Stud feeling the love
Loved One has continued her impressive progress through the grades for trainer John O’Shea with further success at Kembla Grange.
The Ocean Park three-year-old was successful over 1200 metres yesterday for her third win from eight appearances.
The filly, who races in the colours of breeders Waikato Stud, is now unbeaten in two appearances in her current preparation.
Loved One is a daughter of the well-related Danasinga mare More To Love.
More To Love is a half-sister to the New Zealand, Australian and international Group One winner Starcraft.
More recently, Sports Illustrated added further black type honours to the family when she won the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes.
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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