Puntin adds fourth with special Rosehill win
The cheers from Rosehill Gardens would have been heard far and wide as the Bjorn Baker-trained three-year-old son of Super Seth, Puntin added a fourth win to his record taking out Race 3 over 1400m on Saturday, 28 June.
Under the guidance of Ash Morgan, the pair jumped form Barrier 7 of the nine-horse field and found the lead with the race all but over as Puntin went down the fence to salute, a special win for his large group of owners who named their Super Seth yearling purchase after a late, great friend, Seth Puntin.
This win was Puntin’s sixth start and fourth win. He was bred by Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock, Puntin was sold at the 2023 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale by Haunui Farm for $60,000 to Bjorn Baker Racing and Jim Clarke of Clarke Bloodstock (FBAA).
Super Seth’s star continues to shine with a stellar season that has seen him produce four Group 1 winners, three from his first crop (Feroce, Linebacer and Maison Louis), and one from his second crop (La Dorada).
His Group 1 winners to runners strike rateof 4.9% is second to Northern Dancer (6.2%) – read more here.
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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