Ocean Park colt snapped up NSW interests
An Ocean Park weanling led the way for Waikato Stud when the New Zealand Bloodstock’s May Sale opened at Karaka today.
The youngster was knocked down for $20,000 to the Field House Partnership from new South Wales.
The colt is out of the Zenno Rob Roy mare Cong’er, the winner of five races including the Listed Karaka Classic.
She is a daughter of the Gr.1 Championship Stakes winner Conifer Bay.
A Sacred Falls colt from the Gr.3 Frances Tressady Stakes winner Breezy realised $12,000 to Waikato interests.
He is a half-brother to four winners and the family of the South African Group Two winner and Group One performer Dahlia’s Legacy.
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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