Darci La Bella delivers at Hastings
July 4, 2022
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock made the most of a five-and-a-half-hour road trip to Hastings on Saturday when he secured a one hundred percent winning strike rate with his three runners on the day.
Sharrock left home at 3am on Saturday morning, arrived in Hastings at 8:...
Bigger things in store for Darci La Bella
June 30, 2022
For all of Allan Sharrock’s three runners at Hastings on Saturday, potential black-type targets are looming large on the horizon – including a shot at the season-opening Group One feature that holds a special place in Sharrock’s heart.
From 2014 to 2016, the New Plymou...
Seasonal Stud Groom required
June 27, 2022
The Oaks Stud require a keen, reliable stud groom for the 2022 breeding season.This role will mostly involve working with our Broodmare team. Daily tasks include bringing mares in for the Vet, feeding out & general stable duties.The ideal candidate will have had some previou...
Pike hoping Catalyst can find old zest
June 14, 2022
Comeback horse Alligator Blood’s Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) triumph has Cambridge trainer Tony Pike hoping that one of that horse’s most notable rivals can have a similarly successful return to racing next spring.
Alligator Blood’s Stradbroke victory was his firs...
Sierra Sue retired
May 31, 2022
Dual Group One winner Sierra Sue has been retired.
Sierra Sue was purchased out of Ardsley Stud’s 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale draft for $2,000 by Peter Lock.
She had two trials for the Te Aroha trainer before she was purchased privately by a prominent group of Aus...
U S Navy Flag returns to The Oaks in 2022
May 26, 2022
It’s a case of status quo for The Oaks Stud for the upcoming breeding season.
The Cambridge farm will once again stand a roster that includes Darci Brahma, U S Navy Flag, Roc De Cambes, and Niagara, with their fees remaining the same.
Darci Brahma has had another solid yea...
U S Navy Flag filly makes 100,000 euro
May 20, 2022
The €100,000 mark was reached by a filly from the first crop of U S Navy Flag after she was snapped up by Jamie Lloyd at Tattersalls Ireland Gorsebridge Breeze Up Sale earlier this week. The granddaughter of War Front (Lot 65) was providing her connections with ...
Sierra Sue needs the rain to stop
May 17, 2022
Plans to take dual Gr1 winner Sierra Sue (Darci Brahma-Centree, by Centaine) to Brisbane are on hold due to the recent rains in the region, reports racing.com. "The tracks would want to dry up," co-trainer Trent Busuttin said. "Perhaps she may have run her last race? I ...
Sinarahma all class in Rotorua Cup sign-off
May 16, 2022
Race favourite Sinarahma signed off her racetrack career with a dominant victory in the Gr.3 Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m) on Saturday.
The Allan Sharrock-trained Taranaki visitor came into the contest off the back of a last start third behind Two Illicit in th...
Life After Racing
May 12, 2022
The Oaks Stud strongly supports thoroughbreds having a life off the track when their racing days are over. This week's NZ Thoroughbred Breeders 'Where Are They Now' profiles the Roc de Cambes mare Taiao Psychedelia:
TAIAO PSYCHEDELIA AKA SKY
2016 Grey Mare - Bra...
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