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If you are a ‘baby boomer’ (born post WW2 to 1962) you will recall the black and white cartoon version of the classic Flinstones being a staple diet for young people before the telly went off well before midnight back in the day. Key characters were Fred Flinstone (married to Wilma) and his best mate […]
Post the 2024 standardbred weanling sale, that question resurfaces itself…..and that’s from one of the NZ’s most enthusiastic and positive harness supporters. One man’s thoughts…. I would be hoping that the ‘powers that be’ did not see the latest weanling sale run by NZ Bloodstock as a success. This writer sat in the audience of […]
One man’s opinion…. Rob Courtenay The drop in mares bred over the last few seasons is not a new topic that’s just crawled out from under a rock but, big picture, what is the impact of less mares being bred on those many stallions vying for the breeders favour here in NZ. Historically, NZ breeders […]
The Bob Sandford – Geoff Dunn partnership goes back to the early 1990s and through that time they have been together for 100+ wins. Last Friday at Addington, Action Major (3g Art Major – Triple Sec), a $42,500 purchase at the 2022 yearling sales, duly added to that total with the prospect of more to […]
February 2024 will always be a pivotal month in the life of Brian West. On Monday, February 19 he was awarded Breeder of the Year at the Harness Racing New Zealand annual awards. On Wednesday February 21 he equalled the record for a yearling sale in this country when his Studholme Bloodstock sold Don’t Stop […]
Brian West has ‘been there and done that’ as an owner/breeder within NZ’s harness racing industry and the principal of Studholme Bloodstock has well and truly developed that specific skill of ‘hitting the canvas and bouncing back’ after nearly 50 years of sending yearlings to our national sales. Now in his early 70s, West easily […]
In 2024, Tardina Stud will enter a ‘next stage’ in its evolution of breeding quality standardbreds following the passing of family patriarch Dr Tony Parker in March of 2023 but according to General Manager and daughter Faine, it is business as usual as the 2024 yearling sales come around. “This is the first time of […]
The Mossdale horses are synonymous with Archie Affleck and his origins within the Southland farming community, and Mossdale Ben’s (A Rocknroll Dance) harness racing win at Addington last Thursday, with Ben Hope in the bike, continued a family tradition which began over 30 years ago. MOSSDALE BEN REPLAY “Charlie Smaill and myself both farmed […]
