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Wai Eyre Farm is thrilled to announce that former Trackside host and HRNZ marketing team member, Jess Davidson, will be joining the team.    Jess will take up a new role with Wai Eyre Farm at the start of December, overseeing marketing and stallion service sales.   The role will support the vision that Wai Eyre has implemented, and focus on client relationships, communication and the promotion of the services we offer. This is alongside promoting our stallion ranks and the in

The stud career of On A Streak has moved to the next phase with the first of his progeny qualifying for the races. Fremarks Streaka, a filly from On A Streak's first Australian crop, qualified at Geelong trials on Monday 17 November and is on course to debut at the races in the 2026 season. Early reports from trainers in New Zealand about their On A Streak youngsters is also extremely promising with reports his progeny have wonderful attitudes and temperament, and trot beauti

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk  Just how good is The Lazarus Effect? It seems we will find out the answer in Friday's $125,000 Group 1 Christian Cullen at Addington. The Bob Butt-trained pacer has created a lot of buzz with seven wins from 10 starts and now takes on a star studded line-up that includes recently crowned New Zealand Cup champion Kingman. "I don't know how good is he to be honest," says trainer Bob Butt. "He just keeps improving and I haven't found the ceil

Lazarus progeny were dominant at The Meadowlands in New Jersey on Saturday night, landing three winners. 2yo filly Whoa Black Betty recorded her first win on American soil after moving from Canada where she had won twice. She led up to win bravely for Yannick Gingras. Knockin Out and Soho Confuso also won at both ends of the card. Meanwhile Voukefalas was brave after leading in the open feature to just be caught, finishing second in 1.50. He’s looking ready to peak in the Fan

All signs point to Lazarus - Signman wins in 2yo debut!!   It would be fair to say that trainer Arna Donnelly is pretty excited after Signman headed to the paddock a winner last Thursday.   The two-year-old son of Lazarus was an emphatic winner on debut at Cambridge last week for Donnelly, and despite starting the favourite his back story showed that his pure talent was able to get him home from a tricky position.   Driven by David Butcher, Signman settled last and gave his b

The 2yo progeny of Lazarus are really starting to perform here now which is exciting to see. Signman - how good was this 2yo winning on debut last night at Waikato?? Last coming around the home turn, he came 4 wide with a sizzling run, storming home to take the win. Signman is one to watch for sure! Congratulations to his connections Don't forget there are no 3yo's in New Zealand and just 18 4yo's. Of those 18, Lazarus has some impressive statistics: 16 have qualified (one wa

We are very excited to announce that US Captain has his first positive pregnancy scans in New Zealand on the first mares he served, one on farm here at Wai Eyre, and one off farm!!   What a way to start your duty down under US Captain!! US Captain has totally impressed us since his arrival, with his fantastic temperament and his excellent semen, and these first exciting pregnancy results are a testament to that. The countdown is on how until his first foals arrive next sea

Progeny by Lazarus have been hitting their stride over the past few days with some great results here in New Zealand: The Lazarus Effect - oh he's good this fella isn't he??  The 4yo gelding claimed his 5th win from just 7 starts (5/1/1) at Addington on Friday. Quicker Than Quick - picked up his 3rd win at Motukarara on Sunday with an impressive run by the 4yo gelding.   War Cry - such a huge run from the 2yo filly to finish a gutsy 2nd in the Listed NZB Standardbred Har

Voukefalas may not be a name we have heard of much in New Zealand, but in North America he is a horse that has captured the imagination...