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National Thoroughbred Week event

We're opening our gates to the public during National Thoroughbred Week. Register to join us for our free open day here. Event details: Day: Sunday November 23Time: 10:30 - 1:00pmLocation: Jamieson Park, 830 Koheroa Road, Mangatāwhiri Meet a foal, groom a horse and meet a retired racehorse. For more info on National Thoroughbred Week and the events happening, click here. ...

Mr Mozart's first foals hit the right notes!

From Highview Stud: Mr Mozart's first foals are arriving, and we’ve been receiving fantastic reports from clients who bred to him in his first season at stud.Click here to view a gallery of some of these outstanding foals. We couldn’t be happier with the quality and strength he’s producing.Word is spreading, and he’s on track to serve similar numbers to last season (89), which is a testament to his growing reputation.He’s also proving to be a “fertility machine,” with ver...

Arabian Songbird upstages Tardelli in Cambridge showdown

By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskStephen Marsh ran rampant with wins in four of the first seven races at Ellerslie on Saturday, but his hottest favourite of the day had to settle for a placing as another Cambridge stable stole the show.The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Arabian Songbird took flight from the back of the field to upstage Tardelli in the $65,000 Elsdon Park (1400m).Marsh had been an unstoppable force until that point of the afternoon, winning the G...

Kygo Star shines late in competitive 3YO contest

By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskPromising three-year-old Kygo Star overcame a wide journey to come out on top in a tight finish in the Allspark Electrical Maiden 3YO (1400m) at Avondale on Wednesday. The Chad Ormsby-trained gelding was impressive on debut at Taupo, storming home late to finish second behind Oratia Beauty. Finishing third in that contest was Magic Carpet, who came out 10 days later to win the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Gui...

Grail Seeker crowned Champion Sprinter

2024-25 was a breakthrough season for Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj), who had previously shown promise up to Group Two level as a three-year-old but went on to scale all new heights as a four-year-old.In her first two starts of the season, she scored scintillating come-from-behind victories in the Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings and the Group One Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. She won those two prestigious weight-for-age races by a combined margin of almost four lengths and b...

Mr Mozart filly well composed

The first foal by Highview Stud stallion Mr Mozart has arrived with breeder James Chapman of Jamieson Park delighted with the filly which is out of the Almanzor mare Qdos, a half-sister to black-type performers Sacred Master, Kia Ora Jewel and Tears of an Angel. Chapman part-owned Mr Mozart during his racing career and has doubled down on the Group Two winning son of Snitzel now that he has retired to Highview Stud. “I have ...

Highview Stud announce 2025 service fees

Highview Stud have announced the service fees for their quartet of stallions this coming breeding season, headlined by Group One producer Wrote, who will stand for a fee of $12,000+GST.A Group One winner himself of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Stakes (1600m), Wrote sired last year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous, while his stakes-winning honour roll also includes Group One performer Best Seller and Group Two winner Wrote to Araraki.“We have increased his fee to $...

Group One goals back on the horizon for Pier

Pier (NZ) (Proisir) may have fallen just short of winning Saturday’s Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m), but trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley couldn’t have been happier with their returning star ahead of a potential campaign in Queensland.As a three-year-old, Pier won a competitive Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and placed in a Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) and Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m). Since then, he has spent much of the last two seasons on the sidelines, includi...

Quality colt on target for Trentham feature

Well-related colt Tardelli (I Am Invincible) will make a return trip to Wellington in his bid to add a black-type victory to his burgeoning record.The Stephen Marsh-trained son of I Am Invincible continued his impressive progression on Champions’ Day at Ellerslie where he came from last to claim the Windsor Park Stud Trophy (1500m).He will make his next appearance in Saturday week’s Gr.2 IRT Wellington Guineas (1400m) with his performance at Trentham to decide if he travels further...

Ritchie Snaps Up Well-Bred Colt

Shaune Ritchie didn’t have to dig as deep as expected to secure a regally bred colt during the second session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 National Yearling Sale. The Cambridge horseman and his training partner Colm Murray signed the ticket for a St Mark’s Basilica youngster, Lot 269, at $230,000. The colt from the first crop of the multiple elite level winner was offered by Jamieson Park and is a son of Savabeel’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Savaria.  ...

Winning breeding confidence at Jamieson

Further top-flight success on the home front and an overseas double has boosted spirits at Jamieson Park ahead of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.Farm graduate Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) doubled her tally at elite level with her dazzling victory in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham last Saturday, her first appearance since she won the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m).The Jamieson Park-bred and sold Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor) then starred in Australia with his successful defence ...

Grail Seeker soars to Telegraph triumph

Within the space of just two starts as a four-year-old, Grail Seeker has announced her arrival as one of the brightest stars in New Zealand racing.A first-up winner of the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings back at the beginning of September, the Iffraaj mare lined up for her first race in 119 days at Trentham on Saturday and blew her rivals away again in the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m).It was the 40th win of a standout season for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, and one of...

Holymanz defends Coastal Classic crown

Geelong has now staged two runnings of the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m), and both of them have been won by the Kiwi-bred gelding Holymanz.The chestnut son of Almanzor carried the 53kg minimum weight to win the inaugural edition of the race last January, and he returned to Geelong on Saturday and successfully defended that title under 60kg.Ridden by British jockey Saffie Osborne, Holymanz settled in second-last before swooping around the outside and looming just behind the leaders in fourth ...

Mr Mozart to stand at Highview

Highview Stud has added another touch of Australian flavour to its stallion roster with the recruitment of Mr Mozart, a Group Two-winning son of the champion sire Snitzel.The impeccably-bred entire was prepared by Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes to win five of his 16 starts, placing in another three and earning A$796,900.A Sydney debut winner at two, Mr Mozart’s highlight victory came in the Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m), beating Group One winners Never Been Kissed and Fangirl.He also won the Gr...