Graeme Rogerson says talented filly Contessa Vanessa makes his job easy.The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer has the Bullbars three-year-old in prime condition ahead of Saturday's $A1 million Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick, though he concedes that's mainly h...

Wrote’s long-term New Zealand future is guaranteed following a successful move by Highview.  The Irish-bred stallion was well-received by breeders in his first season, prompting farm principal Brent Gillovic to purchase the son of High Chaparral outright.  â...

It was a weekend of Group winning success for Highview Stud, and their stallion Bullbars in particular.  It was also a weekend which whetted the appetite for what lies ahead over the next month as key races on the calendar will be run with progeny of Bullbars looking fo...

Bullbars filly Contessa Vanessa showed she was progressing well towards her main target of the New Zealand Oaks with a victory at Matamata on Saturday. Back from a short break following a luckless run in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m), Contessa Vanessa ran in a 3YO P...

Christmas came a day late for Bullbars as his daughter Contessa Vanessa (ex Di Lusso) won the Group Two Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic at Ellerslie and in the process, provided Bullbars with his first Group winner. Contessa Vanessa, from Bullbars' second crop, came into ...

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Bullbars had further success last night in Hong Kong with his son Compassion Star victorious first up for the current season over 1,400m at Sha Tin.  Trained by CH Yip and ridden beautifully by Zac Purton, Compassion Star registered a relatively comfortable victory to s...

You can now chalk up another country where the progeny of Bullbars has been successful, with his son Mongolian Lightning becoming one of the premier horses in the burgeoning racing industry in China. Mongolian Lightning, out of the Last Tycoon mare It’s Spring Again, was b...

Kelowna Star, bred by Highview Stud, won his second Group 2 Autumn Trophy on the weekend in Macau, showing a great turn of foot along the rail to defeat the race favourite Sacred Missile by a length and a quarter. Ridden by Peter Ho and trained by James Moore, Kelowna Star h...

Highview Stud's new stallion Wrote is fully into his mating season in New Zealand and enjoying it.His freshman season here in the stallion barn corresponds with the debut racetrack season in the United States for his oldest Stateside crop.Although, he had only a couple of st...