Tivaci to Shuttle to English National Stud

16 April 2011

Cowboy Shoots Rivals Down

First-timer Cowboy came out all guns blazing at Trentham on Saturday to run his rivals into the ground. The son of O’Reilly had been a trial winner at Wanganui earlier this month and the three-year-old had no trouble turning that promise into raceday performance with a stylish debut victory.

Ridden by Jonathan Parkes, Cowboy bounced straight to the front and, after sprinting clear at the top of the straight, maintained a strong gallop to carry a two and a-half length winning margin past the post. He was bred by WS and they race him in partnership with Guy Lowry who trains the gelding at Hastings with Grant Cullen.

Cowboy is the first foal of the unraced Pins mare Pamper who is a sister to the Gr 3 Lion Red Plate winner Crepe De Chine and the Listed Creswick Stakes winner Glam Slam and a half-sister to the Gr 1 Lion City Cup winner and former champion Singapore sprinter Arenti (O’Reilly). It is also the Gr 1 family of Glamour Puss and Vision And Power and was further represented in Singapore on Friday night by the WS-bred and sold winner Zinly.

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.

9 July 2026

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.