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The Big El Vencedor is Back in Winning Form
“Watch out, he’s back.” That’s the warning from trainer Stephen Marsh following former New Zealand Horse of the Year El Vencedor’s return to winning form in the Gr.3 Elsdon Park Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Tuesday.
Bidding Now Open for Magic Millions Digital (6-11 Nov) Sale
Bidding is now open for the Magic Millions Digital (6-11 Nov) Sale. The catalogue is packed with racing stock, shares in horses with imminent Group 1 targets and breeding stock with recent updates from the Melbourne Cup carnival, with the vast majority of the catalogue offered unreserved.
Waikato Stud Win G2 Matriarch With Savabeel Mare
Saturday 7 November will be a date that lives in the memory of the Chittick family and everyone involved in their Waikato Stud breeding operation as they produced a winning double on the last day of the 2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival with longshot prospect Sun Gift (NZ) (Savabeel) winning the Gr 2. Matriarch Stakes (2000m) and talented Super Seth mare Superfabulistic saluted in a Benchmark event.
NZB Ready to Run – More Like Proxima Dea!
A quality packed catalogue for the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale is now online and in the lead up to the sale we’ve gone looking each week for horses of interest that jump out on pedigree and superstar filly Proxima Dea has us hard on the trail of Tarzino.
Kiltannon Firing on All Cylinders Ahead of Ready to Run Sale
It’s all action at Kiltannon Stables ahead of what may well be a landmark month for Mark and Lorraine Forbes.
NZB Filly of the Year Frontrunner Faces Group One Test
Asturia (NZ) (Almanzor) has wasted little time in stamping herself as an early standout in the 2026-27 NZB Filly of the Year Series, and Saturday’s $600,000 Group One Barneswood Farm 54th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton gives her the chance to confirm that superiority.