Weanling Sale Next Task For Hopkins After Group One Triumph
NZB Standardbred’s National Weanling Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 23 May 2024 from 12pm (NZT).
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Tate Hopkins may have an extra spring in his step at the upcoming National Weanling Saleat Karaka on 23 May.
The emerging horseman will offer four well-bred youngsters at Karaka under his Hopkins Stables draft, after recently producing the biggest accomplishment of his training career in harness racing.
Hopkins trained NZB Standardbred graduate Cyclone Jordy (NZ)(Art Major) to win the Group One Breckon Farms Young Guns Cardigan Bay Stakes (1700m) at Alexandra Park earlier this month.
The win was made even more special as Cyclone Jordy won in the colours of Hopkins’ mentor Frank Cooney, with his wife Anne Cooney also in the ownership.
The thirty-two-year-old trainer has had a couple of stints away from the Cooney stables, but after almost two decades with the Cooney’s, the combination hit new heights with their Group One victory.
Along the way, Hopkins has assisted Cooney in the preparation of yearlings for the National Yearling Sale. Combined with a two-year-old stint at Woodlands Stud, Hopkins has an outstanding grounding in sales preparation.
That’s clearly an asset as the horseman prepares his inaugural weanling draft for the upcoming National Weanling Sale.
“Adam breeds quite a few horses in New Zealand and we went through them and decided which ones we thought people would be attracted to at the weanling sale and which ones we would take through to the yearling sales,” Hopkins said.
“I think we have ended up with a draft of four nice horses.”
The 2024 National Weanling Sale will take place 23 May at the Karaka Sales Centre, commencing from 12pm (NZT). Weanlings will be available to view on the premises from Tuesday 21 May. NZB Agents have inspected each weanling and can assist with any enquiries.
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**Weanling Sale Next Task For Hopkins After Group One Triumph —————————————————-
Tate Hopkins may have an extra spring in his step at the upcoming National Weanling Saleat Karaka on 23 May.
The emerging horseman will offer four well-bred youngsters at Karaka under his Hopkins Stables draft, after recently producing the biggest accomplishment of his training career in harness racing.
Hopkins trained NZB Standardbred graduate Cyclone Jordy (NZ)(Art Major) to win the Group One Breckon Farms Young Guns Cardigan Bay Stakes (1700m) at Alexandra Park earlier this month.
The win was made even more special as Cyclone Jordy won in the colours of Hopkins’ mentor Frank Cooney, with his wife Anne Cooney also in the ownership.
The thirty-two-year-old trainer has had a couple of stints away from the Cooney stables, but after almost two decades with the Cooney’s, the combination hit new heights with their Group One victory.
Along the way, Hopkins has assisted Cooney in the preparation of yearlings for the National Yearling Sale. Combined with a two-year-old stint at Woodlands Stud, Hopkins has an outstanding grounding in sales preparation.
That’s clearly an asset as the horseman prepares his inaugural weanling draft for the upcoming National Weanling Sale.
“Adam breeds quite a few horses in New Zealand and we went through them and decided which ones we thought people would be attracted to at the weanling sale and which ones we would take through to the yearling sales,” Hopkins said.
“I think we have ended up with a draft of four nice horses.”
The 2024 National Weanling Sale will take place 23 May at the Karaka Sales Centre, commencing from 12pm (NZT). Weanlings will be available to view on the premises from Tuesday 21 May. NZB Agents have inspected each weanling and can assist with any enquiries.
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