Sir Patrick & Lady Justine Hogan
Trish Dunell
After what can only be described as a stellar year for Cambridge Stud, Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan were on Sunday night named the 2015-16 New Zealand Breeders of the Year at the annual New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Awards in Auckland.
In an exceptional year for Kiwi-bred horses and breeders worldwide, the Hogans were represented by three individual winners of six Australian Group One contests and a further 13 stakes performers. They have now won the prestigious title on five occasions, following their awards in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 2003-04.
The Victorian spring carnival started the season off well for Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan with Tarzino winning the Gr.1 VRC Derby, and Preferment, bred in partnership, winning the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes, also at Flemington.
Autumn was just as kind with Preferment adding the Gr.1 Australian Cup in Melbourne before heading to Rosehill in Sydney to claim the Gr.1 BMW.
Rosehill was also a happy hunting ground for Tarzino, who won the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas. Tavago, also by Tavistock and also co-bred by the Hogans, then took out the Gr.1 ATC Australian Derby at The Championships.
"I have bred the winners of a number of Derbys, but the Australian Derby is the Derby of all Derbys, it's the ultimate and to nail another one is such a thrill," said Sir Patrick.
The Hogans have now bred three Australian Derby winners: Tristarc in 1985, Don Eduardo in 2002 and Tavago in 2016.
This season, Cambridge Stud's young sire Tavistock has swept all before him, emerging as one of Australasia's most exciting young sires with two Derby winners in Australia and Hong Kong Horse of the Year Werther, winner of the Hong Kong Derby and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
Tarzino is the fifth foal of the Zabeel mare Zarzino, and the last bred by the Hogans before they sold her in foal to Tavistock in 2014. Zarzino is a sister to the Gr.2 Perth Cup winner Respect and a half-sister to the juvenile Group One winner Kindacross.
Their dam Kindness is a sister to the multiple Group One winner Sky Chase from the family of top-class racehorse and leading sire Vice Regal.
Tavago is the fourth foal of the unraced Stravinsky mare Sara Ann, a sister to multiple Group winner La Sizeranne and blood sister to Melbourne Group Three winner Estelle Collection, the dam of champion sprinter and Australian Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee.
This is the family of Group One winners Grosvenor, National Gallery, Dalmacia, Mahaya, Gay Poss and Australian Horse of the Year & Champion Sire Lonhro.
"Justine and I bought Sweet Wren, the fourth dam of Sara Ann, at a deceased estate sale by tender from the Public Trust," Sir Patrick said.
"Colin Hayes was the under-bidder and she was described as being not in foal, but we consequently ended up with a filly Sweet Time, by Summertime, and she became the dam of Gay Poss.
"My late sister Pat Kelly owned the mares with Justine, originally, then Pat's late husband Arthur shared in the breeding as well, now it's their son John and his wife Chris that are our partners in Sara Ann."
Sara Ann is safely in foal to Tavistock and has a weanling Tavistock filly.
Preferment, recently named the NZTBA Waikato Branch Horse of the Year, was co-bred on a foal share arrangement by the Hogans with NZTBA Waikato members Michael and Helen Moran and Barbara and Leo Anselmi. By the mighty Zabeel, Preferment is now the winner of five races, four of them at Group One level.
Besides the deeds of Tavistock, now the sire of nine individual stakes winners and four in Group One company, Cambridge Stud's former flagship sire Zabeel has continued to shine this year.
When Provocative won the Queensland Oaks in June, she became his 45th individual Group One winner equalling Zabeel's illustrious sire Sir Tristram.
After 40-odd years in business at Cambridge Stud, Sir Patrick has stated recently that, although he may be cutting down on his workload and time at the farm, it will be business as usual going forward.
In an exceptional year for Kiwi-bred horses and breeders worldwide, the Hogans were represented by three individual winners of six Australian Group One contests and a further 13 stakes performers. They have now won the prestigious title on five occasions, following their awards in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 2003-04.
The Victorian spring carnival started the season off well for Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan with Tarzino winning the Gr.1 VRC Derby, and Preferment, bred in partnership, winning the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes, also at Flemington.
Autumn was just as kind with Preferment adding the Gr.1 Australian Cup in Melbourne before heading to Rosehill in Sydney to claim the Gr.1 BMW.
Rosehill was also a happy hunting ground for Tarzino, who won the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas. Tavago, also by Tavistock and also co-bred by the Hogans, then took out the Gr.1 ATC Australian Derby at The Championships.
"I have bred the winners of a number of Derbys, but the Australian Derby is the Derby of all Derbys, it's the ultimate and to nail another one is such a thrill," said Sir Patrick.
The Hogans have now bred three Australian Derby winners: Tristarc in 1985, Don Eduardo in 2002 and Tavago in 2016.
This season, Cambridge Stud's young sire Tavistock has swept all before him, emerging as one of Australasia's most exciting young sires with two Derby winners in Australia and Hong Kong Horse of the Year Werther, winner of the Hong Kong Derby and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
Tarzino is the fifth foal of the Zabeel mare Zarzino, and the last bred by the Hogans before they sold her in foal to Tavistock in 2014. Zarzino is a sister to the Gr.2 Perth Cup winner Respect and a half-sister to the juvenile Group One winner Kindacross.
Their dam Kindness is a sister to the multiple Group One winner Sky Chase from the family of top-class racehorse and leading sire Vice Regal.
Tavago is the fourth foal of the unraced Stravinsky mare Sara Ann, a sister to multiple Group winner La Sizeranne and blood sister to Melbourne Group Three winner Estelle Collection, the dam of champion sprinter and Australian Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee.
This is the family of Group One winners Grosvenor, National Gallery, Dalmacia, Mahaya, Gay Poss and Australian Horse of the Year & Champion Sire Lonhro.
"Justine and I bought Sweet Wren, the fourth dam of Sara Ann, at a deceased estate sale by tender from the Public Trust," Sir Patrick said.
"Colin Hayes was the under-bidder and she was described as being not in foal, but we consequently ended up with a filly Sweet Time, by Summertime, and she became the dam of Gay Poss.
"My late sister Pat Kelly owned the mares with Justine, originally, then Pat's late husband Arthur shared in the breeding as well, now it's their son John and his wife Chris that are our partners in Sara Ann."
Sara Ann is safely in foal to Tavistock and has a weanling Tavistock filly.
Preferment, recently named the NZTBA Waikato Branch Horse of the Year, was co-bred on a foal share arrangement by the Hogans with NZTBA Waikato members Michael and Helen Moran and Barbara and Leo Anselmi. By the mighty Zabeel, Preferment is now the winner of five races, four of them at Group One level.
Besides the deeds of Tavistock, now the sire of nine individual stakes winners and four in Group One company, Cambridge Stud's former flagship sire Zabeel has continued to shine this year.
When Provocative won the Queensland Oaks in June, she became his 45th individual Group One winner equalling Zabeel's illustrious sire Sir Tristram.
After 40-odd years in business at Cambridge Stud, Sir Patrick has stated recently that, although he may be cutting down on his workload and time at the farm, it will be business as usual going forward.