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On the back of an extremely successful NZB Standardbred national yearling sales where almost every key indicator reached record levels, the positivity has continued in the breeding sector with news of a slight increase in the number of mares bred.

Paris Prince’s win on Sunday in the Grand Slam Trading Co. Trot gave Royal Aspirations’ stud career a notable record.

Application forms to register this season’s foals were posted out last November to the person who according to our records is the first named owner or lessee of any mare for which there is a 2020/2021 service record.

Winning doubles don’t come much better than the one Southland horseman Ricky Gutsell produced at Gore on Sunday.

When Lot 141 steps into the ring at the NZB National Standardbred Yearling Sale at Christchurch on Monday, February 14 he will hold a unique place at the auction.

Waikato breeders Jack and Jocelyn Davies will put their first yearlings up for sale at the NZB Standardbred Yearlings Sale at Karaka on Sunday.

A trotting sire in hot demand with Australasian breeders in the 2021-22 season was the son of Muscle Hill in What The Hill.

Harness racing journalist Jonny Turner admits he has a few nerves ahead of offering his first horse at the NZB Standardbred National Yearling Sales in Christchurch next week.

The New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Association have once again produced a Yearling Sales special of their print publication, ‘Breeding Matters’.