Pins Gelding Ambitious Dragon Rated Top NZ Bred

5 February 2013

Ambitious Dragon

Pins superstar Ambitious Dragon has been named the highest rated NZ-bred galloper on the final Asian Racing Federation (ARF) Thoroughbred Rankings for 2012.

On 124, he sits foremost ahead of such outstanding NZ-bred’s as Ocean Park (122), More Joyous (122) and Mufhasa (120).

Overall, Ambitious Dragon’s 124 puts him in 5th spot behind the magnificent Black Caviar, who enjoys number one spot with 130 points.

The Corner with Garry Chittick

It would appear I now have to continue my weekly Corner with the amount of rumblings at the start of our new racing season. I have been around long enough to know we can never please all; my tenure as Chairman of the Racing Board was subjected to as much vitriol as subsequent Boards have had to bear, so what’s different this time, or is it different.

5 August 2026

First foal for Waikato’s Group 1 winner Skew Wiff

Group 1-winning Savabeel mare Skew Wiff (ex Starvoia), known affectionately as ‘Wiffy’, foaled a filly by Super Seth in the early hours of Wednesday, 5 August.