Ocean Park’s son dominant at Sha Tin
Lucky Win Win has struck again in Hong Kong for his second win from a handful of appearances for trainer Benno Yung.
Ridden by Zac Purton, the son of Ocean Park romped home at Sha Tin on Wednesday over 1800 metres.
An $80,000 Karaka yearling graduate, Lucky Win Win is out of the Spectrum mare On The Board.
She has also produced another multiple Hong Kong winner in Unique Joyous.
The second dam is the former gifted race mare Miss Danehill, winner of the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks.
She is a half-sister to Pentastic, a multiple Group Two winner and top-flight placegetter.
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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