BRED TO WIN

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Details

Year

1968

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

311

Length

Colour 27 mins. 35mm 2,495 ft.

Cat. Refs. 1968-A; 1973 p.21; 1977 p.61.

Viewing copies

VHS BITC (Preview copy)- BITC 304

Full Description

The breeding of thoroughbred racehorses in New Zealand; the life of a foal is shown from its birth through the National Yearling Sales and its training. Scenes of the Melbourne Cup and New Zealand's premier race, the Wellington Cup. Champion sires Agricola, Alcimedes, and Le Filou are seen along with brood mares and foals in the pastures of leading stud farms.