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We were thrilled to welcome over 200 guests to our Stallion Open Day on Saturday at Wai Eyre Farm. Held in partnership with Yabby Dam Farms, the stallion parade meant breeders were able to view many of our stallions for the first time in the flesh, and in perfect weather conditions. All stallions were presented […]
US Captain has delivered a huge achievement already at stud, with his two-year-old son Hawaiian Warfare winning the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund Final at Harrington Raceway on Tuesday NZT. After going through the harness racing heats undefeated, Hawaiian Warfare faced a huge task from post seven around the tight half-mile track. Despite his impeccable […]
Would you like to win a free stallion service this breeding season? Wai Eyre Farm is proud to present our stallion open day on Saturday 17 October 2026. We are also offering breeders a chance to win free services to our on farm stallions, plus a frozen service to Village Mystic and one service to […]
Two-year-old US Captain gelding, Hawaiian Warfare, took his career record to five starts, four wins and one third on Tuesday when successful at Harrington Raceway in Delaware. Trained by Erin Neilson, Hawaiian Warfare was resuming after a brief spell away with sickness when lining up in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 2YO Colts and Geldings […]
For more than four decades Wai Eyre Farm in North Canterbury has been providing the very best in equine care and breeding services to the harness racing community. A farm built on family values, Farm Manager Darryl Brown has been determined to continue to build on the legacy his late father, Mike Brown, started all […]
US Captain two-year-old gelding Hawaiian Warfare has given his connections plenty to smile about lately. Improving every time he starts, Hawaiian Warfare stepped up yet again at Harrington Raceway at Delaware on Tuesday New Zealand time, when he was a winner against a field of mainly three-year-olds. Starting from barrier six, Hawaiian Warfare was sent […]
“Perfect. It just worked out like a trial. Hopefully he’ll keep improving off that,” trainer driver Bob Butt said after The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) won last night’s Allied Security Maurice Holmes Vase at Addington, earning himself an automatic entry into the New Zealand Cup. The five year old who has a big following, began superfast […]
Southland pacer Dreams Are Free (Captaintreacherous) was too smart when winning the $20,000 Waitaki Hotel Kurow Cup at Oamaru today. Trainer driver Nathan Williamson got the entire away well from the 35 metre mark and he said, “He was quick into his gear and it certainly helps to make up a bit of the handicap […]
The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) will be one of the first of the South Island’s main chances to start a fresh campaign towards the New Zealand Cup. The gelding last raced in the Group One New Zealand Messenger in May, finishing second behind Got The Chocolates. “He stayed up in Auckland and only had a month […]
The Kiwis may be covering themselves in gold in Scotland currently in the Commonwealth Games, but there’s another New Zealand connection claiming glory in that part of the world that you may not have heard of. Lazarus two-year-old filly, Queenstown, was a Group One winner of the Blossom Kelly at York Raceway in England last […]
For a thirty year old, Nick Coxon has packed in a fair bit. The Palmerston North, born Hamilton Boy’s High educated Coxon represented New Zealand in the 2013 Australian Youth Golf Olympic Festival in Sydney. He’s won numerous amateur golf events and he turned professional in 2018. After touring American as a pro, Nick now […]
Standing at Wai Eyre Farm in association with Macca Lodge, US Captain continues to deliver at stud from limited numbers, as he records his second individual winner. Hawaiian Warfare is one of only four two-year-olds sired by US Captain in North America and delivered an impressive win at just his second start when successful at […]
HRNZ records show that M.B.(Bruce) Stirling of Clydevale has bred 246 horses over the fifty one years he’s been involved in harness racing. As a sixteen year old he tried to buy into the Dennis Brothers thoroughbred family but proving to be too expensive, he turned his attention to standardbreds. Shirling became interested in harness […]
“It’s going to be harder this week. Being 2700 metres, I was hoping to drive him a bit quieter, but with the draw, it’s forced my hand and I’m just going to have to go forward,” said the driver of The Lazarus Effect (Lazarus) Bob Butt, when assessing his chances in tomorrow’s G1 $100,000 Dawson […]
There were some big smiles on the faces of harness racing trainers Ben and Greg Hope on Sunday when Luca won his first race, but it wasn’t just because of the manner in which he won. The four-year-old trotter is also the first of Carlton’s progeny to win in New Zealand, a stallion that Greg […]
It was a weekend to remember for Lazarus, as his progeny continue to make their mark on the track with feature wins in New Zealand and Australia. From just two starters at Geraldine, he produced two winners. The Lazarus Effect showed his versatility and pure grit by leading throughout to win his first grass track […]
Wai Eyre Farm is thrilled to announce that former Trackside host and HRNZ marketing team member, Jess Davidson, will be joining the team. Jess will take up a new role with Wai Eyre Farm at the start of December, overseeing marketing and stallion service sales. The role will support the vision that Wai Eyre has […]
Voukefalas may not be a name we have heard of much in New Zealand, but in North America he is a horse that has captured the imagination of the harness racing world, and the hearts of those closest to him. The son of Lazarus is a home bred stallion, that in itself is rare stateside, […]
The latest stallion addition at Wai Eyre Farm in North Canterbury has arrived – and already he’s making his presence felt around the place. With harness racing world champions on both sides of his pedigree, US Captain was a 22-race winner in North America, pacing 16 sub-1:50 miles. He is by Captaintreacherous out of American […]
Yabby Dam Farms and Haras des Trotteurs will stand multiple group 1-placed All Cashed Up in New Zealand this year. The newly retired son of French great Ready Cash to stand at Wai Eyre Farms, and will be available to New Zealand breeders via a chilled option. He goes to stud after a racing career in […]
South Island stud farms, Wai Eyre Farm and Macca Lodge are excited to have jointly secured the services of US Captain, a superbly bred harness racing son of Captaintreacherous, for this breeding season. “We decided we wanted a stallion that was really well bred but would also be affordable for breeders. We also wanted to […]
Wai Eyre Farm is very excited to announce that the renewed confidence in the future of Harness Racing in NZ has helped give us direction for the future of the farm. Since Mike’s passing a year ago, we have had many thoughts on the future of Wai Eyre Farm. The decision has been made to […]
