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Conditions of entry for the £50,000 Arena Racing Company (ARC) Racehorse to Eventer Challenge 2026 have been tweaked following a review of the first running of the event.  The brainchild of Dash Grange Stud owner Jayne McGivern and Cornbury House Horse Trials' founder and president David Howden and supported by ARC, the challenge is designed to showcase the versatility and suitability of former racehorses for eventing.  Following consultation with stakeholders, the entry conditions have been slightly altered for 2026. The ARC Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup will be restricted to horses who have not competed at Advanced or CCI4* level. They must also have raced or have been in training at a registered training yard; proof will be required of the latter. Jayne McGivern said, “I was delighted that the inaugural class was such a success last year, that ARC came on board to support it, and that it received such a huge amount of positive coverage. There is such a need to promote the talents and versatility of racehorses, and this class is the perfect way to do that.  “With year one under our belts, I am keen that we focus on ex-racehorses that are in the formative stages of their eventing careers and that we encourage riders to keep looking for suitable horses and working with them, hence restricting the ARC Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup to those not already at the top of the sport.” Once again, the ARC Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup will be run at British Eventing Open Novice level, but using an FEI CCI2*-S dressage test in a long arena and with the showjumping phase last and in reverse order on Saturday, 12 September.  Horses must have achieved two Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MERs) at novice or above in the current season (2026 and by the point of entry). Riders will be restricted to two entries each.  For any further enquiries about the ARC Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup, please email wendy@wendyevans.uk. The post Conditions Of Entry Tweak To The £50,000 2026 Racehorse to Eventer Challenge  appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The first of 17 catalogued GoffsGo sales was topped on Thursday by hurdler Miss Kingston at £22,000. The mare was offered by Vinesgrove Stud and has shown plenty of promise for her trainer Paul McEnery in her three hurdle starts to date which included a third placing at Thurles in November last year. The daughter of Kingston Hill was purchased by Jerry McGrath. Billy McEnery of Vinesgrove Stud commented, “It's our first venture into selling online and we were pleasantly surprised with the interest in the mare. I think it's the way forward for selling form horses, it's a good platform to trade horses on and we were delighted with how it went.”  Overall, the sale saw 12 of the 37 catalogued lots sell for a turnover of £84,200 with other successful vendors including Ballyshannon Stud, Henry Daly, Jack Davison, Kildaragh Stud, Mick Appleby, Shade Oak Stud, Stuart Coltherd and more. Goffs Group Chief Executive, Henry Beeby commented, “We are committed to seeing GoffsGo continue to grow in the online marketplace and the January Sale has kicked off what will be a busy year for the platform with another 16 sales currently in the calendar. As the 'new kid on the block' the only way is up, and we are delighted with the positive reception from potential vendors who have committed to future sales given our customer friendly pricing structure. “Indeed, GoffsGo offers outstanding value with an entry fee of just £49 and the lowest available vendor commission of 1.5% which is only charged for lots that sell on the platform. That is unmatched by any other European online service. Our next online sale is the GoffsGo February Sale which will be held in three weeks' time on the 19th and entries are being taken now.” The post Miss Kingston Heads GoffsGo January Sale At £22,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

last time I was down there Cromwell was 2 hrs drive away from Kurow...has the Southern Fault defaulted already..like your immoral stand? Did you say this  "Reflecting my long history of being involved in 'anti violence men education...'. " perhaps Mudhoo didn't hear Silly Billy?  even if he did you're condoning using an animal to attack another human? The race was well over when he rode his horse into another jockey...nothing split about it "anti violence" you aint 

Congrats to Brad Steele. Put on that many good races past 3 years with HRNZ running at peak performance, that many Aussie raiders have turned up to enjoy the Great prize-money and fantastic Slot races at Cambridge and Addington and of course the NZ Cup. has been some amazing years since Covid in NZ harness racing .  A 10/10 performance by Brad and his hard working colleagues. Of course the Cheap shots are being made on this thread against him 🤣 as he joins the pile of hated people that this forum has , and to what he might do in future years. very unappreciative lot assissination . on Yet another person Trying to keep the NZ harness racing industry going. unlike the critics who discredit everybody  , including Brad in advance with some more unappreciative BS.  the guy is doing wonders with a struggling twilight industry , and you just can't see it . Blinded by trolling critics all the time . open your eyes and enjoy the Great racing !!! better than this boring Tennis that's on at the moment. some spoilt millionaire brats whacking a ball over a net. and the masses clap like it's something important lol.  😂😎    No one in NZ can do anything right by you guys ?  HRNZ, Entain, Stipes, Programmers, Starters, North Island Harness racing participants ( which are some of the BEST on the Planet of ALL time ) yet are criticised here as nauseum for having Races put on for them to run in ?? 🙄  you guys are totally confusing as to what you actually want in the sport? . and are naturally leading to it's demise in NZ with your LACK of SUPPORT and APPRECIATION of those putting it on. Go watch TENNIS then 🤣😂   

As it stands, across January, we have  13,548,635 56,847,600 4.19        

If we took the best 12 performing on a revenue to stakes ratio, all mainly industry days and did some extrapolating based on an industry with 300 meetings per annum. We would end up with Total stakes raced for - 52,261,500 Total revenue generated - 460,752,600 Ratio - 8.82

And yet the thoroughbreds race for about $20k in the outback & at least $100k at a average metropolitan meeting. 

Being positive as you claim TAB to be,  think TAB man was often taking the piss, but on some things i aint but I'm sure the Auckland that was 25 or 30 years ago is a lot different to the Auckland of today, those same trends happening there are slowly drifting through the rest of NZ.

Does Mr Steele own horses in NZ and if so in particular are they trained in the Auckland region.