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In what's seen as a coup for the industry here Lazarus, touted as New Zealand's greatest living standardbred, will stand at stud in Canterbury this breeding season.

In a boon for the New Zealand standardbred industry, Albuquerque will remain in the country despite fierce competition for her from Australia in Wednesday’s gavelhouse. com Standardbred auction.

Canterbury-based Phoebe Standardbreds has released a number of options for their boom sire Royal Aspirations as they look ahead to the next breeding season, including a "novel" pay by June 30 option of just $1500 plus GST (last year's fee).

One of the established stars of the New Zealand standardbred sales scene combined with a new one in Captain Crunch at the national weanling sale at Karaka on Thursday.

The NZB weanling sales have just wrapped up at Karaka in Auckland and again it was Stonewall Stud to the fore.

The country's two biggest studs say numbers are behind the large draft they will take to Karaka for Thursday’s weanling sale. And with that comes opportunity.

More than 100 weanlings, from established as well as emerging sires, will go under the hammer when the NZB Standardbred weanling sales are held at Karaka this Thursday, a day before the Auckland Cup meeting at Alexandra Park.

After nearly 22 years helping facilitate the trading of standardbreds, Rachel Deegan admits she'll "miss the people but it's time for a change. "

Former Blackcap Kyle Mills and his mates have enjoyed some massive highs with their "Cyclone" breed of racehorses - and they are far from finished.