
LEEDOX PROVES TOO STRONG IN FUTURITY STAKES
Promising juvenile Leedox showed his brilliance winning the Listed Futurity Stakes for 2 year-olds at only his 2nd career start. Lining up in the only stakes race on the New Zealand programme for trainer Andrew Forsman, jockey Ryan Elliott landed Leedox into the trailing position and angled him out one off the fence to launch a sustained sprint to win the 1400m event at Pukekohe Park. “That was a super win as he was very professional in the way he took the gap in the straight

ARMORY TO STAND AT MAPPERLEY STUD
Mapperley Stud is excited to announce they have secured the high-class racehorse Armory who will stand at their Matamata property in 2022. Mapperley Stud has joined forces with Windsor Park Stud to acquire the Group One performed and multiple Group winning son of the legendary Galileo. Armory retires to stud a winner of five races from his sixteen starts, amassing over A$1.7 million in stakes and accumulating a number of champion accolades. A precocious two-year-year-old, Arm

TEVERE BACK TO HER BEST AT FAVOURITE VENUE
The love affair that quality mare Tevere (NZ) (Contributer) has for Te Rapa continued on the weekend when she recorded win number four from just six starts at the venue. The Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained daughter of Contributer was sent out a warm $2 favourite despite a disappointing last start performance where she only beat two runners home in Listed company over 1400m at Awapuni in early April. Punters had no cause for concern in Saturday’s open 1200m contest as ride

MAPPERLEY STUD ANNOUNCE 2022 SERVICE FEES
Mapperley Stud has announced their service fees for the 2022 season, headlined by Group One producing sire Contributer who will stand for a fee of $20,000+GST. The exciting son of High Chaparral was crowned Champion second season sire after his first crop performed brilliantly on the race track, highlighted by Lion’s Roar’s Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) heroics and Llanacord’s win in the Gr.2 Lowland Stakes (2100m). Contributer is already the sire of six individual stakes per