Outstanding Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel again made the headlines at the 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Property Brokers National Breeding Awards, securing his ninth Grosvenor Award, Dewar Award, and Centaine Award respectively.
Famed Cambridge nursery Trelawney Stud were announced the Sir Patrick and Justine, Lady Hogan Breeders of the Year at Saturday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Property Brokers National Breeding Awards.
Feature wins do not come easy but Trelawney Stud bred Lim’s Kosciuszko made his win in Sunday’s S$300,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) look like a walk in the park.
Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring capped off a weekend to remember after taking away the supreme Entain Excellence Award at the inaugural Industry Excellence Awards in Auckland on Sunday night.
Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Kevin Myers was at his masterful best at Waverley on Sunday winning all five of the jumping events on the card, and if that wasn’t enough, he produced three quinellas to boot. The Wanganui horseman fittingly took out the first of the day, the Happy 21st Luke Myers (3000m), with
Portia Matthews didn’t believe a Jump Jockeys’ Premiership title was even a possibility twelve months ago, but a phenomenal season in the saddle has put any self-doubt firmly to rest.
The decision to buy Victory Roll for just A$2250 has paid dividends for the new connections of the Kiwi-bred three-year-old, who scored a hard-fought win in Saturday’s A$120,000 TAB Highway Plate (1800m) at Randwick.
Formerly a rising star of Western Australian ranks, lightly raced eight-year-old Showmanship returned to the winners’ circle for the first time in almost two years in Saturday’s A$150,000 Sportsbet Race Replays Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield.
Enigmatic galloper Reign It In returned to winning form after a frustrating twelve-month period for both the horse and his trainer Roydon Bergerson when he took out the Levin Truck Services-sponsored Open 1200m at Otaki on Saturday.
Matamata trainer Mark Brosnan’s rich vein of winter form continued with an impressive performance by Sterling Express in Saturday’s Property Brokers & Katie Walker 3YO (1400m) at Te Rapa.
