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Pins (horse)
Pins (1996–2018) was a Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse, who became a successful stud sire in New Zealand. Breeding Pins was bred by Maurice MacLeod and owned by him and his wife Dulcie MacLeod through their company, Amadi Park Ltd. His dam was the Australian mare No Finer and he was sired by the Australian stallion Snippets who won the AJC Sires Produce Stakes, Oakleigh Plate and The Galaxy. Racing career Pins won seven of his fourteen starts and was also placed three times. He won his debut over 1100m at Warwick Farm on 4 March 1999, ridden by Brian York. Three races later he won again over 1250m at Canterbury with Shane Dye aboard. In September of that year he won the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes over 1400m, again with Shane Dye. After a 5th in the Caulfield Guineas he was spelled and in his first race back he and Dye combined to win the listed Zeditave Stakes (1200m, Caulfield). After running 2nd in the listed Debonair, he won three major races in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stallion (horse)
A stallion is an adult male horse that has not been gelded (Neutering, castrated). Stallions follow the horse conformation, conformation and phenotype of their Horse breed, breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female horses, known as ''mares'', and castrated males, called ''geldings''. Temperament varies widely based on genetics and horse training, training, but because of their instincts as herd animals, they may be prone to aggressive behavior, particularly toward other stallions, and thus require careful management by knowledgeable handlers. With proper training and management, stallions are effective equine athletes at the highest levels of many disciplines, including horse racing, horse shows, and international Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, Olympic competition. "Stallion" is also used to refer to males of other equids, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawke's Bay Guineas
The Hawke's Bay Guineas is a major Thoroughbred horse race in New Zealand for three-year-old horses. In 2003 the stake was boosted to $100,000 and the race was moved to the first Saturday in October, meaning that it is run on the same day as the Kelt Capital Stakes, Spring Classic. In later years it has been on the same day as the Arrowfield Stud Plate. Notable winners The race is an excellent guide to the New Zealand 2000 Guineas, and in past years has been won by horses that have gone on to perform well in major races in Australia - particularly: * Alamosa, the 2008 Toorak Handicap winner. * Balmerino (horse), Balmerino, winner of the 1975 New Zealand 2000 Guineas & New Zealand Derby and 1976 Rawson Stakes, Tulloch Stakes, P J O'Shea Stakes & Brisbane Cup and 1977 Air New Zealand Stakes, Awapuni Gold Cup & Kelt Capital Stakes, Ormond Memorial. Also won the 1977 Select Stakes (Great Britain), Valdoe Stakes. * Darci Brahma, the winner of the 2005 The T J Smith, T.J. Smith Stakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TJ Smith Stakes
The TJ Smith Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age run over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in the autumn during the ATC Championships series. Total prize money is A$3,000,000. History The inaugural race in 1997 was known as the Endeavour Stakes. In 1999 the race was renamed in honour of the trainer Thomas John Smith, who won 33 racing titles in Sydney. The race has risen in prestige due to the stakes offered. In recent years it has attracted high calibre sprinters such as Black Caviar and Takeover Target who have gone on to win overseas. Grade *1997 - Listed Race *1998–2001 - Group 3 *2002–2004 - Group 2 *2005 - Group 1 Winners * 2025 - Briasa * 2024 - Chain Of Lightning * 2023 - I Wish I Win * 2022 - Nature Strip *2021 - Nature Strip * 2020 - Nature Strip * 2019 - Santa Ana Lane * 2018 - Trapeze Artist * 2017 - Chautauqua * 2016 - Chautauqua * 2015 - Chautauqua * 2014 - Lankan Rup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Derby
The Queensland Derby is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at, set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$1,000,000. Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season, the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a shorter distance of 2200 metres. History The race was first run at the Gayndah Racecourse in 1868, before moving to Eagle Farm in 1871. File:Lough Neagh 1937 AJC Randwick Cumberland Plate Trainer Tim Brosnan.jpg, Lough Neagh, 1931 winner File:GayndahJockeyClubStatue.JPG, Statue recognising the first running of the Queensland Derby in Gayndah * Race was held twice in 1870, Grafton winning both runnings. Venue * 2015 - Doomben Racecourse * 2017 - Doomben Racecourse 2200m Winners * 2024 - Warmonger * 2023 - Kovalica * 2022 - Pinarello * 2021 - Kukeracha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savabeel
Savabeel is a retired Australian Thoroughbred race horse and active sire. He is best known for his win in the 2004 Cox Plate. He was trained by Graeme Rogerson, and ridden by Chris Munce in his most important wins. Breeding Savabeel, foaled on 23 September 2001, is a brown horse sired by champion New Zealand sire Zabeel out of the multiple Group winner Savannah Success. Savannah Success had won the 1999 New Zealand Oaks and Ansett Australia Stakes at Group 1 level and the Surround Stakes (Group 2) as well as a number of other Group and listed New Zealand races. Racing career In Spring 2004 he won the race considered the Weight for Age Championship of Australasia, the Cox Plate, beating the previous year's winner Fields of Omagh. He was the first three-year-old to win the race since another son of Zabeel, Octagonal won the race nine years earlier in 1995. At the time of Savabeel's Cox Plate win, Rogerson described him as the best horse he had ever trained. Savabeel also won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Cup
The Wellington Cup is a Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race in New Zealand held annually in January by the Wellington Racing Club at Trentham Racecourse in Trentham, New Zealand, Trentham. History Inaugurated in 1874, the Wellington Cup has been raced over various distances: * 2 miles : 1874-1889 * miles : 1890-1941 * 2 miles : 1942-1973 * 3200 metres : 1974-2008 * 2400 metres : 2009-2015 * 3200 metres : 2016 onwards There were two prior Wellington Cups in 1867 and 1868. These were unofficial events run by the first Wellington Jockey Club and not recognised by the NZ Turf Register. The Wellington Cup is one of New Zealand's most famous and popular races and it generally offers stake money which belies its Group Three status. Wellington Cup day attracts large crowds to Trentham Racecourse and the other races on the card have include the Group Three Desert Gold Stakes and the Douro Cup. In the past years the Group One Thorndon Mile was on Wellington Cup day, it is now raced a wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelt Capital Stakes
The Livamol Classic is a weight-for-age Thoroughbred horse race run at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke's Bay and was at one stage New Zealand's richest horse race. It is run at a distance of . The race is run in October. The weather in the Hawke's Bay's means the track conditions are usually excellent. The race is the part of the Triple Crown raced at Hastings Racecourse, along with the Tarzino Trophy, which was previously known as the Makfi Challenge Stakes or Mudgway Stakes, and the Arrowfield Stud Plate, which was previously known as the Windsor Park Plate, Stony Bridge Stakes and Horlicks Plate. Many of New Zealand's best thoroughbred horses have raced in the various Triple Crown events. A number of horses managed to win two of the three races and some were beaten into second in the third leg. On 5 October 2019. Melody Belle was the first horse to win all three of the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown races. History The race was originally known as the Ormond Memorial and took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Oaks
The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres ( miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham Racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand. It was run at Riccarton until 1972 and over the distance of miles to 1974. As of 2025 it is raced on the same day as the: * Cuddle Stakes (Group 3, 1600m) for fillies and mares. * New Zealand St. Leger (2500m). * Wellington Guineas (Group 2, 1400m) for 3-year olds, * Lightning Handicap (listed open, 1200m). The Levin Classic (1600m) for 3-year horses was raced on the Oaks race-day in 2022 and 2023, but was returned to January. Notable winners With the consistent strength of New Zealand fillies, the race has an impressive list of winners, including: * Bonneval: twice New Zealand Horse of the Year, winner of the 2017 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Lowland Stakes, Australian Oaks (ATC), Feehan Stakes and Underwood Stakes. * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred Stakes
The Manfred Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights with penalties run over a distance of 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late January or early February. Prize money is A$200,000. History The race is named in honour of the champion racehorse Manfred, who won the 1925 AJC Derby, Victoria Derby and W. S. Cox Plate. In 1926 he was also successful in the Caulfield Cup. The race was usually held at Caulfield Racecourse but was moved to Sandown Racecourse for 2015 and scheduled to be raced on Australia Day. The race was upgraded in 2014 to Group 3, a class that the race held between 1983–1990. Name *1968–1978 - Manfred Stakes * 1979–1982 - Schweppes Cup * 1983 - Schweppes Centenary Cup * 1984–2004 - Schweppes Cup * 2005 - Schweppervescence Cup * 2006 - Manfred Stakes * 2007–2010 - Wellington Racing Club Stakes * 2011 onwards - Manfred Stakes Grade *1968–1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thousand Guineas Prelude
The Thousand Guineas Prelude, registered as the Tranquil Star Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three year old fillies, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1400 metres, held annually at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late September. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000. This event is a preparation race for the prestigious Group 1 The Thousand Guineas later in October at Caulfield. History The registered name of the race is named after Australian Hall of Fame champion mare from the 1940s Tranquil Star. Name * 1983–1989 - Health Stakes * 1990–2001 - Tranquil Star Stakes * 2002–2005 - Jumeirah International Stakes * 2006 - Tranquil Star Stakes * 2007–2020 - Thousand Guineas Prelude * 2021 - TG Prelude Grade *1983–1999 - Listed race *2000–2012 - Group 3 *2013 onwards - Group 2 Distance * 1983–1989 – 1600 metres * 1990 onwards - 1400 metres Winners * 2024 - Too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand 2000 Guineas
The 2000 Guineas is a Group One set-weight Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run over a distance of 1600 metres at Riccarton Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch New Zealand cup week The New Zealand 2000 Guineas is held on the Saturday following the Melbourne Cup, the first day of Christchurch's famous New Zealand Cup Week. For thoroughbred horses the week also features: * the Coupland's Bakeries Mile on the Wednesday * the New Zealand 1000 Guineas for 3 year old fillies on the final Saturday * the Stewards Handicap sprint * the New Zealand Cup Christchurch Cup week includes premier standardbred meetings at Addington raceway including: * the New Zealand Trotting Cup for pacers on the Tuesday * the New Zealand Free For All for pacers on the Friday * the Dominion Handicap for trotters on the Friday There is also greyhound racing on the Thursday, including the following Group 1 races: * the New Zealand Galaxy - C5f 295m ($40,000 stake) * the New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand 1000 Guineas
The 1000 Guineas is a Group One set-weights Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of 1600 metres (1 mile) at Riccarton Park in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... Christchurch New Zealand Cup week It is on the final Saturday of Christchurch's famous Christchurch "Cup Week" held in the second week of November. For thoroughbred horses the week also features: * the New Zealand 2000 Guineas on the first Saturday * the Coupland's Bakeries Mile on the Wednesday * the Stewards Handicap sprint on the final Saturday * the New Zealand Cup on the final Saturday Christchurch Cup week includes premier standardbred meetings at Addington raceway including: * the New Zealand Trotting Cup for pacers on the Tuesday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
