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BBC News
13-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Warning as frisky New Forest stallions released
Urging drivers heed warnings, campaign group New Forest Roads Awareness said: "The stallions are going out to hundreds of ladies that haven't seen a gent in are only thinking about one thing. "The ponies will be running, there are foals as well so please drive with care and attention." The approved stallions are turned out each year to different areas across the forest to maintain the New Forest pony as a breed. When they are not turned out into the forest the registered stallions live out on one large pasture together. They are owned by commoners who live in properties with ancient rights attached, dating back to the 11th Century, allowing them to graze livestock on the open forest.
The Independent
13-05-2025
- The Independent
Warning to drivers as stallions released in New Forest for breeding season
Drivers and visitors have been put on alert after stallions were released into the New Forest to breed. Verderers who watch over the livestock have warned visitors to avoid the area as 21 stallions were allowed into the forest to breed with the hundreds of mares roaming. Robert Maton, an agister of 31 years, said the message was simple: 'People can go onto the verderers' website if they're unaware where the stallions are roaming, but we ask everybody to avoid those areas.' Drivers have been urged to remain on their guard and expect large herds of ponies. New Forest Roads Awareness, a social media group campaigning to reduce the number of traffic collisions with livestock, warned there would be foals and asked motorists to drive with care and attention. The group wrote on Facebook: 'The stallions are going out to hundreds of ladies that haven't seen a gent in months... they are only thinking about one thing, and sorry, you and your vehicle are not it.' As well as walkers, who might come across the pushy male horses driving mares in and out of the herd, Mr Maton said any horse-riders were particularly at risk of losing control of their animals and having their steeds chased off by the stallions. Mr Maton added: 'It's just a recipe for disaster, and one that can be avoided - they just need to walk somewhere else.' Each year, approved stallions are turned out into the area in order to maintain the New Forest pony as a breed. They were turned out on 12 May and will be turned in on 23 June. When not out in the forest, the registered stallions live out on a large pasture together. They are owned by people who live in properties with rights dating back to the eleventh century, which allow them to graze livestock in the open forest. The New Forest is home to ponies, deer, reptiles, birds and other livestock such as cattle. Anyone who visits the National Park is told they have a duty to ensure the safety of all the wildlife, while drivers must adhere to a maximum speed limit of 40mph on the unfenced forest roads. Visitors can face a fine of £200 as well as a criminal record for feeding the ponies. They are warned to admire ponies from a safe distance, as even the gentlest-looking pony can kick and bite. The Verderers of the New Forest have regulated development in the area since 1877 and work in conjunction with Natural England and Forestry England. Agisters are officials responsible for managing the welfare of livestock grazing in the open forest.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Stallion warning as New Forest breeding season starts
Drivers and visitors to the New Forest are being warned to keep their distance as stallions have been released in the New Forest to the behaviour of the 21 stallions could be erratic, verderers who regulate the livestock on the forest have urged visitors not to walk through the pony herds and to keep dogs under close are being urged to be on their guard, plan their route and expect large herds of ponies that are likely to be "flighty and defensive".The stallions were turned out on Monday and will be brought in on 23 June. Urging drivers heed warnings, campaign group New Forest Roads Awareness said: "The stallions are going out to hundreds of ladies that haven't seen a gent in are only thinking about one thing."The ponies will be running, there are foals as well so please drive with care and attention."The approved stallions are turned out each year to different areas across the forest to maintain the New Forest pony as a they are not turned out into the forest the registered stallions live out on one large pasture are owned by commoners who live in properties with ancient rights attached, dating back to the 11th Century, allowing them to graze livestock on the open forest. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Courier-Mail
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Kensington and Gosford previews: Engine to crank up on Anzac Day
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Bryce Heys' early purchase of a ticket on the Super Seth train turned juggernaut is paying off big time for connections of Karaka Yearling graduate and Kensington-bound three-year-old Engine Room. Super Seth is one of six stallions on the Waikato Stud roster alongside the nine-time Champion New Zealand Sire, Savabeel, and the five-time Group 1 winner Ocean Park. Super Seth already has claimed one title of his own after being crowned Champion First Season Sire in 2023/24. The son of Dundeel currently has a commanding lead over Snitzel on the Two-Year-Old Sires' table for this season thanks in part to daughter La Dorada's win in the Karaka Million earlier this year. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! Heys first spotted Engine Room at NZB's Karaka sales complex, an hour south of Auckland, at the firm's main sale in January 2023. It was then and there that Heys forked out $150,000 to secure the son of Super Seth and the two-time French black-type performer Mary D'or. 'I have always been a rap on Super Seth,' Heys said. 'I love the (Dundeel) sire-line and when Waikato go out on a limb to stand a stallion like that, that always adds merit to your thoughts as well. 'I was deadset keen on buying one from his first crop and ended up buying Engine Room. I bought another this year and he appears to be going particularly well.' Engine Room, who contests the Benchmark 64 Handicap (1250m) on the Kensington, has paid back about half of his purchase price within the space of just three starts. He would have squared the ledger had he won the Midway last Saturday at Randwick as predicted by many but that test was put on hold given the added degree of difficulty owing to a wide draw. 'I was a little bit lucky last Saturday,' Heys began. 'I had another horse in the race which is very rare because we're a small stable, and I knew it was going to race very well from the better gate so it made it easy to explain to my owners who own both horses. 'I just felt that the best thing to do was to leave Engine Room at home. 'We think that he goes alright. He's shown that he has got some form of ability, so I want to run him where I can put him in a scenario to give him a chance to win again whereas if we had of gone around the other day, he would have run a good fourth or fifth with the rail out and being back and wide. 'I actually would have liked to have run him at Randwick (Saturday) but he's drawn the car park again. 'He'll get his time to run in a Saturday race, sooner rather than later.' Heys has a second chance for an Anzac Day win on the Kensington track via the exceedingly well-bred colt Faceoff in the Maiden Plate (1250m). The flashy chestnut is out of Stella Vega who is a half-sister to Heys former barnstormer par excellence, Spieth. And while Faceoff arrives in town with two 'lasts' next to his name, he has rattled off 33 second last 600m sectionals in each of those respectable losses at unsuitable venues. 'His form looks a bit plain but I feel that he'll run very well. He is looking for that 1200-1250m now. 'This will be his career best run for whatever that's worth.' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Wyong trainer Wayne Seelin has four chances to notch his 100th winner when Gosford hosts its annual Anzac Day meeting. Seelin's first winner came at home, back in February 2003, when the Bowness Stud-bred mare Sky Can Hurri won the last race on the card. A further 16 wins of Seelin's 99 (not out) were scored by the iron-horse Isorich who retired with 155 starts under his belt and earnings in excess of $800,000. Two of Seelin's four runners this week could be politely regarded as 'batting bunnies' so if he is to reach his century, it will likely be thanks to the sluggers Capital Jicinta or Apache Breeze. Capital Jicinta belied her $51 starting price when a brave and determined third in her 1000m assignment eight days ago. The fifth generation descendant of broodmare gem Easy Date's mission this time around is the Glason Group Maiden Plate over 1100m. 'She's not a perfect 'barrier horse', she comes out in the air a little bit,' Seelin warned. 'It's a hard thing to get them to stop doing so I think it's possible that could happen for the next couple of starts until she learns to flatten out a bit coming out of the gate. 'Provided she isn't too far off them, she is tough and tenacious, and she's got a bit of ability. 'She's got to be some chance.' Seelin can count himself somewhat unlucky not to have participated in the recently completed Provincial-Midway Championships Final via his occasionally unlucky but frequently barnstorming gelding, Apache Breeze. The son of Golden Rose winner Duporth finished seventh in the Gosford March 15 Qualifier and the Wild Card at Wyong after that, each time with excuses. 'He needs a bit of luck around the tighter circuits because he's probably better if you ride him a little bit quiet,' Seelin said. 'But around these smaller tracks, you need to be a little bit handier, which he also can do. 'He's pretty versatile but from barrier 10, we are going to need a little bit of luck but he's really feeling well and probably back in the easiest race he's been in for a while.' Apache Breeze counts one of, if the not the best, racehorses of all time as a family member. His tenth dam is Entreaty, who when matched with the stallion Nightmarch, produced the immortal Phar Lap.
Daily Telegraph
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Telegraph
Kensington and Gosford previews: Engine to crank up on Anzac Day
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Bryce Heys' early purchase of a ticket on the Super Seth train turned juggernaut is paying off big time for connections of Karaka Yearling graduate and Kensington-bound three-year-old Engine Room. Super Seth is one of six stallions on the Waikato Stud roster alongside the nine-time Champion New Zealand Sire, Savabeel, and the five-time Group 1 winner Ocean Park. Super Seth already has claimed one title of his own after being crowned Champion First Season Sire in 2023/24. The son of Dundeel currently has a commanding lead over Snitzel on the Two-Year-Old Sires' table for this season thanks in part to daughter La Dorada's win in the Karaka Million earlier this year. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! Heys first spotted Engine Room at NZB's Karaka sales complex, an hour south of Auckland, at the firm's main sale in January 2023. It was then and there that Heys forked out $150,000 to secure the son of Super Seth and the two-time French black-type performer Mary D'or. 'I have always been a rap on Super Seth,' Heys said. 'I love the (Dundeel) sire-line and when Waikato go out on a limb to stand a stallion like that, that always adds merit to your thoughts as well. 'I was deadset keen on buying one from his first crop and ended up buying Engine Room. I bought another this year and he appears to be going particularly well.' Engine Room, who contests the Benchmark 64 Handicap (1250m) on the Kensington, has paid back about half of his purchase price within the space of just three starts. He would have squared the ledger had he won the Midway last Saturday at Randwick as predicted by many but that test was put on hold given the added degree of difficulty owing to a wide draw. 'I was a little bit lucky last Saturday,' Heys began. 'I had another horse in the race which is very rare because we're a small stable, and I knew it was going to race very well from the better gate so it made it easy to explain to my owners who own both horses. 'I just felt that the best thing to do was to leave Engine Room at home. 'We think that he goes alright. He's shown that he has got some form of ability, so I want to run him where I can put him in a scenario to give him a chance to win again whereas if we had of gone around the other day, he would have run a good fourth or fifth with the rail out and being back and wide. 'I actually would have liked to have run him at Randwick (Saturday) but he's drawn the car park again. 'He'll get his time to run in a Saturday race, sooner rather than later.' Heys has a second chance for an Anzac Day win on the Kensington track via the exceedingly well-bred colt Faceoff in the Maiden Plate (1250m). The flashy chestnut is out of Stella Vega who is a half-sister to Heys former barnstormer par excellence, Spieth. And while Faceoff arrives in town with two 'lasts' next to his name, he has rattled off 33 second last 600m sectionals in each of those respectable losses at unsuitable venues. 'His form looks a bit plain but I feel that he'll run very well. He is looking for that 1200-1250m now. 'This will be his career best run for whatever that's worth.' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Wyong trainer Wayne Seelin has four chances to notch his 100th winner when Gosford hosts its annual Anzac Day meeting. Seelin's first winner came at home, back in February 2003, when the Bowness Stud-bred mare Sky Can Hurri won the last race on the card. A further 16 wins of Seelin's 99 (not out) were scored by the iron-horse Isorich who retired with 155 starts under his belt and earnings in excess of $800,000. Two of Seelin's four runners this week could be politely regarded as 'batting bunnies' so if he is to reach his century, it will likely be thanks to the sluggers Capital Jicinta or Apache Breeze. Capital Jicinta belied her $51 starting price when a brave and determined third in her 1000m assignment eight days ago. The fifth generation descendant of broodmare gem Easy Date's mission this time around is the Glason Group Maiden Plate over 1100m. 'She's not a perfect 'barrier horse', she comes out in the air a little bit,' Seelin warned. 'It's a hard thing to get them to stop doing so I think it's possible that could happen for the next couple of starts until she learns to flatten out a bit coming out of the gate. 'Provided she isn't too far off them, she is tough and tenacious, and she's got a bit of ability. 'She's got to be some chance.' Seelin can count himself somewhat unlucky not to have participated in the recently completed Provincial-Midway Championships Final via his occasionally unlucky but frequently barnstorming gelding, Apache Breeze. The son of Golden Rose winner Duporth finished seventh in the Gosford March 15 Qualifier and the Wild Card at Wyong after that, each time with excuses. 'He needs a bit of luck around the tighter circuits because he's probably better if you ride him a little bit quiet,' Seelin said. 'But around these smaller tracks, you need to be a little bit handier, which he also can do. 'He's pretty versatile but from barrier 10, we are going to need a little bit of luck but he's really feeling well and probably back in the easiest race he's been in for a while.' Apache Breeze counts one of, if the not the best, racehorses of all time as a family member. His tenth dam is Entreaty, who when matched with the stallion Nightmarch, produced the immortal Phar Lap.
