Filly strikes again at Hawkesbury
On The White Turf successfully stepped up in distance at Hawkesbury to continue her winning run.
The filly had broken her maiden over 1400 metres at Kembla Grange and handled the rise to 1800 metres today with ease.
Trained by Richard Freedman, the Savabeel three-year-old is a daughter of Pins On Ice.
She was successful on three occasions and all four of her foals to race are winners.
Pins On Ice is a sister to the Gr.2 Avondale Guineas winner Icepin and a half-sister to the stakes winner Frozone.
It is the family of the multiple Group One winner Kinjite.
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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