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The Southern Bred Southern Reared (SBSR) draft for the 2027 NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch is strong in numbers and has a real international flavour to it. Two fillies from Diamond Creek Farm and a colt and a filly by the all-conquering Captaintreacherous out of quality Australian bred mares lead the SBSR draft for […]
There’s no better way to advertise your breeding brand than having winners on the racetrack and the Southern Bred Southern Reared brand had them in spades last night. The southern group who breed and sell as a collective, last night recorded three winners at Alexandra Park and four at Addington. And there’s the promise of […]
Stumpy Blackler (Bettor’s Delight) triggered some great memories when he won his maiden race at Cromwell today. Driver Nikita Burton took the Steve and Amanda Telfer three year old straight to the front and although he had to absorb some midrace pressure, he was too good, winning by three and a half lengths. STUMPY BLACKLER […]
The win at Addington last night by Taketheplunge (Downbytheseaside) extended the fabulous record of harness racing broodmare gem Winter Rose. Bred by Jim and Susan Wakefield, Winter Rose as a racehorse, had nine starts for Cran Dalgety before she was retired. Arden Lodge at Tapanui owned Winter Rose for all of her breeding career. “Peter […]
In winning the Trillian Trust Auckland Cup, Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) has become the second harness racing horse to win the Invercargill – Auckland Cup double. The other was Burlington Bertie. Bred by John and Katrina Price, Republican Party adds to the long list of success Southland bred pacers have had in the race. Amazing […]
The harness racing relationship between Southern Bred Southern Reared and North American Stud Farm Diamond Creek Farm continues to grow. Key personel from the farm are becoming regular visitors to New Zealand, the latest being Emily Pursell who’s General Manager of Equine Operations and was in the south earlier this month. Hosted by John and […]
When harness racing junior driver David Grundmann won his first race on Benjaman Button for Sailesh Abernethy at Cambridge last night, he was the ninth junior to rein a first winner this season. BENJAMAN BUTTON REPLAY He joins: Seth Hill – Falcons Watch at Cromwell 6th January Henry Sail – Ebury Street at Cromwell 23rd […]
The win by pacing filly Arden’s Memory (Bettor’s Delight) at Addington tonight was tinged with sadness for the Stiven family of Tapanui who bred and own the harness racing filly. Arden Lodge’s John and Judy Stiven lost their son Lee while he was in the UK in May 2020 and the horse is named in […]
Although harness racing trainer Amanda Telfer and driver Tim Williams know Addington winner Arden CC (Captaintreacherous) has plenty of horsepower, they admit the ringcraft is still not there. “The steering has been the real issue. The day we get on top of that you’ll see the real him. He gives you a good feel. He […]
Northern trainer Zachary Butcher reports Mantra Blue (Sweet Lou) is three to four weeks away from trialing. The four year old harness racing mare had a Brisbane campaign on her radar but sickness threw those plans out the window. “I’m very happy with her. She’s had her problems but seems to be coming right. The […]
American powerhouse Diamond Creek Farm is set to expand it’s harness racing breeding operation in New Zealand. The farm shuttles a number of stallions to the Southern Hemisphere but is now planning to send mares as well. “We’re sending two mares (to NZ) at the moment but will probably do four to six. We’re just […]
Progeny of harness racing stallion Locharburn are starting to come on stream. Amberley trainer Kevin Chapman qualified two three year olds by the Christian Cullen sire at Rangiora on Tuesday. Bannockburn and Lochdarragh got their tickets well under the qualifying standard. As a racehorse Locharburn won fourteen races including the G1 New Zealand Derby and […]
Southern Bred Southern Reared once again has strong numbers and top end quality catalogued for the NZB Standardbred New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sale in Christchurch in February. Fifty seven yearlings have been entered by the group over the two days – February 20th and 21st with Debbie and Mark Smith of Shard Farm and […]
Harness racing breeding group Southern Bred Southern Reared and southern owned horses experienced a golden couple of days (Friday and Saturday) this week in Australia. South Coast Arden (Somebeachsomewhere) and half-sister Platinum Stride (Captaintreacherous) both won; South Coast Arden at Menangle and Platinum Stride at Melton. Since heading to Australia South Coast Arden has won […]
Macca Lodge’s Brent McIntyre has been around horses all his life. It hasn’t been easy at times but he and his wife Sheree have survived the lows and better times of farming. “Old Davey Todd used to duck shoot over home with my grandfather. When we were kids Cardigan Bay was our hero. He was […]
West Otago’s Arden Lodge is keen to put the last harness racing breeding season behind them. “We had a bad year. We had seven foals that didn’t make it for seven different reasons. You definitely get some highs and lows in this business, and you just have to learn to ride out the lows,” said […]
