Category Archives: Private Sales negotiated by Adrian Clark Bloodstock

Zabeel filly holds Oaks nomination

                      Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have done a great job in developing Genus (Zabeel ex Meranti) as a staying three-year-old filly. Her win today at New Plymouth came off

First foal for Pennacchio

Pennacchio, who will be remembered for winning a pair of Listed Races during the 2010 Brisbane Winter Carnival, has produced her first foal, a colt by High Chaparral. Pennacchio won both the BRC Myer Spear Chief Handicap-LR (1500m) and Tatt’s

Gr.2 winner Alagant Satin produces first foal

Alagant Satin produced her first foal last night, a colt by High Chaparral. The colt was born at Gordon Cunningham’s Curraghmore Stud. Alagant Satin (Al Akbar ex Glowing Satin, by Noble Bijou) won five races including the Group 2 Eight

Suaza @ Trentham today

I’m expecting Suaza to be competitive in the Wellington Cup Prelude at Trentham Gardens today. While she’s not at all well placed at the weights, it’s not the strongest Open Handicap field, by any means, and what’s more the race

Matamata next for Suaza

Suaza will step out next at Matamata on Friday in the Rating 75 2000m event with Vinny Colgan up. The big mare blotted her copy book in the Dunstan Championship Final at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day; she simply didn’t

Tip the Wink to race in foal

Tip the Wink will be racing in foal when she steps out in the Open 1200 metres Handicap event at Awapuni on Saturday in the hands of Rosie Myers. It’s been a busy few months for the dual Listed Race-winning

Dam of Planet Rock foals

Akris, the dam of this season’s New Zealand One Thousand Guineas-Gr.1 winner Planet Rock, has produced a colt by Alamosa at Wellfield Lodge near Palmerston North. I visited Wellfield last Friday morning and was lucky enough to see the colt

Brown Eyed Grace in foal to Zabeel

Brown Eyed Grace was the joint 2010 NZB Southern Filly of the Year and is now into year two of her breeding career. I purchased her privately for a client last year and she was mated with Westbury Stud’s Oakleigh

Everswindell – off to a flyer

Cup Week at Christchurch reminds me of the two outstanding performances Everswindell put up on the Riccarton Park track as a 3YO and as a 5YO. At three she was second in the 1000 Guineas-Gr.1 (1600m), coming from a long

Beijing Gold is a ‘smokey’

I manage broodmares mainly in the upper-end of the market, but have a great deal of hope for Beijing Gold, who fits into the Select Sale or ‘K2’ portion of the marketplace. I purchased this mare for a client, at