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Stable Stars

Each season Pencarrow fields a huge team of runners throughout New Zealand and Australia to race in the famed blue and white hoops. Many are trained by the partnership of Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie at our private training facility at Maungatautari, and many others are spread throughout stables around the country and further afield. This team is aimed at generating value for Pencarrow's prestigious broodmare band, for the benefit of our own future racing and breeding prospects and also for those who purchase horses from us each year at Karaka.

Throughout the season our recent stars, most promising performers and high achieving graduates feature here so keep an eye out for the ones to watch.

You can view the full list of Pencarrrow winners on our Race Results page or a list of Pencarrow Graduates results here.

For our full list of champions, past and present, view our Roll of Honour.

Pearl Of Alsace (NZ)

Pearl Of Alsace is a Tavistock mare out of Irion who has had a promising season as a four-year-old in the hands of trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray. Since winning on debut at New Plymouth she progressed quickly to win her next four starts, including the Group Three Cuddle Stakes. Her latest run in the Group One New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes saw her place an encouraging fourth. Having amassed $143,590 in career earnings thus far, she is an exciting mare for the future.

Her dam Irion has had a hugely successful start as a broodmare, producing three winners from three foals of racing age, including the hugely talented black-type filly Zourion (NZ) who is unbeaten so far.

Dunkel (NZ)

The most recent addition to the Pencarrow Group One graduates list is Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel), who was offered as part of Pencarrow Stud’s Book 1 draft at Karaka 2021. He was bought for $40,000 and has turned that into almost A$700,000 in prize-money as of writing, with six wins from nine career starts headed by the Group One South Australian Derby (2500m) in May.

Dunkel was the last foal out of Cape Cross mare Kudamm (AUS), the dam of five foals to race, all winners.

Mehzebeen (NZ)

Karaka 2021 Book 1 graduate Mehzebeen is a three-year-old filly by Almanzor out of Salkantay who has had a progressive start to her career for trainer Mark Walker. Purchased by Sarai Stud for just $50,000, she was a decisive winner at just her fourth career start.

She later went on to place second in the Group One New Zealand Oaks finishing just three lengths behind Pennyweka who subsequently went on to win the Australian Oaks. Mehzebeen has amassed $92,210 in prize money so far and looks an exciting prospect for the future.

Her dam Salkantay (NZ) (Zabeel) has produced three foals to race including Smiling Touch (NZ) who has been stakes-placed in New Zealand, and on transfer to Hong Kong the O’Reilly gelding has already won two races.

Zourion (NZ)

Zourion was purchased from Pencarrow’s Karaka 2022 Book 1 draft for $475,000 by Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis for Brendan & Jo Lindsay’s Cambridge Stud. The filly by Zoustar out of Irion has made an impressive start to her racing career being unbeaten in her first two starts. She has the pedigree and talent in order to become a top class filly for trainer Mark Walker.

Having won on debut at Taupo, she took a big step forward, impressively winning the Group Two Matamata Breeders’ Stakes beating Pignan (subsequent winner of the Group One Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes), by 6.1 lengths. These successes have seen her accumulate $76,840 in prize money in just two career starts.

Irion (NZ) is an exciting mare that has produced three winners from three foals of racing age, including the very talented mare Pearl of Alsace (NZ).

Star Of Justice

Exciting filly Star of Justice (Justify) has raced just four times in her career at this early stage, for two wins including the Group Three Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m).

Purchased for $190,000 by Te Akau's David Ellis CNZM from Pencarrow's Karaka 2024 draft, she is looking to make a statement as a valuable filly and prospective broodmare. Out of Fastnet Rock mare Fair Isle (NZ), she has produced four named foals, all of which are winners and is currently back in foal to Justify.