Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State might be the one that got away from Newgate Farm with the Group I winning son Snitzel currently sitting on top of the Australian First Season Sires List.
The South Island has made a massive contribution to the 100-year history of New Zealand’s National Yearling Sale, dating right back to the Timaru-bred champion Phar Lap (NZ) (Night Raid) and his trip through the Trentham sale ring in 1928.