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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 08 February 2026
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Wag Star the one to beat in today’s Wairio Cup
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Sam Thornley with nine drives at Methven today
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I think the racing industry in NZ along with the various clubs have no idea what attracts people to racing, simply because they never actually find out by asking. For me, it is seeing top horses race. The images of seeing the various greats over the last 50 years will remain with me forever. But that is just me. In recent times, because elsewhere I have learnt about the concept of finding value, it has been fuller and more competitive fields. But that would not apply to many of the people who go on course nowadays -
You do hear of a lot of raconteurial stuff where people swear by it for pain relief and allowing them to get to sleep
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Yes and there seems to be a fair amount of research that indicates it isn't much better than a placebo. -
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Henry Beeby says that Goffs “can't wait to get going for the year” ahead of the February Sale which features progeny by Havana Grey, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, Sands Of Mali, Sea The Stars, Walk In The Park and Starman as well a brother [lot 53] to recent Grade 2 mares' hurdle winner Feet Of A Dancer (Authorized). Pinhookers resembled happy cows being let out to spring grass for the first time on the eve of the two-day February Sale, which kicks off the Goffs sale season at 10am on Wednesday. Beeby said, “Our February Sale is always a reactionary catalogue to the autumn sales and it is a very good and balanced catalogue. The Wednesday session is up from 248 to 266 weanlings and there is obviously more Flat than National Hunt. There are some very smart pedigrees in there and the pinhookers will be out in force. You see a lot of the serious buyers have been here on Monday and Tuesday and we have some good drafts from Moyglare Stud and more. We finish off with a newly-introduced point-to-point section and that is a definite reaction to requests given a number of point-to-point handlers were asking for a sale in Ireland at this time of the year.” He added, “The pinhookers always come to this sale. It's a very diverse catalogue so it appeals to everyone. Along with the strong domestic buying bench, we have lots of Eastern Europeans here, people from France and a lot of British buyers as well. It's very funny, because when you get to December, everyone is on their knees as it's the end of the sales season and all people want to do is go home. Come this time of year, all people want to do is get out of their house and go to the sales! So there's a great atmosphere around the place and we can't wait to get going for the year.” Well-known bookmaker Brian Keenan, who breeds 10 to 12 National Hunt mares every year and consigns under Ballymurray Farm, will offer the Affinisea half-brother to Feet Of A Dancer. That Paul Noaln-trained mare couldn't have been more impressive when landing a Grade 2 contest at Doncaster last month and is just 10-1 for the Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham. Keenan, whose father Brian had his recognisable pink silks carried by the smart Noel Meade-trained chaser Sir Oj over 20 years ago now, said the slew of good results with Feet Of A Dancer presented too good of an opportunity not to present the latest offspring by Leah Claire at public auction. He said, “The Affinisea is a baby June foal and, normally, you'd be thinking about keeping them and letting them mature. But I just thought, with the page after exploding into life and with Affinisea really doing well, I thought now was the time to bring her to the sales.” He added, “I got a massive kick out of Feet Of A Dancer winning at Doncaster – you'd swear I owned her myself. She won her Listed race by nine lengths, went on and gave Wodhooh a fright at Christmas and then won the Grade 2 at Doncaster. It was great fun. We bought the mare a couple of years ago in foal to Masked Marvel. I have a Santiago three-year-old for the store sales this year and this fella as well. “Given he was born in June, it became way too late to cover her so we said we'd wait until this year and get her good and early. Feet Of A Dancer's brother, Act Of Authority, was actually second to Wodhooh in the Martin Pipe last year so she could do with clearing off! But look, Leah Claire was a nine-time winner herself and was Stakes-placed over both codes so it's not a fluke. She's obviously breeding horses with plenty of ability. I've had plenty of luck with later foals at this sale – fillies especially. So, when we saw the pedigree update, we had absolutely no hesitation in coming here.” Meanwhile, Whitsbury Manor Stud will offer one of the most sought after lots of the entire sale through the Baroda Stud-drafted Havana Grey filly [260], who is a full-sister to Listed winner Havana Ball. Like Keenan, Whitsbury has enjoyed luck at the Goffs February Sale in the past, and the stud's Joe Callan is optimistic the good run can continue at Kildare Paddocks. He said, “We have always liked this filly. We took her here in November, where we thought she would stack up quite well, but she picked up a minor knock just a few days beforehand and we were forced to withdraw her. We decided there and then that she was too nice a filly to be showing with a wrap on and we said we'd give her a chance to come to this sale, which has been good to us in the past. We know the buyers always turn up to this sale so we're hoping that she might stand out.” The post “We Can’t Wait To Get Going” – February Sale Gets Goffs Up And Running For 2026 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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