http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.highview.co.nz en-us Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:13:01 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/167931/jethro-tull-sings-a-winning-tune-at-te-rapa/ Progressive sprinter Jethro Tull showed his open class rivals a clean set of heels on his favourite track when he led throughout to claim the John Callinan Memorial (1300m) at Te Rapa.The Brent Gillovic-prepared son of Wrote looked perfectly placed on the 54kg minimum for the event and when rider Warren Kennedy sent him straight to the front to dictate proceedings on the Heavy10 surface, warning bells began to ring for his rivals.Kennedy played his hand with precision, stacking the field up befo... Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:22:54 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post167931 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/167108/wrote-weanling-makes-120k/ Also at the NZB Weanling Sale at Karaka last week, Wrote's only colt in the sale sold for $120,000, the seventh highest price of the sale. Presented by Hallmark Stud, the colt out of Camarosa (Iffraaj) pictured above, sold to China's Mr Hongwei Chen.It's no surprise to us that his stock remain in high demand, given his current standing in the New Zealand stallion ranks (see tables below).The Group One juvenile winning son of High Chaparral represents great value thi... Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:45:53 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post167108 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/167083/mr-mozarts-first-weanlings-impress-at-karaka/ Emerging sire Mr Mozart made an encouraging start to his commercial career at last week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale, with his first crop attracting strong interest from buyers.Demand was evident across the board at Karaka, with New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale posting increases in all key metrics. A total of 102 weanlings sold for an aggregate of $3.593 million, up 49 percent on last year, while the average rose 23 percent to $35,255 and the clearance rate ... Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:48:25 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post167083 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/166601/snitzels-son-mr-mozart-a-popular-newcomer/ Highview Stud-based Mr Mozart has proved popular with breeders since retiring to his Waikato base and numbers-wise claims the strongest first-season sire representation at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale.Jamieson Park is the majority owner of the son of Snitzel, who has six youngsters in the auction, with selling to commence at Karaka at 11am on Thursday.Other stallion newcomers are Cambridge Stud’s Chaldean with two weanlings (Lots 3,54), Windsor Park Stud’s Padd... Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:07:44 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post166601 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/166556/divine-prophets-soothsayer-stars-in-eye-liner/ Highview stallion Divine Prophet was credited with his fifth individual stakes winner when Soothsayer stormed home to capture the A$200,000 Listed Barrier Reef Pools Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday.The black-type triumph capped a remarkable comeback to racing for Soothsayer, who placed in the Gr.3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) and Gr.3 Gunsynd Classic (1600m) as a three-year-old back in 2023 but then spent almost three years on the sidelines with a severe tendon injury.The six-year-... Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:50:19 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post166556 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/165825/wrote-facts--figures/ Our Group One winning son of High Chaparral, Wrote offers great value at $12,000 +GST in 2026. Cast your eye over the below statistics provided by Arion.... Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:58:01 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post165825 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/165454/hk-winners-keep-flowing-for-highview-sire/ The hot run of form from Wrote’s progeny has continued in Hong Kong with the Highview stallion represented by a winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday.He sired the first two winners on the program with the David Hall-trained Flying Amani and Jimmy Ting’s Come Fast Fay Fay scoring respectively over 1600 and 1400m, with Zac Purton guiding both to victory.“Flying Amani is a new individual winner for Wrote and that brought his tally for the month of May to six individual winners from seven runner... Tue, 26 May 2026 15:39:59 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post165454 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/164103/wrote-heads-highview-roster/ Highview Stud have announced the service fees for their quartet of stallions ahead of the 2026 breeding season, headlined by Group One sire Wrote, who will again stand for a fee of $12,000+GST.A Group One winning son of High Chaparral, Wrote is the sire of Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous, who trained on to win the Gr.3 Magic Millions Mile.In the past 12 months highlight progeny have included multiple Group winners Wrote To Arataki and Midnight Edition, as well as the Dennis... Fri, 01 May 2026 19:23:28 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post164103 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/163328/platinum-attack-all-class-in-feature-sprint/ By Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskA devastating home stretch sprint carried class galloper Platinum Attack to an easy victory in the Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) at Otaki.The Lisa Latta-prepared five-year-old is known as a lethal finisher when he gets conditions and a run to suit and the pieces to that puzzle fell into place perfectly for him in Saturday’s feature short-course event on the programme.Rider Bruno Queiroz successfully negotiated a tricky wide barrier (13) to have... Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:10:44 +1200 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post163328 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/post/162371/platinum-attack-back-on-top-at-trentham/ Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskTalented sprinter Platinum Attack (Santos) finally got the track conditions and racing luck he deservedwhen taking out the Listed CareVets NZ Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham.The speedy five-year-old has a devastating finishing burst when at his best but a succession of wet tracks and/or bad barrier draws had hindered his chances in his most recent racing after he was brilliant when winning ... Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:38:03 +1300 http://www.highview.co.nz/blog/#post162371