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August 7, 2012
Newhaven Park Graduates Flying in Singapore - Tai Commands Wins
Cheyne happy to be proven wrong by photo 22 Jul 2012 | By Michael LeeJockey Greg Cheyne had already conceded defeat as he directed Tai Commands to the second-placed box after Race 7 on Sunday, but to his pleasant surprise, he was asked to move up to the winner’s box instead. Aboard $111 outsider Tai […]
July 23, 2012
Newhaven Park Strikes Again In Singapore with Flying Ahead
After charting his early career over shorter trips, Flying Ahead finally hit his straps when stepped up in distance to the 1700m of the $65,000 Initiation race on Friday night. The Flying Spur three-year-old did run second to the smart Totality over 1400m at debut followed by a third to Von Snitzel over 1200m, but […]
May 21, 2012
Invest sworn in as top Oaks contender
Tony White – SMH Online May 20, 2012 Close-run thing … jockey Peter Mertens gets Invest home in The Roses at Doomben yesterday to avoid a spray from trainer Clarry Conners. The filly returned $7 to punters in the process. Photo: Tertius Pickard SYDNEY trainer Clarry Conners admitted to nearly swearing in the grandstand at […]
May 21, 2012
Invest on Track for Second Oaks
Tara Madgwick – Saturday, 19 May 2012 Already a winner of the Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks, the Clarry Conners trained filly Invest showed she will be the horse to beat in the upcoming Group I BRC Queensland Oaks with a powerful win in the Group III BRC Doomben Roses on Saturday. Having her first […]
May 16, 2012
Newhaven Park Bred Lightinthenite on Target for Scone Cup
O’Shea Thinks He Is A Promising Stayer for the Future The four-year-old son of Galileo, Newhaven Park bred Lightinthenite is on target to contest Friday’s Scone Cup (Listed,1600m), one of Australia’s richest country race with a prize money pool of $180,000. Winner of five of his nine career starts, including a first-up win at […]
May 7, 2012
Newhaven Park bred 'Harpers' Scores Again
Scoring at her second start on the Geelong synthetic track was the Peter Snowden trained Exceed and Excel filly Harpers, who was a market drifter, but still won the 1100 metre juvenile maiden easily by two and three-quarter lengths. A $430,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Darley from the Newhaven Park draft, Harpers (pictured as a […]
May 7, 2012
Newhaven Park bred Speedy Ahead (Hussonet x Memoir) wins on debut in Singapore.
Joao Moreira guides Speedy Ahead to a debut win on Friday night. Picture Singapore Turf Club 05 MAY 2012 | BY MICHAEL LEE Newcomer Speedy Ahead gave a glimpse of his potential with an impressive all-the-way debut win in the $65,000 Restricted Maiden (2&3YO) race over 1000m on Polytrack on Friday night. Sent out a […]
April 30, 2012
Investing in an Oaks victory
Having produced an excellent run when finish fourth, just over a length from the winner at her last start in the G3 Auraria Stakesover 1800m, the Newhaven Park Stud-owned three-year-old filly Invest was too good on April 28, recording a long neck victory in the G1 Schweppes Oaks at Morphettville. Ridden to perfection by Peter […]
April 23, 2012
Lightinthenite - "A Horse of the Future"
At Randwick on Saturday, the exciting Newhaven Park bred Lightinthenite won the The Keystone Group Handicap over 1400m. Punters sent out Lightinthenite as a $4.20 second favourite behind Riva De Lago but McDonald steered the John O’Shea-trained galloper to victory down the centre of the track to complete a hat trick of wins in the […]
March 29, 2012
Talented colt looking to Collect further Black-type
A last start third in the G3 Skyline Stakesover 1200m at Randwick, the Newhaven Park-bred Fastnet Rock colt Collect heads to this Saturday’s G2Pago Pago Stakes with an extreme winning chance. Sold at the 2011 Magic Millions YearlingSale to Randwick trainer Kevin Moses for $330,000 from the draft of NewhavenPark, Collect is out of the […]
March 20, 2012
'Collect' - One to Watch
Newhaven Park bred ‘Collect’ ran third in Saturday’s Group 3 Skyline Stakes at Royal Randwick. ‘Collect’ was sold at last year’s Magic Millions January sale for $330,000 to Kevin Moses. The promising colt is by Fastnet Rock out of Sweet Ransom. His first start was the Silver Slipper Stakes (G2) over 1100m where he ran 4th and his next outing […]
January 24, 2012
Francesca Cumani photographed with Newhaven Park’s $400,000 Allow colt.
Francesca Cumani with Lot 444 from Newhaven Park. Pic: Michael Ross FRANCESCA Cumani walks through the Bundall sales complex like anyone else. Daniel Meers | January 13th, 2012 She stops, chats, poses for photos and, most importantly to her, looks at the bloodstock. As the nation’s media went into a spin over American model Brooklyn […]
January 8, 2012
Q&A's with John Kelly
John Kelly was interviewed for the 2012 Aushorse Magazine. Download a PDF of the feature: NewhavenPark_OwnerBreeder_DPS_FINAL2
December 15, 2011
Newhaven Park Breeds Group 3 Winner In Singapore
The final stakes race in Singapore for the year, the G3 Proinn Construct Stakes was run on Friday with Cliff Brown’s striking entire Zac Influence proving he is one to watch into the future. Having his first try over 1700m on the Kranji polytrack, Zac Influence settled back from his wide gate before being unleashed […]
January 5, 2011
Magic Millions Yearlings Arrive
THE first of 1100 potential champion racehorses have arrived on the Gold Coast ahead of the Magic Millions yearling auction. Fourth-generation Newhaven Park stud owner John Kelly has made a 24-hour journey from Boorowa in NSW with 15 yearlings for the annual sale. Mr Kelly said he believed the high Aussie dollar may unfortunately lead […]
September 10, 2010
First Sydney 2YO Trials
By Tara Magwick – www.breednet.com.au An interesting set of barrier trials was held at Warwick Farm on Friday morning with Clarry Conners producing the winners of the two juvenile heats. Newhaven Park have had a lot of success with Clarry Conners over the years and look set for more with the Redoute’s Choice filly Offer, […]
April 18, 2010
Derby Plans for WA Oaks Queen
MM Media Release Impressive Jeuney could back up in next Saturday’s Group One WA Derby at Ascot after cruising home in the $252,000 Group Three WA Oaks (2400m) at the same track on Saturday. Sent out the odds on favourite after a brilliant last start lead up win, Impressive Jeuney led throughout for an emphatic […]
January 14, 2010
Obituary - Zeditave
Five-time Group 1 winner Zeditave was euthanised last week at the age of 24. The winner of five Group 1 races, Zeditave was trained, like his sire The Judge, at Caulfield by Angus Armanasco. Racing 17 times at two and three, Zeditave won 14 times and earned $1.2 million. At two he won the Blue […]
January 1, 2010
Carrington Victory for Court
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au High class Anabaa (USA) mare Court posted her first stakes success as an older mare when storming home from a clear last to score a dominant win in the Listed Tatts Carrington Stakes at Randwick on New Year’s Day. Only ninth at her previous run at Randwick in a Listed […]
October 11, 2009
New Aussie Stakes-Winner in South Africa
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au Flying Spur featured in South Africa at the weekend when his brilliant daughter Flying Princess took out the Listed Goldfields Sprint over 1200 metres at Turffontein. A lightly raced filly from the Charles Laird stable, Flying Princess was having just her third race start and coming into this harder event […]
October 3, 2009
Winning Run Continues for Miss Marielle
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au Encosta de Lago mare Miss Marielle has hit a rare vein of form at present and carried it to another big race win at Randwick on Saturday when she ploughed through heavy conditions and driving rain to win the Group Three AJC Craven Plate over 2000 metres. Despite some concerns […]
September 19, 2009
Hill Stakes to Miss Marielle
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au Encosta de Lago mare Miss Marielle has thrived since joining the Sydney stable of Joe Pride, her recent good form rewarded at Rosehill on Saturday with a hard fought win in the Group Two STC Hill Stakes over 1900 metres. Runner-up at her last two starts behind form horses Moti […]
July 14, 2009
Nittan’s Crown Takes Cup
www.anzbloodstocknews.com Australian-bred Nittan’s Crown added another Macau feature to his record when he took the HK$800,000, Macau Cup (Mac Gr 2) over 1500m at Taipa on Sunday night. Nittan’s Crown finished too well for his rivals in the straight run to get up and beat Si Foo by a head. It was the second consecutive […]
May 16, 2009
Déjà vu for Court
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au On this day last year Anabaa (USA) filly Court was seen at her best in winning the Group Two BTC Champagne Classic at Doomben for the juveniles and she returned to the same track on Saturday for an encore victory in the Group Three BTC Classic over 1350 metres. The […]
April 11, 2009
Anabaa Filly Triumphs in Sapphire
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au Talented Anabaa (USA) three year-old filly Court denied popular mare Belong to Many back-to-back wins in the Group Two AJC Sapphire Stakes when she overpowered her older rival to win the 1200 metre sprint by a length at Randwick on Saturday. A Group Two winner last season as a juvenile, […]
January 3, 2009
Strategic News Wins at Nad Al Sheba
By Tara Madgwick – www.breednet.com.au Australian bred South African Group One winner Strategic News was in the winner’s circle at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday when he scored over 1600 metres on turf by a length and a half. The six year-old gelding scored the biggest win of his career in November 2007 when taking […]
December 11, 2008
Australian Success Continues on HK's Biggest Day
By Nathan Exelby – www.racingandsports.com.au Continuing a growing tradition, horses bred in Australia and New Zealand once again enjoyed great success at Hong Kong’s International meeting this year. Australian-breds have dominated the Group 1 International Sprint (run over 1200m for the first time this year) and it continued with the devastating win by Absolute Champion […]
November 26, 2007
Strategic News Wins At Group 1 Level
Woodlands stallion Strategic enjoyed major success in South Africa at the weekend when his son Strategic News sprang something of an surprise to land the Steinhoff International Summer Cup (Gr 1) over 2000m under lights at Turffontein. A $40,000 purchase for trainer and part owner Dylan Cunha at the 2005 Magic Millions Yearling Sale at […]
October 23, 2007
Aushorse Award
www.anzbloodstocknews.com The winners of the 2007 Premier’s NSW Export Awards were announced last week. Of the nine applicants short listed for the highly competitive National Agribusiness Category, Aushorse received the Highly Commended Award in recognition of the group’s strategy that saw international guests increase their spend at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale to $26.5 million […]
April 2, 2007
Slipper Day Revenge A Decade On
By Nathan Exelby – www.racingandsports.com.au Encounter, the Clarry Conners trained colt raced by Newhaven Park, was the best sprinter-miler two and three-year-old of his generation. But one race was missing from his CV that most probably should have been there – the Golden Slipper. Encounter ranged up to win the 1997 Golden Slipper, but veered […]
January 12, 2006
Newhaven Sells $900k Redoute's Colt
Nathan Excelby – www.racingandsports.com.au Cups King Bart Cummings lit up the first session of today’s Magic Millions on the Gold Coast when he bid $900,000 for a Redoute’s Choice colt offered by Newhaven Park Stud. The colt is from the Luskin Star mare Click, who is a sister to Epsom Handicap (G1) winner Nick’s Joy. […]