Marsh gambles on Railway

29 December 2015

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is taking a punt with Barbaric on New Year’s Day.

“We’re going to run him in the Railway – they’re saying there might be a couple of showers so we’re going to roll the dice,” he said.

Drawn wide in barrier 14, Barbaric has won eight races, including two at Listed level, but he has yet to pay a dividend in three appearances at Ellerslie.

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.

9 July 2026

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.