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posted on 8 February, 2022

Staphanos In Demand

Burgeoning trainer Annabel Neasham was thrilled to yesterday snare the first yearling offered anywhere by the latest son of Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) to hit the sales ring, hoping she may have bought an Oaks filly for a bargain $140,000. Staphanos...
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posted on 24 January, 2022

New Group Two winner for Sweynesse

The third time was the charm for Dragon Queen at Ellerslie’s Karaka Million twilight meeting on Saturday, landing a career-best victory in the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m). Since her purchase for $50,000 by the New Zealand Chinese Jockey Club and Pa...
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posted on 29 December, 2021

The Best Blood is at Novara Park

The latest Thoroughbred Racing Global Sires list further emphasizes the pedigree power of Novara Park's stallions. Novara Park is the only New Zealand stud to have two stallions by the top 20 ranked stallions in the world. Novara Park’s Staphanos is ...
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posted on 29 December, 2021

Deep Impact quinella in G1 for 2yos

Killer Ability (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) showed plenty of talent to take the G1 Hopeful S. at Nakayama on Tuesday. The 2000-metre affair featured 15 colts in the final Japan Racing Association Group 1 of 2021. It was an exacta for the deceased Shadai...
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posted on 2 December, 2021

Deep Impact - Dominant

Japan Cup- Contrail (4 h Deep Impact - Rhodochrosite by Unbridled's Song) produces scintillating swansong performance and signed off his career with a fifth Grade 1 victory when he triumphed in the Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) at Tokyo yesterday. Second b...
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posted on 25 October, 2021

42 SW for Kingman plus hat-trick

The progression of the Masen has the Lyons brothers excited about next year following his high-quality performance to land the Listed Knockaire Stakes. The 2-1 favourite made all and showed an impressive turn of foot to shoot clear of his rivals earl...
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posted on 11 October, 2021

New G1 winner for Deep Impact in Australia and 178 SW

Profondo (3 c ex Honesty Prevails by Redoute’s Choice), a $1.9 million yearling at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, showed his class in winning the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Randwick yesterday. The Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) colt p...
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posted on 3 October, 2021

Novara's Express head toward Oaks

Novara Park bred and part owned Elusive Express (Jakkalberry) justified favourite punters confidence when winning the Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1610m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman. The daughter of Jakkalberry cau...
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posted on 12 September, 2021

41 SW for Kingman

Noble Truth (2 c ex Speralita by Frankel) held on in a head-bobbing finish to the Flying Scotsman Stakes (Listed, 7f) at Doncaster yesterday to seal a win that took his sire Kingman’s (Invincible Spirit) tally of individual stakes winners to 41, whil...
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posted on 28 August, 2021

40 SW for Kingman

Serve the King had been knocking at the door of a blacktype score and broke through on 25th August. Stalking from second through the first quarter of the race, the bay was overtaken, but maintained his spot on the hedge in third. The top two shot of...
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St James Timeform

Says of King of Comedy :

His performance was so blatantly eye-catching that Timeform labelled King of Comedy the best rated 3yo in Europe. The sectional breakdown of the race showed that King Of Comedy finished fastest of all. He also covered at least 3 metres more than Circus Maximus and Too Darn Hot.

RaceNet - www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/press-statement

Says of Press Statement :

Given that it has won at Group One level and has amassed $1,832,275 in career earnings, Press Statement is regarded as an elite class of racehorse.

Hugh Bowman - Jockey

Says of Sweynesse :

"I was really pleased with First Seal but full credit to Sweynesse, I thought I had the race in my keeping. My filly wasn’t dying on her run but the colt picked me up and put me away."

Kerrin Mcevoy - Jockey

Says of Sweynesse :

"He’s been pleasing us at home but we were worried about the ground and also he was meeting a good field first-up, I had to ride him a bit steady from the gate but he was electric when I asked him to go."
"He’s a nice, big colt with a lovely relaxed attitude and a very good turn of foot."

Michael Cox - Former South China Morning Post and now The Age racing writer saw Staphanos in the flesh on the track and in his impressive morning workouts

Says of Staphanos :

"Staphanos is a horse of substance, mixing toughness and a no-nonsense temperament in a career in which he raced and beat some of the best Japan had to offer. What a coup by Luigi Muollo and Novara Park to secure this stallion and what an incredible opportunity for New Zealand breeders to send mares to such a highly credentialed son of Deep Impact. He has the looks, pedigree and racetrack performances to be a hit at stud. He could be a real game changer and just the type of stallion New Zealand needs."

Hideaki Fujiwara - Champion Trainer Japan

Says of Staphanos :

“Staphanos had outstanding ability showing speed and stamina. He was mentally and physically tough. I expect his progeny to be the same!”