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Family owned and operated thoroughbred farm producing quality racehorses
for the Australasian marketplace.

2ND NZ-based farm on the Australian Vendors Leader Board 2020/21

LATEST NEWS

Oaks-bound filly readying for Champions Day assignment

February 25th 2025By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray are eyeing both of New Zealand’s feature three-year-old staying races in March and their Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld DubaiRead more

With Your Blessing cracks $500,000 with Randwick romp

February 16th 2025New Zealand-bred gelding With Your Blessing took his career earnings past A$500,000 with an emphatic victory in Saturday’s A$160,000 Macquarie St Social Handicap (1300m) at Randwick. TheRead more

With Your Blessing bounces back at Randwick

January 5th 2025Accomplished galloper With Your Blessing put a lacklustre last campaign behind him with a gritty first-up victory in the A$160,000 Inglis Classic Sale Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. TheRead more

Tale Of The Gypsy moves up Karaka Millions table

January 5th 2025By Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Debutant runner Tale Of The Gypsy continued the winning roll for the Stephen Marsh stable when she headed off stablemate Miss Moet All to take out theRead more

Wentwood Grange return to the Gold Coast

December 23rd 2024Kiwi vendors Wentwood Grange are returning to the Gold Coast Yearling Sale with the cream of their 2025 crop. The Hawkins family, whose previous graduates include Group One winners Quintessa,Read more

Intention scores Wakefield upset

December 22nd 2024By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Overlooked in the lead-up to Saturday’s Gr.2 Happy Hire Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) at Trentham, Intention burst out of the shadows of herRead more

Racetrack double lifts 2YO Sale spirits

November 19th 2024By Paul Vettise, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Wentwood Grange savoured a trans-Tasman double at the weekend and the Hawkins family will be looking for further reasons to celebrate at this week’s NewRead more

Wentwood Grange graduate flying the Kiwi flag

September 2nd 2024By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Cambridge thoroughbred nursery Wentwood Grange were thrilled to watch farm graduate Quintessa add to her burgeoning record when victorious first-up in theRead more

Class prevails as Quintessa lands Cockram

September 1st 2024Group One winner Quintessa returned with a bang when running out a resounding winner of the Gr.3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The Mark Walker-trained mare lumped 60kg topweiRead more

Virtuous Circle notches Flemington win

June 8th 2024Four-year-old gelding Virtuous Circle registered his first win in more than 650 days when taking out the RDA Daylesford Lesley Hewitt Trophy (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainer Liam Howley.Read more

Sentimental sale for Wentwood Grange

January 25th 2024By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk It will be a sentimental sale for Wentwood Grange at Karaka this year, with brothers Sean, Leigh, and Dean offering the final foal out of the mare that kickedRead more

Family affair for Cole at Ruakaka

January 11th 2024By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk A classy front-running ride from Tegan Newman provided Steven Cole with a special victory at Ruakaka on Friday with Per La Vita. Based out of Byerley Park,Read more

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