The Inquiry with Steve Hansen
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be best known for coaching the world’s greatest rugby team but his passion for racing and a decision to purchase a share in a promising racehorse who now goes by the name of Nature Strip has taken him on a journey of a lifetime.
For the inaugural edition of ‘The Inquiry’ we caught up with Steve to talk horses and rugby and here is what we found out.
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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WS graduate Honour Roll out to add stakes success at Otaki
Waikato Stud will be cheering on one of its promising graduates on Friday when Honour Roll contests the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Otaki. The WS-bred son of the late Champion sire …
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