http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:45:45 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/163263/te-akau-trio-head-to-gold-coast/ A trio of Te Akau Racing’s high-quality mares will head to the Gold Coast next month where they will be offered at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale ahead of commencing the next stage of their careers.The trio comprise of Group One winners Captured By Love and Quintessa and Group Three winner My Lips Are Sealed, and they will be offered through Newgate’s consignment.“They are mares with proven performance, quality pedigrees and the physical attributes we believe are so important w... Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:18:05 +1200 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post163263 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/163329/inglis-tv-super-seth-x-beela-hudood-sale/ ... Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post163329 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/160432/inglis-tv-sale-wrap/ Hear from Dean Hawkins following the sale of our sale topping yearling Ghaiyyath x Berg En Dal colt, below. ... Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:57:45 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post160432 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/160433/ghaiyyath-colt-fetches-625-000-as-inglis-classic-ends-on-a-high/ Tony and Calvin McEvoy lodged a ringing vote of confidence in Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) as the Darley shuttler took another great leap in his burgeoning career by emerging with the auction topper as the third most successful Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in history wrapped on Tuesday.Team McEvoy paired with regular partner Damon Gabbedy’s Belmont Bloodstock to pay $625,000 for the imposing colt, offered as Lot 668 by New Zealand’s Wentwood Grange stud, making him Classic’s highest-priced lot ... Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post160433 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/158955/gerard-doubles-down-on-the-nzb-kiwi/ By LOVERACING.NZ News DeskMatamata trainer Pam Gerard has doubled her representation in the $4 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), with Slot Holder Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) announcing Affirmative Action (AUS) (Yes Yes Yes) as their representative in the Southern Hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race.The Yes Yes Yes gelding will join stablemate Romanoff (NZ) (Belardo) in the Champions Day feature at Ellerslie on 7 March, after he secured the Canterbury Jockey Club’s slo... Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:32:32 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post158955 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/158511/rutten-has-sweet-tooth-for-km-2yo/ By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskChris Rutten has a knack for selecting Karaka Millions 2YO contenders, and he looks to have struck again, this time with the Roydon Bergerson-trained Sweetest Thing.The daughter of Hello Youmzain impressed when runner-up to Lassified in the Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday, with her runner-up cheque of $18,500 putting her on the cusp of qualifying for the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions (1200m) at El... Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:20:52 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post158511 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/157014/mary-shan-stuns-el-vencedor-in-challenge-stakes/ By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskBlack-type success has always seemed to be a matter of when and not if for highly talented mare Mary Shan, but few would have expected it to come at the expense of a $1.50 favourite and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year.That was exactly what happened in the Gr.3 Bayleys Great Northern Challenge Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday as Mary Shan flew out of the pack to bomb El Vencedor right on the finish line and reinforce the fact that... Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:32:55 +1300 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post157014 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/152945/favorite-yearling-posts-career-highlight/ Dean Hawkins admits to shedding a tear or two when With Your Blessing was sold as a yearling.The family offered the stunning looking youngster under their Wentwood Grange banner at the 2020 Inglis Melbourne Classic Sale where he left the ring with a A$70,000 price tag.“He was absolutely beautiful as a yearling and, hand on heart, the only horse that I’ve loved that much that I cried when he was sold, he was my all-time favourite horse,” Hawkins said.The son of Vadamos has since earned more... Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:08:16 +1200 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post152945 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/152530/with-your-blessing-all-the-way-for-bill-ritchie-breakthrough/ New Zealand-bred gelding With Your Blessing capped a consistent run of form with his first black-type success in Saturday’s A$250,000 Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick.The Vadamos gelding progressed through the grades last season with a pair of Randwick victories – an 1100m Benchmark 78 handicap on January 4, followed by a 1300m Benchmark 88 just over a month later. Trainer John Thompson then stepped him up into stakes company and he finished second in a phot... Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:29:47 +1200 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post152530 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/post/151730/resurgent-quintessa-reigns-in-proisir-plate/ By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News DeskThe early spring has tended to bring the very best out of Quintessa, and that trend continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a spectacular last-to-first performance at $36 odds in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate.The $400,000 weight-for-age triumph came almost exactly a year after the Te Akau Racing mare’s last win, which was a first-up victory in the Gr.3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 31 last year. Another 12 months before that, she kicked her t... Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:11:13 +1200 http://www.wentwoodgrange.co.nz/blog/#post151730