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From a select group of only four broodmares based at Curraghmore, Sir Owen Glenn has now bred two Group One winners on opposite sides of the Tasman and over wildly different distances.

Gavelhouse Plus auctions have been a rich source of quality additions to the Yulong broodmare band over the last 12 months, and that trend continued on Tuesday with the $800,000 purchase of Group One winner Belle En Rouge.

Highly regarded four-year-old Sumi is in the right order to add black-type and crown an already successful campaign.

A punt taken on Cours Vite has paid off with the lightly raced three-year-old opening his Australian account at short notice.

Inglewood Stud’s promising second season sire War Decree will stand the 2023 season for an increased fee of $5,500 +GST, up from $4,500 in 2022.

Te Akau Racing gallopers Leaderboard and The Mighty Spar might be earmarked as prodigious jumpers of the future but trainer Mark Walker is hoping the pair can soar to flat riches in Saturday’s Listed Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m).

New Zealand Bloodstock’s newly formed National Weanling and Broodmare Sale catalogue is now live, with the 253-lot Sale set to be held on Friday, June 16.

Six people and four horses were inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday night in a gala dinner in Hamilton.

Luigi Muollo’s Novara Park Stud near Cambridge will stand four stallions this season, spear-headed by exciting young stallion Staphanos at $15,000 + GST.

A patient approach with capable filly Kana may be rewarded when she steps out on the inaugural synthetic track meeting at Awapuni on Sunday.

Saltcoats has made an encouraging start to his career and will on Saturday bid to go one better and deliver a first black-type success for Cambridge trainer Samantha Logan.

Jumps jockey Portia Matthews enjoyed a home cooked meal and a few celebratory drinks with family on Saturday night after taking out the first race on the card at Te Rapa aboard versatile performer Tweedledee.