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NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ BULLETIN WINTER 2017 13 NEW STALLIONS FOR 2017 For the first time in over a decade their stallion ranks with two Australian New Zealand breeders will have 13 stakes performers as well, with one new stallions to choose from when being the New Zealand bred Group One the breeding season commences in winner Tarzino and the other a former September. smart two-year-old in Telperion (IRE). That’s an increase of six stallions Tarzino retired from racing last spring compared to the seven that went to due to injury. The son of Tavistock stud in 2016. It is a reflection on the and the Zabeel mare Zarzino, won the confidence that New Zealand stud Group One VRC AAMI Derby, Group masters have that breeding your mare One ATC Rosehill Guineas and two in New Zealand is a viable option, other races, before sustaining his career thanks to the increase in domestic ending injury. stake money along with the continued performance of the New Zealand bred Telperion (IRE) a son of Street Cry(IRE) overseas. the sire of the Champion mare Winx, is the winner of four races, including Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge has added three new stallions to their the Listed ATC Lonhro Plate, he was roster; Turn Me Loose, Rageese (AUS) also second in the Group One ATC Sires and Vanbrugh (AUS). Produce Stakes and fourth in the Group Matamata will be the home to three One ATC Golden Slipper. A descendant Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj[IRE]- new stallions, with Tivaci (AUS), of the great mare Denise’s Joy, Telperion Indomitable) is the winner of seven Vadamos (FR) and Puccini. raced in Darley’s famous blue colours out races, three at Group One level, and Tivaci(AUS) (High Chaparral [IRE]- the Champion Sprinter and Middle of the stable of John O’Shea. Breccia), the winner of six races Distance horse in New Zealand in 2015- Another new stallion to be based in including the Group One ATC All Aged 16. He is the first son of Iffraaj who this Karaka is Belardo (IRE) (Lope De Vega Stakes this autumn, and the Group season left the Derby winners Jon Snow [IRE]- Danaskaya [IRE]) who will stand Three Sunshine Coast Guineas in 2016 and Gingernuts, to retire to stud in New at Haunui Farm. He was crowned the joins the roster at Waikato, while Zealand. English and European Champion two- Rich Hill will welcome the French Rageese (AUS) a Group One placed year-old of 2014 following his Dewhurst bred stallion Vadamos (FR) a son of winner of four races, is by Street Stakes win at Newmarket, and retired Monsun (GER) and the stakes winning Cry(IRE) out of Rabsha, and he will having won five races including the mare Celebre Vadala(FR). Vadamos is be joined by Vanbrugh(AUS)(Encosta Newbury Lockinge Stakes as a four- a Group One winner in France and was de Lago[AUS]-Soho Secret[AUS]) the year-old. He is the first son of the also successful at Group Two level in winner of the Group One ATC Spring former French Champion three-year- Germany, in all he won eight races. Champion Stakes and four other races. old Lope De Vega by Shamardal (IRE) to Mapperley Stud will add Puccini Westbury Stud in Karaka has increased stand at stud in New Zealand. (Encosta de Lago[AUS]- Miss Opera) NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION Postal Address: PO Box 1058, Cambridge, 3450 | 47 Alpha Street, Cambridge, 3450 Phone: (07) 827 7727 | Email: [email protected] | www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz WINTER 2017 to their ranks. The 2013-14 Champion three-year-old won eight races including the Group One New Zealand Derby and Group Two Avondale and Great Northern Guineas. Verdi, Puccini’s winning half-brother by Zabeel, will be one of two additions to the stallion ranks in the South Island and will join Remind(USA) at Long Acres Stud in Darfield just out of Christchurch. Further south in North Taieri, Mosgiel couple Jason Coutts and Charlotte Young will stand Prince of Brooklyn (AUS) (Magnus[AUS]-Tristabeel) as the foundation stallion for their newly established Grassyards Stud. Unbeaten at two, Prince of Brooklyn won the Group Three National Stakes at Morphettville on debut from the leading Caulfield stable of Mick Price and he ended his juvenile season with further success in the Elvstroem Classic at Swan Hill. Back to the Waikato region there are two more stallions to add to the ranks there. along with their race and stud records and the statistics of Highview Stud in Hamilton will welcome Wrote (IRE), a son their sires. It is crammed full of statistical data and stud of High Chaparral(IRE). He was the winner of the Group One information, location maps, and beautiful equine colour Breeders Cup Juvenile in 2011 and was also placed in the UAE photography by Trish Dunell. Derby. Wrote is out of the Green Desert(GB) mare Desert It provides vital information to guide breeders in the Classic. important investment decisions they must make each year On the other side of Hamilton, Preferment (Zabeel- Better to sustain New Zealand’s successful thoroughbred breeding Alternative) will take up stud duties at Brighthill Farm. industry. The comprehensive statistical data is crucial to The four time Group One winner who was also crowned the industry including sire premierships – both local and Australian Champion Stayer in the 2015-16 season, won the international, fertility figures, sales averages, award winners, Group One VRC Derby, Australian Cup, Turnbull Stakes and free handicaps, industry statistics and a host of other useful BMW Stakes. information. The pedigree index alone covers 16 pages and The last three stallions mentioned, plus Telperion, were features an alphabetical index of all the horses in the first all late announcements and will not be found in the 2017 five removes of the pedigrees of the advertised stallions. edition of the Register of Thoroughbred Stallions of New The Register is available free to all financial members of the Zealand, which NZTBA members received last month. NZTBA as part of the membership package, so if you haven’t The 152 page soft bound book features the tabulated received yours yet please contact Nicola in the office on pedigrees of 79 stallions standing at stud in New Zealand 07-827 7727. NZTBA WELCOMES NEW CEO FOR NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED RACING Bernard Saundry, who has succeeded new digital destination for Victorian Greg Purcell as the NZTR Chief thoroughbred racing and the Executive, has been a racing aggregating of club media rights administrator for most of his to establish, via a joint venture, a working life dedicated free to air TV channel for Most notably, Bernard spent 14 years Victorian racing. with Racing Victoria Ltd, stepping Bernard also spent eight years as down last December after a four year Chief Executive of Harness Racing stint as Chief Executive. Victoria and before joining HRV He had previously been the Chief had been the administration and Operating Officer, Commercial marketing manager for the Moonee Director, Racing Development Valley Racing Club. Director and Chief of Staff with RVL. He attended the NZTR Board’s June His achievements while CEO meeting before officially beginning included creating Racing.com as a his role with NZTR on June 26. 2 BREEDERS’ BULLETIN | www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz WELFARE SPOTLIGHT ON THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE These days animal welfare is a hot topic of debate throughout the world, and thoroughbred welfare in New Zealand doesn’t escape the scrutiny. With this in mind the NZTR has been working closely with the other equine industries and organisations throughout the country to prepare a new NZTR Thoroughbred Welfare Policy and Strategy which will be implemented next month. Consultative workshops with a wide range of stakeholder groups were held in Cambridge in April, and Awapuni in June, where policy ideas and a vision was formulated. NZ Rules of Racing and industry to submit an SR24 as soon as practical The vision is: “A thoroughbred should investment in track infrastructure also after your horse retires or dies. It be provided a good life, with the help enhance welfare outcomes for would also be very helpful if you could care and conditions that will allow thoroughbreds. provide an SR24 for any horse you the horse to thrive and perform to “Our horses are mostly well owned that has died or been retired its natural abilities, with minimal nurtured and cared for in racing and over the past two years,” he stressed. discomfort and an absence of breeding activities. However, public, NZTR have been consulting with suffering.” government and industry stakeholders NZTBA, sector groups and animal This policy reflects that vision and is compel us to periodically re-examine welfare organisations to develop the of similar thinking to policy in other our practices and consider what can Thoroughbred Welfare Policy and racing jurisdictions and among other be done to improve the physical and Strategy, and will publish the key focus animal industries in New Zealand. It mental welfare of the horses in our areas and initiatives for improving will focus on areas such as; traceability care. Other animal industries in thoroughbred welfare in New Zealand of all horses registered, retraining New Zealand and racing jurisdictions on nzracing.co.nz in the near future. and rehoming, whip, racing injuries overseas are taking a similar approach. If you would like to discuss any of the including jumps racing, neglect and “As part of the new policy we would topics discussed in this article, or with ensuring education for care of retired/ encourage people to fill out the regards to thoroughbred welfare, please retrained horses.