Ocean Park’s son in hot staying form
Clement Legend has continued his rise through the staying ranks in Singapore with an impressive run of form.
The son of Ocean Park has really blossomed through his spring and summer campaign with three consecutive victories.
He has been untested to score at Happy Valley and a Sha Tin double over ground, each time being untested to win.
Trained by Danny Shum, Clement Legend was originally purchased by Raffles Racing at Karaka for $180,000.
He is out of the Montjeu mare Spiriting, successful on one occasion, and all three of her foals to race have won.
She is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Kingston Town Stakes winner Just Polite, the dam of the Gr.1 Auckland Cup heroine Ladies First.
Tivaci’s Movie Night steals the show at Newcastle
A sister to the Gr.1 ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) winner Never Been Kissed, the Waikato Stud-bred and raced Movie Night (NZ) was rewarded for her consistency, breaking her maiden with an all-the-way win over 1400m at Newcastle for trainer Tom Charlton.
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Oilman’s stud stake could change course of NZ breeding
Eighteen months ago, Texas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt walked through the lush Waikato pasture of Matamata’s Balcarres Stud and announced he wanted some just like it for his own.
Today he has-360 acres about a mile down the road which has been transformed from a dairy farm to one of New Zealand’s leading horse and cattle breeding establishments.
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