Go Racing breaks through $6 Million mark
Go Racing passed the $6 Million prize money mark for their owners when German born QUALITY TIME saluted the judge in the Bream Bay Cup at Ruakaka on the 8th of June, capping a remarkable season for New Zealand’s leading Independent Syndicator.
“It has been a wonderful season for owners” says Go Racing Director Albert Bosma. “We have won Group 1 races in New Zealand with VELOCIOUS, Australia with ATISHU and had stakes performers in Ireland, France and England. Just last week Je Zous ran a hard finishing 5th in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot. We were the only New Zealand representation at Royal Ascot and it was puzzling this got so little press coverage here. I think what we have achieved is unique as I don’t believe any New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing operation has had stakes performers in 5 different countries in a season before.”
“A massive thanks go to our staff who work incredibly hard for our owners and are passionate about looking after them and achieving the success they have had.
We are a boutique operation and don’t have the numbers of the big stables in New Zealand, however what we do have is the ability to place horses globally for owners and change tack when it is best for the horse, not just following the same traditional lines or keeping them in the same stable. That is huge to the success and options for individual horses. QUALITY TIME is a great example of that, He started in Germany, we moved him to Australia and now have him with Kylie Hoskin in New Zealand. He is approaching $500,000 in stake money and can go well beyond that.
I read on the NZTR website that Te Akau spent $22 Million in the first six-months of this year to buy 60 yearlings, which of course doesn’t count the yearlings they are given to train. Last year we bought 11 total, including Karaka Million winner VELOCIOUS – we are boutique and targeted compared to these mammoth racing operations.”
Newly appointed General Manager Matt Allnutt was thrilled with his first season in the role “The thing I am most proud of is our relationship with owners, who stay with us for many years. We had 12 owners fly up to Royal Ascot last week to support their horse – the second time in two years we have had a runner at Royal Ascot and creating events like this for them is very special”.
Looking forward to the coming season, Allnutt is bullish. “I believe we have bought well in New Zealand, Australia and Europe this year in what has been a patchy market. ‘We want to improve on our record breaking season and would like to have stakes-horses in more than 5 countries this coming season. I think we have the firepower to do that.”