies Vicbred $130,000 Final Winner – Stuart McCormick Photography

Vicbred horses are also eligible for the Vicbred Platinum series, providing they meet the standard Vicbred criteria and also have a Victorian freeze brand.

The series carries $850,000 in prizemoney highlighted by the Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Classic for two and three-year-olds of both sexes and gaits with $10,000 heats and $50,000 Finals and the Vicbred Platinum Mares Sprint Championship with 20 $10,000 heats and a $40,000 Final for pacers and five $10,000 heats with a $30,000 Final for trotters.

The Breeders Crown may offer huge stakemoney for Australian and New Zealand pacers and trotters, but the Vicbred scheme – Victoria’s homespun futurity series has handsome rewards for not only the elite performers but horses at grass roots level too.

In the 2020/21 financial year a total of $4.38 million was paid out by Harness Racing Victoria in Vicbred win bonuses and a further $1.31 million in breeder bonuses. The previous year $3.85 million was shelled out in Vicbred win bonuses and a further $700,000 in breeder bonuses.

The Vicbred first win bonus is currently $7,000, distributed as 80 percent to the owner, five percent to the trainer, five percent to the driver, five percent to the foal nominator (breeder) and five percent to the stallion nominator - or where there is no stallion nominator, the breeder receives 10 percent.

And, starting with foals born in the 2021/22 breeding season, the Vicbred bonus will be increased to a basic level bonus of $8,000, a Platinum level bonus of $9,000 and a new bonus tier of $12,000.

In a nutshell, the progeny of any mare based in Victoria, South Australia or Tasmania by a stallion standing anywhere in the world is eligible for Vicbred.

Breeders are levied $220 by Harness Racing Victoria upon notification of the foal.

The climax of Vicbred is the season-ending Vicbred Super Series Finals Night, run at Melton on New Year’s Eve with six Group 1 $130,000 races for two, three and four-year-old male and female pacers and six Group 1 $100,000 races for trotters.

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There’s also 15 Vicbred Platinum Country Series with two $7,000 heats and a $10,000 Final and up to eight races with prizemoney ranging from $15,000 to $40,000 as part of the Vicbred Platinum Metropolitan Bonus Series.

As well, Vicbred serves up monthly metropolitan maiden races for pacers and quarterly metropolitan maiden races for trotters, while there are more than 100 races conducted across Victorian country tracks annually for Vicbred eligible horses.

The 2022 edition of the Vicbred Super Series will mark the 40th edition of the age group classics. The inaugural running of the then Victoria Sires Stakes was conducted at Moonee Valley in 1982 with Grand Victory (2YO colt), War Department (2YO filly) and Red Amazon (2YO trotters) capturing the thick end of the prize.

The series has been held at Melton since the opening of the new headquarters’ track in 2009.

The Vicbred Finals have been won by many of the greats of Australian harness racing including Lennytheshark, Shakamaker, Lombo Pocket Watch, Lochinvar Art, Soho Tribeca, Guaranteed, Bag Limit, Safe And Sound, Lombo La Fe Fe, Rufus Young Blood, Concorde Lombo and Mother Courage, and trotters in the same class such as La Coocaracha, Noopy Kiosk, Wagon Apollo, Spidergirl, Table Card, Blitzthemcalder, Jauriol, Claudy’s Princess, Maori’s Glory and others.

If you are a breeder or an owner, it certainly pays to be Vicbred!

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APPLICABLE FUTURITY FEES** All age acceptances due by 31st January each year Vicbred horses eligible for a $7,000 first win bonus (Career or Metro Win in Vic)

There are monthly M0 and quarterly TM0 class races, as well as over 100 Vicbred country races each year For more details, visit www.thetrots.com.au

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Alabar to offer select draft at Karaka Joshua Smith

Alabar Stud is set to have a small but select offering at New Zealand Bloodstock Standardbreds National Yearling Sale at Karaka in February, with an eight-strong draft.

In recent years the Auckland farm has elected to sell the majority of their foals as weanlings, but Alabar New Zealand General Manager Graeme Henley said they have liked to keep a small hand in the yearling sale market.

“It made more economic sense to sell the majority (of our foals) as weanlings, so that is what we have been doing for the last 10 or 12 years,” Henley said.

As such, the colt is a half-brother to Group One performer Classie Brigade and Group Three performer Triroyale Brigade.

“He is nice and early in the sale for people wanting to have a crack at one before the sale gets up to full momentum,” Henley said.

“Over the last couple of years, particularly with some of the staff that we have got here who are keen on doing yearlings, we have started looking at selling some yearlings as well.

“Trigirl Brigade was a really good racemare. She ran second to Changeover in the Flying Mile at Cambridge and ran second to Kiwi Ingenuity in the Jewels when she set her record.

“We will still sell the majority of the foals we breed as weanlings. That has been really well received by the industry and it works for us. We are looking to keep between eight and 10 to sell as yearlings, just to have a presence.”

“She has only ever had two colts before this guy. One was Classie Brigade, who placed in the New Zealand Cup and won quite a few other features. The other colt she had was Triroyal Brigade who has won over $100,000 in WA.”

All but one of their 2020 draft will be made up of progeny by resident stallions Art Major and Always B Miki.

“We have targeted ones that we thought would be commercial at the yearling sales and being by Art Major and Always B Miki was a pretty good start,” he said.

The first offering by Alabar at Karaka will be Lot 3, the Art Major colt out of Group One performer Trigirl Brigade.

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Henley is also excited to see Lot 15, the Always B Miki colt out of Group One winner Yankee Dream, go through the sale ring.

“She (Yankee Dream) was a really nice racemare who is doing a really nice job with her first foals,” Henley said.

“We sold a full-brother (Miki Shan) to this guy last year at the sale that Gerald Shand bought and it is already going

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In recent years Alabar has put a big emphasis on purchasing well-bred fillies with a view to a future broodmare career, and Henley is excited to see that planning come to fruition at Karaka.

Group One performer Bettor Think Quick was one of those purchases and her first foal, an Always B Miki colt, will go through the sale ring as Lot 26.

“Over the last three or four years we have tried to buy some nice mares and Bettor Think Quick was one of those mares that we bought,” Henley said.

“She was a really nice race filly that raced in a strong crop and did a really good job. She went over to Australia and won some nice races as a three-year-old filly.

“He is a cracking colt. He is a good size and he is strong. He is by Always B Miki and out of a Bettor’s Delight mare, so he is bred on a great cross, the same cross as Perfect Sting who was three-year-old of the year in North America.

“He has a heck of a lot going for him and I am really looking forward to selling him, being the first foal out of one of the nice fillies we bought in recent years.”

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nicely at the trials. He looks like he is going to be a handy horse. He has a lot going for him.”

nice filly that has been thereabouts in quite a few top two and three-year-old fillies races but is still a maiden. She ran fourth in a Group One. The mare has done a nice job and she is a half to The Fixer.”

Lot 42 will be the only yearling offered by Alabar that isn’t by a resident stallion. The Father Patrick filly is out of Majestic Son mare Cyclone Emily, and Henley is hoping for a strong result.

“He is a lovely horse,” he said. “We don’t breed a lot of our mares outside of our own stallions but with Cyclone Emily being by Majestic Son we couldn’t breed her to him so we thought the most commercial option was to go to Father Patrick.

“I really hope he sells well,” Henley said.

“It is a really good family which keeps producing nice horses. This is only the third foal out of the mare but she has already got a couple of nice foals out there. We sold a Kadabra filly out of the mare to Emilio Rosati at the weanling sale a couple of years ago.

“He has got that real neck and shoulder of Art Major and it is a good family. Miki Montana out of the mare is a really

“She is a mare whose record will look a lot different on the page next year. It is a great family and a really nice colt.”

Lot 32, the Art Major colt out of Cullens Princess, will be a sentimental sale, with the colt owned be Alabar’s South Island representative Ivan Behrnes.

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Lot 51, the Art Major colt out of Flying Mrs Williams, is another product of Alabar’s bid to increase the quality of their broodmare band in recent years.

“She is another mare we have bought over the last couple of years and she has done a really nice job at stud,” Henley said.

“Flying Even Bettor is a really good horse and she (Flying Mrs Williams) has got a horse called Let’s Fly Together who is a full-brother to this guy and he went to North America as a January foal after being sold for over $100,000 as a yearling.

“He was staked for a lot of the big two-year-old races up there. I think he has had a few hiccups but he is a really nice horse that will feature in some of the better races in North America with a bit of luck.”

Alabar’s penultimate offering will be Lot 82, the Always B Miki colt out of seven-win mare Lady Dancer.

“He is a nice colt. We sold a full-brother Miki Bennett for $54,000) to him at the sales last year,” Henley said.

“She leaves really nice foals this mare. She was a good stakes filly herself and has left some nice horses.

“There is a heap of depth in the family and he is bred on a really good cross that is close to our heart, being an Always B Miki out of a Christian Cullen mare, which is the same cross as our own horse Franco Indie who won the Sires’ Final.”

While a number of Alabar’s draft are out of mares acquired in recent years, Lot 115 is from a mare who has been entrenched in the farm’s operation for several years.

Presidential Affair has been a great servant for the farm and has left some quality racehorses, including Group One winner Maczaffair, Group Three winner Golden State, and Group One performer State Of Affairs.

The farm will offer an Art Major colt out of the mare in their 2022 draft.

“Several of the other yearlings we have got are out of mares that we have bought recently but Presidential Affair is a mare we have had for a long time,” Henley said.

“We owned her as a race filly so she has done a wonderful job for us over the years and she keeps leaving cracking foals.

“She is only a little plain thing herself but she leaves great foals and this is another really nice and strong colt.

“We haven’t always been the kindest to her with the stallions we have bred her too, but she has always made up for it.

“Maczaffair has won over $500,000 and A Fair Ol Dance has gone 1:49 in America. State Of Affairs was also a very good horse for Malcolm Shinn.

“We love her, she has done a great job for us over the years, and this one is as nice as any of the foals she has left.”

While Alabar won’t offer any yearlings in their draft by resident Champion Trotting sire Majestic Son, Henley is

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looking forward to watching 14 of his progeny go through the sale ring in Auckland and Christchurch.

Henley is also excited to see how the progeny of resident stallion Vincent are received at this year’s sale.

“He is a phenomenal sire that keeps on going from strength-to-strength,” Henley said.

“There a few Vincents in the sale, but not a lot,” he said.

“He kind of gets taken for granted in some ways but he is the leading sire in Australia for the last four or five years and broke the record in Australia this last year for stake money for a trotting sire.

“In New Zealand, even though it was an elongated season, he left the winners of more than $3 million. He was second on the overall sires list, only to Bettor’s Delight, so he has done a wonderful job.

“He is one that is kicking goals with his now two-year-olds at the trials. He has already won three of those trials. He is one that I am really looking forward to the future with.

“I think the trainers will be having a look at the Vincents on the way they have been shaping up and a lot of trainers have been saying that they have a nice one.

“He may be one that could be a bit of a sleepy in one way, but I would be surprised if most of the top trainers don’t have a look at the Vincents.”

“Hopefully they will sell well. Of all the trotting sires around he is your best chance of getting a racehorse, and quite often a very good racehorse.”

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Lot 3 – Art Major – Trigirl Brigade colt

Lot 15 – Always B Miki – Yankee Dream colt

Lot 26 – Always B Miki – Bettor Think Quick colt

Lot 32 – Art Major – Cullens Princess colt

Lot 42 – Father Patrick – Cyclone Emily colt

Lot 51 – Art Major – Flying Mrs Williams colt

Lot 82 – Always B Miki – Lady Dancer colt

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EN SOLITAIRE With three of his first crop of yearlings being sold at the Christchurch Trotting Sale, En Solitaire represents some of the most modern Anglo-French bloodlines available to New Zealand trotting enthusiasts.

Bred on the same Ready Cash-Love You cross as Bold Eagle, sensational 4YO Face Time Bourbon (13 wins from 15 starts), plus three other group winning stallions, Fabulous Wood, Cash And Go and Atlas De Joudes, En Solitaire is from an outstanding sire producing French family.

His dam is a Love You sister to 15 winners, including millionaire Group one winning and producing sire Kaisy Dream. It is an outstanding pedigree that was always going to be a wonderful outcross for New Zealand mares.

his eye catching looks and impressive bloodlines attracting the likes of super producer One Over Kenny each of his first two seasons at stud.

He is represented at Christchurch by the following three lots; Lot 148: Solo Mission, colt out of Aleana (Ambro Invasion) Lot 185: Unnamed, colt out of Moment of Beauty (Angus Hall) Lot 200: Carricks Ford, colt out Springbank Ella (Sundon)

While New Zealand breeders are more then familiar with the exploits of Love You progeny, Ready Cash bloodlines have proven potent in France where he has topped the sires table six times.

Lot 148 is a half sister to the stakes performed Musgrove and his preparer has been impressed by the incredible nature and temperament which has been a common theme among those with offspring by En Solitaire.

En Solitaire was unraced due to injury and served a small crop of mares in Australia in 2018/19, after being imported from France.

He is also stamping his progeny with plenty of bling, hardly surprising given he has a blaze himself that would give Sweet Lou a run for his money.

He was then transferred to Macca Lodge in Southland where he has been fairly well received in the highly competitive trotting market, particularly given he stands in the flesh and is one of only a handful of fresh semen options available.

His offspring are finding their way to some of our best trotting trainers with Tim Butt going out of his way to secure a filly by the name of Rogue Queen who is impressing him with her gait and strength.

Brent Macintyre was immediately impressed by the French import from the moment he walked off the float with

The latest from Tim is that she may race as a late two year old later in the season and should only get better with age as many of the French breed do.

While New Zealand breeders are more then familiar with the exploits of Love You progeny, Ready Cash bloodlines have proven potent in France where he has topped the sires table six times.

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TACTICAL LANDING From the day he was born, through to the time he sold as the second highest priced yearling for $800,0000 and throughout his racing career, the full brother to world champion Mission Brief 2,1:50.3; 3,1:50.2f ($1,599,587) has created a buzz within the industry.

Tactical Landing’s pedigree is up there with the finest in the world. He is a son of arguably the greatest living trotting sire in the sport, Muscle Hill, and his Breeders Crown champion mother, Southwind Serena, is the daughter of arguably the greatest trotter of all time, Italy’s Varenne.

Tactical Landing was a top racehorse in his own right, winning $812,300 from 16 starts – an excellent total in a brief career. As a three-year-old he won nine races and was four times placed from 14 starts for $810,800 and was one of the highest stakes-winning trotters in North America in 2018.

Undoubtedly the highlight of his stellar three-year-old campaign was his frontend win in the $500,000 Breeders Crown Final at Pocono Downs, in which he defeated Met’s Hall and Crystal Fashion by open lengths in 1:52.2 on a sloppy track.

Tactical Landing took his record of 1:50.4, winning a leg of the timehonoured Kentucky Futurity at Lexington and finished second in the $434,000 Final in a world record 1:50. He also captured a division of the $240,000 Bluegrass Stake in 1:51.2 at Lexington and an elimination of the $1.2m Hambletonian in 1:52.4 and was a strong third in the final.

Tactical Landing closed out his campaign with a hard-hitting win in the $350,000 TVG Championship at The Meadowlands, sitting parked for the last half-mile and defeating 3YO Trotter of the Year Six Pack by 2-½ lengths in 1:51.8.

offering a double dose of Speedy Crown bloodlines on Volstead’s maternal line, making him ideal for a wide variety of New Zealand mares.

Volstead is a full brother to stakeswinner High Bridge and his family also includes stakes-winners Missy’s Goalfire, Have You Ever, Lassie’s Goal, and Lear Jetta.

Not many stallions come prepackaged with credentials such as Tactical Landing.

A Breeders Crown champion himself, by a Breeders Crown champion, out of a Breeders Crown champion with his full sister a Breeders Crown champion also.

His popularity has meant that his frozen semen availability down under is extremely limited and despite commanding a $15,000 service fee, commercial breeders have snapped up the opportunity to patronize their mares.

Tactical Landing served 12 mares in his first season at stud for 8 live foals, with five of them available in the 2022 NZB Standardbred Yearling Sale.

In Auckland he has one yearling; Lot 41: Unnamed, colt out of Classic Armbro (Armbro Invasion) In Christchurch he has four yearlings; Lot 143: Aldebaran What, colt out of U Dream (Love You) Lot 145: Wilma’s Boy, colt out of Wilma’s Mate (Pegasus Spur) Lot 175: Tactical Dash, colt out of Habibti Sadie (Pegasus Spur Lot 183: Unnamed, filly out of Petite One (Angus Hall) Tactical Landing’s first crop of yearlings went under the hammer at the revered Lexington and Harrisburg Sales in 2021 for averages of $43,000 (68 yearlings) and $50,000 (18 yearlings) respectively.

It would not surprise anyone if he was to fetch similar numbers for his debut at Christchurch and Karaka.

Each yearling offered represents some of the best bloodlines on offer in New Zealand.

In a blessed bunch, Lot 145 catches the immediate eye of a trotting enthusiast.

Wilma’s Mate was a winner of the G1 Four-Year-Old Ruby and was also a winner of the New Zealand Trotting Oaks. Her sheer speed was unrivalled when she put it all together and his genetic deck of cards looks set to be stacked with a few aces given he hails from the wonderful Rob The Nest breed.

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VOLSTEAD The announcement of Volstead’s availability to breeders down under in the 2019/20 breeding season was met with waves of excitement.

It represented the first-time trotting breeders had access to a son of Cantab Hall via a chilled semen option and he got solid support, serving 55 mares over two seasons. Unfortunately, with an impending HRA Stallion tax his management made the decision not shuttle him for down under duties this breeding season.

Volstead’s sire Cantab Hall is from the same vaunted family that has produced the famous Hall trio of brothers in Conway, Andover and Angus (Hall).

Cantab Hall’s dam Canne Angus is a full sister to living Hall of Fame inductee, Amour Angus who as well as producing the three highly credentialled stallions mentioned also left the dam of another current sire in Trixton.

Cantab Hall himself has achieved global success as a stallion producing the likes of millionaires and now stallions Father Patrick, Pastor Stephen and Explosive Matter. In late 2020 Hanover Shoe Farms listed his career earnings as a whopping $99,602,954, and with all age earnings in North America alone in 2021 of over $6 million, he has easily eclipsed the $100 million marker.

It doesn’t stop there, he is also the dam sire of world champions Manchego 1:49 $2,723,181 and Atlanta 1:49.1 $2,659,653.

Back to Volstead! He is out of the Yankee Glide mare Madame Volo. Volstead was purchased as a yearling at the 2012 Lexington Selected Sale. Madam Volo’s second dam is by Armbro Goal, thereby

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He raced out of Melander’s top Swedish barn earning 5,876,324 SEK, winning 23 of his 72 race starts, competing in Swedish elite Gold Division against some of the very best horses in the world.

In his victories, Volstead accounted for the likes of Elitloppet winners Ringostarr Treb and Magic Tonight, Olympic Trot winner BBS Sugarlight, two time Swedish Champion On Track Piraten and Breeders Crown champion Digital Ink and 3-time Gr1 winner El Mago Pellini, among others.

Volstead’s victories including the Group 1 King Gustav V Pokal or King’s Cup and the prestigious international Sweden Cup, in 2017, run like the Elitloppet, in heats and a same day final over a mile. It was in this final that he went his fastest time of 1.51.5 on Solvalla’s 1000m track, The previous year Volstead qualified for the Elitloppet by winning the Group 2 HKH Prins Daniels Race, just missing out on the final, won by his stablemate Nuncio.

For any buyers looking to get their hands on a yearling by Volstead, opportunity will be scarce with just the one filly in the sale; Lot 192, filly out of Rosedorae (Muscles Yankee).

She carries with her some impressive residual value being a half to three winners such as the G1 placed BD Khaosan and the talented BD Yasathon.

Her dam is also a half sister to Anreca Hest, the dam of The Fiery Ginga and traces back to Moccasin, the dam of 1968 Interdominion Trotting Final winner, Stylish Major. She was also the dam of 1966 NZ Trotting FFA winner Le Chant who upon being exported to North America has the distinction of being the grand dam of Grades Singing, arguably one of the greatest trotting mares to ever grace a racetrack. She won nearly $3 million in stakes and 14 G1’s in seven different countries spanning two continents.

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North Island Showing Season underway Claire Madden

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After a delayed start to the season Te Kauwhata A&P provided the Auckland and Waikato competitors their first chance to compete in the 2021/2022 season. This show provided a valuable opportunity to qualify for Horse of the Year and also gain points for the Livamol Standardbred Series.

The Standardbred Ring was sponsored by the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Association and the Livamol class was sponsored by International Animal Health Products.

Judged by Jocelyn Charleston, competitors and their horses braved the high heat to gain valuable ring time.

Lasvegasherewecome (Muscles Yankee/ Secret) handled by Fiona Honeyman for owner Leigh Taylor took out the Gelding class with No Way Else (Elsu/Never No Way) in second, Major Ouch (Art Major/ Ouch La Fe Fe) and Claire Madden in third, and On The Razzle (Bettor’s Delight/Funontherun) and Katie Steffert in fourth.

The Mare class was taken out by Shake Your Bon Bon (Art Official/Evening Luck) and Christina Bird with recent HERO graduate Sea Monkey (Monkey Bones/ Susan) and Zoe Cobb in second.

Lasvegasherewecome and Fiona took home Champion Inhand Standardbred with Shake Your Bon Bon Christina Bird in Reserve.

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In the Ridden Standardbred Section Major Ouch and Claire Madden were awarded the Champion sash with Lasvegasherewecome and Fiona Honeyman in Reserve.

The Livamol Standardbred Class was taken out by Major Ouch and Claire Madden, Lasvegasherewecome and Fiona Honeyman second, and debutante combination No Way Else and Lexi Nolan in third.

Major Ouch and Claire Madden also competed in the Side Saddle ring placing in all their classes including winning the Concours d’ Elegance.

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Bottom left: Major Ouch & Claire Madden Side Saddle, winner Concours d’ Elegance.

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Shard Farm’s Largest Offering I Shard Farm breeders Mark and Debbie Smith have new recruits on board for 2022 as they attempt to build on the strong results they produced at the 2021 National Yearling Sales.

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Alongside their well-known Shard yearlings, the Smiths have taken on preparing more for outside owners this year.

It has culminated in Shard Farm offering its biggest ever draft at the National Yearling Sales next month.

“It is the biggest draft we have ever had, there are six Shard horses and seven others,” Mark Smith said.

Among their new recruits are two fillies with great pedigree pages to be offered by Vin and Daphne Devery.

Lot 302, an Art Major filly from Follow The Dream is from the Dreamy Atom family which has produced star mare Amazing Dream.

“We call the Devery’s fillies the sisters because they are so alike,” Smith said.

“The Follow The Dream family has been an outstanding family with Amazing Dream doing an incredible job over the last two seasons.”

“Her filly is a really nice filly.

Lot 361 is an Art Major filly from the well-performed Natal Franco, whose daughter has produced a star of the summer in Alta Wiseguy.

“Natal Franco’s family is on fire with Alta Wiseguy winning the Central Otago Cup. “This filly’s full sister Lady Arts won really well at Omakau too.”

The Smiths have also taken on two yearlings from Southland breeder Diane Cournane’s good former racemares.

Lot 295 is the third foal and first colt,

by Bettor’s Delight from dual Group One winning mare Fight For Glory.

Fight For Glory’s stakes-performing dam, Breath Of Life will also be represented in Christchurch by an Art Major filly – Lot 250.

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“It has been a flat out summer so far and we have a really good mixture of fillies and colts.”

Shard Farm is also preparing a descendant of mega-producer Fleet’s Pocket, the dam of 13 winners.

Priscilla Shard is from the Shard Farm super producer, She’s Mighty.

The Smiths will offer a colt from another of their standout families in Lot 330.

The Sweet Lou colt is from Lady Gaga, a Christian Cullen daughter of grand producer Sly Soky.

“The Sweet Lou colt, every day you look at him he gets grander and grander.

Her daughter Falcon’s Flybye has an Always B Miki colt in the Christchurch sale in Lot 288.

“Shards In Manhattan from that family has had a couple of wins recently and Lochart Shard has won as well.

Another Always B Miki colt from Craft Beer – Lot 262 – is from the family of South Coast Arden.

“He chased Franco Indie home in 1.52.7 at Ashburton, so we know he can run a pretty quick mile.”

The colt’s grand dam is Arden Lodge’s great producer, Winter Rose.

If Mark Smith wasn’t busy enough ahead of the National Yearling Sales, he has the Southern Bred Southern Reared group to head up.

Among the Shard yearlings the Smiths take to Christchurch is what Mark calls a standout that ironically doesn’t carry the Shard name.

Captain Norman K – Lot 379 – is a Captaintreacherous colt from Priscilla Shard who Mark Smith describes as a standout.

“He is a really nice colt, he is a halfbrother to Romeo Shard who was winning prior to Cup Week.”

“He is an outstanding colt.”

“It is the first time we have ever bred a Captaintreacherous, he is from a wellbred Western Ideal mare and he is just an outstanding individual.”

Part of Smith’s responsibilities includes organising the influx of potential buyers for the group’s southern yearling tour.

Smith has once again fielded plenty of interest from trainers and owners who want to head south to check out the southern stock, which bodes well for the group.

“We have got 72 yearlings in the catalogue this year which is the biggest for Southern Bred Southern Reared.”

For tour enquiries please contact Mark Smith on 027 436 8114 as spaces are extremely limited.

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Lot 411: Mysterious Telf

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Shard Farm Standardbreds Ltd Lot 223: Oakley Shard

Lot 236: Omni Shard

Lot 271: Onyx Shard

Lot 279: Shard De Arch

Bay Filly Sweet Lou – Zariya

Bay Filly Sportswriter – All Time Glory

Black Filly Sweet Lou – Delightful Shard

Bay Filly Sweet Lou – Dolce Denario

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Saturday Harness Millions Kick Off The Sales I Brad Reid Zealand standardbred is peerless in its performances on the global stage. We feel very fortunate to be associated with New Zealand harness racing and are very privileged to be able to offer them for sale,” he said.

With the 2022 NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales less than three weeks away, the countdown is on until the inaugural NZB Standardbred Harness Millions Night at Alexandra Park.

In the future this meeting will be held on the Friday before the sales.

It mirrors the concept of the highly successful Karaka Millions night which enters its 13th instalment tomorrow afternoon at Ellerslie. Six action packed feature races, and in a typical year plays as an epic curtain raiser to a big week of selling yearlings.

“The Karaka Million Series has showcased the impact a must-attend event can do for the industry, “ says James Jennings, NZB’s Director and Operations Manager.

“Record turnovers, attendance and engagement has seen that race day become arguably the biggest on the calendar, something we envisage happening with the Harness Million Series.

“Having it as a precursor to the sales is a wonderful format. We get to go to the races and celebrate the graduates of the sales prior. The owners and trainers get to celebrate their purchases and the breeders and vendors have an opportunity to get some black type for their draft on the eve of the sale.

It all builds momentum towards going to Karaka the following day with trainers and buyers getting the opportunity to look for the next champion for their stable,” said Jennings.

“We have a recipe that works so well at Karaka, and we wanted to emulate that as much as possible. We appreciate the standardbred sector is a different industry, so we have worked in closely with HRNZ to reach the best possible outcome,” he said.

Whereas Karaka Million night at Ellerslie features both a two- and three-year-old final on the same night with the colts and fillies racing each other, the card at Alexandra Park will host the Harness Million finals for just the three-year-old finals of pacing fillies, pacing colts and geldings and the trotters respectively.

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“We were approached by HRNZ to consider the concept of six races, five of which are at Group or Listed level on a Saturday night. The ATC was fizzing at the opportunity, it was a no brainer,” says Auckland Trotting Club’s Jamie MacKinnon.

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Two-year-olds are not included as one of the key outcomes of changing the horses’ birthdates to January 1st was extending the racing season for juveniles and giving them every opportunity to develop and mature.

Supplementing the three Harness Millions finals on the six race card will be the Group Two Lyell Creek Stakes, a Listed FFA Mobile sprint over 1700m for the Open Class pacers and the first Breckon Farms Young Guns Heat of the new racing season.

Superstar pacers Akuta and Franco Indie are set to square off for the first time in their careers with the two-yearold Emerald winner meeting his 3YO Sires Stakes final winning stablemate.

Last season’s premiere juvenile pacing filly, True Fantasy will be out to assert her superiority over a talented crop of fillies.

Highgrove and Double Delight should meet for the first time since the latter took out the two-year-old Ruby at Cambridge.

Throw in the likes of Sundees Son defending his crown in the Lyell Creek Stakes against hometown hero Bolt For Brilliance, the night is set for some serious fireworks.

NZB Standardbred’s James Jennings is excited at the prospect of sharing the stage with some of New Zealand’s best Open Class pacers and trotters.

“We’re not only about celebrating our sales graduates, but celebrating our Kiwibred horses both nationally and internationally. Statistically the New

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“We really appreciate that the TAB has given us a licence for the Saturday night, and the ability to get the export turnover” says HRNZ Chief Executive Gary Woodham, “it will be a massive opportunity to promote our sport both here and in Australia, and we can’t wait.”

The six-race card will follow the parade of pacers and trotters at the Karaka Sales Complex.

“It’s a great way to bring all the connections involved with the racing and the sales to enjoy our athletes in an environment that is custom made for celebrating excellence,” said Jennings.

“We will be hosting our buyer’s bench in the Tasman Room alongside the North Island Standardbred Breeders.

Cathie Shaw, their chair, will be hosting breeders and the North Island Owners Association will be hosting the connections and owners of Harness Million runners,” he said.

Bolstering the festivities of Harness Millions Night will be the ‘Family Fun Day’ beginning at 3pm.

“We would usually have the ‘Family Fun Day’ at our New Year’s Eve meeting but we had to postpone it with the uncertainties around Covid at the time, but we are really looking forward to Harness Million’s night and providing entertainment options for all ages,” said ATC’s Racing Manager, Karen Blanchard.

Blanchard points to the ‘Top of the Park’ as the best place to be on Harness Millions night with premium hospitality options available, but selling out fast.

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Arden Lodge’s John and Judy Stiven will go from the thrills of watching their rising star of the New Zealand harness racing ranks to offering several of his close relations at the 2022 National Yearling Sales.

Judy & John The West Otago breeders return to Christchurch after Stiven with dog Pearl enjoying another stellar year on the track with their stock, I Photo: headed by South Coast Arden.

The Somebeachsomewhere pacer has been the rising star of the open class ranks, producing record-breaking Group One wins at the Harness Jewels and in the New Zealand FreeFor-All during his rise to the very top of the country’s open class ranks.

The Stiven family has the proudest of histories at the National Yearling Sales, priding themselves on selling strong, well-conformed stock that are made to be racehorses, rather than sales-ring show ponies.

Arden Lodge presents a three quarter-sister to South Coast Arden in Lot 407.

The Captaintreacherous yearling from black-type performer Southwind Arden offers buyers to chance a filly with a great pedigree.

“She is above average in terms of size and strongly put together,” John Stiven said.

“She is a lovely filly and being a three-quarter sister to South Coast Arden, she has all of the right attributes there, I would like to think.”

If bidders go to war for Lot 407, those that miss out have the choice of three more yearlings from South Coast Arden’s family.

They include a colt by Downbytheseaside from the pacer’s grand dam and the Stivens’ broodmare gem Winter Rose.

“The Downbytheseaside colt is a stunner,” Stiven said.

“He is quite tall, he is probably a bit like Bettor’s Strike in some ways.”

“Judy named him Handsome Arden when he was a wee fellow for a reason and he is very handsome now.”

Arden Lodge will also offer another close relation to South Coast Arden in Lot 390.

The January born Captaintreacherous colt is from Rocknroll Arden, a stakes-performing half-sister to Southwind Arden.

The Stivens will also offer a colt from freshman sire Fear The Dragon from Arden’s Rose, another mare from the great Winter Rose family.

Lot 249 is one of two Fear The Dragon yearlings Arden Lodge will offer.

Lot 232 is a Fear The Dragon filly from Artsplace mare Ardenart.

“Fear The Dragon has done extremely well in North America,” Stiven said.

“He has just about ticked off US$1 million from his first crop and right now (at the time of publication) he is ahead of Bettor’s Delight, who is the next horse on the two-year-old sires list.”

“To do that speaks volumes for the horse.”

“The colt from Arden’s Rose looks like he has everything in the right places, he is a lovely colt to look at.”

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“The filly we bred from Ardenart, we bred to get the same cross as Foiled Again who won $US7 million.”

“If you want a lotto ticket for $7 million, then she is a good bet.”

“Her looks should sell her, she has modern bloodlines, ready to go.”

Fear The Dragon is part of a strong fresh line up of sires represented in the Arden Lodge draft.

With Captaintreacherous, Lazarus, a Sweet Lou from Christian Cullen mare L’oiseau De Nuit and an Always B Miki from Arden’s Darlin as well, it’s a mix the Stivens think they have got right.

“When it comes to our stallion selections we like to set the trend rather than follow them.”

“We have some modern bred yearlings on offer.”

“We are pretty chuffed about this bunch.”

The second of Arden Lodge’s Captaintreacherous colts is also January born. Lot 213 is from Tricky Woman.

“He has got two millionaires on his page, but the page actually needs to be a bit bigger because they haven’t been able to fit Dream About Me and Christen Me on it.”

“He has basically got four millionaires on his page close up.”

“And he has got the new sensation in Western Australia, the Magnificent Storm close up in his pedigree as well.”

The Stivens have one of the few Lazarus colts in the Christchurch sale Lot 383.

He’s from Real Wings, a descendant of super producer Maureens Dream.

Having descendants of Winter Rose, Scuse Me and Black Watch among their draft demonstrates the Arden Lodge strategy when it comes to broodmare selection and retention “A lot of our families have the New Zealand Broodmare Excellence award in their background.”

“We have made a point of getting into those families over a period of time.”

“The Lazarus colt is from the Broodmare Excellence family of Maureens Dream.”

“If he doesn’t catch someone’s eye, I don’t know what will.”

“He was an outstanding foal and he is a cracker yearling.”

More information about the Arden Lodge draft and a comprehensive wrap of their stock’s outstanding recent season on the track can be found at www.ardenlodge.nz

Arden Lodge is proud to have been selling quality yearlings for over 50 years and is delighted to have been achieving enviable results on the track. This year’s draft offers progeny out of proven maternal families bred to young stallions.

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Lot 383 Uniquely Arden Lazarus-Real Wings Colt

Lot 407 Pride of Arden Captaintreacherous-Southwind Arden Filly

Lot 222 Handsome Arden Downbytheseaside-Winter Rose Colt Lot 232 Fear The Dragon-Ardenart Filly Lot 240 Always B Miki-Arden’s Darlin Colt Lot 249 Fear The Dragon-Arden’s Rose Colt Lot

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Tuapeka Lodge renewal: The Next Generation Mel and Phil Cummings Melinda and I would like to take the opportunity to thank Mum and Dad, Julie, Lew and Danny for all their hard work, commitment and dedication they have put into Tuapeka Lodge to make it what it is today. We took over the lodge from my Grandparents Joan and Cliff Cummings who took the first yearling to the sales 53 years ago. The lodge has not missed a yearling sale since, showing true passion for the industry.

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ownership of Bonnie Joan, Tuapeka Helen and Break Dance and their offspring. We also have a Bonnie Joan’s/Bettor’s Delight yearling filly and a Petra Star/Sweet Lou two year old filly that will race and join the broodmare paddock. Ben and Tanya have taken over Tuapeka Maddy and Bettastar.

In 2020 after Danny passed away, we took the time to consider “where to from here”. I had been helping Danny with the horses whenever I could plus running the farm so Melinda and I were very keen to step up and take the ownership of some of the mares. Ben and his wife Tanya (Julie and Lew’s son) have also helped at the sales over the years and were also interested. Gradually a solution become obvious with myself and Melinda taking

Dad and Julie continue to maintain the ownership of Ann Maree, Tuapeka Lou and Drifting Star who is currently leased out and will race them until the end of their career in the Tuapeka Lodge syndicate with Ann Maree returning to the broodmare paddock at the end of her racing career.

This year Melinda and I will take Usain – Lot 216 to the sales. Usain is Danny’s last pedigree mating and it is an interesting one. He is a genuine linebred colt with a double up on both sides going back beyond Four generations to Maureens Dream and Most Happy Fella.

Our daughters are also keen on horses with all three of them competing on the Rodeo Circuit. Rubie has represented New Zealand in the High School Youth Team travelling to Australia to compete.

As a family we have talked about how Tuapeka Lodge would continue without Danny, but we could not solve the problem. On the way home from the sales just 5 weeks before Danny passed Julie asked him if he had any idea on how the Lodge would continue. He simply laughed and said “No idea that’s your problem now”. I think he would be very happy with the way things have worked out. Melinda and I are committed to run Tuapeka Lodge to a high standard and are looking forward to growing our broodmare base.

The Lodge website is still active at www.tuapekalodge.co.nz

We would like to wish you all the very best for the sales and look forward to catching up with you all.

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By now most mares have already been booked, and the popular stallions all have full books.

Reprinted courtesy: www.harnessracingupdate.com

But if you still have one or more mares that aren’t committed, herewith a few thoughts that might be helpful.

The three best colours in the world

On the assumption that you’re breeding for the yearling market, firstyear horses always command interest in the sales ring, as a generality.

Beyond that point, however, one hopes that the yearlings he or she sells will go on and race well, so there are other considerations in evaluating a potential sire.

By Alan Leavitt

Inbred means that the same horse’s name appears twice when the sum of those two generations in which it appears is six or less. Working from a fallible memory, one current horse that comes to mind is Captain Crunch, who is 3 x 3 to Artsplace. It’s not my intention to write ads for anyone’s stud, but that close cross to a truly great racehorse and sire can only be a benefit to Crunchy.

By now you’re probably tired of hearing that 2-year-old racing brilliance is the best indicator of a horse’s sire potential, but it is. A further refinement of racing class is gameness. Look for a 2-year-old that liked the front end, one who wasn’t afraid to wire the field, or die trying.

Good sires come in all sizes, but whether large or small, you want a sharp headed horse, with a big, full, expressive eye. The only exception here is that most trotters now come with big ears. How that happened is beyond me, but it’s now the norm.

Here, a digression re: selling yearlings.

A smart breeder will enhance the appearance of his sales stock by rubbing a little baby oil on their nostrils, around their mouths, and around their eyes. That’s especially effective when they’re being shown to potential buyers, and in the sales ring itself. And if you happen to have a saddle horse background, you’ll also use a sponge and baby oil on the inside of their ears.

Which brings up another small but useful point, the importance of trimming a yearling’s ears carefully.

Again with the show horses, anyone from that world can make even the biggest yearling’s ears look sharp and proportionate. When you’re doing that close kind of work with clippers, you need a little can of kerosene to periodically dip the clippers in and keep them cool.

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the horse in question happens to be closely bred, i.e. inbred.

horsemanship from Earl Teater, the great saddle horse trainer at Castleton. Francis Dodge was the owner of Castleton in its glory days at the horse shows, with that division of the Castleton operation going by the name of Dodge Stables.

Lovely Rikki Caldwell (nee Van Lennep) was part of her mother’s Dodge Stables when she was a young woman and rode Lover’s Sensation to several world championships.

Besides Bill Brown, Francis McKenzie started at Castleton, and he then went on to manage Walnut Hall Stud and Almahurst Farm. Albert Adams, another crackerjack horseman, learned his trade under Francis at Almahurst. And another top horseman, Art Zubrod, learned his trade as a saddle horse trainer before switching to standardbreds.

The saddle horse influence can still be seen in the way the Peninsula yearlings always go into the sales ring with their manes and foretops in long, crisscrossed braids, like all five gaited show horses.

Back to picking a sire, take a look at the horse’s pedigree. Herein lies a contradiction in terms; every stallion is an entity unto himself, and his pedigree is meaningless except in one possible exception. That exception occurs if

We don’t breed pacers, so I’m not promoting any of our stock, but don’t be surprised if Crunchy hits as a sire.

Along the same lines, my dear friend Lina Alm, from Sweden, pointed out to me the close breeding of both Varenne and Viking Kronos. Varenne is one of the greatest trotters who ever wore a bridle, and equally overwhelming as a sire.

Varenne’s pedigree is almost entirely American blood, with the sole exception of his dam, whose first two sires on tail-male top line are Italian-bred. His dam’s grandsire is Sharif Di Iesolo, a legendary racehorse in Europe. And even he is by an American-bred horse, Quick Song, by Victory Song.

Varenne is inbred 3 by 3 to Speedy Crown, and line bred 4 by 4 by 4 to Star’s Pride. Here a little immodesty.

This kid bred and sold as a yearling Varenne’s sire, Waikiki Beach, and syndicated and stood Speedy Crown, who, pound for pound, was the best trotting sire we’ve ever seen. Who was it who said, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it”?

Somewhere in all this maybe you can find a clue that will help you breed a world beater, whether or not you braid his or her mane when sale time comes. But if you do, just remember that the best colours for mane braiding and everything else in this world are red, white, and blue.

Studholme Bloodstock Yearling Draft 2022 171: Bay Colt

272: Bay Filly

Son of champion sire and first foal out of unraced Love You mare. 2nd dam a half sister to Sheemon.

First foal by boom sire out of an Art Major daughter of G1 winner Joanne's A Delight and 1.49 miler Jacks Legend.

Majestic Son – I Love Paris

178: Bay Filly

Father Patrick- Lady of The Moment

1st foal from full sister to Oscar Bonavena.

Dam a half to 9 other winners incl Dr Hook and Moment of Truth.

Captaintreacherous – Crispr

321: Bay Colt

Art Major – I’m So Lucky

2nd foal from Roll With Joe daughter of dual Group 1 winner Turkana.

188: Bay Colt

363: Bay Colt

Last foal from champion 2x G1 producing Sundon mare. Colt also a half to dam of Muscle Mountain.

2nd colt from Mach Three half sister to Group 1 winner Major Trojan.

Father Patrick – Paramount Star

Art Major – Odds And Ends

195: Bay Colt

371: Bay Filly

Colt by exciting sire out of Pegasus Spur 1/2 sister to 4x G1 winner, King Denny. 2nd dam 1/2 sister to Sundon.

By leading North American 2YO sire out of a 5 race winning Bettor's Delight sister to On The Cards (11 wins).

Father Patrick – Sungait Sally

Captaintreacherous – On The Town

205: Bay Filly

380: Bay Colt

Daughter of boom sire out of G1 winning Sundon mare and dam of G2 NZ Oaks winner, Cheerful.

Full brother to G1 Queen of Hearts winner, Beyond Words. Dam a 6 race winner by Bettor's Delight.

Father Patrick – Superbowlcheerleader

218: Bay Filly

Art Major – Under The Odds

Full sister to Group 1 winner Major Trojan.

Group 3 winner The Odd Lover and 2 year old winner Artisan.

226: Brown Filly

Lazarus – Wat A Woman

Colt by exciting freshman sire and half to Manhattan and Yuko. 2nd dam half to Scuse Me.

Art Major – Quote Me

398: Bay Colt

Captaintreacherous – Secret Lotion

Out of full sister to dual G1 winner, Secret Potion and half sister to dam of True Fantasy, multiple Group 1 winner.

409: Bay Colt

Captaintreacherous – Start Dreaming Colt 2nd foal from 3x Group 1 placed and Group 2 winning daughter of American Ideal.

All yearlings proudly supplemented by Hanley Formula.

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Phoebe Stud stepping up to next level Duane Ranger In spite of attending many Sales over the years as a vendor, Grant Beckett, feels Phoebe Stud is stepping into the great unknown come the National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch from February 14-16.

The stud will have two of its sires represented for the first time.

“I have no idea what this Sale will bring. I know Alan Clark has three in from our two trotting stallions. American and French stallions have usually dominated, and it’s so good to see local sires like our two, One Over Da Moon and En Solitaire being represented.

“This has to be good for the trotting industry. Time has come for change, but are the spenders willing to take the chance?

I hope so, because our stallions have the runs on the board,” Beckett said.

“We are very passionate about the squaregaiter here and it’s exciting to see Royal Aspirations progeny doing a great job on the track,” he added.

Royal Aspirations and Imperial Count have four foals between them at the Christchurch Sale. They are: • Lot 139: Imperial Count - The Ginga's Sister (CR Commando) Bay colt. A L Clark.

• Lot 149 : Royal Aspirations - Anguish (Angus Hall) Bay filly. R and J Aubrey.

• Lot 173 : Royal Aspirations - Lady Muscles (Muscles Yankee) Bay colt. A L Clark.

• Lot 182 : Royal Aspirations - Mercadante (Majestic Son) Bay colt. A L and F E Clark.

Beckett reminded readers that Imperial Count left a Group One winner last year when Keayang Livana (out of unraced Sundon mare Poignant) won the $100,000 Vicbred 4yo Super Series Final at Tabcorp Park Melton. ” That 12-win bay filly also nailed the Group Three $24,000 Lightfoot Laurels Free-For-All at the same venue.

“Then there’s Monaro Mia (16 wins and $241,607) and Imperial Whiz (19 wins and $195,432), who have both won about $200,000 across the Tasman.

“It’s just a shame the Australian buyers won’t be here to see the horses in the flesh. Hopefully they will realise what our stallions have done,” Broadfield-based Beckett said.

“I know what we’ve got. It’s just a matter of the public cottoning on to it,” “Our trotting stallions have what it takes to take Australasia into a new home-bred trotting era,” the 52-year-old said.

Phoebe Standardbreds will have just one of its own yearlings at the Christchurch Sale.

“It’s starting to quieten down now. We have just been so busy on the farm. We’ve sold a few on Gavelhouse and we have had a few private Sales, but the yearling side of this year’s Sales will be largely about our two stallions, and how they get on,” Phoebe Stud owner, Grant Beckett, said.

Grant has an interest in only one yearling Lot 170 - a What The Hill - Hot Chocolate Tart (by Continentalman) brown colt who was born on November 26, 2020 on account of G.M. Murray the Becketts and Cambridge horsewoman Nicky Chilcott being prepared by Gael at Broadfields.

"The mare was a lovely trotter, who finished third in the Jewels at Ashburton (2013) behind One Over Da Moon and Majestic Time. She won nine races and more than $100,000.

"We have bred all four foals out of her with Nicky, who was Hot Chocolate Tart's trainer and driver," Beckett said.

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Hot Chocolate Tart, dam Lot 170, winning 2YO Sires Heat Broadfield just under six years ago. They retained 150 acres of the family farm in North Canterbury.

Phoebe Stud has been breeding standardbreds since 2002 and Beckett has been stud stock-man since taking over the family farm in 1993.

The best horses he has bred have been dual Group One winning mare Quite A Moment and juvenile Group placegetters - Duke of the Moment and Hot Chocolate Tart.

“The stallions were added four years ago and we are very excited now to see the progeny develop into competitive racehorses.

They are the promising one-win (from four starts) 2017 Muscle Hill gelding Del Shannon; a 2019 Majestic Son filly, who looks like being a 2yr old and a cracking 2021 Royal Aspirations colt.

Beckett is a fourth generation stud breeder, whose family have farmed sheep, stud rams, and cattle on their Cheviot farm for more than 100 years – and standardbreds since 2002.

He and his wife Di relocated to their Phoebe Stud Farm to

“We are still collecting semen. I do it all myself, and it’s not a problem for us to collect on any day required by our clients, not just the normal collection days. We will do whatever gives the mare the best chance to conceive.

“We are here for everyone and we like to go out of our way for them,” said Beckett.

As well as Royal Aspirations and Imperial Count, Phoebe Stud also stands the former open class pacer Locharburn.

“Watch this space. Early reports of his first crop being broken in are very exciting,” Beckett said.

PHOEBE STANDARDBREDS 2022 SEASON: Stallions available in February 2022

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$1500 plus GST

• Wonderful pedigree! Rising star!

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let s’ celebrate with the Next Generation

Charlotte Mooney

Andrew Breckon, centre with friends and members of the Breckon Farms - Take Ten Syndicate.

Breckon Farms is a brand that is synonymous with on track success - the list of Group 1 winners, national record holders, consistent performers knows no limits.

Elle Mac, ICanDoosit, Linda Lovegrace, In The Spotlight, Cash N Flow, King of Swing, Twist and Twirl, Prince Fearless, Kyvalley Hotpsur, High Gait, are names that roll off the tongue with ease when you start to think of star performers born and bred at the Ohaupo property.

With Group 1 form featuring on the pages of the 35 strong going to Karaka on February 13 there’s a good chance that another star will emerge in a few years. The odds are firmly in the farms favour.

100% of the Class of 2019 have had a top 3 finish, 94% of the Breckon Bred’s from that draft have had a win. There’s a proven formula of success through quality mating, superior animal husbandry and great purchasers giving the stock every chance to succeed.

They are the first to celebrate a graduate’s win and follow them all intently building lifelong relationships with their owners and trainers alike.

Every horse has a journey, and this active interest in the progeny not only fosters repeat business but helps the Breckons continue to make smart breeding decisions through feedback as their stock mature.

There is no better way to celebrate success than alongside others and Syndicates are the new way forward, quality stock becomes more accessible and in turn they bring much needed new blood in to the industry.

The prospect of producing yet another Group 1 winner is the name of the game, but the journey, the people and the celebrations from all the on track successes also play a huge role in Breckon Farms proprietors, Ken and Karen Breckon’s, motivation.

Ken and Karen Breckon.

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George Breckon and partner Charlotte.

Breckon Farms are no stranger to syndicates, in the last decade they have successfully introduced dozens of new people to the industry through their highly successful fillies syndicates claiming Group1 victory with a vast array of horses. It’s a model that has huge benefits for both the farm and the industry.

The celebrations, the camaraderie and the journey that you go on with like-minded racing enthusiasts through Syndicates is not lost on Ken and Karen’s oldest son George.

Growing up with parents who are passionate and have made an significant investment in the industry, George was always going to have an opportunity to embrace the industry and that he has. From accepting I Can Doosit’s Rowe Cup trophy with brother Andrew when he was 11, to investing in the Breckon Farm Syndicates, the next step is naturally to set up his own syndicate and launch with a purchase from the 2022 NZB Standardbred Sales.

“I fell in love with game during my teens. I have always been around racing, but I became enthralled with the sport when I started following trainers and the Breckon bred horses.

Before long I was chomping at the bit to get involved with ownership, so as soon as I could buy a strand of the tail I did. Regardless of the result you really get the bug the first time you watch your horse go round.

It’s the excitement of placing a bet, but multiplied tenfold.

I have watched my parents syndicate horses, and get their friends involved and I wanted too replicate it. I’ve introduced racing to several mates and they love the thrill and the atmosphere.”

Testament to this was the attendance of George and Andrew’s friends at Alexandra Park on December 17th for Bettor Twist’s Group 1 victory in the Rosslands Stud Queen of Hearts. The cheers could have been heard across Auckland and that is just that type of vibe that Racing in New Zealand needs.

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George will not enter this next chapter alone, he has joined forces with one of his best mates and fellow racing enthusiast Nick Wright and they will seek the guidance from one of New Zealand’s most successful Yearling Purchasers in Philip and Glenys Kennard to offer support and guidance.

“When Philip and Glenys Kennard gave Nick and I the opportunity to put a syndicate together it was as if a 10 leg multi had come off. Racing is all about the horses, the people and the excitement.”

The Kennards will lend their proven eye to George and Nick in the quest to find their future star. “To see someone with passion for the industry commit to getting the next generation involved is something Glenys and I are happy to support where we can.” Phillip has also indicated he’s happy to be involved in the Syndicate should there be space but the chequebook may be safe with George already being inundated with interest.

“It’s an endless quest to find the best, and I now have the opportunity to share this with my generation. Just through word of mouth the interest has exploded.

Anyone can get in touch with me if they want to get involved or just have a chat.

I love the industry and I can’t wait to get into the syndication action!”

It’s exactly this enthusiasm and drive that the industry needs.

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A new career starts I a loving home & a second career begins...

Left: Kypros Kotzikas with Charlotte Mooney celebrating Master Lavros 2015 Dominion.

Bottom right: Dan Patterson and Master Lavros.

Photo credit: Dan Patterson

An 18 year old young man in North Otago is

preparing to head to the historic rural campus of Telford, the Southern Institute of Technology in

Balcutha, for a year before commencing a career

in veterinary science at Massey University.

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John Mooney

A champion of New Zealand trotting is a year into his new career as a showing standardbred.

Dan Patterson and Master Lavros, new beginnings for each, ARE building a wonderful relationship and a formidable reputation in the showring.

Living on a lifestyle block in Hakataramea Dan has just finished at Timaru Boys High School. About a year ago he was looking for a riding horse. He mentioned it to his family friend Beth Fergusson a daughter of Jane Campbell, Kypros Kotzikas’ partner. A little while later an unexpected gift arrived at the farm - Master Lavros, one of our recent trotting greats.

Master Lavros who retired in 2017 had been broken into the saddle, but nothing much had been done with him.

The big horse was pretty used to getting things to go his way and had a dominating style of racing.

“He’s turned into bit of a softie,” said Dan. “It is pretty magic for me. His walk and trot are good with cantering something we are working on. He is a very gifted horse.

“He loves the jumping and that photo is one of my favourites. We are at about 70cm now and he is doing it comfortably.

“I can tell you that this has been a very enjoyable experience.

I have stuck to the shows around Oamaru. Today (Sunday 16th January) he won Inhand Champion, and overall Standardbred for the show together with three firsts, four seconds three thirds and a couple of fourths for groomed, combination handling, best paced etc.

“I’m taking things quietly with “Master”. We have about 10 standardbreds in the classes here. Next season we will go further afield to the bigger A&P shows and championship shows.

“While I’m away my younger sister Meg will look after him.

She’s been great helping me.”

Master Lavros (Sundon – Lavra Noblesse – Sierra Kosmos) was bred by Mary and Kypros Kotzikas winning $600,000 and five Group 1s: the Dominion in 2013 and 2015, the Rowe Cup in 2013 and 2014 and the NZ Trotting Championship in 2014.

He was the 2014 Trotter of The Year.

Trained and driven by Mark Jones Master Lavros often left his connections scratching their heads and frustrated. However the results in 2014 and 2015 demonstrated his class and the benefits of the Jones’ stables beach training and the dedicated care of Regan Todd.

Dan Patterson and Master Lavros.

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Stallions Australasia Sires available in February 2022 …

Monkey Bones Now is the time to breed yourself a "grey!" Get yourself a standout trotter while you can. This top producing son of Angus Hall has left many Classic winners on both sides of the Tasman and his daughters are a "classic" match to many of the top sires now standing downunder.

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Lucky Chucky A son of the ill fated Windsong's Legacy (the sire of Chapter Seven and grand sire of 2021 superstar sire Walner) Lucky Chucky has sired the winners of three NY Sires' Stakes Championships. Lucky Chucky is a proven percentage sire in both NZ and Australia with over 33% winners to date including the just turned 3yos in 2022.

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Wishing Stone The best performed son of his sire Conway Hall, Wishing Stone now stands in Europe where he has classic winners in at least four different countries In Australia he has 80% winners to starters with an average earnings per starter of over $45,000.

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Southwind Frank This former Trotting 2yo of the Year and World Champion now has just turned 2yos in both NZ and Australia. In North America his third and largest crop to date has just turned 2yo. From his first crop he has the big winning filly Flawless Country t2 1.53, $567,819 and the speedy colt Delayed Hanover t3 1.51.2 $393,928.

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Trixton A top ten ranked three year old sire every season in North America, Trixton progeny has p[erformed with distinction in both Europe and North America. Limited by low numbers of mares bred in his early seasons downunder Trixton is now standing at a reduced service fee.

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The only Muscle Hill is sure to be a highlight I Duane Ranger Having the only Muscle Hill foal at the 2022 National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch from February 1416 is a highlight for Stallions Australasia. That foal is MUSCLE DASH, Lot 141 - Muscle Hill - Triple A (by Sundon).

The co-owner of Stallions Australasia, Peter O’Rourke, (along with David Shammall of South Australia) said he hoped buyers would snap up the son of the world’s number one trotting sire.

“He’s an exciting level-headed colt who should attract some attention. His pedigree should take him a long way. His older full sister - Alderbaran Alissa - has so far won eight races in Australia, including a Group Three in 1:57.7,” O’Rourke said.

MUSCLE DASH is one of three yearlings being sold by Stallions Australasia in Christchurch. The other two yearlings include Lot 165 - a Father Patrick Exit (Muscle Hill) brown filly.

“This Sale is perfect timing for her. This yearling is just the second foal out of this Muscle Hill mare. Her first foal - Tripod (by Wishing Stone) is also going well in Australia having won three of his five starts, including his last two at Shepparton and Yarra Valley.

“Tripod was a beautiful looking yearling. This maternal family is stacked with classic winners, and the Muscle Hill influence should only add to this success."

TACTICAL DASH is Lot 175 - a Tactical Landing - Habibti Sadie (Pegasus Spur) a bay colt.

“This colt is from our first crop of Tactical Landing ‘Down Under’. This stallion is a Breeders’ Crown champion whose first USA crop produced several $100,000 yearlings, including a top-priced $240,000 yearling. He is a good size horse that looks to match his beautiful temperament. O’Rourke said.

“His family has some serious New Zealand racing success close up with his 2018 Trotting Broodmare of the Year grand dam producing Group 1 performers Habibi Inta, Habibti and Habibti Ivy and the talented Releven Dream and Lothario”, said O’Rourke.

Stallions Australasia is represented by three other Tactical Landing foals in Christchurch and one in Karaka on February 13. They are: • Lot 143: A Tactical Landing - U Dream (Love You) brown colt named Alderbaran What, on account of Aldebaran Lodge.

• Lot 145: A Tactical Landing - Wilma's Mate (Pegasus Spur) bay colt named Wilma's Boy, on account of Richard Cornelius.

• Lot 183: A Tactical Landing - Petite One (Angus Hall) bay filly, on account of Taffy Ltd. • Lot 41 (Karaka): Tactical Landing- Classic Armbro (Armbro Invasion) bay colt. A grandson of champion trotter, Merinai for Breckon Farms.

O'Rourke said with the extended breeding season, he still has frozen semen available for several Stallion Australasia sires, including the likes of Monkey Bones ($1,500 plus GST), and Lucky Chucky ($1,800 plus GST).

Stallions Australasia will also have three other successful stallions represented at the Christchurch Sale, namely Southwind Frank, Trixton, and Wishing Stone: • Lot 160: A son of Wishing Stone and Dark Ops (by CR Commando) named Stone Gold. He will be sold by Alan Clark of Orari.

• Lot 144: A Trixton - Ugly Betty (Earl) bay filly selling on account of Beaudiene Breeding Otautau.

• Lot 146: a son of Southwind Frank and Wishful Dreams (By Angus Hall), selling for Jordash Breeding Trust, P. M. O'Shea, H. M. F. Hanning and M. P. Hanning.

“I’m sure they will win some black type races, and that’s what it’s all about,” O’Rourke said.

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Lot 141: MUSCLE DASH Muscle Hill – Triple A Bay Colt

Lot 165: (UNNAMED) Father Patrick – Exit Brown Filly

Lot 175: TACTICAL DASH Tactical Landing – Habibti Sadie Bay Colt

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I only Have Eyes For I Chevy John Mooney

Top: Wilson House First Win, Carrera Lucia, Chevy at work.

Far left: Midnight Hour with Miss Telly and Romano.

Left: Midnight Hour with Melissa’s nephew Harvey Lammas 5yrs at time.

“I went over easter weekend, Erin Gale lead me around the track, then I went solo! I was smitten. Anzac Day they dropped him off.” said Melissa “Six days later we were at Manawatu harness clerking.”

Melissa Lammas started riding when she was

“Chevy is a little bit of a star. Jay Abernethy who drove him says there are few horses that can do what he is doing.”

enthusiasts that “riding is in the blood.”

Chevy is now the clerk of the course horse at Awapuni, Woodville and Manawatu harness.

three. Her surname demonstrates to racing

She held a jumps license five seasons riding in the South Island and Central Districts.

Mum and Dad are clerks of the course in and around the lower North Island. She first helped them at the Bayer Classic meeting when it was first held at Otaki, aged 12.

At Easter 2017 Melissa saw a Facebook advert for a standardbred: not broken but had done in-hand work. She rang and spoke to Wendy Gale who was over the moon at the potential life after racing for the gelding trained by husband Doug.

Midnight Hour then a four-year had just been retired after a 3rd in the Wairarapa. ‘Chevy’ as he is now known is in a unique class in this country: he is a pure-bred American standardbred being an American Ideal out of the imported Abercrombie mare, Shoshona Hall, bred by Rod Croon.

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“We know of only one other standy who has been a gallops clerk horse. He is the only Trackside horse.”

“I think the world of him, I’ll never get another like him.

Last year Alan Sharrock walked up to me at Awapuni and said if it was not for the brand he wouldn’t believe he was a standardbred because he such an outstanding horse. I thought wow!

“Every year we go the Palmerston North Square for gear-up day, he just stands there.

“I try to support the local standardbred show classes but clerking is the priority. He has had an old injury so jumping is limited to small jumps when we go hacking.

“He has a big fan base. Jockeys like him. He likes

leading a naughty thoroughbred. When they lean in on him he just flicks his little bum around and say ‘no mate you’re doing what I want you to do!

“The bond between us is great:

“He loves the beach. My nephew Harvey Lammas loves him.

He lead him in the turn-out class at Nationals. Mum, who never likes my horses, adores him. Dad took him to clerking recently and Harvey was really concerned that “papa has stolen him!”

course horse.”

that is why he is a great clerk of

“Chevy and I have caught loose jumpers on and off the track.

Sometimes I’m like ‘oh god mate how we going to do this? He just says we got this mum.

“He is very comfortable leading a horse up behind the moving mobile and then dropping back.

The other week at Awapuni there was a bad accident. A loose horse came round the corner and I saw no bridle, a big oops!

I thought “we’ve not got this one Chevy.” But no, he just said again I got this and slowed it up pushing it to the rail, and someone was able to grab it.

“The night we had a driverless loose cart and false start at Manawatu the mobile was coming around slowly towards us, the horse was not far behind it on outside I thought I can’t turn in front of the mobile. He whipped around the end of the oncoming arm, nearly took my foot off, turned and he pushed it to the outside. I thought ok Chevy I like your style.

“The bond between us is great: that is why he is a great clerk of course horse.

Chevy at his 11th outing, 3rd show, was third in a Livamol class National champs. A couple of weeks back at Levin, ridden by Melissa’s friend Taneisha Robinson, Chevy got champion Inhand, reserve champion ridden and won the Livamol class. He was back on the job at Trentham also.

Top right: Melissa’s Display Wall for Gear-Up Day. Bottom left: Livamol NZ Standardbreds Nationals.

Bottom right: Chevy Clerking at Awapuni.

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DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka completion approaching With the highly anticipated opening of the DoubleTree

by Hilton Karaka only a few short weeks away, New Zealand Bloodstock is thrilled to update prospective clients on the hotel’s progression as it enters the final stage of development.

Construction, which began in early July 2019, has not been smooth sailing for all parties involved after being forced to shut down due to the country’s COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown.

With the delays now behind them, the hotel remains on track to open in quarter one of 2022 and will offer 122 stylish guest rooms including five suites, iconic dining in Ethereal Artisan Kitchen and Horseshoe Bar along with conference facilities set amongst the picturesque grounds at Karaka.

New Zealand-based architecture and design company, Pacific Architecture, has been at the forefront of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka’s development.

Interior design lead Kurt Taylor is pleased with the entirety of the project as it enters the final stages.

“Overall, the development is progressing well and we are excited to see the project nearing completion.”

Conveniently located just seconds from the motorway exit, the new hotel and its grand interior draws inspiration from that of an elegant country home and the guest room design itself is a rejuvenation of New Zealand’s working stud farms.

“Guests should walk into the rooms and feel like they’ve been invited into someone’s home,” Taylor said.

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lounge chair, throw blanket and floor lamp.

“Guests also have the option of intimate in-room dining around a multi-function glass and burnished steel table.

“The generously appointed bathrooms have been created with an oversized stone vanity and large walk in shower,” he said.

Pacific Architecture wanted the lobby, bar and restaurant areas within the shared spaces of the hotel to form parts of a larger, integrated space.

“Whilst they need to have their own identities, the spaces are designed to be shared and fluid,” commented Taylor.

“The lobby is designed to feel like an extension of the guest rooms, resonating with the lounge or library of the home that guests have been invited into.

“There is a generous terrace adjoining the bar and restaurant overlooking the swimming pool, with large fireplaces bookending.

NZB Director and Operations Manager, James Jennings, has overseen the development of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka since its inauguration.

“We are extremely pleased with the progression of the hotel to-date and we look forward to its grand opening, as well as hosting an array of clientele on the grounds at Karaka.”

“We are very impressed with the designs around the entrance, lobby, bar and restaurant which we think is going to make it a wonderful hub, not only for our clients over the duration of our sales, but for the general community at large,” Jennings commented.

Hotel Manager Fabien Dewelle, with an extensive background with Hilton properties worldwide, has been an integral part in ensuring the doors are ready to open.

“Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure we can accommodate guests with our signature warm cookie welcome, which is built into the fabric of how a DoubleTree by Hilton operates.” Dewelle commented.

“We look forward to connecting with the community and guests in Karaka as well as sharing our unique DoubleTree spirit to the those who travel our beautiful region,” he said.

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A Little at a Time, but a Mighty Time it is Duane Ranger Southland lawyer and breeder, Murray Little, has just been served up the perfect entree for the main meal, which is the 2022 National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch from February 14-16, where he has four yearlings.

Invercargill-based Little, who has owned Havtime Breeding since 2016, saw one of his progeny smash the track record at Roxburgh by two seconds on January 4.

It came in race eight when the Kirsten Barclay trained and Brent Barclay driven, Mighthavtime paced 2,180m mobile in 2:40.3 - mile rate 1:58.3.

Mighthavtime is 3-year-old Betterthancheddar filly, and is the fourth of seven foals out of the onewin 2009 Christian Cullen mare, One Christian. It was just her second start.

“Not many fillies smash a track record by two seconds at just their second start. Kirsten has got the filly working very well and being so young there’s a heap of improvement left in her yet.”

One Christian’s sixth foal - an Art Major filly named, I Onlyhavtime, is Lot 369 at the Christchurch Sale.

Little said he was hopeful rather than confident of a nice price.

“I’d like to think that the half-sister’s Roxburgh record might push the price up, but you never know in this game.

“You could say I’m a little bit apprehensive, especially with the Australians not being here. I’ve had my horses videoed but it can be hard buying a horse off a monitor. You don’t get to see and feel the horse close up,” said Little.

He said One Christian’s first two foals were colts followed by five fillies.

“The filly is a half-sister to the smart six-win pacer, and foal number two - Christianshavtime (by American Ideal). Her grand-dam is also a fullsister to the champion mare and quality producer One Dream,” Little said.

The 67-year-old commercial, property and estate lawyer has three other yearlings that could attract some nice prices at the Sale.

They are (with Little’s comments): Lot 345 – an Art Major Luvtahavtime (Bettor’s Delight) bay colt named Wehavtime.

“He’s out of a lovely mare. He has nice long legs and looks like he might need a little bit of time.”

Lot 358 – an Art Major Musthavtime (American Ideal) bay colt named Sodoyouhavtime.

“He’s a nice colt who looks like he might go early. I really like him.”

Lot 413 – an Art Major - Survano Hanover (Holmes Hanover) bay colt named Neverhavtime.

“I like the way this fella is built.

He is strong in the hind legs and is a big, bold looking horse who looks strong.”

Little said last year he had four horses in the Sale and brought two home.

“I actually like to take a punt and if they are not Sales ready I like to bring them up, race them, and then sell them. That’s exactly what I did with Boyzhavtime, owned with nephew Malcolm and his wife Sandra.

“We sold him privately to Australia in June 2020. We raced him three times and he placed twice, including a third in a Group Three race (Sapling Stakes) at Ashburton.

“He has gone on to win six of his 14 starts in New South Wales and placed in three others. he also boasts a 1:53.4 mile-rate over there.

A late starter to the breeding game, Little bought his first horse at the Sales in 2012 when purchasing the 2010 Mach Three - Birchbrook (Soky’s Atom) mare, Popular.

“She won one race before I started breeding from her in 2016. She left four foals - Allaboutart (2016 Art Major filly); Boyzhavtime (2017 Bettor’s Delight colt); and Mayuhavtime (2019 Art Major filly). The mare also has an American Ideal weanling.

Havtime (Mach Three – Better Move It) , Little’s most successful racehorse owned with Malcolm and Sandra, was bred by Chrissie Dalgety and Phil and Margaret Creighton.

She won 10 of her 56 starts (placed 15 times) between March 2018 and August 2021 ($385,788). The former Barry Purdon trained mare’s best wins came in the 2018 and 2019 when she nailed the 2YO then 3yo Listed PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sales Fillies Series Finals.

The most successful horse Murray has bred is Betterhavtime (Bettor’s Delight – Donthavtime – Mach Three) sold to Lincoln Farms who has now won 27 in Australia for $121,000.

Little has a property and barn near the beach. He handles, feeds, and tends to his horses each morning at 6am before heading to his day job as a lawyer.

Then at 5.30pm he can be seen feeding up.

“ I like to have my horses in tip-top condition before I send them on to my trainers.

I’ve never trained. I’m merely a groom – a lover of horses.”

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HAVTIME BREEDING presents four outstanding yearlings from it’s 2022 NZB National Yearling Sales Draft Lot 345: Wehavtime Bay Colt

Art Major – Luvtahavtime Out of a lovely mare.

He has nice long legs and looks like he might need a little bit of time.

Lot 358: Sodoyahavtime Bay Colt

Art Major – Musthavtime He's a nice colt who looks like he might go early.

I really like him!

Lot 369: I Onlyhavtime Bay Filly

Art Major – One Christian With Christianshavtime’s record and Mighthavtime’s potential this filly excites me.

LOT 413: Neverhavtime Bay Colt

Art Major – Suvarno Hanover I like the way this fella is built.

He is strong in the hind legs and is a big, bold looking horse who looks strong.

Please contact MURRAY ILITTLE: 021 221 7167 for inspections.

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WA syndicate a Magnificent success Peter Wharton

Magnificent Storm in one of his many Gloucester Park wins.

Photo: Paceway Photos

The giant Perth-based syndicate Oz-West Pacing has cheered home the winners of more than 500 races during the last 20 years, mainly with New Zealand-bred pacers.

During this period the group has garnered most of the big plums of WA Harness Racing including the WA Pacing Cup with Maheer Lord, the Fremantle Cup and Australian Pacing Championship with Shardon’s Aflyin, the WA 4&5YO Championship (Precious Dylan), the Westral Mares Classic (Millview Sienna), the Westbred 2YO Classic (To Fast To Serious and Rock On Top) and the Westbred 3YO Classic with Blue Chip Adda and New World Order.

Pacific Warrior, winner of the RWWA Cup, Ohoka Du Nord (Pinjarra Cup), Asian Paradise (WA Empress Stakes), Cyclone Banner (The Chandon), Precious Maiden, Cromac Johnny, Robbie Brydon and Aloha Christian are among others on the list of star performers to don the famed blue and gold Oz-West Pacing colours.

The gelding is the latest of a host of topliners selected in NZ for Oz-West Pacing by astute Cambridge bloodstock agent Richard Tong.

“We also buy from the NZ yearling sales and the local sales in Perth and we breed five or six foals of our own each year,” Tomlinson said.

Typhoon Banner, a winner of nine races including three at Gloucester Park to date, was purchased by the group at the 2018 NZ Yearling Sales, while Mister Constitution, an American Ideal half-brother to the smart WA youngster Youre So Fine, was a $15,000 buy at last year’s NZ Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Christchurch.

“Mister Constitution trialled recently and his trainer Dylan Egerton-Green is really pleased with him,” Tomlinson said.

“He’ll go for a short break and probably start racing in March or April.”

But the lightly raced but highly talented four-year-old Magnificent Storm promises to be the ace in the pack.

Another rising two-year-old showing promise with Aiden De Campo is the homebred Sorridere, a half-brother by Sunshine Beach to To Fast To Serious.

“I think he’ll be the best one we’ve ever raced,” Oz-West Pacing chief Rob Tomlinson predicted.

Tomlinson is a great advocate of NZ bred stock.

Bought as a three-year-old in NZ, the American Ideal gelding won at his first 12 appearances before being edged out by Minstrel in the Group 1 $200,000 WA Golden Nugget.

In all, he has won 18 of his 22 starts and $326,044 in stakes including the Group 1 WA 4YO Classic, the Group 2 WA 4YO Championship, James Brennan Cup and Navy Cup, the Group 3 York Cup and the WA Marathon (Listed).

Magnificent Storm will be one of the leading fancies for the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup to be held at Gloucester Park on February 4.

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“They’re raised a lot better than they are here in Australia.

They’ve got the broodmare base. You can buy one and they’ll keep improving,” he said.

Besides Magnificent Storm and Typhoon Banner, Oz-West Pacing has enjoyed plenty of recent success with the brilliant Westbred juveniles Rock On Top and Maungatahi and a trio of talented three-year-olds in Ezana NZ (5 wins from 6 starts), Lucky Galleon and Rock On The Beach.

The Oz-West Pacing team are trained by Ray Williams, Aiden De Campo and Dylan Egerton-Green.

Tomlinson is a great advocate of NZ bred stock.

“They’re raised a lot better than they are here in Australia. They’ve got the broodmare base.

You can buy one and they’ll keep improving,” he said.

Tomlinson, owner of Regency Foods, along with Damian Keating and Peter Morris are the key players in the syndicate.

A third generation harness racing member, Tomlinson trained winners in his own right as his grandfather Bob and father John did before him.

“The first horse I raced with Grant Williams was Plenty Of Action.

He won 10 races and it just grew from there,” he said.

“The first one we bought through Richard Tong was Heez Ruthless.

He won eight in a row at one stage and earned about $120,000 before we sold him to America.”

Buoyed by the deeds of Magnificent Storm, Oz-West Pacing looks destined to make a big impact on WA racing in 2022 and beyond.

Oz-West Pacing chief Rob Tomlinson and his family with Damian Keating (far right) and driver Dylan Egerton-Green. Photo: Scott Hamilton, Hamilton Content Creators

Standout yearlings at Karaka or Christchurch 2022 09 December 2021 In Budget 2018, the Government announced its policy that would allow new investors in standout yearlings (both thoroughbred and standardbred) purchased with the intention to breed in the future for profit will be able to claim income tax deductions as if they had an existing bloodstock breeding business. Investors will also be taxable if the standout yearling is subsequently sold for a profit.

A standout standardbred yearling must be purchased at Karaka or Christchurch 2022 and cost more than:

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A yearling purchased through a syndicate, or subsequently syndicated following its purchase at Karaka or Christchurch 2022 sale, that is set up for breeding would also qualify the new investor to claim income tax deductions under the policy. However, to be eligible for the policy the investors will have to provide Inland Revenue with evidence within 4 months of acquiring the yearling that they intend to derive a profit from breeding the high-priced yearling.

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That group of mares produced a larger percentage of colts which has led to the increase from 8 yearlings to 13 the breeders will offer this year.

“These mares were bred in 2019 and then we had more colts born the following year, so that made that job of selecting the ones for the sales a lot easier.”

“We generally put our well-bred colts through the ring.”

“We have got colts by Bettor’s Delight, Always B Miki, Captaintreacherous, and those are really commercial sires, so it makes sense.”

Spreydon Lodge will offer four Bettor’s Delight colts in 2022.

Among them is Lot 283, the first foal from well-performed Christian Cullen mare Eden Franco.

Vincent

After a highly successful 2021 National Yearling Sale, Spreydon Lodge is back in a big way in 2022.

Amid outstanding results last year, the Canterbury breeders set the sale ring alight when selling a Vincent colt from Suzys Delight for $215,000.

Spreydon Lodge is back in 2022 with another Vincent colt from Suzys Delight, as well as another of the rookie sire’s colts from their classy former Group One winning racemare Nearea Franco.

After leaving a line-up of smart horses by established sires, including star pacer Nike Franco, at mating time Spreydon Lodge GM Ged Mooar thought it was about time to mix things up.

And neither mare nor stallion has let him down.

“She is an older mare now and she has done a super job,” Mooar said.

“She has got Shan Noble running around at the moment and he is racing well.”

“We thought we would give her a shot with Vincent and she has left a lovely colt.”

“The Vincents sold were well received last year and he has had two-year-olds at the workouts before and after Christmas.”

“The trainers are pleased with them and they like working with them.”

The Nearea Franco colt – Lot 357 – is one of three Vincent yearlings Spreydon Lodge will offer in Christchurch.

Before the Suzys Delight colt – Lot 414 – goes under the hammer a colt from Champagne Franco – Lot 259 – will be offered.

As well as Nearea Franco, her daughter Nicaea Franco will also be represented at the National Yearling Sales in 2022.

Lot 366 is a colt from the race-winning mare by Captaintreacherous.

Mother and daughter are part of a broodmare band Mooar and the Spreydon Lodge team are constantly trying to improve.

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“Eden Franco is a mare we raced in Western Australia, she did a super job over there winning 12 races.”

“We bought her back and sent her to Bettor’s Delight and she has left a really nice colt.”

“He’s bred on the very good Bettor’s Delight-Christian Cullen cross and he is a really nice type.”

Another of the Spreydon Lodge Bettor’s Delight colts is from the Legend family which has sold well at so many sales in the past.

Lot 210 is from The Legend, a half-sister to one of New Zealand’s richest ever exports in Bit Of A Legend, as well as big performers London Legend and Lookofalegend.

San Rafaella was a strong performer on the track before leaving smart types like Franco Santino and Puntarno Stride (a sales topper) who were sold through the national sales ring as well as smart race mare Swedish Franco (currently 5 wins).

The Western Ideal mare will be represented in 2022 by Lot 395, a Captaintreacherous colt.

“We sold the full brother to Cran Dalgety last year and he told us he has broken in really nicely,” Mooar said.

“This guy is a lovely looking type and hopefully he will be in demand, as well.”

San Rafaella’s first foal, four-race winning mare Selena Franco is in the same boat as her dam in 2022.

The McArdle mare’s yearling colt by Art Major sold well last year and she is back in the sales book again this year through Lot 401, a Bettor’s Delight colt.

“Wendy Norquist bought the Art Major last year and he’s gone to Katie Cox.” “We are selling a Bettor’s Delight colt from Selena Franco this year and he is a really lovely looking horse.”

An Always B Miki colt from Jean Genie – Lot 322 – is another of the highlights among the Spreydon Lodge draft.

Always B Miki has already provided the breeders with a massive spring and summer through Franco Indie’s monster win in the Group One Sires’ Stakes Final on New Zealand Cup Day as well as being the sire of other impressive youngsters.

SPREYDON N ◆◆◆◆◆ LODGE◆◆ is proud to present its

2022 National Yearling Sale Christchurch Draft Lot 210 Franco Levi (Bettor’s Delight – The Legend colt) A 3/4 brother to the $2,500,000+ earner & two-time Australasian Breeders Crown winner Bit Of A Legend.

Lot 234 Franco Atilla (Ultimate Machete – After Party colt) By a two-time NZ Male Pacer of the Year, out of a sister to the Gr.1 winner Democrat Party.

Lot 259 Franco Cremant (Vincent – Champagne Franco colt) A half to the Australian juvenile Group winner Platinum Revolution.

Lot 283 Franco Elvis (Bettor’s Delight – Eden Franco colt) The first foal from a Gr.2 winning mare. Family of Gr.1 winners Franco Emirate and Franco Edward, as well as AUS 3YO Pacer of the Year Franco Enforce.

Lot 294 Franco Encore (Captaintreacherous – Edinburgh Franco colt) A half to the multiple Gr. 1 winning 2-year-old Franco Edward.

Lot 301 Franco Goodison (Bettor’s Delight – Garden Rose colt) Dam a half-sister to the Gr.1 winners Bettor’s Strike and Arden’s Choice.

Lot 322 Franco Jewel (Always B Miki – Jean Genie colt) By one of pacing’s hottest young sires from the family of Venus Serena, Sheriff and Laver.

Lot 357 Franco Nectar (Vincent – Nearea Franco colt) Dam a two-time NZ Aged Pacing Mare of the Year. A half to 5 winners including the triple Gr.1 winner Nike Franco.

Lot 366 Franco Nova (Captaintreacherous – Nicaea Franco colt) Out of a ½ sister to the multiple Gr.1 winner Nike Franco & 2020 Harness Million runner-up Shan Noble.

Lot 370 Franco Nashville (Art Major – Nyree Franco colt) Dam a winning full sister to the stakes performed 3yo Shan Noble.

Lot 395 Franco Santana (Captaintreacherous – San Rafaella colt) Dam won 10 and has left multiple Group race performers.

Lot 401 Franco Sailor (Bettor’s Delight – Selena Franco colt) Dam a 4-win sibling to two Group performers.

Lot 414 Franco Seb (Vincent – Suzys Delight colt) A ½ to the NZ Derby winner Locharburn.

Photos and videos can be viewed at … www.nzbstandardbred.co.nz and www.spreydonlodge.co.nz from late January.

Inspection of yearlings is welcome.

They can be viewed at Nevele R Stud, Springs Road, Prebbleton Please phone Zane Gregg on 027 444 2854 or Anna Murphy on 021 071 1557 to arrange a suitable time.

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AUSTRALASIAN DOMINATION For decades, New Zealand-bred standardbreds have performed at an elite level on the world stage, demonstrating their strength, stamina and Group One-winning abilities in both hemispheres.

In recent seasons, NZB Standardbred’s very own graduates have added to that lineage of success, dominating on racetracks across Australasia.

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American Dealer (NZ) (American Ideal x Maddison’s Delight) Multiple Group One winner Sale: 2019 Christchurch Yearling Sale, $23,000 Vendor: White Stables Purchaser: Lincoln Farms

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With the oldest just three years of age, NZB Standardbred graduates claimed 14 Group One wins and 27 stakes wins in the 2020-21 season.

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DERBY TITLES A source of classic winners, NZB Standardbred graduates won seven Derbys across Australasia last season alone.

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G1 WINS IN AUSTRALASIA 67 eligible Group One races were won

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NZ STAKES RACE VICTORIES New Zealand-bred horses defended 100% of all Stakes races in New Zealand last season, claiming all 39 Group One pacing and trotting races on the calendar.

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G1 TROTTING WINS New Zealand-bred trotters won 33% of all eligible Group One trotting races in Australia during the 2020-21 season.

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Reproductive performance of Standardbred mares in New Zealand I Jasmine Tanner, Dept. Ag Sciences, Lincoln University Our study recorded overall first-cycle pregnancy rates and end-of-season pregnancy rates that were higher than those reported in Thoroughbreds both in New Zealand and overseas.

Our findings provide substantial benchmark data for reproductive performance of Standardbred mares bred in a commercial artificial breeding setting.

The overall first-cycle pregnancy rate (based on 14-16 day pregnancy scan) was 61.4% (4,441/7,231) and the range across farms was 58.5%-64.2%. There was considerable variability in first-cycle pregnancy rate for mares inseminated both on-farm (range 52.7%-72.5%) and off-farm (range 49.7%67.3%), however we believe this is due to the large size of the breeding operations in this study.

The overall end-of-season pregnancy rate (based on 42-day pregnancy scan) was 85.5% and the range across farms was 83.9%-85.5%. There were 15.5% (1,119/7,231) negative endof-season pregnancy scans overall.

We concluded that “our study indicated a high level of fertility in these horses and is suggestive of considerable competence of personnel involved in the management and care of these animals throughout the whole reproductive process. In addition, these findings provide a benchmark against which reproductive performance of mares in the Standardbred industries can be compared and the competence of persons working in this industry can be judged.”

A total of 3,955 individual mares were enrolled in this study across four breeding seasons and these mares contributed 7,231 mare years and represented 62% of the entire Standardbred mare breeding population in New Zealand from the 2012-2015 breeding seasons.

The study mares were served by 97 different stallions and 46 stallions served 20 or more mares over the study period. Mares were classified as either foaling (wet mares) 52% (3,788/7,231) or non-foaling (barren or maiden mares) 48% (3,441/7,231) and the median mare age was 9 years (interquartile range 7-13 years).

Mares were either located on-farm or off-farm, however for statistical modelling purposes (to reduce bias) we created a variable called study farm which meant the mare was located (or not) on any of the four farms in the study. The descriptive analysis of on-farm vs off-farm showed higher first-cycle and endof-season pregnancy rates of mares located on-farm.

The table below shows the number of mares inseminated on-farm or off-farm (located elsewhere) and subsequent first-cycle and end-of-season pregnancy rates.

The overall foaling rate was 73.1% (5,288/7,231) with no difference detected between farms (range 72.4% - 74.1%). Our foaling rate was slightly higher than the 71% reported in Finnish standardbreds but was lower than Thoroughbreds, but this may be due to the reliance of our study on stud book foaling returns for some foaling outcomes for mares off-farm. As some foals that are born and subsequently die some weeks later may be classified as a ‘no return’ rather than a death.

The median time-to-conception from the start of the breeding season (number of days from 1 September until conception) was 82 (59-107 IQR*) days and ranged from 79 (56-105 IQR) to 86 (63-110 IQR) days across farms. Mares inseminated with fresh semen (6,645) had a first-cycle pregnancy rate 62% and season pregnancy rate 85% and mares inseminated with frozen semen (584) had a FCPR 55% and SPR 79%. (*Inter quartile range between the 25th percent and 75th percent conception in the range).

In the statistical analysis across all models we found the following: • increasing mare age had a negative association with pregnancy outcomes.

• mare status (foaling or non-foaling) had no effect on becoming pregnant.

• mares located on one of the four study farms were more likely to become pregnant than mares located elsewhere.

• mares inseminated with fresh semen were more likely to be pregnant than those inseminated with thawed-frozen semen.

• stallion was included as a random effect to account for stallion effects and this was significant across all models. (This was done to account for the impact of a stallion particularly if one was having difficulty with fertility and adversely impacting the results.)

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OFF-FARM End of season pregnancy Mares rate served 2425 (87.5%)

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First cycle pregnancy rate

End of season pregnancy rate

2706 (60.7%)

3685 (82.6%)

The table below shows the percentage of live foals, and incidence of foal deaths, pregnancy loss after 42-days, and early embryonic or foetal loss (prior to 42-days) from our study population.

Mares served 7231

*Numbers are imbalanced as some mares had an early pregnancy loss and then were subsequently rebred. Additionally negative pregnancy outcomes (misses) are not depicted in this table.

Early Embryonic Death

Aborted after 42-day positive

Foal Dead/Died

Live Foals

424 (5.9%)

563 (7.8%)

263 (3.6%)

5288 (73.1%)

Pregnancy loss between early pregnancy diagnosis (day 14-16) and final pregnancy scan (day 42) was 5.9% in this study and was similar to the losses described by Hanlon in Thoroughbreds in the Waikato. However, pregnancy loss between day 42 of gestation to foaling was 7.8% which is higher than the 3% recorded for this period in Thoroughbred mares based in Waikato.

Despite being a large commercial horse breeding industry, little research has been done on measures of reproductive performance in the Standardbred.

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Despite being a large commercial horse breeding industry, little research has been done on measures of reproductive performance in the Standardbred. Most work has concentrated solely on Thoroughbreds in terms of breeding performance in the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with overall pregnancy rates per cycle reported between 53% to 66%. As the Standardbred industry has a marked difference with the use of artificial breeding techniques compared to the natural mating only restrictions of the Thoroughbred industry it follows that there may be differences in reproductive performance measures.

Somewhat surprisingly a search of previous studies showed that only the effect of inbreeding on reproductive performance had been investigated in the U.S. despite the large Standardbred industry and this had been published in the early 1980s. A study of both Standardbred and Thoroughbred mares by Nath and colleagues in Victoria, Australia reported early pregnancy rates of 68% in Standardbreds, but overall reproductive performance was lower than Thoroughbreds in that study.

An approach was made by myself, along with support from the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association, to some of the stud farms for confidential access to three years of breeding records to conduct this study. I was incredibly grateful to receive excellent data from four stud farms: data was obtained from three farms for the 2012 season, four farms for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, two farms for the 2015 season.

The aim of this study was to quantify first-cycle pregnancy rate, end-of-season pregnancy rate, foaling rate and time-toconception interval in Standardbred mares as baseline data for artificial breeding techniques under commercial conditions and to compare these outcomes to those reported in Thoroughbred studies. We were also interested in determining levels of reproductive wastage in terms of early embryonic or foetal loss up to 42 days pregnant and aborted (slipped) pregnancies after the 42-day scan.

My mentoring panel for this project included Associate Professor Graham Barrell and Professor Jon Hickford both from Lincoln University, and Dr Margaret Evans from New Zealand Equine Research Foundation, along with some guidance on methodology from the late Dr David Hanlon whose tragic and untimely passing leaves a large gap in equine reproductive research.

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I would like to acknowledge the funding and assistance I have received from both the New Zealand Equine Research Foundation and the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association. I would like to thank the studs for their generosity in sharing their data and time with me, without which this study would not have been possible.

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2001 Dream Away – Scuse Me I Family of Nora by Glencoe, CF U305 I 1:59.3 I $10,800 Fourteen foals (ten by embryo transfer), 10 raced, nine winners in two minutes, three in 1:55, two in 1:52, one in 1:50.0, millionaire/double millionaire.

Bred by and thereafter all progeny bred by Charles Roberts (two

by Charles Joseph Ltd).

Out of a Group One winning BGs Bunny mare in Scuse Me (GN Oaks, Taylor Mile), twice NZ Broodmare of Year, Broodmare of Excellence Award winner and NZ mile record holder (1:53.5).

Splendid Dreams progeny have left the winners of 116 races to date in NZ, Australia and North America notably: • 49 race winner Christen Me (Christian Cullen) (26 NZ, 6 AUS, 17 NA), double millionaire, 1:49.1AUS, ten Group Ones • 25 race winner Dream About Me (Bettor’s Delight) (17 NZ, 8 AUS), millionaire, 1:50.1, eleven Group Ones • Easter Cup winner Hands Christian (Christian Cullen), 1:52.5, $321,556 • Aliante (Bettor’s Delight), $103,328, dam of Enjoy Me (American Ideal) • Splendid Deal (In The Pocket), dam of five winners including Maxim, Splendour She is the grand dam of Group One winners Enjoy Me, NZSS – 3f and Maxim NZSS – 2c, VIC Derby, $494,436; third dam of Group One winner Magnificent Storm, WA 4yo Championship, 1:53.0, $326,044.

Splendid Dreams close family relations include Adore Me (Darling Me, Sweet on Me); Have Faith In Me; Imagine Me; Megabucks.

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Starters

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Winners

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Gp1 winners

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$100k winners

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Millionaires

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2.00 winners

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1:55 winners

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1:52 winners

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1:50 winners

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Chiola’s Lass

1987 Chiola Hanover – Game Nelli I Family of Flora B, CF U306 T2:04.0 I $157,779

Foals

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15 foals, 12 raced for 10 winners, four winners in T2:05, two in T2:00; two $100k winners.

Starters

12

Winners

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Bred by Meadowlands Breeding Ltd & Co (National Bloodstock Corporation offshoot), Chiola’s Lass was purchased at the sales by Denis Lauren along with Ian MacKay and Sean McCaffrey.

After racing and the breeding of the first four foals, MacKay left the partnership and his share was taken over by Pip Gerard, the wife of Denis Lauren.

Out of a Game Pride mare by a former USA Trotter of Year and leading NZ trotting stallion of 1990’s in Chiola Hanover.

Chiola’s Lass’s and her daughters have left the winners of 99 races in NZ and Australia notably: • 22 race winner Allegro Agitato (Sundon) (21 NZ, 1 AUS), T1:57.8, $524,399, NZ Trotting FFA (also third twice), NZ Trotting C/S twice (second, third), National Trot (second), Ashburton (second) and Cambridge Trotters Mile (second) twice, AUS Trotting Grand Prix, ANZ Grand Circuit champion; second Bill Collins Mile; third Dominion Hcp; dam of Gershwin, 11 wins, T2:03.5, $91,196, Lady Be Good

Gp1 winners

2

Gp2 winners

2

Gp3 winners

2

$100k winners

2

T2.05 winners

4

T2:00 winners

2

All stats are correct as at 20 Dec 2021

• 24 race winner in Australia, Skyvalley (Muscles Yankee), T1:56.4, $322,675, VIC Breeders Crown 3T and 4T, Bill Collins Mile; successful sire of millionaire Tornado Valley, 39 wins (7 NZ, 32 AUS), T1:53.1, $1,013,477, ID Trotters Grand Final (three heats), AUS Trotting Grand Prix, Bill Collins Mile, Knight Pistol Cup twice, Great Southern Star twice and a heat, Australian Trotter of Year twice, ANZ Grand Circuit champion and Pink Galah’s, 18 AUS wins, T1:54.2, $328,574, VIC Trotters Oaks/Derby, Bill Collins Mile, Darrell Alexander Memorial • Cabaletta (Gee Whiz II), seven wins, T2:03.6, $59,442; dam of Everybody Knows, 13 wins (12 NZ, 1 AUS), T1:58.1, $199,910, Methven Green Mile, Maryborough Trotters Cup; grand dam of Midnight Dash, nine wins, T1:57.9, $163,765, NZSS – Aged Trotters Classic • Rondo (Dr Ronerail), nine wins, T2:05.9, $58,923 • Our Arpeggio (Sundon), six AUS wins, T2:04.1, $19,661, dam of Balletto, seven AUS wins, T1:59.8, $38,871.

This family traces back through Serenelli (dam of Ordeal Trotting Cup winner Briganelli) to Grattan Derby (fourth dam of Happy Highlander, dam of half-brothers Glenbogle T1:57.1, $336,638, Bill Collins Mile and Whatsundermykilt T1:57.6, $510,484, Dominion Hcp; fifth dam of Happy Sunrise), Muriel Derby and Lottie Derby who was exported from NA to Australia in early 1900’s. Lottie Derby’s grand dam was foundation mare Flora B.

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Yearlings offered in this year’s NZB Sales catalogue may be eligible to race in the following series as 2YOs & 3YOs (Subject to sustaining payments being made)

Caduceus Club Fillies Series No. 25 N.Z. Sires Stakes Series No. 40 Nevele R Fillies Series No. 46 Look for the following codes at bottom of each page in catalogue so you can be part of the exclusive series racing for exceptional stake money.

NZSS, Nevele R & Caduceus Next sustaining payment due for the above-mentioned series is July 1st, 2022.

With a fully paid up option available.

N.Z. Sires’ Stakes Series have an estimated total stake pool of $1,200,000 – be a part of it 2YO & 3YO C & G Pacers Finals $170,000 est. plus Heats 2YO & 3YO Fillies Pacers Finals $150,000 est. plus Heats 2YO & 3YO Trotters Championship $65,000 est. plus Preludes

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NEW DEVE LOPI NG RAC ES Woodlands Stud Harness 7000, Garrard’s 3YO Sophomore Classic, Nevele R Aged Mares Classic, Magness Benrow Aged Mares Classic, Lone Star Aged Trotters Classic $40,000 est.

Canterbury Spa & Pool 3YO Trotting Fillies Classique $40,000 est. (Group 3) Paremata Spa & Pool 2YO Trotting Fillies Classique $20,000 est.

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Positive news from the Birthday change – enrolments up 52% If you were wondering whether the change of birthdates was a positive one for the industry, the twoyear-old sustaining payments with the New Zealand Sires Stakes Board provided a perfect litmus test.

Breeders and owners had a deadline of December 1st to make their yearlings eligible for the riches available in ‘Series 39’ and the results have been extremely encouraging.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, industry participants will be aware Harness Racing New Zealand made wholesale changes to the structure of the racing calendar as a result of changing the birth date of Standardbreds from August 1st to January 1st.

One was of the key outcomes of the changes made to the schedule placing several of the age group classics at the back end of the calendar gives every young horse time to develop and a chance to fulfil its potential.

Back in October, New Zealand Sires Stakes Chairman, Peter Evans was quoted as saying; “The changes to the calendar are going to have a big impact on the series we administer going forward and no more than so the two-year-old division.

“We are anticipating further growth in payments and ultimately growth in numbers of horses nominating for heats for the series going forward as a result. There has never been a better time to make your pacer or trotter Sires Stakes eligible.”

The proof is in the pudding as they say. Despite a shrinking foal crop the sustaining payments are up across all three categories including the fillies now eligible for the trotting series. (See below).

Bearing in mind that the sustaining payments do not include the yearlings who were fully paid up as foals or yearlings (that number brings the total eligible pool for Series 39 closer to 570), it is easy to argue that breeders and owners have voted with their internet banking in favour of the changes.

BRAD REID the changes,” said Martin Pierson of the Sires Stakes Board.

“The payments are well up on previous years and the feedback from the participants is that having the season extended provides a much greater opportunity to be ready for each series. Obviously not every horse will make the final, but the disadvantage of being a later maturing type is not as great as it once was,” he said.

The change to horses’ birthdates in New Zealand and subsequent changes to the Group, Listed and Feature Racing Schedule for the 2022 season, means rising two-year-old in the country will now have close to 12 months from the sustaining payment to work their way into contention.

Under the previous model where horses turned a year older on the 1st of August, payments were made less than five months out from their respective Sires Stakes Series finals which were traditionally held in April and May. The increased sustaining payments and having a greater pool of eligibility should correlate to improved field sizes when it comes to the qualifying heats which will be an added bonus for the industry and clubs where the races are programmed.

Going forward, the increased payments will also provide the Sires Stakes Board with the impetus to continue plotting pathways which provide greater returns to owners.

“Aspirational races and stake money will always be at our core, but so too is providing returns to owners for different types of horses and going forward having an increased pool will allow us to look at what different opportunities we can provide,” said Pierson.

Sustaining payments are up a whopping 52% on last year’s total with significant increases for male and females in both gaits.

That is evident in the feature programme with the inaugural running of this years $20,000 Sires Stakes Classique Feature for two-year-old trotting fillies with the investment coming after continued growth in this sector of the sport.

“Having spent a considerable amount of time over the last month or so taking payments and communicating directly with those making the payments, it’s clear to me that breeders and owners can see the benefits of

The sustaining payments are a small but important indicator of success. It is certainly encouraging to see industry participants backing the changes and putting their money where their mouth is.

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SERIES 37 Colts & Geldings Fillies Trotters

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SERIES 36 Colts & Geldings Fillies Trotters

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Total

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Total

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Trotting Fillies

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CAPT MIDNIGHT The pedigree of Capt Midnight is one of the most intriguing and sensational in the breeding world.

When a yearling is sold for $350,000 anywhere in the Harness Racing world, you can be sure it will tick all the boxes in relation to Conformation and Pedigree.

At Harrisburg in 2018 a colt named Capt Midnight found himself in a bidding duel and when the hammer dropped he was off to join the powerful Tony Alagna barn in New Jersey.

CAPT MIDNIGHT

2yo Champlain Stakes - winning by over 7 lengths 1:50.2s

Alagna of course had trained his sire Captaintreacherous to a $3.148 million career, while the dam of this powerful and stunning colt, It Was Fascination, compiled a record of 1:51.2 and $317,222 in prizemoney. Tony Alagna trained her as well.

The fact that the first foal of the dam, Captain Trevor (a full brother to Capt Midnight) was showing some extreme juvenile speed also helped the breeder to his big payday. Captain Trevor in fact won six of his nine starts as a two-year-old and joined that elite group of freshman pacers to take a sub 1:50 record – 1:49.2. Captain Trevor is now standing at stud.

Capt Midnight is now retired to stud duty with a two-season racing resume of 25 starts, eight wins, seven placings and prizemoney of $662,286. He has a two-year-old record of 1:49.4s, a three-year-old record of 1:48.3s and a best time of 1:47.2.

Hall of Fame horseman Tony Alagna: “Capt Midnight is a beautiful, honest and great-gaited horse. He had a great work ethic.

I’ll support him when his offspring sell at auction.”

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Plenty of fillies on offer through Highfields Joshua Smith Tina & Chris Barlow

“But he is the perfect package, he is a lovely colt.”

Their draft is also represented by Woodlands Stud stallion Downbytheseaside.

While they thought it was a bit of a gamble going to the stallion at the time, they are more than happy with the two fillies they have on offer at Karaka in February.

Lot 39 is a half-sister to Group One winners Onlyforyou and A Bettor You, while Lot 47 is from the family of Il Vicolo and Stunin Cullen.

“They are two really nice fillies,” Barlow said. “We took a bit of a punt on a stallion at that stage in his second year. That certainly played out well with seeing what he has done in North America.

“They are really good sizes without being too rangy.

They have got a lot of substance to them. From what I hear everybody is hot on the type.

“The Downbytheseaside that is a half-sister to Onlyforyou is a very nice type of filly.”

Tina and Chris Barlow are looking forward to returning to Karaka in February where they will offer seven yearlings under their Highfields Bloodstock banner.

The makeup of their draft is somewhat different than usual, having a distinct feminine flavour.

While the Barlows would be more inclined to keep some of the fillies to add to their broodmare band in the future, the number of fillies in their yearling crop has forced their hand.

“We have got a very nice draft but they are mostly fillies that ordinarily we wouldn’t have sold,” Tina Barlow said.

“We haven’t got a choice really, if you want to carry on breeding and go to the good stallions then you have to sell every year.”

Barlow said she couldn’t believe it when one foal after the next was a filly.

“When they first started foaling and I got a full sister to a Group One winning filly in Perth I thought fantastic, a new broodmare,” she said.

“Then I got a very nice Bettor’s Delight sister to Heisenberg, and I thought fantastic, this is our new breeding group. Then the fillies kept coming.”

While the Barlow’s will offer six well-bred fillies at Karaka they are looking forward to selling their only colt, Lot 18, the Lazarus colt out of A Chance To Dream, a half-sister to dual Group Three winner Total Defiance.

“The Lazarus colt is a perfect little specimen, but he is smallish, so has gone to Bettor’s Delight certainly in size,” Barlow said.

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Barlow is particularly excited about offering an Art Major full-sister to Group One winner Always An Angel.

She will go through the ring as Lot 33 and Barlow is expecting her to receive a lot of attention from prospective buyers.

“The full-sister to Always An Angel, who is a Group One winner in Perth, is a very nice filly,” Barlow said.

“She is a big Art Major filly but Always An Angel was a very big filly and won five or six races as a two-yearold. She was very athletic, and this filly is exactly the same.”

The Barlows will also offer Lot 27, the Always B Miki filly out of a full-sister to Onlyforyou; Lot 60, the Bettor’s Delight half-sister to Group One performer Heisenberg; and Lot 64, the Sweet Lou filly out of Art Major mare Royal.

The Barlows have a diverse operation, also breeding thoroughbreds and eventing horses, however, standardbreds make up the bulk of their breeding operation.

“We had five or six thoroughbreds and up to 10 standardbreds but we are now sticking to around half a dozen standardbreds and one or two thoroughbreds,” Barlow said.

“We have dabbled slightly in eventers. We have some top line eventers in the country at the moment, a few of our slow racehorses.

“We love the eventing, it is really fun.”

But for the next few weeks their focus will lie purely with the standardbreds as they look forward to offering a seven-strong draft at Karaka on February 13.

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Lot 276:

Otago & Southland’s home of Standardbred Breeding

Lot 281:

Black Colt

Bay Colt

Betting Line – Debnita Rose

Always B Miki – Dudinka’s Angel

Great family: Gp1wrs Chesterton & Boots Electric.

Standout colt. Close relation to Pembrook Playboy.

Lot 300:

Lot 313:

Bay Colt

Bay Colt

Fear The Dragon – Getting Closer

Fear The Dragon – Gracy Lady

Good looking colt out of the Lancome family.

2YO type out of the famed Tuapeka Lodge breed.

Lot 335:

Lot 381:

Bay Colt

Bay Colt

Fear The Dragon – Lillian

Always B Miki – Raconteur

Lovely colt, another from the Tuapeka Lodge

Sharp looking colt from Tuapeka Lodge breed.

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McIntyre, who has owned Macca Lodge (formerly Jaccka Lodge) with his wife Sheree since 2008, has given more than three decades to an industry he loves.

Riversdale-based McIntyre was also bestowed with an award for his contribution to Southland harness racing late last year. He has also trained 56 winners since 1993.

Macca Lodge plays a huge role in the Southland harness racing industry, overseeing the breeding of around 350 standardbred mares each year. They also stand stallions Raging Bull and En Solitaire, and have frozen semen available for Panspacificflight, Fear The Dragon and Capt Midnight.

“We are looking to move our other stallion Net Ten EOM on to Australia, but we have two En Solitaire and three Fear The Dragon foals at Christchurch. We are quietly hopeful with them,” McIntyre said.

But he still feels he is venturing into the unknown this year.

“Who knows what will happen without the Australians here. Sure, they will be able to buy online or through an agent, but I feel it takes a lot away from it with them not being here,” McIntyre said.

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The two En Solitaires are Lots 185 and 200.

Lot 185 is a bay colt out of the 2012 unraced Angus Hall - Only A Moment (by Armbro Invasion) mare, Moment Of Beauty.

Lot 200 is also a colt out of the 2009 It’s A Whiz mare, Springbank Ella. “We have high hopes for him because his mother is a full Sundon sister to Springbank Richard, who won 20 races and almost $700,000.”

McIntyre was also hopeful for Fear The Dragon who will boast Lots 300, 313, and 335: Lot 300 - a Fear The Dragon - Getting Closer (Courage Under Fire) bay colt; Lot 313 - a Fear The Dragon - Gracy Lady (Christian Cullen) bay colt; and Lot 335 - a Fear The Dragon - Lillian (Falcon Seelster) bay colt; Even though there were no Raging Bulls at this year’s Sale, he believed it was only a matter of time.

“His progeny doesn’t usually suit the Sales, but wow you should see his latest crop. They are stunners and could line up next year,” McIntyre said.

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Macca Lodge plays a huge role in the Southland harness racing industry, overseeing the breeding of around 350 standardbred Brent McIntyre mares each year...

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The proprietor of Southland and Otago’s largest standardbred stud farm, Brent McIntyre, says he is apprehensive heading into the 2022 National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch from February 14-16.

Duane Ranger

Bay Colt

En Solitaire – Moment Of Beauty

En Solitaire – Springbank Ella

Great looking colt out of one of NZ’s best families.

Standout colt, full sister to Springbank Richard.

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Macca Lodge Centre Southland breeding Duane Ranger No one wanted the Sweet Lou’s at last year’s, and the Always B Miki’s were just starting out, ensuring an average sale for Macca Lodge’s yearlings at the 2021 National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch.

“We are not holding our breath. I’ve been to a lot of Sales over the years and had our bums smacked. We have a couple of nice colts in again this year, but who knows what it will be like with Covid and no Australians here,” said Macca Lodge proprietor, Brent McIntyre.

“We do have some nice colts though. I really like Lot 281. This colt is by Always B Miki and is out of the 2007 one-win Christian Cullen mare, Dudinka’s Angel.

The grand-dam Dudinka (Save Fuel) won six races as well.

“Then there’s Lot 276. He’s a Betting Line born in October 2020, and is out of the four-win Mach Three - Glenburn Rose (Stand Together) mare, Debnita Rose. And I can’t forget Lot 381 - an Always B Miki Reconteur (Bettor’s Delight) bay colt.

“Who knows what will develop? I think $40,000 for a Captain Treacherous colt was our best single figure return so far. We just hope we do a lot better than last year,” McIntyre said.

The McIntyres bought Macca Lodge from Charlie and Ailsa Smaill, who had transformed their 240-hectare sheep and cattle farm into Jaccka Lodge by the mid-1990s.

“We love it here. We were former sheep farmers at Tussock Creek near Invercargill before we came to Macca Lodge.

“My father and grandfather trained horses on the farm and I’ve had a bit of success with the good mares like Just Jazzan (six wins), her daughter Bonnie Lass (10 wins), and Jamie (seven wins). The latter two are still in the well-bred broodmare band here.”

Macca Lodge is situated on 600 acres of highly fertile Northern Southland pasture near Gore.

And the harness racing family tradition has been kept going by the next generation with son Caine joining his parents in partnership in 2013.

“Macca Lodge takes no chances with valuable bloodstock, offering a 24-hour foaling service.

Our deer-fenced paddocks, custom-built laneways and horse-friendly yards and stalls mean there is no safer place for your mare or newly born foals.

“We can also look after the resulting progeny from conception to birth and right through until it’s time to go to the races.

“You can choose to leave your newly in-foal mare at the stud knowing she will get the best of care from the heights of summer to the depths of winter,” McIntyre said.

2021 – 2022 Stallions Available in February 2022

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$4,500 plus GST (POLF $6,000 plus GST)

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$1500 plus GST (POLF $2000 plus GST)

$1000 plus GST

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The Breeders support our Harness Family I Jonny Turner It is no coincidence that the NZ Standardbred Breeders Association has formed an outstanding partnership with Inkwise.

Inkwise is an independent and New Zealand owned printing company that prints this publication. Their clients include community newspapers, Harcourts Bluebook, Metropol, Mitre10 and Rural News Group.

“For Inkwise “Partnership” is not a buzz word. We work with them in a strong relationship. They are dedicated to the partnership, and always provide us with the best solutions for each project, and the inevitable bumps along the road chasing a deadline,” says John Mooney former Breeders chair.

“We went to Inkwise partially because I met him through racing. “ said John.

Based in Canterbury, Inkwise has printed the past five editions of the NZ Standardbred Sires Register and the six years of this magazine.

With a CEO and a General Manager Sales who both have an interest in harness racing, the association was destined to be a success.

Inkwise CEO and co-owner Steve Gallop has been involved with harness racing for around 20 years.

That involvement couldn’t have started off on a better note.

“Mike Grainger got me involved in my first horse through John Lischner,” Gallop said.”

“We leased a horse called Lady Toddy (1999 Live Or Die - Tarantella bred by Wayne Francis) – owned by John and leased to three people including myself.”

“Lady Toddy was a very good horse, she had an ability to sit parked and still win races.”

During her career, Gallop purchased Lady Toddy and sold a half-share to his good friend Brian Collins.

That decision led to the pair sharing in the huge thrill of watching the mare win the Group One NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes at Addington.

In a remarkable driving performance from Ken Barron, Lady Toddy found the one-one from barrier 9 at the 1950m start point.

Brent Goldsmid, far left with happy Dark Horse owners, December 2020.

Steve Gallop (right) with his close friend and co-owner of Lady Toddy, Brian Collins.

The mare capitalised on that run, sweeping to the lead before holding out a class act in Alta Serena.

“She paid us back just like that.”

“She won 14 races then we had to retire her because of leg problems.”

Lady Toddy went on to produce handy performers at stud including Red Hot Toddy who won four and Hot Toddy who won three.

Gallop’s involvement in harness racing has gone on to include administration. He was a committee member at Addington and did a three-year stint on the board.

Inkwise General Manager Sales Brent Goldsmid’s involvement in harness racing stretches back to the mid-1980s and into the deep south.

“I started in the game with a horse my father-in-law bred called Springfield Lad back in 1985. Trained and raced out of the Kirk Larsen stable,” Goldsmid said.

“I have owned a few over the years in different syndicates and partnerships.”

One of those syndicates is the Red & Blue Syndicate, formed by members of the Sydenham Rugby club around 15 years ago.

That association led to Goldsmid finding the best horse he has raced. Let It Ride won four of nine starts in New Zealand before becoming Group One winning free-for-aller in Australia.

The pacer once held the record for the fastest last 800m at Addington in 53.8sec before it was broken by Lazarus.

Let It Ride has gone on to become a big-money winning freefor-aller in North America.

Goldsmid has also had Group One success in the trotting gait.

“Our syndicate also has shares in the Griffin Syndicate which is a trotters only syndicate that has had and still has, some outstanding horses, the likes of Majestic Man, Dark Horse and Monty Python.”

Goldsmid is the cousin of Peter Davis and he is also involved in a couple of horses with Margo Nyhan.

He’s got shares in a couple more at Lincoln Farms and another couple with Leonne Jones, one of which is the promising trotter Harry Potter.

Proudly kiwi owned, Inkwise has been printing Breeding Matters for over six years.

We have standardbred racing in our blood with our CEO Steve Gallop a long-time sponsor, breeder and administrator and Brent Goldsmid, our GM Sales, a member of the successful Red & Blue Syndicate since it’s inception over 15 years ago.

So, when you work with Inkwise, you’ll be working directly with people who understand the business you are in.

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NZ BREEDERS STAKES – FIFTY YEARS YOUNG Peter Craig The NZ Breeders Stakes (NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes) celebrates its fiftieth edition on 11 February 2022 during a Five Star Premier evening of harness racing at the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand.

First run in May 1973 over one mile the inaugural Breeders Stakes was won by Royal Belmer.

The premier annual event for NZ’s leading fillies and mares holding Group One status and current prizemoney of $100,000 boasts an honours board containing many of New Zealand’s outstanding female pacers of the past five decades including leading drivers and trainers For many years Alexandra Park, Auckland has hosted a sister edition namely the North Island Standardbred Breeders Stakes commenced in 1975.

Background …

The NZ Breeders Stakes was first run at the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s winter meeting on Saturday 26 May 1973.

The Canterbury Park club racing at Addington Raceway was the host for this event until the amalgamation of all three Christchurch clubs into the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club (NZMTC) in the late nineteen nineties. The NZMTC becoming the host club for the first time in 1999.

It was after the establishment of the NZ Standardbred Breeders Association that racing opportunities specifically for fillies and mares expanded. It could be said that even greater opportunities are still required fifty years later.

Tony Abell credits former Chairman and member of the NZ Standardbred Breeders Association Peter Binnie with having achieved the inception of the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Stakes. Inaugurated and over time quickly becoming the benchmark race for top fillies and mares, however like all major races, many fine female pacers have not managed to win this race.

Considerable value can be added to a mare’s offspring with a win in the NZ Breeders Stakes against the best mares with black type being attained and a fast-winning time added.

Studs are keen to get winning mares to their stallions and the mares close relations also benefit.

Inaugural Breeders Stakes The field of ten were all invitees for the first running of the NZ Breeders Stakes unlike today’s current open event for fillies and mares. The 1973 edition consisted of seven mares and three fillies competing for the prize. Together with the stake money Mazda Motors NZ donated a portable TV valued at $250 to the winning connections.

With the race organised by Canterbury Park and NZSBA together with input from various stud masters, the spirit of cooperation between the parties was a pleasing feature of the fixture. Ten stallion services were donated with a draw held the week before the race to allocate a sire to a starter: Tempest Hanover – Young Trouble; Jersey Hanover – Loyal Drift; Tuft – Star Land; Nevele Romeo – Ar Miss; Brad Hanover – Royal Belmer; Bay Foyle or Estes Minbar – Barbara Del; Schell Hanover – Royal Cheval; Roydon Lodge (sire not nominated) – Golden Guest; Local Light – Approved; Lordship –Marie Gibbins A good proportion of the country was represented by the ten starters –

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North Island – Hawera, Marie Gibbins (NI Oaks winner)

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North Canterbury – Rangiora, Royal Cheval

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Canterbury/Christchurch – Ar Miss (1972 NZ Oaks), Royal Belmer Mid Canterbury – Rakaia, Loyal Drift (NZ Oaks); Tinwald, Barbara Del; Orari, Young Trouble, Star Land; Highbank, Golden Guest Southland - Approved

Royal Belmer winning the inaugural NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes, 1973, Driver Jack Smolenski.

Royal Belmer and Sovereign (Batchelor Hanover) her first foal, winner 1978 NZ Derby Stakes.

Photos: Joanne Ryder

It was after the establishment of the NZ Standardbred Breeders Association that racing opportunities specifically for fillies and mares expanded.

It could be said that even greater opportunities are still required fifty years later.

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Royal Belmer provided an easy win for trainer/driver Jack Smolenski in the inaugural race. This very good mare was raced by Dutch born Rangiora breeder/horseman Maurice Vermeulen and NZMTC committeeman John Osborne. An engineer by trade Vermeulen purchased the Thurber Frost/ Lady Belfield filly with Christchurch clothing manufacturer John Osborne at the 1969 National Yearling Sales for $2,700. Royal Belmer was from the Purple Patch branch of the family of Papilla (N15) and at the conclusion of her five year old career when retired at the end of the 1972/3 season had recorded twelve victories and fourteen placings for her 42 starts, 1:59.2, $29,375.

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Royal Belmer was the fastest pacing mare in NZ history with a placed time of 1:58 4/5 behind Command Performer 1:58 3/5 in the 1972 Flying Mile at Cambridge in January 1973 (Manaroa third, Final Decision fourth). Also the winner of the NZ Championship – 3, Kaikoura Cup, Addington Hcp and Clarendon FFA during her illustrious career finishing fourth in Globe Bay’s 1972 NZ Cup victory.

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The same owners together with Vermeulen’s wife Margaret also owned the smart second placed three year old filly Royal Cheval giving them the race’s inaugural quinella result. A six-race winner including the Inter-Island Hcp at Hutt Park among her victories.

Canterbury Park Trotting Club Winter Meeting 26 May 1973: The New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Stakes $5,000, Fillies and Mares Mobile Pace, One Mile.

Winner $3,250:

ROYAL BELMER

Second $1,000: ROYAL CHEVAL Third $500:

YOUNG TROUBLE

Fourth $250:

Marie Gibbins

then Golden Guest, Approved, Ar Miss, Loyal Drift, Star Land, Barbara Del. Time 2:03.8. Royal Belmer dictated the entire race easing down to win by two lengths.

Derek Jones and Blossom Lady, 1992 NZ Trotting Cup

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The inaugural running took place during the 1972/73 season at Christchurch’s Addington Raceway (Saturday 26 May 1973) where it has continued to be run annually every season since. The exception being 1983 when the two editions were held on 1 January and 30 December – the latter taking place of the 1984 edition.

Dates for the NZ Breeders have changed over the years:

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May: 1973 January: 1974; 1980 – 1983 (1); 1985 – 1999; 2003 – 2004; 2014 April: 1975; 2016 February: 1976 – 1979; 2002; 2005 – 2013; 2018 - 2021 March: 2000 – 2001; 2015, 2017 December: 1983 (2)

Names there have been slight variations to the race name over the years. Starting out in 1973 as the NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes, it was shortened to NZ Breeders Stakes for 1986 and 1987 editions, reverting back to NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes 1988 – 2005, changing to NZ Breeders Stakes 2006 – 2017, back again to NZ Standardbred Breeders Stakes 2018 – 2020 before settling on NZ Breeders Stakes in 2021.

Sponsorship of the NZ Breeders Stakes did not commence until the 1986 and 1987 editions with Cardigan Bay Breeding Ltd, part of National Bloodstock Corporation. Sponsorship did not resume until 1995 when Lion Breweries Christchurch based Canterbury Draught provided funding for the next six editions, 1995 – 2000. The remaining sponsor’s card: Caduceus Club of Canterbury 2001 – 2002; no sponsor 2003; Mach Three 2004 – 2005; PGG Wrightson 2006 – 2020; Leefield Station 2021; Fahey Fence Hire 2022.

Luisanabelle Midfrew, the only 3YO to win the NZ Breeders Stakes, then the only filly to win any Group One open race in NZ.

The stake for the NZ Breeders Stakes has increased

substantially since its first running. In 1973, the stake money paid out was $5,000 increasing significantly through to the current level of $100,000.

Leading winning drivers – NZ Cup winning driver Ricky

May leads the field with six winning drives (Frangelico 1990, Lento 1996, Mainland Banner 2006, It’s Ella 2007, Carabella 2012, Utmost Delight 2018). Richard Brosnan has four, other multiple winners are three time winning drivers Anthony Butt and Allan Beck while with two wins are Jack Carmichael and Jack Smolenski.

Trainers – it is hardly surprising that Richard Brosnan and

Derek Jones feature as leading trainers of NZ Breeders Stakes thanks to the third time consecutive winning sequences of Bonnie’s Chance (1982, 1983 twice) and Blossom Lady (1991, 1992, 1993). A number of trainers have recorded two victories: Jack Smolenski (Royal Belmer 1973, Gina Rosa 1989); Colin De Filippi (Kym’s Girl 2000, 2001); Allan Beck (Shortys Girl 2002, 2003); Robert Dunn (Mainland Banner 2006, Time To Fly 2008); Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen (Adore Me 2014, Dream About Me 2019).

Owners – the most successful are three time winning owners Mesdames Bonnie McGarry and Karen Grice (Bonnie’s Chance), Polly Syndicate, Mgr Ralph Kermode (Blossom Lady) and Charles Roberts with three different mares (Adore Me, Utmost Delight, Dream About Me) while twotime winners are Maurice Vermeulen; HA MacPherson; Alex McDonald and Lorraine Coutts; Wayne Francis; Graham Trist, Dave Miller and Bill Marra; Graham and Moira Bell; Paul and Mary Kenny.

Times/distances – have varied due to distance changes over

the years – over one mile the time was reduced from Royal Belmer’s 2:03.8 in 1973 (slowest) through to Blossom Lady’s first NZ Breeders Stakes victory in 1991 in a then NZ mare’s record 1:56.0, the final running over one mile distance; over 2000m (1992 – 1998), Lento’s 2:25.3/1:56.8MR in 1995 was the quickest; over 1950m (1999 – 2005) Shortys Girl second win in 2003 in 2:21.3/1:56.5 was speediest; over 2600m (2006 – current), last year’s 3:07.2/1:55.8 by Watch Me Now is the fastest while It’s Ella’s 3:19.1 in 2007 on an easy track is the slowest in this latest period.

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Winning margins – the very first NZ Breeders Stakes resulted

in a winning margin for Royal Belmer of two lengths. Over the past five decades, the maximum winning margin achieved has been Bonnie’s Chance’s ten lengths in her first success in 1982; Bettor Cover Lover won by 4½l in 2017; Blossom Lady’s third victory in 1993 was by 4¼l and Kiwi Ingenuity’s 4l win in 2009. The narrowest margin of a nose was recorded by Bionic Chance (1988), Tartan Lady (1999) and De Lovely (2011). Many close finishes of a half head, head, half neck and long neck have occurred over the years.

Two three-time winners – Bonnie’s Chance 1982 and twice in 1983 as well as another NZ Cup winner in Blossom Lady 1991, 1992, 1993. Four two time winners: first Frangelico 1987, 1990; Lento 1995, 1996; Kym’s Girl 2000, 2001; Shortys Girl 2002, 2003.

Winning ages – the sole 3YO to win the NZ Breeders Stakes was Luisanabelle Midfrew in 2016, then the only filly to win any Group One open race in NZ. (Bettor Twist achieved the feat winning the Queen of Hearts last December, with the horse birthday change). Very few three-year-olds have started in the race. A good number of four-year-olds have been victorious whilst among the older brigade both Frangelico in her second win in 1990 and Blossom Lady in her third were aged eight with Bonnie’s Chance a sevenyear-old at the time having her final start when victorious for the third time in 1983.

Betting - there have been half a dozen longer priced winners, all paying in excess of $10 to win. The longest priced winner has been Tact Lizzie in 2010, 9/10 in betting paying $64.30; in 2008 Time To Fly 6/7 paid $27.70; Wainui Creek while 4/3 in betting due to hot favourite Princess Tiffany returned $18.50 in 2020 while last seasons winner Watch Me Now paid $12.30 as third favourite due to Amazing Dream’s warm favouritism. Shortys Girl’s first victory in 2002 when 6/6 In the betting returned $13.20 with Lady Toddy in 2005 also 6/6/ paid $11.85.

Half of the NZ Breeders Stakes have been won by favourites (25 of 49 to date) – the shortest priced favourites paying under $2.00 have been Adore Me $1.00, $1.20 for place 2014, $1.30 Mainland Banner 2006, $1.45 Bonnie’s Chance 1982, Blossom Lady 1992, $1.60 Kiwi Ingenuity 2009/Bettor Cover Lover 2013, $1.65 Bonnie’s Chance Jan 1983, $1.80 Blossom Lady 1993, $1.85 Royal Belmer 1973/Blossom Lady 1991, $1.90 Lento 1996/The Orange Agent 2017.

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The calibre of female pacers, trainers and drivers revealed in the history of the NZ Breeders Stakes is an outstanding endorsement of the wisdom in programming races specifically for leading (and lesser light) female pacers in NZ. Premier Mares Championship – since 1988, there have been numerous winners of the Group One NZ Breeders Stakes and Group Two Premier Mares Championship in the same season – they are: 1988 Bionic Chance, 1989 Gina Rosa, 1991, 1993 Blossom Lady, 1996 Lento, 2000 Kym’s Girl, 2004 Coburg, 2006 Mainland Banner, 2007 It’s Ella, 2009 Kiwi Ingenuity, 2012 Carabella, 2013 Bettor Cover Lover, 2014 Adore Me. In the breeding barn, leading sire with six NZ Breeders Stakes credits is Bettor’s Delight - Carabella, Bettor Cover Lover, Adore Me, Utmost Delight, Dream About Me, Wainui Creek with all victories coming in a decade (2012 - 2020). With four credits is Majestic Chance while Christian Cullen and Farm Timer merit mention with three credits. These four stallions account for 16 of the 49 NZ Breeders Stakes winners to date.

As a dam sire of Breeders Stakes winners Lumber Dream leads the way with five – Blossom Lady three, Kym’s Girl two followed by U Scott with four while Aksarben and Soky’s Atom have three credits.

On the maternal side Maud N37: Lento/Shortys Girl twice and Venus Serena (Lento and Venus Serena from Witchlight branch), stands out with five winners from this family with three credits each to Red Diamond N3 (two from Tactics branch – It’s Ella, Watch Me Now) , Seacliff N58, Fashion Queen N69 and Brown Lancet U303.

Photo from Greg Brosnan.

NZ Breeders Stakes winning mares of feature Group One events in NZ have included Bonnie’s Chance (1982 NZ Cup/ FFA), Blossom Lady (1991 Easter Cup, 1992 NZ Cup/FFA), Kym’s Girl (2001 NZ Cup), Mainland Banner (2005 NZ Cup), Adore Me (2014 NZ/Easter Cups), Dream About Me (2016 Auckland Cup).

NZ Breeders Stakes winners named NZ 4YO Mare Pacer of the Year – 1982/83 Hilarious Guest, 1985/86 Quiet Touch, 1987/88 Bionic Chance, 1992/93 Tigerish, 1996/97 Adio Routine, 2001/02 Shortys Girl, 2003/04 Coburg, 2005/06 Mainland Banner, 2008/09 Kiwi Ingenuity, 2010/11 De Lovely, 2011/12 Carabella, 2015/16 The Orange Agent, 2016/17 Dream About Me, 2017/18 Utmost Delight.

In 2013/14 and 2014/5 Adore Me was named the NZ Aged

(4yo+) Mare Pacer of the Year award winner.

NZ Breeders Stakes winners named NZ Aged (5YO+) Mare Pacer of the Year – 1982/83 Bonnie’s Chance, 1984/85 Hilarious Guest, 1986/87 and 1989/90 Frangelico, 1987/88 and 1988/89 Gina Rosa, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94 Blossom Lady, 1995/96 Lento, 1997/98 There’s A Franco, 1998/99 Adio Routine, 1999/2000 and 2001/02 Kym’s Girl, 2002/03 Shortys Girl, 2006/07 and 2007/08 It’s Ella, 2009/10 Kiwi Ingenuity, 2016/17 The Orange Agent, 2018/19 Dream About Me. Of the above Breeders Stakes and Mare Pacer award winners four mares have also collected Pacer of Year and Harness Horse of Year titles: 1982/83 Bonnie’s Chance, 1992/93 Blossom Lady, 2005/06 Mainland Banner and 2010/11 Carabella.

The calibre of female pacers, trainers and drivers revealed in the history of the NZ Breeders Stakes is an outstanding endorsement of the wisdom in programming races specifically for leading (and lesser light) female pacers in NZ. Those to have featured over the past fifty years are outstanding examples of our breed. Many have bred on.

The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club and earlier Canterbury Park TC together with the NZ Standardbred Breeders Association and sponsors are to be congratulated for their endeavours in promoting the female pacer at the highest possible level.

Thanks to www.harnessbred.com where each decade of this race will be reviewed in detail in January 2022 Bonnie’s Chance with trainer/driver Richard Brosnan.

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NZ Breeders Stakes: The past 49 years …

Year Horse

Breeding

Breeder

Owner

2021 Watch Me Now 4 B m He’s Watching - Mach N Elle (by Mach Three) S H Sloan, Mrs C M Sloan, B D McIntyre S H Sloan, Mrs C M Sloan, B R Sloan,

Mrs J K Sloan, Mrs H A Gibb, A J Gibb 2020 Wainui Creek

4 Bl m Bettor’s Delight - Christian Creek (by Christian Cullen)

P H Smith

B J Smith, P H Smith

C J Roberts 2019 Dream About Me B m Bettor’s Delight - Splendid Dreams (by Dream Away(USA))

C J Roberts, Est Mrs J L Roberts, P G Kenny, Mrs M L Kenny

2018 Utmost Delight

4 B m Bettor’s Delight - Victor Supreme (by Placid Victor)

C J Roberts

C J Roberts

2017 The Orange Agent 4 B m Bettor’s Delight - Victor Supreme (by Placid Victor)

Mrs P C Green, J P Green, Mrs M E Green, P C Bult

Mrs P C Green, J P Green, Mrs M E Green, P C Bult

2016 Luisanabelle Midfrew 3 B f American Ideal - Lulabelle Midfrew (by Christian Cullen)

John W S Mooney, Mrs Rebecca G Mooney

John W S Mooney, Mrs Rebecca G Mooney R L Sandford, Mrs J A Sandford, G R Dunn

2015 Venus Serena

4 Br m Mach Three - Inspiring Dash (by Falcon Seelster)

R L Sandford, Mrs J A Sandford

2014 Adore Me

4 Br m Bettor’s Delight - Scuse Me (by B G’s Bunny)

C J Roberts

C J Roberts, P G Kenny, Mrs M L Kenny

2013 Bettor Cover Lover

5 B m Bettor’s Delight - Front Cover Lover (by What’s Next)

D J Bennett, Ms L A Joyce

Karnup Racing Pty Ltd

2012 Carabella

4 Br m Bettor’s Delight - Andress Blue Chip (by Artsplace)

Cavalla Bloodstock Limited

Cavalla Bloodstock Limited

2011 De Lovely

4 B m Falcon Seelster - Copper Beach (by Beach Towel)

Les Girls No 2 Syndicate

Les Girls No 2 Syndicate

2010 Tact Lizzie

5 B m Christian Cullen - Tact Hayley (by New York Motoring)

Tactile Farm Ltd

Mrs B R Dynes

2009 Kiwi Ingenuity 4 B m Christian Cullen - Kiwi Express (by Miles McCool)

H A Scott, Dr K M Lawson, Equine Investments Ltd,

H A Scott, Dr K M Lawson, Equine Investments Ltd, Miss A J Smith

2008 Time To Fly

G A Iggo

5 B m Sands A Flyin - Limuru (by Oblivion II)

Mrs I B Holland, J J Holland 2007 It’s Ella 5 B m Washington VC - Just Ella (by Son Of Afella)

Mrs R M Dakin, S R Plant Mrs M J McLellan, Mrs I B Holland, J J Holland

2006 Mainland Banner

4 B m Christian Cullen - Corporate Banner (by Soky’s Atom)

D M Moore, Mrs D J Moore

I D Dobson, S J Dobson, Lynne Umar

2005 Lady Toddy

5 B m Live Or Die - Tarantella (by Talk About Class)

Est W J Francis

S C Gallop, B M Collins

2004 Coburg

4 B m Falcon Seelster - Vicario(by Soky’s Atom)

R A Yarndley, Mrs J V Yarndley

Coburg Syndicate

2003 Shortys Girl

5 B m New York Motoring - Soky’s Girl (by Soky’s Atom)

G M Bell, Mrs M E Bell

G M Bell, Mrs M E Bell

2002 Shortys Girl

4 B m New York Motoring - Soky’s Girl (by Soky’s Atom)

G M Bell, Mrs M E Bell

G M Bell, Mrs M E Bell

2001 Kym’s Girl

6 B m Man Around Town - Ribbonwood Spangle (by Lumber Dream) Mrs K M Hely

G J Trist, D B Miller, W G Marra

2000 Kym’s Girl

5 B m Man Around Town - Ribbonwood Spangle (by Lumber Dream) Mrs K M Hely

G J Trist, D B Miller, W G Marra

1999 Tartan Lady

4 B m Holmes Hanover - Imperial Tartan (by Smooth Fella)

Dr S O Chin

Dr S O Chin

1998 There’s A Franco

5 B m Holmes Hanover - Tango Franco (by El Patron)

W J Francis

W J Francis

1997 Adio Routine 4 B m Equitable II - Oma Routine (by Wee Win)

Mrs W P Canovan, Miss K I Thompson, H G Taylor, Mrs C N Taylor

T J Grant

1996 Lento

6 B m Peoples Blue Chip - Orbell (by Patron Score)

P A Cowan, D A G Murray

A R McDonald, Mrs L J Coutts

1995 Lento

5 B m Peoples Blue Chip - Orbell (by Patron Score)

P A Cowan, D A G Murray

A R McDonald, Mrs L J Coutts

1994 Tigerish

5 Ch m Butler B G - Tiger Dale (by Tiger Wave)

Cardigan Bay Breeding Ltd & Co.

L A Turner, Mrs P L Turner

1993 Blossom Lady

8 B m Farm Timer - Lumber Lady (by Lumber Dream)

Est H E Cook, R P Davidson

Polly Syndicate

1992 Blossom Lady

7 B m Farm Timer - Lumber Lady (by Lumber Dream)

Est H E Cook, R P Davidson

Polly Syndicate

1991 Blossom Lady

6 B m Farm Timer - Lumber Lady (by Lumber Dream)

Est H E Cook, R P Davidson

Polly Syndicate

1990 Frangelico

8 Br m Golden Fulla - Kara Kara (by Scottish Hanover)

H A McPherson

H A McPherson

1989 Gina Rosa 6 B m Plat du Jour - Gina Marie (by Brad Hanover)

B J Smolenski, B R Smolenski, D J Smolenski, Mrs D M Smolenski

Devon Bloodstock Ltd.

1988 Bionic Chance

4 Br m Majestic Chance - Bionic Star (by Bachelor Hanover)

A L Kerslake, Mrs B Kerslake, F Woolley A L Kerslake, Mrs B Kerslake, F Woolley

1987 Frangelico

5 Br m Golden Fulla - Kara Kara (by Scottish Hanover)

H A McPherson

1986 Quiet Touch

5 B m Boyden Hanover - Queen To Be (by Timely Knight)

W J Francis

M I Shinn, B A Barber, W J Francis

1985 Hilarious Guest

6 B m Hilarious Way - New Guest (by Garrison Hanover)

Rangiora Raceway Farm

M G Vermeulen

H A McPherson

1983 Bonnie’s Chance

7 B m Majestic Chance - Bonnie Countess (by Aksarben)

Mrs V B McGarry

Mrs K A Grice & Mrs V B McGarry

1983 Bonnie’s Chance

6 B m Majestic Chance - Bonnie Countess (by Aksarben)

Mrs V B McGarry

Mrs K A Grice & Mrs V B McGarry

1982 Bonnie’s Chance

5 B m Majestic Chance - Bonnie Countess (by Aksarben)

Mrs V B McGarry

Mrs K A Grice & Mrs V B McGarry

1981 Royal Illusion

5 B m Sly Yankee - Princess Melody (by U Scott)

Mrs C T Heffernan

P D & Mrs C T Heffernan

1980 Delightful Lady

6 Bl m Tudor Hanover - Desilu (by U Scott)

D W J Anderson

P H & A M Grant

1979 Westburn Vue

5 B m Scottish Hanover - Heathmount (by Garrison Hanover)

B J Breen, Mrs C M Breen

B J Breen, Mrs C M Breen

1978 Classiebawn

6 B m Lumber Dream - Belle Vue (by Flying Song)

B C Stratford, W R Ireland

R Ireland & R Purdon

1977 Helen Of Tara

5 B m Garrison Hanover - Queensway (by Johnny Globe)

Tara Lodge Ltd

D P Callahan

1976 In Or Out

4 Br m Out To Win - Parusa (by Arusa)

H J Maw

H J Maw

1975 Marie Gibbins

5 B m Emory Hanover - Scotch Marie (by U Scott)

A J Corrigan

A J Corrigan & D R Grantham

1974 Van Glory

5 Br m Out To Win - Parusa (by Arusa)

N Matyasevic

Est N Matyasevic

1973 Royal Belmer

5 B m Thurber Frost - Lady Belfield (by U Scott)

P A Watson

M G Osborne & M G Vermeulen

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Kennedy admits he should be keeping classy fillies Jonny Turner Jonny Turner After an outstanding 2021 National Yearling Sales, Dave and Dawn Kennedy have the right kind of bloodstock to make a big impact when they return to Christchurch in 2022.

Dave & Dawn Kennedy

Phelan last year for $37,500 last year.

“She is very much like her mother.”

Beaudiene Breeding topped last year’s trotting sale with a Father Patrick colt from Rae Galleon and was at the very top of the pacing section with its Bettor’s Delight colt from Galleon’s Cheer.

To say the family of Galleon’s Cheer might be the flavour of the month in Southland ahead of the 2022 sales might be an understatement.

Recently, Duke Of Cornwall turned heads on the track with a series of brilliant performances before he impressed North American buyers even more.

The Sweet Lou pacer hit the headlines for selling for a price in the $500,000 ballpark.

The Kennedys will offer a close relation to Duke Of Cornwall at Christchurch in a Sweet Lou filly from Galleon’s Cheer – Lot 298 – who is the star three-year-old’s granddam.

“The family has been hitting the headlines with Duke Of Cornwall, then you have got Supreme Dominator doing a great job in Australia,” Dave Kennedy said.

“Sweet Lou has been going great too, especially with Spirit Of St Louis doing so well.”

“This filly is a larger type but she is a very nice cut of a horse with it. She is looking great and she is a great opportunity for anyone looking to get into a really good family.”

The breeding gods have delivered the Kennedys more fillies than colts this year, leading to the couple offering four fillies.

Dave Kennedy admitted he wished he could add some of them to his already impressive broodmare band, but they were on the market to be sold in the ring.

“She is not tall but she is long and she has a lovely way of going in the paddock.”

“It is a great family, Niamey is only a wee mare and she has done a super job.”

Lot 245 – an Always B Miki filly from grand producer Beaudiene Babe is certainly in that category.

“To be honest I really should be keeping her, she is a really lovely filly,” Kennedy said. “As soon as I saw this filly when she was born I booked Beaudiene Babe straight back into Miki.

“She has clicked so well over the Western Hanover line, it is by far the best cross for her. It has really been her thing and Beaudiene Bad Babe and Beaudiene Boaz show that. She is a really lovely filly, just a super puttogether filly.”

The Kennedys will offer another of Beaudiene Babe’s descendants in Lot 253 – a Sweet Lou filly from Beaudiene Blinkz.

The mare is another of Beaudiene Babe’s daughters and a Badlands Hanover full -ister to Beaudiene Bad Babe and Beaudiene Boaz.

Beaudiene Breeding will also offer a colt on the golden Bettor’s DelightChristian Cullen cross in Lot 344.

The past year had its ups and downs changing the shape of the Kennedys’ draft.

The opportunity to purchase the colt as a weanling from John and Rebecca Mooney presented itself and he took it.

“I was talking to John and he said he had a Bettor’s Delight colt he might sell. He is a lovely colt, he has a great nature and he is not a really big fella.”

“He is just a real Bettor’s Delight, he is nice a type and strong and just a nice cut of a colt. He is from a nice family and on the Christian Cullen cross.”

The Kennedys will also offer an Always B Miki colt from Absolutely Delighted – Lot 233.

Beaudiene Blinkz showed potential but two major injuries on the track meant Kennedy sent her straight to the broodmare barn.

There is another quality type from the Beaudiene breed to be offered at the Christchurch sale, but not by the Kennedys.

“This is her first foal and she is a really nice type, she is a very athletic filly.”

Their good friends Bruce and Carolynn Robertson will present a Bettor’s Delight colt from Beaudiene Maja Babe for sale.

Beaudiene Breeding will offer just one trotter at this year’s sales in Christchurch in Lot 144.

The Trixton filly from the family of broodmare gem Niamey. The Kennedys sold a Creatine colt from the mare to Barry Purdon and Scott

Ph David Kennedy 027 688 1522 for inspection.

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“She was nothing to look at but the family just keeps leaving winners.”

Lot 246 is yearling with Beaudiene Babe as her granddam on her pedigree page.

The yearling is a half-brother to Beaudiene Beach Babe, a stakes performer in Western Australia.

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Lot 144: Bay Filly Trixton – Ugly Betty

Lot 233: Bay Colt Always B Miki – Absolutely Delighted

From a daughter the broodmare gem Niamey.

She is an athletic, lovely natured filly with good conformation and looks like she will race early.

A striking colt bred on the golden cross, from the famed Estella Amos family. He is a mature, athletic, lovely mannered colt with great conformation.

Lot 245: Bay Filly Always B Miki – Beaudiene Babe

Lot 253: Bay Filly Sweet Lou – Beaudiene Blinkz

A fabulous looking strong and well matured filly out of broodmare gem Beaudiene Babe.

A must inspect for serious buyers.

This charming filly is out of a full sister to Beaudiene Boaz and Bad Babe. She is a speedy, precocious type that will go early.

Lot 298: Bay Filly Sweet Lou – Galleons Cheer

Lot 344: Bay Colt Bettor's Delight – Lulabelle Midfrew

A beautiful big filly from Grp1 producer Galleon’s Cheer whose daughters have left Spanish Armada and Supreme Dominator both Group winners as well as Duke of Cornwall and Bollinger.

This remarkable colt is out of a Group 1 producer.

He is a natural 2-year-old type, strong and well matured with great conformation and a great nature.

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I have some very good clients and it is a pleasure to be trusted to look after their horses.

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Laura Smith

Smith is a little reluctant to choose a standout from her 2022 class of yearlings.

It’s not an easy task with plenty of bluebloods to choose from.

“It is a bit like picking your favourite child.”

Laura Smith with Highgrove, 2020 Sales

For someone who wasn’t allowed to be near horses at a young age, Laura Smith sure has a big role to play at the National Yearling Sales.

Smith is preparing her largest sales draft with 15 yearlings set to go through the Christchurch sales ring this month.

That sizeable draft is the culmination of a dedication to standardbred breeding made after first getting a taste of the industry at Wai Eyre Stud.

“I grew up on a sheep and dairy farm, but I have loved horses for as long as I can remember.”

“But I was never allowed anything to do with them, which is quite ironic.”

“As soon as I left school I studied vet nursing and from there I got offered a job at Wai Eyre Farm which lead to a stint working overseas on large stud farms.”

“That is where everything slowly started to begin.”

“From there I thought this could be me.”

“I did a few years there and I bought my own property and I have slowly been increasing year by year.”

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a lot of interest in people breeding a few.”

“I started focusing a bit on doing that in smaller numbers, so I could provide an all-round service to my owners.”

“Now I am mainly focused on the breeding side, I fit in a few racehorses when I can.”

“This year we foaled around 20odd and we have bred around 30.”

“I am very lucky that I have some very well-bred horses and some nice types.”

“I have some very good clients and it is a pleasure to be trusted to look after their horses.”

Having the progeny of some smart race mares is one of the features of Smith’s group. Cheer The Lady, Petite One, Gotta Go Harmony and Spanish Armada are among them.

Another feature of Smith’s draft is the number of trotters she is preparing. Smith has six yearlings to present for sale, by Father Patrick, Muscle Mass and Tactical Landing .

“I have always had a good number of trotters to prepare.”

Though Smith is in the midst of preparing her biggest ever draft it does have its advantages.

“It does seem unusual compared to other preparers, they don’t seem to have the same mix. But I am almost 50-50.

“I was in the situation where a lot of them were coming from offfarm,” she said.

Smith welcomes enquires about her draft. Her phone has been running hot in the lead up to the Christchurch sale.

Her move into on-farm breeding means many of the yearlings she is preparing now were born on her property and have had plenty of handling.

“You were having to start from scratch as a lot of them hadn’t quite had the same amount of handling that I would prefer.”

“This year is the most that I have had bred on-farm and that has made life a lot easier.”

“You know what to expect and you have done the groundwork.”

It gets a lot more people out onfarm visiting because you get that mix regardless of whether they are into pacers or trotters.”

“My phone generally doesn’t stop ringing, so anyone can just give me a phone call.”

“I am generally on-farm at this time of year, I am never too far away as it’s a busy time.”

Laura Smith can be contacted on 03 310 2503 or 021 186 9733.

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X Mark Smolenski has been to too many yearling sales over the years to get too excited about potential sales toppers, but he is quietly confident heading into the National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch from February 14-16.

The 62-year-old Canterbury horseman recently sold his Rolleston property to Stonewall Stud. The break-in specialist said he now wanted to work a small team on the beach.

“I’m sick of going around in circles,” he said.

Six months ago, the estate of Jack Smolenski turned down a massive private offer for Lot 261 - a full-sister to the Group One winning gelding, Krug.

Krug Rosé is a Bettor’s Delight - Champagne Princess bay filly.

“Dad drove some pretty fast horses in his time from young superstars to Lord Module and Arapaho, but said there was none faster than Champagne Princess.

“She won 12 of her 23 starts and took on the colts and beat them. Sadly, she popped a tendon and he couldn’t get her right after that.

“He put her to Christian Cullen in 2006 and that was the start of a great breeding career,” Smolenski said.

Champagne Princess has left seven live foals and was served by Bettor’s Delight again in early November.

“It was quite out of character for Dad to sell horses at the Sales. He had had a stroke at the time of developing Champagne Princess’ first foal, Our Princess Royal, and was in a wheelchair. They turned down big money for her.

She won her first race but sadly was injured and put down.

“I personally thought her third foal, the 2011 McArdle colt named Jay Dub was the fastest horse I’ve ever sat behind.

I’ve driven a lot of good ones over the years from Young Quinn to Lazarus. We sold Jay Dub at the Sales.

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“The family just boasts enormous speed. Trainer Cran Dalgety, who paid $155,000 for Krug, described him as the fastest 2YO he had trained. He’s now won 16 races and more than $620,000.”

Smolenski said although they were full blooded siblings, Krug and Krug Rosé look very different.

“Krug was laid back and a plain type at this stage, whereas this one is an athetlic girl and very attractive. She’s a gem of a filly out of a gem of a broodmare,” Smolenski said.

He had this to say about his four other yearlings: • Lot 140: Majestic Son - Tip Your Hat Loui, bay colt.

“He’s a big solid unit with a great resting heart rate that sits in the high 120s. He has a good style of trotting on the jogging machine. We sold his brother, by Love You, after placing in the Jewels, for good money.”

• Lot 275: Vincent – Chanel, brown filly. “Chanel, although she never raced she is a half-sister to Lancome (13 wins): she was strong and well mannered. As for Vincent, first 2YO winner Alex Park 21 January: his progeny all look solid.”

• Lot 332: Bettor’s Delight - Larissa Rose, bay filly. “This girl is a full-sister to Jack’s Legend, who won 10 here and 15 more in the USA under the name Be Jack’s Legend. He won more than $750,000 in stakes. We sold a full-sister, Bella Thorne, for $100,000. This filly is very much stronger. She looks like a colt.”

• Lot 354: Rocknroll Dance - Miss Sunshine, brown colt.

“This is one horse I wouldn’t mind taking a punt on myself. He is a sharp hit the ground running type of colt. The mare has left six foals and none better than foal number one - the 2012 Rob Roy Mattgregor colt, Mattgregor. He is now a grand circuit horse in Australia with 18 wins ($190,015) and a time of 1:50.6.”

Mark Smolenski said it was a privilege still living under his legendary father’s legacy.

“Dad took a little bit from every trainer and learnt his trade from there. I still do the same, even though breaking in is my speciality. They said he had steel hands because he took three years to drive his fist winner!

“Dad was self-made and had no trotting blood in his family: an uncle drew him into it.

His mentor was Cecil Devine who won six NZ Cups. Dad lived and breathed horses.

“Dad didn’t tolerate gamblers. He moved those clients on.

He believed he would ruin horses if he drove for punters.

“He was a totally dedicated horseman. All his horses were well-mannered and schooled up well.” Smolenski said.

For the record Jack Smolenski passed away in February 2013 aged 78.

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2022 NZB National Yearling Sales Draft Lot 140: MATTHEW JOHN Bay Colt

Majestic Son – Tip Your Hat Loui He’s a big solid unit with a great resting heart rate. He has a good style of trotting on the jogging machine.

Lot 261: KRUG ROSE Bay Filly

Bettor's Delight – Champagne Princess Krug was laid back and a plain type at this stage, whereas this filly is athletic girl and very attractive. She’s a gem of a filly out of a gem of a broodmare.

Lot 275: (UNNAMED) Black Filly

Vincent – Chanel Chanel, although she never raced she is a half-sister to Lancome (13 wins): she was strong and well mannered. As for Vincent, first 2YO winner Alex Park 21 January: his progeny all look solid.

Lot 332: (UNNAMED) Bay Filly

Bettor's Delight – Larissa Rose This girl is a full-sister to Jack's Legend, who won 10 here and 15 more in the USA. This filly is strong. She looks like a colt.

Lot 354: MELTON SUNSHINE Brown Colt

A Rocknroll Dance – Miss Sunshine This colt is a ‘sharp’ hitting the ground running type of colt. Half-brother to Mattgregor, 18 wins ($190,015) and a time of 1:50.6.

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LAZARUS The highly anticipated sales debut of the greatest New Zealand pacer since Christian Cullen is almost upon us.

Lazarus N was a pacing sensation, capable of performances we may never see again in this part of the world such was his dominance.

Named New Zealand Horse of the Year twice, three-year-old Pacer of the Year, four-year-old Pacer of the Year and five-year-old Pacer of the Year, as well as Australasian Grand Circuit Champion for two years, Lazarus N compiled an international race record of 51 starts, 37 wins 8 seconds 4 thirds.

The fact he only ran outside of the money once in 45 Southern hemisphere starts, with 40 of those races at Group level gives you an indication as to why Mark Purdon labelled this horse the best he has ever put a pair of hobbles on.

28 group race wins, 16 of them at G1 level in three different countries is something else. And while his demolition of two New Zealand Cup fields is firmly in mind, possibly his greatest performance came in defeat.

I implore you to find a comfortable spot and re-watch his run of the Freemantle Cup in 2018. On a tight turning track where the races are dominated by those on the marker pegs, he sat three-wide without cover for three laps around Gloucester Park and has gone down a lip in a star studded field.

The sale of Lazarus to North American owners gave him an opportunity to put the New Zealand breed on the map and he didn’t disappoint when some of the others before him fell short.

If there was any chink in the armour of the champ, it was possibly over the shorter course mile racing where he came unstuck, for instance in the Miracle Mile. That race was run in a Southern Hemisphere record mile rate, a time of 1:46.9 that has yet to be eclipsed.

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McWicked left a lasting impression and set him up for an international career as a shuttle stallion in two continents.

Lazarus served an incredible book of mares that included the likes of world champion mare, Worldly Beauty, a full sister to the dam of Captaintreacherous and Artistic Vision, dam of dual hemisphere stallion, Rock N Roll Heaven, and Artstopper, dam of siring sensation, Always B Miki, among others.

Unfortunately, his time at stud Down Under has been a head scratcher with fertility issues standing at Yirribee Stud leaving everyone involved scratching their head, and ultimately seeing his Southern Hemisphere deal with Club Menangle terminated.

76 New Zealand mares were served in his first year at stud producing an underwhelming 17 live foals. While the connections, breeders and fans of the

stallion would have undeniably liked a better outcome, we are fortunate that this years yearling sales will present an opportunity for 10 lucky purchasers to take home progeny of the champion pacer.

His catalogued lots are; Lot 2: Unnamed, filly out of Taylor Bromac Lot 18: Sting, colt out of A Chance To Dream Lot 50: What About Me, colt out of Dreaming Spires Lot 209: That Tusitala, filly out of That’s Hunting Pink Lot 219: Briar Maguire, filly out of Unrehearsed Lot 226: Glitterati, filly out of Wat A Woman Lot 251: The Lazarus Effect, colt out of Brook Street Lot 284: Sure To Rise, filly out of Ednalea Lot 293: Jeremiah, colt out of Flyover Lot 383: Uniquely, colt out of Real Wings Lazarus’ yearlings sold incredibly well at Lexington last year with an average of $55,895 from 19 yearlings and he was the second leading pacing sire behind Captaintreacherous after two days, an incredible achievement for an NZ Bred.

Demand should be high at Karaka and Christchurch and we can’t wait to see his stock in the ring.

ULTIMATE MACHETE In an outstanding race career, Ultimate Machete’s flagship victories were: The NZ Sires Stakes Three-Year-Old Final at Addington on NZ Cup Day – where he announced his arrival as a rising star. His winning performance was nothing short of phenomenal, being caught out wide and just keeping rolling to be far too good in what was a New Zealand record for 1950m at the time. It is regarded as the best ever performance in the history of the race.

Twelve months later, in the NZ Free-ForAll on Show Day at the same venue, he did what many thought impossible by sitting outside Tiger Tara before winning the home straight war to claim victory – and in doing so, reclaiming his New Zealand record for the 1950m distance (2:15.7, a 1:51.9 mile rate).

He then ventured to Perth where he monstered the Group One double for fouryear-olds in the WA Classic and the WA Golden Nugget – wonderful efforts by the big horse around the tight Gloucester Park circuit and a testimony to his gait.

He then ran a close up fourth in the Fremantle Cup before injury curtailed a blitz on the Victorian classics.

As a two-year-old, his second by a ½ head in the NZ Jewels, after being wide early then working to the lead, was a precursor to what would be a wonderful three-year-old season.

The other highlights to his three-yearold season were equalling the all-age New Zealand 2200m record (2:36.1) in winning the NZ Yearling Sales Series 3yo

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Final, winning the Alabar Classic and the NZ Flying Stakes (53.9 last 800m) as well as finishing second in the NZ, Northern and NSW Derbies.

All told, Ultimate Machete won 13 of 32 starts for $850,361 in stakes.

Ultimate Machete is impeccably bred, being a full-brother to super-star threeyear-old Ultimate Sniper. Their dam (Reality Check) was a very smart race filly winning the NZ Yearling Sales Series Two-Year-Old Fillies’ Final. She is also the dam of the top Western Australia racemare, Major Reality (1:50.9, $434,415).

His grandam is the NZ Broodmare of Excellence winner, Maureens Dream, who is a half-sister to the excellent sire Tuapeka Knight. This is a prodigious family made famous by renowned breeders, Tuapeka Lodge. Ultimate Machete is one of its proudest sons.

He is represented by four quality lots at Christchurch and Karaka; Lot 93: One Life, colt out of Martine Maguire Lot 216: Usain, colt out of Tuapeka Maddy Lot 234: Franco Atilla, colt out of After Party Lot 378: Sky High, colt out of Princess of Diamonds Worth mentioning is the Tuapeka Lodge bred colt out of Tuapeka Maddy. She is bred on a 3x4 cross to the wonderful producing mare, Maureens Dream. ‘The Rasmussen Factor’ refers to inbreeding to superior females through different individuals and is more commonly seen in North America with the likes of A Rocknroll Dance and Sportswriter bred on these lines.

While it can be produced by mating the likes of an Art Major mare over Captaintreacherous (Rodine Hanover), it is less common to see the double up on the bottom line of the pedigree as it is with this colt.

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Fear The Dragon is by the deceased great stallion Dragon Again, who has sired the winners of almost $140 million to date. They include 10 millionaires and 38 winners of $500,000 or more including the richest harness racing horse in history the outstanding Foiled Again ($7,624,772).

On his dam’s side, Fear The Dragon is extremely well bred being out of the Stakes winning Western Ideal mare Armbro Cinnamon who is the dam of six foals for five winners. She also produced the good Stakes winning mare Cinamony ($532,404). His second dam is the Matt’s Scooter mare Mattaroni ($744,481) who was the Dan Patch, Nova 2YO Pacing Filly of the Year in 1998. Mattaroni is the dam of eight winners of $1,365,475. Mattaroni is a half-sister to Village Jewel (by Abercrombie) who is the dam of the top stallion Village Jasper.

In his race career, Fear The Dragon had just 29 starts as a two and threeyear-old winning 17 times with seven seconds and two thirds for $1,720,297, an excellent total in a brief career.

As a two-year-old he won five of his 11 starts including the $140,000 Elevation Pace, Arden Downs Stake and a leg of the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes.

At three he was a multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner. He won the $1,000,000 North America Cup (elimination and Final) defeating Downbytheseaside and Huntsville as well as Filibuster Hanover in taking his lifetime record of 1:48.4. ​​At three his Grand Circuit wins included the $500,000 Hempt Memorial (elimination and Final); the $400,000 Adios (elimination and Final); the $500,000 Little Brown Jug (first heat); the $206,000 Tattersalls Pace (division);

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the $140,000 Elevation defeating Filibuster Hanover; and the Arden Downs, in addition to six Pennsylvania Sires Stakes legs.

He was the second highest overall stakes winner in America in 2017 and won every race where the ‘big three’ of Fear The Dragon, Downbytheseaside and Hunstville all raced together.

His first crop of two-year-olds finished 12th on the North American Sires list for earnings won which speaks to the quality of stallion Fear The Dragon and the bloodlines he possesses.

His first season at stud in New Zealand produced a remarkably high 74% live foals (43) from 58 mares served which is a strike rate impressive comparatively to any of the fresh and chilled options available.

He is represented by five quality lots in Christchurch: Lot 232: Fearlessly, filly out of Ardenart Lot 249: Legendary, colt out of Arden’s Rose Lot 300: Unnamed, colt out of Getting Closer Lot 313: Unnamed, colt out of Gracy Lady Lot 335: Unnamed, colt out of Lillian Three of the catalogued lots brought to the sales are from the draft of Macca Lodge, with the colt out of Lillian bringing with him a pedigree on paper that is as good as any in the sale.

The other two are from Arden Lodge which speaks volumes to the belief Principal John Stiven has in the stallion. The colt out of Arden’s Rose looks an incredible blend of the best North American bloodlines on offer being out of a Somebeachsomewhere mare, whose own dam is an Artsplace daughter of Broodmare of Excellence winner, Winter Rose.

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Even if ponies were allowed to be sold at annual Karaka yearling sales, Logan Hollis and Shane Robertson would still treat the little fella as if he was a Bettor’s Delight pure bred.

“We don’t treat any of our horses any different to the other. We treat them as if we own them all. It doesn’t matter if it’s a $150,000 or a $1,500 yearling they are all precious to us,” Hollis said.

The hard-working Pukekohe couple, who own Hollis & Robertson Equine Services, are currently preparing a strong consignment of 16 yearlings for the NZ Standardbred Yearling Sale at Karaka on February 13.

Last year they left the Sales ring with huge smiles.

Late in the day they sold Lot 122 for Jordash Breeding - a Bettor’s Delight - Major Reality bay filly for a sales topping $300,000. Stonewall Stud (Auckland) did the spending.

“At this time of year some days there’s just not enough hours on the clock, especially with our nine horses in work as well.

“But we pride ourselves on our Sales presentation. Shane is not only a workaholic, but he’s a perfectionist.

He does 99 per cent of the Sales work. He is amazing with babies.

“Shane grew up around horses and came from an eventing background.

He also used to work for Blyth Tait, so he knows a lot about conditioning horses.

“I’m just the voice of the stable, because Shane shies right away from publicity,” the ever-humble Hollis said.

Logan Hollis with Jordans Breeding Trust’s 2020 Karaka sale topping filly, Bettor’s Delight – Major Reality.

Without trying to squeeze blood out of a stone, Hollis did hint that Lot 6 – a Captaintreacherous – Veste, bay filly, would sell well.

“We know we are on show and we know it’s our time to stand up. We are very proud of what we have achieved so far.

Last year the filly’s Always B Miki half-brother sold for $80,000 to Mrs M. Corboy of Auckland.

“For the last two or three years we can proudly boast the highest average sale for three horses or more at the annual Sales,” Hollis said.

Other $50,000-plus prices fetched by the Hollis and Robertson combo in 2021 were: • Lot 33 – a Bettor’s Delight Sossusvlei bay colt sold for $90,000 to McKerrow Bloodstock in Auckland.

• Lot 69 – a Bettor’s Delight Beaudiene Bad Babe black filly for $70,000 to Rakero Racing in Canterbury.

• Lot 77 – a Bettor’s Delight Christianna bay filly sold for $80,00 to Stonewall Stud in Auckland.

• Lot 100 – a Captain Treacherous - Go One Bettor bay colt sold for $55,000 to Tony Herlihy (MNZM), Ardmore.

Hollis was reluctant to single potential Sales toppers out of loyalty to his loyal breeders .

• Lot 103 – an Art Major - Gold Elite bay colt sold for $75,000 to Diamond Racing in Auckland.

“We’ve got eight trotters this year, so that’s quite high for us. There are several horses who I think should sell well, but you never know at Karaka.

We have been surprised before,” Hollis said.

“Shane and I have been at our stable just adjacent to Franklin Park for 15 years now and have probably been to that many yearling sales together.

“Last year was very pleasing,” he added.

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“It’s quite an exciting time of year.

It’s when we sort out the little things like halters, signage, staff, uniforms, and caravans etcetera.

“We strive to get the best dollars we can for our clients,” he added.

Such clients this year include: • Lot 6 – Hardwood Breeding Syndicate.

• Lots 12 and 45 – Sandy and Jan Yarndley.

• Lots 23 and 130 – Hollis & Robertson Equine Services (as agent) • Lots 29 and 106 – Taffy Ltd. • Lots 38, 91 and 127 – Jordash Breeding Trust.

• Lot 56 – M. Lyon, G. Dixon, A. Strachan, K. Mills & H. Mills • Lots 68 and 74 – Derek Moore.

• Lot 79 – Jay Abernethy & W. S. Abernethy.

• Lot 85 – Carrondale Lodge.

The Logan Hollis stable currently has nine horses in work including an elite bunch of yearlings and quality horses like Christianshavtime (six wins and $91,880).

Their brilliant Mach Three 4-year-old, Luke John, who won three races and $85,149, was exported to Australia in April.

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NEW ZEALAND'S BEST PERFORMED MARES Captaintreacherous – Veste

LOT 6

Bay Filly

Top sire running hot from G1 winning & producing Cullen mare! Nice recipe.

Bettor's Delight – Vivacious Madonna Bay Filly

LOT 12

Son of Bettor’s Delight out of race winning Art Major half to two G1 winners.

Father Patrick – Arlanda Brown Colt

LOT 23

Up and coming sire, four race win dam, two winners, family of Special Force.

Andover Hall – Chevron Muscle Brown Colt

LOT 29

First foal from Muscle Hill mare, family of Courcheval and Chevron Express.

Father Patrick – Con Grazia Bay Filly

LOT 38

Premier trotting blood galore here: Chiola’s Lass, Skyvalley, Allegro Agitato.

Art Major – Cordelia Bay Colt

LOT 45

Son of Art Major out of 2 win stakes producing daughter of Bettor’s Delight.

Art Major – Cyclone Kate Bay Filly

LOT 56

Proven race mare 21 wins NZ and Australia, the sire no need to say anything!

Always B Miki – Gold Elite Bay Colt

LOT 68

The Mikis are flying, out of 6 win full sister to champion pacer, Gold Ace.

Betting Line – Hill Of Gold Bay Colt

LOT 74

The up-and-coming Betting Line, out of a proven producer and half to Gold Ace.

What The Hill – Isa Smiling Bay Filly

LOT 85

Rising star trotting stallion sire of this filly out of 3-win half-sister to Flying Isa.

Father Patrick – Ledecky Bay Filly

LOT 91

First foal, this filly has trotting pedigree to spare: Lyell Creek, Le Reveur, Arboe.

Art Major – Millie Sampson Bay Filly

LOT 102

Art Major filly from a family that delivers racehorses includ. talented Jessie Duke.

Love You – Missandei Bay Colt

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Group 1 wining mare’s first foal, NZ trotting royalty, and as bonus a Love You colt.

Bettor's Delight – Queen Camille Bay Filly

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The ‘golden’ Bettor’s – Cullen cross, full-sister to the tough Henry Hubert.

Muscle Mass – Sheeza Commando Brown Colt

LOT 130

First colt by the sire of Muscle Metro, Heavyweight Hero and Mexicana.

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GROUP ONE RACES

During the 2020-21 season, New Zealand-bred horses claimed 54% of all eligible Group One races in Australasia (both gaits).

Krug (NZ) (Bettor’s Delight x Champagne Princess) 3x G1 Winner (incl. NZ Pacing Derby) 2019 Christchurch Yearling Sale, NZ$155,000 Purchaser: Kentuckiana Lodge Consignor: Smolenski Stables 121

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Thank You Woodlands Stud would like to thank all breeders in New Zealand who have supported our Stallion Roster in the 2021/22 season!

Without your support we would not be able to bring these world class stallions to Australasia. We wish you all the best with the season ahead and look forward to seeing your 2022/23 foals

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