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Ellis holds off spirited bidding for Fastnet baby as Australians spend up big at Karaka
Leading New Zealand owner David Ellis is a realist when it comes to assessing prices at the Karaka premier sales and knew well before the Fastnet Rock x Nureyev's Girl colt entered the sale ring last Tuesday he would have to pay in excess of $NZ1 million ($780,000) to own the horse.
Read more...Owen Glenn looking at new projects
He may have just sold the company he founded with $2000 in 1978 for "a little less" than $500 million, but wealthy New Zealand philanthropist Owen Glenn has no plans to retire. read more
Read more...Kiwi stallions making their mark again
The Australian influence is slightly down at New Zealand's Premier Sale.
Read more...World to spend up large at Karaka auctions
Horse buyers from around the world are descending on the National Yearling sales at Karaka in search of the next Phar Lap - some arriving by helicopter.The furious whirring of a chopper coming in to land gives way to the gentle...
Read more...Michele Hewitson interview: Tony Herlihy
A bloke from Ardmore, by the name of Anthony Grant Herlihy, got a very nice gong in the New Year's honours: he was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to harness racing.I'd put a tenner on him having last...
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