New Zealand weekly breeding round up
New Zealand's weekly breeding round up highlights some of the harness racing breeding successes from around the country for the week ending the 25 September.
New Zealand weekly breeding round up. Leading Pacing Sire Bettor’s Delight has won 6 races.
Sundon is the leading trotting sire for the weekend with 3 winners. Peak is a New Zealand Trotter FFA winner who now lives at Mountain View Stud in Victoria. His three winners for this weekend included Invictus and A Trophy Wife. Gazza Beatt cleared maidens at his second start.
Brian West of Studholme Park and Woodlands Stud have each won the prestigious Breeder of the Year accolade at the Harness Racing New Zealand awards. Between them they breed close to 10% of all the foal crop in the world. Brian West's breeding winners included Rockin Va Va, Bettor's Delight and Invitation Only. Jenny Butt produced two winners from the incredible trotting line she and her late husband Murray Butt had had such a huge hand in overseeing. Aardiebytheseaside, trained by Steve Telfer, won her second race in as many starts.
Invictus (Peak) made it win number 13 at Alexandra Park. American Ideal gelding Mogul won the 17th race of his career at his 123rd start. James Geddes did the double with his first winner coming in the last on the card at the Winton meeting on Saturday afternoon. Geddes co-bred the pacer with Clarrie Scott who owned and trained the dam, Village Lady. On Sunday at Motukarara, Geds produced another iron horse, Sods Law, who won his ninth race from his 103rd appearance. El Conqueror (Sebastian K) won in penultimate race on Sunday. Phoebe Majestic (Majestic Son) was able to deliver the 500th training success for Cambridge horsewoman Nicky Chilcott at Alexia Park on Friday night.
Royal Aspirations sired the 24th race win of his career at Addington Raceway with Royal Del. The trotting stallion is expected to serve more than double his largest book this coming spring. 73 wins by Juliana as a broodmare came in the Group Three Sires Stakes Trotbing Classique for three-year-old fillies. The number of breeding trifectas coming from last weekend’s racing was 1. Spreydon Lodge managed to breed the first three home in race nine at the AddINGTON on Thursday night. Franco Mac, Franco Norton and Franco Indie returned a dividend of $1909.40 for anyone who had the ticket.
Makara won for the 1998 New Zealand Cup at Alexandra Park on Friday night. It was his third win of the season. Christian Cullen's last crop of five-year-olds produced only five winners from 12 starters.
