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Former top juvenile Ardrossan maintained his unbeaten New Zealand record when he scored in the Gr.3 Preferment@Brighthill Farm Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on the Karaka Sales raceday in January. Unbeaten in two New Zealand starts as a two-year-old,...

The Stephen Marsh trained Crown Prosecutor (Medaglia d’Oro x Riptide) showed a huge heart to claimed New Zealand's premier 3yo Group 1 race at just his seventh start for his owners JML Bloodstock and Linda & Harvey Green.The Hesket Bloodstock-bred 3YO colt was a...

The well bred 3yo colt by Medaglia D'Oro, Crown Prosecutor, carried part-owner Lib Petagna’s colours to a special win in the Gr. 3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes at Otaki. In the same JML Bloodstock colours, Lucia Valentina won this race five years ago. Like Crown...

Owner Lib Petagna and trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have scored back-to-back wins in the Gr. 3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes at Hawera. They teamed up 12 months ago to win the fillies and mares’ feature with Francaletta, and on Saturday the same...

With the 2018-19 season well underway, the BPB managed race team include a number of horses that are worth following, including: Nicoletta (5yo mare Savabeel / Celtic Crown) Trained by M Baker/A Forsman. Already a Gr3 winner and Gr1 placed, Nicoletta has really...

Wellington owner Lib Petagna, who races under the JML Bloodstock banner, was voted NZ Owner of the Year for the third successive year at the recent New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing annual awards for the 2017-18 season. Lib was a shareholder in 25 runners in New Zealand...