Karaka Experience Winner

7 January 2009

Congratulations to Mike Casey from Mosgiel, the winner of New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka Experience as featured in the Summer Edition of Eye Magazine.

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Casey was the lucky entrant who drew Six O'Clock News in the Don Ha City of Auckland Cup on New Year's Day, his win securing him the prize. Already involved in racehorse ownership he is a part-owner in the Brian and Shane Anderton trained galloper Flight Point (Pins), a winner of eleven races including the Group 3 CJC Canterbury Gold Cup.

Casey will share the prize with his wife and three sons and is ecstatic to be attending the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie (25 January) and the National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka for the very first time.

The prize includes:

  • 2 x Full Memberships to the Auckland Racing Club for the 2008/09 season

*please note that Auckland Racing Club membership is subject to compliance with the normal conditions of acquiring such membership.

  • 2 x tickets to the Karaka Million Cocktail Party (invitation only) and race day experience.
  • 2 x passes to Karaka Million Owners Enclosure for Pre-Race drinks while the horses are paraded around you before they line up in the one million dollar race.
  • 2 x VIP tickets to the Phar Lap Room at Karaka for the first session of the Karaka Premier Sale on 26 January.
  • Guided tour and a behind the scenes look at the world-class Karaka Sales complex on the morning before the opening sales session.
  • A full DVD set of the very humorous 6 part series "Only Fools Buy Horses" a documentary of the thrills and spills of buying and racing horses.