Farm yarns: Mark Chittick
We’re touching base with the WS Team each fortnight to see what’s been happening around the farm and this time we checked in with Mark at the Karaka sales complex where WS sold all five lots at the NZB Ready to Run Sale – enjoy!
There are under ten left to foal and we’re looking forward to the end of that after kicking off in August.
The breeding shed is starting to get a bit patchy now as we come towards the end of the breeding season down here. That has gone extremely well throughout the whole season and we’re well and truly past the 600 individual mares now, and the stallions have gone extremely well as have the team there.
All the yearlings are in for the Gold Coast, Karaka and Classic so the yearling area is humming along beautifully. We’ll hopefully get some nice and consistent weather to help their preparation. The first group of head off on the 27th of December to the Magic Millions.
We’ve been busy with visitors with the Ready to Run Sale; great to have the Mr Brightside team (of Lindsay Park Racing) to the farm and next Wednesday is SEN NZ with Gareth Hall coming live from the White Horse.
And just great to see Garry get a fantastic winner at Rotorua (Sethito: Super Seth ex Suavito)!
Ardrossan’s Group 1-placed darling wins A$300,000 Gr.2 HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes
Second and fourth in 1600m Group 1 races in her two previous starts since being purchased privately by OTI Racing and stepping out in Australia under Chris Waller’s racing banner, De Armas (Ardrossan) stepped up in distance at Flemington on Saturday and opened her Australian account in style in the A$300,000 Gr.2 HKJC World Pool Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Derby Day.
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The Corner with Garry Chittick
The writing of my Corner started many years ago, motivated by an irritation that I felt needed scratching. It was never my intention to make my commentary regular; neither did I intend to reinvent the direction of racing administration. It is both disappointing and ironical that what should be a simple, straightforward business provides a regular need for comment.
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