http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.theoaksstud.co.nz en-us Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:28:22 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/170523/blind-raise-makes-statement-in-caulfield-guineas-prelude/ The New Zealand-bred Blind Raise stamped himself as one of the horses to beat in next month’s Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) with a dominant performance in the A$300,000 Gr.3 Sportsbet Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday.Now a four-time winner from only five career starts, and a perfect two-from-two this season, Blind Raise has risen to $4 equal favouritism alongside Tron Bolt in the TAB’s fixed-odds market for the Caulfield Guineas on October 10.The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Youn... Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:02:27 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post170523 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/170117/busuttin-to-raise-bar-with-prelude-hope/ Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s three-year-old Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) will be out to enhance his Caulfield Guineas claims when he takes his place in the Gr.3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude this Saturday.Blind Raise galloped at Caulfield on Tuesday morning ahead of his first start there this weekend and had Blake Shinn up in the saddle.“He worked nice,” Busuttin said.“He was out to work with the stable mate, wasn’t out to do much, had a look around and he stretched out that last bit.... Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:02:19 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post170117 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/169891/blind-raise--its-in-the-blood/ Blind Raise pictured as a yearling in 2025... Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:39:57 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post169891 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/169737/blind-raise-strikes-in-mckenzie-stakes/ Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young considered scratching Blind Raise from Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed McMahon’s Dairy McKenzie Stakes (1300m) at Sandown, but their decision to run paid off and put the Kiwi-bred gelding on target for bigger and better things.Blind Raise won two of his three starts as a juvenile including the Listed ANZAC Day Stakes (1400m), and Busuttin and Young came into the spring of his three-year-old season with their eyes on races like the Gr.1 ... Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:16:43 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post169737 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/169406/the-oaks-broodmare-makes-early-stakes-mark/ Kali has made a fast and successful start to the second stage of her career after being denied the opportunity to show her true worth on the track.The Darci Brahma mare’s first foal to race is The Oaks Stud-bred and sold Perfect Chaos, with the daughter of Hello Youmzain shedding her maiden tag in style with victory in Saturday’s Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m).She had placed in all four of her juvenile appearances for trainer Stephen Marsh before breaking through to add momentum to plans fo... Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:19:14 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post169406 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/169379/perfect-chaos-delivers-perfect-result/ Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh went one better in the first three-year-old stakes race of the season when race favourite Perfect Chaos (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) chose the ideal time to shed her maiden status with a comprehensive victory in the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m).Marsh runners Churmatt (Churchill) and Swiss Prince (NZ) (El Roca) had finished in the minor placings in the 2025 edition of the race, however, this year he upped the ante with Perfect Chaos, a daughter of Cam... Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:42:03 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post169379 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/168310/waikato-stallion-parade-weekend/ U S Navy Flag & The Chosen One will be parading as part of the Waikato Stallion Weekend on Sunday 23rd August at 12.30 pm.All welcome - 122 Roto-o-Rangi Road, Cambridge... Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:35:01 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post168310 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/167996/sonar-has-black-type-on-his-radar/ Promising two-year-old Sonar has black-type on his radar and he could attain it this week when he heads to Otaki on Thursday to contest the Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m).Bred by The Oaks Stud, Sonar is raced by farm principal Dick Karreman, whose silks were carried to victory aboard Sonar’s half-sister Tempest Moon at Murtoa, Australia, on Saturday when recording expat Kiwi Dean Williams’ first win as a trainer.Sonar has shown plenty of ability on the trac... Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:52:20 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post167996 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/167939/the-oaks-stud-connection-makes-williams-first-winner-one-to-savour/ Twenty-nine-year-old New Zealander Dean Williams celebrated the first winner of his training career at Murtoa on Saturday, with Tempest Moon capturing the Marma Cup (2050m) in the colours of The Oaks Stud.The victory carried extra significance for Williams, whose father Rick has been the long-serving General Manager of The Oaks Stud, where Dean spent much of his childhood before embarking on a career in racing.While the breakthrough was a significant milestone, Williams admitted the overwhelming... Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:39:40 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post167939 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/post/167734/local-gelding-scores-popular-win-at-ruakaka/ There was a jubilant atmosphere on course at Ruakaka on Saturday following local gelding Rotten Tommy’s popular maiden victory in the Lion Red (1200m).The son of U S Navy Flag has been living up to his name, with his racing manners letting him down in his first three starts, including at Pukekohe last month where he ran off rounding the final bend and forced race favourite Sombr to the outside fence.As a result, stipendiary stewards required the Anthony Burton-trained three-year-old to trial t... Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:40:26 +1200 http://www.theoaksstud.co.nz/blog/#post167734