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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale is just moments away, set to take place on 20 and 21 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre. Inspections and parades and well and truly underway, and the grounds are busy with many guests also staying onsite at the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka hotel situated just a minutes’ walk from the complex. Various international buyers will be met by an astute line up of Kiwi judges to provide strong competition in the sale ring, all looking to secure their next champion from the world’s best sale of two-year-olds. NZTR will also auction a single slot for the 2025 edition of the NZB Kiwi race tonight, with 50% of the Above Reserve Fee ($125k) to be donated to Rodney Animal Rescue. The slot will go up for bidding at 5pm on Tuesday 19 November. As usual, NZB will provide a world-class sale broadcast for the duration of the 2024 Ready to Run Sale. The Sale will be televised live in New Zealand on Freeview Channel 200, Sky Chanel 64, as well as on NZB’s website, online bidding platform and Facebook page. Viewers can tune in from as early as 10.30am (NZT) prior to the Sale to catch the daily preview show hosted by presenter Michael Guerin, with the review show also being broadcast at the closure of selling each day. View the full catalogue and sale information online here. View the full article -
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The past year has been a tough one for Matamata horseman Gary Hennessy, but he got plenty of satisfaction out of watching Mystic Park (NZ) (Ocean Park) take out Saturday’s Listed Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. Hennessy bred the five-year-old gelding, who is by his five-time Group One winner and Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) hero Ocean Park, and out of unraced Dubawi mare Spirit of Karlu. “It was terrific. I have followed him all the way through, and I have his dam set to foal any day to Ocean Emperor,” Hennessy said. “It is a great little family. He has got a lot of brilliance. He is a lovely, big horse and has got some quality about him. He is out of a Dubawi mare and has a nice background.” Hennessy sold Mystic Park as a weanling to Kilgravin Lodge’s Eion Kemp and veterinarian Ronan Costello, with the pair offering him through the former’s 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft, where he was purchased by trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman for $40,000. He has gone on to win seven and place in three of his 12 career starts to date, culminating in Saturday’s stakes victory. Saturday’s win was a tonic for Hennessy, who has battled health issues over the last 12 months, which forced him to call an end to his training career. “Last year I got very crook, so I have stopped training,” he said. “I woke up one morning and I was completely paralysed and couldn’t dress myself for three days. You end up being very tired and your shoulders ache. You have some days that are good days and others that are not. “I also need an ankle replacement, so that will make it difficult working with horses. I am probably going to be in a moonboot for up to six months. “We have just sold the racing stable block. We have still got Weowna Park, which is 50-odd acres, and we have three or four broodmares there. I have got three nice two-year-old colts that we will probably put into work with somebody. “I have also got a three-year-old Ocean Park filly that I have kept that is a half-sister to Trust In You. We will have one or two racing and enjoy that.” Hennessy said he will now place his focus on his breeding endeavours, with Spirit of Karlu now becoming an increasingly important cog in his breeding wheel. As well as being the dam of Mystic Park, she has also left former promising juvenile Pluck That, and race winners Karlu Dreaming and Poitin. “She has had five to the races and four have been winners,” Hennesy said. “I bought her in Australia and she was in-foal to Pluck and the resulting foal we sold at the ready to run sale to Baker-Forsman and he was called Pluck That. He won a couple of trials and won two starts as a two-year-old before being sold to Hong Kong and he has won a couple up there. “Karlu Dreaming, she is a full-sister to Mystic Park, and we sold her in the Melbourne sales, and she has won three, while Poitin is another one that we sold at the ready to runs to Allan Sharrock for $50,000, and he has also won. View the full article -
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New Zealand has an exciting group of apprentice jockeys coming through the ranks, and last season’s standout performers were recently recognised at the Northern, Central Districts and South Island Apprentice Awards. On Monday night, the Milan Park Northern Apprentice Jockey Awards acknowledged the achievements of the region’s rising stars, with Niranjan Parmar awarded the Premier Apprentice Jockey Award as the highest-achieving Northern apprentice on the premiership table. Parmar, who was apprenticed to Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, recorded 50 winners last term, finishing second to Lily Sutherland in the premiership. Among his half-century were three stakes victories, including the Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1400m) aboard Pendragon, the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) on Perfect Scenario, and the Listed Champagne Stakes (1200m) with Discretion Rules. The 27-year-old was honoured to receive the top award, particularly as not all had gone as planned with several suspensions through crucial periods in the season. “It means a lot to win this award, especially as I was quite on-and-off throughout the season and spent more time on the sidelines than on the track,” Parmar said. “I received great support from all over the country, I just took it day-by-day and kept showing up. “Winning my first Group Two for Pam Gerard was very special and it gave me a massive boost, my name came up and I got some nice rides here and there after that. It really helped my confidence. “Also winning the Group race at Wingatui, that was really good, and Team Te Akau had a strong hand in my premiership. “My agent, Micky Coleman, he helped me a lot, as well as my new boss, Paul Richards. He has supported me through my career, so a big thank you to all of them.” Parmar is nearing another milestone, with less than 20 winners before outriding his claim in New Zealand, and he is hoping to take opportunities across the Tasman, should they arise. “My goal is to outride my claim, I’m sitting on 122 so I just need 18 more winners, which I can hopefully get through this season,” he said. “After that, I’m looking to see if I can go to Australia for a small stint next year, even for six months to a year. I haven’t spoken to anyone yet, but it’s something I’m hoping to do.” A relatively fresh face on the scene is Rihaan Goyaram, who was announced as the Most Promising First Year Apprentice. Indentured to Ralph Manning, Goyaram debuted in early June, and swiftly picked up five winners over the remaining six weeks in the season. The remainder of the accolades were awarded to Ngakau Hailey (Most Improved Apprentice Jockey), Jessica Allen (Most Outstanding Female Rider), Maria Sanson (Bill Simon Trophy for Most Outstanding Ride), Ace Lawson-Carroll (Most Dedicated To Succeed) and Sarah Fisher (Best Presented At Scales). At the Central Apprentice Academy Prizegiving, held in conjunction with RACE, Lily Sutherland was further congratulated for her outstanding performance to win the 2023/24 National Apprentice Premiership, with 52 winners placing her 14th overall among her senior counterparts. Apprenticed to Kevin Myers, Sutherland won the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m) on Chantilly Lace, Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m) with Not Guilty, Gr.3 Anniversary Handicap (1600m) aboard Churchillian, and the Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) partnering No Rain Ever. Lemmy Douglas was recognised as the Head Pupil, for all-round dedication to their profession, and Jim Chung was Most Improved Apprentice Jockey, highlighted by his fifth-placing on the Apprentice Premiership. In the South Island, Yogesh Atchamah was awarded the Top Apprentice Jockey after recording a career-best of 24 winners last term. Indentured to Andrew Carston, Atchamah narrowly edged out fellow Southern rising stars Donovan Cooper and Denby-Rose Tait. Kendra Bakker, formerly in the North, was awarded the Most Promising Junior Rider, and Ruvanesh Muniandy won the Ashlee Mundy Jockey’s Choice Award, chosen by the South Island Senior Jockeys. View the full article
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