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CONTRIBUTER CROWNED CHAMPION 2ND SEASON SIRE
Finishing a memorable season on a high note, Contributer was crowned New Zealand’s Champion 2nd season sire. Contributer has emerged as...
Mapperley Stud
Aug 2, 20212 min read


IMA ROCA BE WINS LISTED RYDER STAKES
Ima Roca Bee (El Roca) wins the last stakes race of the season, the Listed Ryder Stakes at Otaki. Raised and grazed on the rolling hills...
Mapperley Stud
Aug 1, 20211 min read


MISTA RAZZLEDAZZLE BLOWS THEM AWAY ON AUSTRALIAN DEBUT
Mista Razzledazzle showed plenty of it when he won brilliantly first up in Australia for trainer Lindsay Smith. The promising 3 year-old...
Mapperley Stud
Jul 19, 20211 min read


COMPLACENT'S ROLL OF WINNERS CONTINUES
Mapperley Stud stallion Complacent has continued his impressive run of late with Barracuda running out a dominant 4-½ length winner at Te...
NZ Racing Desk
Jul 14, 20212 min read


FULL BOOK FOR CONTRIBUTER
Mapperley Stud has announced their exciting young stallion Contributer is fully booked for the 2021 breeding season. Following a...
NZ Racing News
Jun 11, 20212 min read


COMPLACENT RUNNING HOT
Complacent was an elite 3 year-old in Australia winning the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes and the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes before running a...
Mapperley Stud
Jun 4, 20212 min read


CUNNINGHAM ENJOYS SUCCESS WITH DAUGHTER OF CONTRIBUTER
Curraghmore Stud principal Gordon Cunningham continued his good form with Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard’s Ballymore Stables when Tevere...
NZ Racing News
May 23, 20212 min read


CONTRIBUTER SPEARHEADS MAPPERLEY STUD ROSTER
Group One-producing stallion Contributer will headline Mapperley Stud’s stallion roster for the upcoming breeding season where he will...
Mapperley Stud
Apr 21, 20213 min read


LION CONTINUES TO ROAR AT RANDWICK
Group One winner Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer) will continue his autumn preparation at Randwick on Saturday. The son of Contributer has...
Mapperley Stud
Apr 21, 20211 min read


EXCITING FILLY EYES AUSTRALIAN GR.1 SUCCESS
Exciting filly Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) is giving trainer and part-owner Stephen Nickalls the ride of his life and he is hoping that...
NZ Racing Desk
Apr 13, 20213 min read


LION READY TO ROAR AT RANDWICK
Kiwi-bred gelding Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer) will be after his second Group One victory at Randwick on Saturday when he contests the...
Mapperley Stud
Apr 9, 20212 min read


LION'S ROAR - IT'S IN THE BLOOD
The sheiks and the sultans will swing their super-sized chequebooks amidst the world’s foremost sales to attain their horseflesh. Other...
Mapperley Stud
Mar 15, 20215 min read


CONTRIBUTER'S SON ROARS IN RANDWICK GUINEAS
John O’Shea has celebrated his first elite level victory since departing Godolphin in 2017 courtesy of Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer) in...
NZ Racing News
Mar 7, 20213 min read


GROUP 2 WINNER FOR CONTRIBUTER
The Stephen Nickalls-trained Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) landed the Gr.2 Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on...
NZ Racing Desk
Mar 4, 20212 min read


LLANACORD SEEKING ULTIMATE OAKS TRIBUTE
Stephen Nickalls hopes to get exciting three-year-old filly Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) to the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand...
NZ Racing Desk
Feb 24, 20212 min read


COMPLACENT FILLY WITH LOFTY AMBITIONS
Cambridge trainer Catherine Cameron has a promising three-year-old filly on her hands in the form of Comme Bella Fille (NZ) (Complacent),...
NZ Racing Desk
Feb 11, 20211 min read


MCKAY EXCITED ABOUT PROMISING JUVENILE
Peter McKay reached the pinnacle of New Zealand racing with Puccini and now the Matamata trainer is vying to reach the same heights with...
NZ Racing Desk
Feb 3, 20212 min read


CONTRIBUTER POPULAR AT SALES
High-flying young sire Contributer proved to be very popular at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales held earlier this...
Mapperley Stud
Feb 2, 20212 min read


CONTRIBUTER GENERATING EXCITEMENT PRIOR TO YEARLING SALES
Emerging young sire Contributer has gained some serious momentum leading into the 2021 NZB Yearling Sales at Karaka later this month....
Mapperley Stud
Jan 15, 20213 min read


STAKES TARGETS BECKONS FOR PROMISING CONTRIBUTER FILLY
Maria Farina (NZ) (Contributer) kept her unbeaten record intact at Ellerslie on Sunday in the Blue Bubble Taxis 1200 and now a Group...
NZ Racing Desk
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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