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Horse of a lifetime – reflections on champion stallion Savabeel

Horse of a lifetime – reflections on champion stallion Savabeel

June 26th 2026 In life there’s no avoiding the fact that nothing lasts forever, and when that something has had a major influence and it comes to an end, there’s cause for commensurate reflection. Such has been Read more

Waller-McDonald relationship cemented with 50th Group One

Waller-McDonald relationship cemented with 50th Group One

December 1st 2025 Off all their joint milestones in the heady atmosphere of elite Australian racing, perhaps the most notable achieved by New Zealand Racing Hall of Famers Chris Waller and James McDonald came at Read more

So You Think: one of a kind

So You Think: one of a kind

November 8th 2025 It was to some degree appropriate that in the anniversary week of a Cox Plate double that defined him as a rare talent, New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame member So You Think should succumb to liver Read more

Vale Syd Brown

Vale Syd Brown

May 19th 2025 Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk 19 May 2025 Syd Brown, a legendary trainer and member of the New Zealand Racing Hall Of Fame, passed away on Sunday, aged 99. Brown initially dreamed of becom Read more

Dundeel to be inducted to New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame

Dundeel to be inducted to New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame

April 10th 2025 Image: Dundeel (James McDonald) brings the curtain down on his illustrious racing career with victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. Read more

Vale Mike Moroney – New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame Trainer

Vale Mike Moroney – New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame Trainer

February 28th 2025 New Zealand Hall of Fame trainer and multiple Group 1 winner Michael Moroney, who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup with Brew, sadly passed away in his sleep on Thursday 27th Feb 2025 aged 66, after Read more

The Big O was one of a kind in an era of great racehorses

The Big O was one of a kind in an era of great racehorses

January 23rd 2025 The best of his time and the likes of which we will never see again are just two of the many accolades being showered on Octagonal in the week announcing the champion galloper’s induction to the Read more

Savabeel the next member of breed-shaping dynasty to enter Hall of Fame

Savabeel the next member of breed-shaping dynasty to enter Hall of Fame

January 16th 2025 It was perhaps inevitable once he had attained multiple champion status as a stallion, that Savabeel should join his sire Zabeel and grandsire Sir Tristram in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Read more

Champion sprinter Imperatriz recognised with Hall of Fame induction

Champion sprinter Imperatriz recognised with Hall of Fame induction

January 10th 2025 Champion sprinter Imperatriz has been paid the ultimate compliment with her inclusion in the 2025 draft of inductees to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. The winner of 10 Group One races in a Read more

Ellis honoured by Hall of Fame induction

Ellis honoured by Hall of Fame induction

December 19th 2024 More than four decades after his first experience as a winning owner, David Ellis has been recognised with induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Since that first success with the Read more