Almanzor colt popular on Gold Coast
A Waikato Stud bred son of Almanzor from one of the Matamata nursery’s leading families attracted widespread interest when offered during the opening session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Presented as Lot 123 by Sledmere Stud on behalf of the Chittick family, the colt was the subject of spirited bidding before he was knocked down to respected judge Duncan Ramage.
The youngster is out of the Savabeel mare Hurry, whose dam Rush is a sister to the G3 Ascot Vale S. winner and G1 Ascot Vale S. runner-up Splashing Out.
She done an excellent job as a broodmare having produced the G2 Manawatu Challenge S. winner Splurge, whose half-siblings Shopaholic and Packing Pins have also been Group winners.
Also featuring under the third dam Iguazu, twice successful at Group 3 level, is Waikato Stud’s four-time Group 1 winner Sacred Falls. His successful stud career was sadly cut short when he succumbed to a liver-related illness in 2019.
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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