Debut Win for Break Free
15 Sep 2008
Singapore based three-year-old Break Free made it the perfect start to his race career at Kranji on Friday night, with a debut win in the WFA event over 1200m.
Singapore based three-year-old Break Free made it the perfect start to his race career at Kranji on Friday night, with a debut win in the WFA event over 1200m.
Last season's New Zealand Bloodstock Filly Of The Year Insouciant will continue racing.
The Pencarrow Stud bred-and-owned gallopers Abbey Way and Kudamm will be in action at Wednesday's Te Rapa meeting.
Peter and Philip Vela of Pencarrow Stud will have no hesitation in adding their valuable four-year-old mare, Insouciant, to their broodmare band
The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly Of The Year trophy (pictured) was presented to the owners of Insouciant at the Mercedes Thoroughbred Racing Awards dinner in Hamilton on Friday night.
Reigning New Zealand Bloodstock Filly Of The Year Insouciant didn't lose too many admirers with her fourth placing behind Mufhasa at today's Taupo Racing Club meeting.
The smart debut win by exciting three-year-old filly Amaryllis (Red Ransom x Lafleur)has given plenty of encouragement for Matamata trainer Mark Walker to set her for next month's Gr. 3 Highview Stakes at Hastings.
The handy performer, Promethean (Grand Lodge x Sarwatch) has produced her first foal - a bay filly by five-time Gr. 1 winner Darci Brahma - at Pencarrow Stud on Tuesday afternoon.
Pencarrow Stud will have a strong line-up of four runners at Wednesday's Taupo Racing Club meeting held at Taupo.
The team at Pencarrow Stud are excited to see the arrival of a foal by five-time Group 1 winner Darci Brahma on the Hamilton-based stud farm early Monday.
Reigning New Zealand Bloodstock Filly Of The Year Insouciant (Keeper x Loudenne) finished a nice second behind quality stablemate Princess Coup in an open catchweight trial at Te Teko on Tuesday.
Four Pencarrow Stud owned-and-bred horses - including 2007/08 NZ Bloodstock Filly Of The Year Insouciant - headed to Taupo last Friday for a gallop.
Pencarrow Stud-bred Big Maverick has finished a brave second in the final leg of the Singapore Three-Year-Old Triple Crown series at Kranji racecourse.
Pencarrow Stud was the recipient of a prestigious Group 1 award at the Waikato breeders annual dinner held in Hamilton on Friday night.
Having dominated both of the first two legs, the Pencarrow Stud-bred gelding Big Maverick (NZ) (Ajfan by Woodman) will shoot for a clean sweep of the Singapore 3YO Challenge Series at Kranji racecourse on Sunday.
The University of Waikato has much pleasure bestowing the award of 2008 Distinguished Alumni on Peter Vela
Pencarrow Stud will be a recipient of one of the coveted trophies at the Waikato Breeders' annual Cathay Pacific Group 1 dinner being held at the Kingsgate Hotel in Hamilton on Friday July 25.
The Pencarrow Stud bred gelding El Gitano broke his maiden at Rotorua last week, with a win in the 1600m event for his owner IDL Racing.
New Zealand's reigning three-year-old Filly of the Year, Insouciant (Keeper x Loudenne), showed she is right on target for her spring campaign with a win in her trial at Cambridge today.
Top quality Pencarrow Stud-bred mare J'Adane (Danehill x Affirmed Lane) is expected to make her much-awaited return to racing next month.
Sean Woods-trained Sohna (Canny Lad x Zinarush) was in the winners' circle in a HK$590,000 event at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's race-meeting at Sha Tin on Tuesday night.
This season's New Zealand Bloodstock "Filly Of The Year", Insouciant, is coming up very well in her new preparation.
Pencarrow Stud-bred Big Maverick, pictured left, has easily won the second leg of the Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge putting him on target to take out the "Triple Crown".
A number of broodmares due to foal in the coming season have returned to Pencarrow Stud in recent days.