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Saturday, July 18, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here INDUSTRY NEWS - PAGE 10 YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTs - PAGE 17 New Zealand Bloodstock What's on Stakes races: Ipswich (QLD) - Gai floats Karaka back-up Waterhouse Classic (Listed, 1350m), Eyeliner Stakes (Listed, 1200m). Morphettville Parks (SA) - Oaklands Plate (Listed, 1400m). Belmont (WA) - Belmont plan for prestige sale Classic (Listed, 2200m) April date put forward if trans-Tasman travel bubble not in place Metropolitan meetings: Randwick - for key January period Kensington (NSW), Flemington (VIC), Ipswich (QLD), Morphettville Parks (SA), Belmont (WA) Race meetings: Kembla Grange (NSW), Lismore (NSW), Donald (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Roma (QLD), Toowoomba (QLD), Te Rapa (NZ), Awapuni (NZ) International Group races: Hakodate (JPN) - Hakodate Nisai Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Curragh (IRE) - Irish Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f), Railway Stakes (Gr 2, 6f), Curragh Cup (Gr 2, 1m 6f), Minstrel Stakes (Gr 2, 7f). Newbury (UK) - Hackwood Stakes (Gr 3, 6f). York (UK) - John Smith’s Silver Cup Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 6f). Monmouth Park (USA) - Haskell Stakes (Gr 1, 9f), United Nations Stakes (Gr 1, 11f), Molly Pitcher Stakes (Gr 3, 8.5f), Monmouth Cup Stakes (Gr 3, 9f), Matchmaker Stakes (Gr 3, 9f). Karaka sales NZTM Saratoga (USA) - Coaching Club American Oaks (Gr 1, 9f), National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (Gr 2, 9f). BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS southern hemisphere auctions in the hope that ew Zealand Bloodstock is a trans-Tasman travel bubble would be in place contemplating relinquishing its by then which would allow the crucial Australian coveted late January slot on the agent and trainer buying bench to attend. calendar for its annual Karaka If the Karaka sale is rescheduled it would NYearling Sale as the auction house attempts be held in the week of Monday, April 19, to deal with the ongoing travel complications which would clash with day two of the Inglis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale, and come a The proposal would see New Zealand’s fortnight after the Australian Easter Yearling national yearling sale held in April after the major Sale. Continued on page 2>> STAKES FIELDS & INTERNATIONAL CARDS | PAGE 24 Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by New Zealand Bloodstock floats Karaka back-up plan for prestige sale | 2 | Saturday, July 18, 2020 << Continued from page 1 NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook yesterday held discussions with Inglis’ Jonathan D’Arcy and Magic Millions counterpart Clint Donovan about next year’s sale dates. “It is important that Australians are able to get here because they are our biggest buying bench and it’s looking, as days go on, increasingly unlikely that the border is going to be open in January, but hopefully it will be in April,” Seabrook told ANZ Bloodstock News. “It could be a good move going to mid-April as our New Zealand horses perform very well in Sydney during that April period and there could be some rub off to the sale.” As it stands, the Karaka Yearling Sale has a January 24 starting date Sam Williams SPORTPIX and it would run hot on the heels of the season-opening Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale which is scheduled to start on January 13, a week later than what this year’s was. Kiwis increasingly look to Australia as a In recent years, a number of high-profile Victorian breeders have selling option pushed for the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale to be brought Entries for the 2021 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale closed yesterday forward from its early March date and encroach on, or even clash, with with some breeders and vendors exploring their options to sell more the Karaka sale, but Inglis resisted the move. of their stock in Australia due to the impacts of Covid-19 and the Seabrook was given another undertaking by D’Arcy yesterday that general state of the local racing industry which has been in decline for Inglis would not revisit the issue with the slot potentially vacated next a sustained period. year. NZB would most likely return to the late January dates for the 2022 It has been suggested that an exodus of Kiwi-bred and owned Karaka sale. yearlings, upwards of 150, will make their way to Australia to be auctioned “I have spoken to both Magic Millions and Inglis this morning to in 2021, but whether the competition for select sale spots and the clout just tell them of our plans. They are both supportive of that,” Seabrook carried by major local farms would allow that to occur remains to be seen. said. It is believed that the Australian companies have given assurances “The April date we have in mind clashes with the Melbourne Gold that they will not actively look to recruit significantly more yearlings from Sale, but there’s just no other alternative for us. When I spoke to Jonathan New Zealand than they would normally accept. D’Arcy he was understanding of that.” New Zealanders Mark and Shelly Treweek’s Lyndhurst Farm consigned Sam Williams of New Zealand’s Little Avondale Stud was pleased two yearlings at the Magic Millions in January, and they also offered three that NZB would make an early call on next year’s sale, which would allow at the Melbourne Premier sale and four at the virtual Australian Easter vendors to plan with more certainty. Yearling Sale in April. “They’re having to crystal ball gaze and so are we. We’ve just Fellow Kiwi vendors Highden Park and Henley Park had two lots had a couple of meetings today regarding yearling staff. If you go catalogued for the prestigious Easter sale, while Jamieson Park (six), and employ all these staff now and the sales are moved to April, you Trelawney Stud (two) and Waikato Stud (two) were also represented in are stuck with all the staff and you can’t just sack them,” Williams Sydney as was Woburn Farm (one). said yesterday. Windsor Park Stud (six) and Woburn Farm (seven) also sold horses at “The one thing they’ve done is that they’re going to put the stake in Inglis’ Premier sale. the sand at the end of August, which is fantastic, and that is going to allow Little Avondale also offered four yearlings at the Easter sale and trainers with Karaka Million graduates to plan and it’s also going to allow Williams admitted he would again look to Australia to sell some of his vendors to plan ahead for staffing requirements and for preparations of stock. the horses. “I think there will be New Zealand studs like ourselves who will be “They have done a great job by pre-warning us.” targeting Australian sales if we can to give us an option. You’re going to Rich Hill Stud principal John Thompson also welcomed the proposal. have to spread your eggs,” he said. “We have our customary time slot as that’s always worked well, but “We’re very much looking at our options at the moment. I’ve been in a if an announcement with the Australaisan bubble isn’t going to happen lot of discussions, especially in the last seven or eight days, about our draft until, say, March, then we’d definitely want them to push the sale back to and the way we’re selecting our draft. April if they could,” he said. “There are some race fillies that we are looking at holding and “It wouldn’t be the ideal scenario but it would be better than not also giving ourselves an option of the (2021) Karaka Ready to Run having any (Australian) buyers at the sale.” Sale.” Continued on page 4>> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by CATALOGUE ONLINE NOW MUNGRUP STUD COMPLETE DISPERSAL ONLINE SALE UNRESERVED 6-11 AUGUST 2020 FROM THE STUD THAT HAS PRODUCED THE WINNERS OF TWO RAILWAY STAKES, FOUR KARRAKATTA PLATES, FIVE MAGIC MILLIONS WA 2YO CLASSICS AND SIX WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GUINEAS – 157 LOTS INCLUDING 69 YEARLINGS, 13 TWO-YEAR-OLDS, ONE THREE-YEAR-OLD AND 74 BROODMARES Mungrup Stud Open Days daily 10am-3pm – 30 July-2 August Bookings Essential Contact Ann Croucher T 0427 531 980 or 08 9853 2103 View the catalogue online at www.magicmillions.online or via the Equinline catalog app for iPad New Zealand Bloodstock floats Karaka back-up plan for prestige sale | 4 | Saturday, July 18, 2020 << Continued from page 2 ‘All systems go’ for Ready to Run sale The reshuffle of sale dates also impacted this year’s series of two-year- old auctions, with Magic Millions pushing its version back to November 9 and 10 and NZB’s Ready to Run Sale set to take place on November 18 and 19. The Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale, normally the middle leg of the Australasian series, will be held on October 20. Seabrook said NZB was well equipped to conduct this year’s sale, despite the likely scenario that international trainers and buyers would be unable to attend. “I think if there’s one sale that we can have here without the Karaka sales NZTM international buyers being present is the breeze-up sale. A lot of the buyers, trainers and owners have seen the horses as yearlings and the Run Sale of 2YOs could prosper despite the current ban on international most important component of the two-year-old sale is the breeze-up itself travel. at Te Rapa,” he said. “At the Ready to Run sale you can get quite a bit of information from “They will be able to see the breeze-ups and it’s a very transparent sale the digital platform through breeze-ups, x-rays, photos and film,” the with x-rays online, scopes and bloods and all those sorts of things.