News - SWORD OF STATE (AUS)

23 Oct 2026

Excitement is building at Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn as New Zealand Cup Week draws nearer, with the stable once again holding a strong hand at their home meeting on Saturday.

14 Sep 2026

Pedigree Potential –NZB Ready to Run – Nicks that Click

A quality packed catalogue for the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale is now online and in the lead up to the sale we’ll go looking each week for some horses of interest that jump out on pedigree for various reasons.

24 Aug 2026

Sword of State Debut Winner Impressive

Promising three-year-old State Secret made no secret of her ability when winning on debut in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Hawera on Sunday.

08 Feb 2026

$260,000 Sword of State Colt an Early Classic Highlight

Fresh from topping the Karaka Book 1 Yearling Sale with a colt from Las Brisas (GB) that sold for $1.1million, Cambridge Stud based Sword of State was also in demand at Inglis Classic where his only colt to be offered at this sale sold for $260,000 on Sunday.

07 Jan 2026

Sword of State- One That Got Away?

Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State might be the one that got away from Newgate Farm with the Group I winning son Snitzel currently sitting on top of the Australian First Season Sires List.