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Consignor Jamie Railton has launched The February Club, a new Flat racing syndicate operating over a defined 12-month period from February to February. The syndicate will focus on purchasing Flat horses already in training, racing them with resale in mind, and selling them privately or through public Horses-in-Training sales within the year. Around four horses are expected to be purchased. “The February Club is deliberately simple,” said Railton. “It's a one-year structure that allows owners to be involved in every stage, from purchase through to resale, with a clear plan in place.” Horses will be trained by Stuart Williams at Diomed Stables in Newmarket and Karl Burke at Spigot Lodge in Middleham, Yorkshire. The trainers have been selected for their track records in placing horses effectively and providing clear feedback throughout the season. The February Club is structured as a small syndicate with a maximum of 20 shares. Members will have opportunities for yard visits and regular raceday involvement across multiple horses. Shares are priced at £10,000, with full financial details available on request. Owners will receive regular updates, quarterly financial reporting, and funds will be held in a separate Weatherbys account. The post Jamie Railton Launches New Syndicate With Trainers Stuart Williams And Karl Burke appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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The first session at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 100th National Yearling Sale set a new benchmark, with the Book 1 Sale reaching total sales of over $79 million after two days of selling, a $3.6 million increase despite a more compact offering. The Book 1 average reached a record $187,257 (14% increase), the median a record $140,000 (27% increase) and the clearance rate a solid 81%. NZB’s Managing Director Andrew Seabrook was proud of the results achieved during the first session of the milestone Sale. “The new format has seen Book 1 come back from three days to two, and despite having 94 less horses catalogued, the aggregate is up more than $3 million on last year.” “We’ve hit a record Book 1 average and median, and a clearance rate which we haven’t seen in some time. “I’m very proud of the whole NZB team, the positivity on the grounds has been fantastic. The whole industry has really lifted this week and I’m looking forward to that momentum continuing into a strong Book 2 Sale tomorrow.” Fittingly, it was longstanding vendor Cambridge Stud who claimed the Leading Vendor title and offered the Sale-topping yearling. Sir Brendan Lindsay and Will Bourne. Lot 513, a colt by their emerging sire Sword of State, a half-brother to multiple Group One winner Ceolwulf (NZ), was purchased for $1.1 million by Mr Sanxiong Gao and Ciaron Maher Racing. “It tells the industry that you can turn a $15,000 service fee into a million-dollar profit, that’s really encouraging. We’re a great country, and we breed the best horses,” commented a jubilant Sir Brendan Lindsay. “It’s a moment the team are going to remember for the rest of their lives.” At the end selling, Cambridge Stud sold 50 lots for $10,640,000. “A lot of hard work goes in behind the scenes, and they are emotional. Jo and I believe in our country, everything we do is about New Zealand,” added Lindsay. NZB’s Alex Teng & Cambridge Stud with the new connections of Lot 513 “It’s the 100th anniversary of an iconic New Zealand event, and we’re a part of it.” Ciaron Maher’s bloodstock representative Will Bourne was pleased to secure the Sale-topping colt. “David Ellis is a hard guy to beat, especially here on his home deck.” “But this is a lovely horse. We got some great support from a new client, Mr Gao, we’re thrilled to have him on board. “Ciaron Maher sent me the videos of this horse when we were working through a shortlist five days ago. He was one of Ciaron’s picks. I’ve just got off the phone with Ciaron now, he’s delighted.” Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis claimed the leading buyer title for the 18th time at the National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. “It’s been a very successful Sale for the New Zealand industry. It’s something they needed,” commented Ellis. “All credit to New Zealand Bloodstock and their team for putting on a great show. “We’ve purchased 18 in total so far. I can’t wait to get them home into their paddocks to start selling shares in them.” Darley’s freshman sire Anamoe took the leading stallion honours, selling six yearlings for an average of $487,500, while emerging Kiwi sire Sword of State averaged $260,250 for 20 lots sold. All yearlings purchased at Karaka 2026 are eligible to be nominated for NZB’s lucrative Karaka Millions Series, featuring the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO, $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO and the $1m NZB Mega Maiden Series. To nominate your yearling, contact finance@nzb.co.nz or call +64 9 298 0055. Entries close Monday 2 March 2026. Attention now turns to Book 2 on Tuesday where the selling of lots 568 – 848 will get underway from 10am (NZT) at Karaka. To enquire about Passed Lots from Book 1 contact Patrick Cunningham on +64 21 181 5898 or email Patrick.Cunningham@nzb.co.nz, or Andrew Buick on +64 27 555 0640 or email Andrew.Buick@nzb.co.nz. View the full Book 1 results here. Catch the highlights and Lot-by-Lot footage from Book 1 here. Book 2 will be televised live in New Zealand on Freeview Channel 200, as well as on NZB’s website, online bidding platform and Facebook page. View the full article

One or two races at Taupo did well on the win tote, 13000 plus in the main race a couple just under 10, much better than most of Cambridge and Auckland, lots of holidayers in Taupo from what I believe, would be nice to know what the crowd was sometimes the holidayers on course boost the tote figures, they not regular punters.

The question regarding commingling, some pools from gallops from Oz are much bigger than our local product, which suggest commingling still happens or is it just Entain Australia combined with Entain NZ As for the World pool, 1 million dollar win pools at Ellerslie, if that's the rest or some of the rest of the world 1 mill don't seem a massive amount to me.

So what now, maybe races broadcast from the studio?

Or they could be restricted punters trying to supplement their income after having heavy restrictions applied to them.

A new Hong Kong record for consecutive wins, back-to-back Speed Series and The Everest (1,200m) victories, another Triple Crown victor and a fifth straight Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) success. In a sport as unpredictable as horse racing it can be dangerous looking too far into the future, but that is what could easily lie ahead in 2026 for the city’s two champion gallopers, Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior. The world’s best sprinter and highest-earning racehorse of all time kicked off...View the full article

I would say that makes the likelihood of her contesting the Proisir Plate to try and claim the $500K bonus, very likely. It is a $50K bonus to Stephen Marsh Or, if they don't win and the bonus is still live, the Howden Mile 3 weeks later. All this as a precursor to a Spring campaign in Aus. A lot can go wrong in that time of course and may depend on the success in any Autumn racing campaign after the Kiwi, which is apparently her next race. No lead ups

I got this response on the Facebook Thoroughbred site from one of the original part owners, someone called Alan Johnston Your understanding is correct Alan. As one of the original owners, who sold half our share, the deal with Yulong clearly states it stays with Marsh for duration of racing career, and under his management. Only concession we made was she could race in their colours. Sure, she will probably race in Aussie, but transfer there?…not a chance!

Punters should really be doing their own research and selection! That is the fun of punting surely, and you can only blame yourself then? Reality is that you can make money on harness racing but probably only a small percentage do! Have followed harness racing for decades and I can tell you that there are not many tipsters on TV that are actually trying to do you a favour to make money lol The ones getting paid are not good tipsters or they would not be needing to charge you!

Matthew Chadwick’s wish to reunite with Patch Of Cosmo has come true and the four-time Group One-winning jockey is excited about his prospects in Sunday’s Classic Mile at Sha Tin. Chadwick regained the ride after Zac Purton picked Brazilian import Sagacious Life from a plethora of Classic Mile options just before he booted home Patch Of Cosmo in his stunning return from injury on January 18. Chadwick guided Manfred Man Ka-leung’s quality galloper to victory in two of his three rides on the son...View the full article

I laughed at the whale tipping out Insarchatwist on Sunday. He obviously isn't taking drivers into consideration when he tips one. Was a solid lay for me.

Nigel/ Harness Unhinged videos are well worth watching at every meeting he covers! He is financially unpaid and does it to try and promote harness as he is an enthusiast! He doesnt have to do it but chooses to and not sure why he continues to do so as it is very time consuming I would say. Surely with all the money that Entain has been gifting them, you would think they would be promoting Harness racing more and not just letting Nigel/ unhinged do it for them? Definite major contender for unsung hero for racing!

What is a good track? Quite often the HRNZ weather conflicts with the actual weather, and no one alters it at any stage. Have to do your own research.

They put up fav v field every race at burglars odds every race few minutes before start time. Put market up field v Well Written. Get people interested in racing

Yes shortage of available horses around at several places at the moment, which is a big worry.

Monday not exactly ideal for being the best punting day, and everyone back at work now! Great to have this grass track racing up there but difficult punting when do msny stsrters up there with no grass track form so not difficult to see why wagering would not be great!

But isn't there only one option in OZ and NZ to lay a horse?

Graig has had his contract terminated

Absolutely but the monopoly doesn’t give you that option. Just carries on stifling interest in punting on horses.

Have they had a harness meeting at Taupo before? First time I can recall harness racing there.

If those are the fields for near peak season then I hate to think what they might be like in the winter months. Half a dozen races of 6 and 7 runners looking likely maybe even less.

Bloodstock agent Kevin ‘Millie’ Walls was a force to be reckoned with on the buying bench of Book 1 of Karaka 2026, spending more than $3.6 million across Sunday and Monday. Walls secured one of the highest-priced lots on Sunday’s opening day of the sale with a $675,000 colt by Super Seth, and he followed that up on Monday with an $850,000 colt by Alabama Express from the draft of Elsdon Park. The colt went through the ring as Lot 383 and is the first foal out of the winning Tivaci mare Diva Carolina, a granddaughter of multiple black-type winner and Group One placegetter Ombre Rose. Lot 383, a colt by Alabama Express out of Diva Carolina sold to KPW Bloodstock for $850,000 Photo: Angelique Bridson Walls bought the colt on behalf of his clients and friends Ron and Judi Wanless. “We buy purely on type and we rated this colt as one of the best types in the sale,” Walls said. “He stood out. He’s a very nice horse. “Once he (Ron Wanless) starts, he tries hard. He loves racing. It’s his hobby, it’s his passion. Both Ron and Judi love their horses, love their racing and have been in the game for a long time.” Walls indicated that the colt is likely to do his racing in Melbourne. “He’s eligible for the Vobis Sires bonus, so no doubt he’ll be going to Melbourne,” he said. Walls also had a pair of $450,000 purchases – a So You Think colt out of Excel In The Sun and an Ardrossan colt out of Lucetta – and paid $320,000 for an Ardrossan colt out of Caramella, $300,000 for a Sword Of State colt out of Oceans Eight, $275,000 for a Proisir colt out of Galway, $220,000 for an Alabama Express colt out of Get Hitched, and $90,000 for a Noverre colt out of Serenalla. For Elsdon Park, the $850,000 Alabama Express colt was the headline act of a Book 1 draft that yielded $4.98 million from 25 yearlings sold. They also fetched $490,000 for a filly by Alabama Express out of Daniela’s Magic and $450,000 for a colt by Ardrossan out of Lucetta. View the full article