Avoca Racing Stables

About

Professional Training / Pre-Training / Breaking and Schooling . Handy to the Cambridge Training Center & also has an 1100m home track with practice gates.

Story

Professional services for thoroughbred horse.
Established last year by Ben Rophia and Shelley Houston two very well known and experienced horse people in there own right. Each of which have had over 15+ years in the racing industry . Both as apprentices and going on to be top jumps jockeys , riding internationally in Australia and USA . Both Shelley and Ben have worked for top Trainers and learnt off some of the best in the business the likes of Murry Baker / John Wheeler / Paul Duncan / Kevin Gray etc . They have also been lucky enough to have been involved the educating and riding of some extremely good horses the likes of It's A Dundeel / Seachange / Lion Tammer .
Avoca Racing Stables is on Peake Road opposite the largest training center in NZ and with access to an 1100 home track with practice gates . The property has 12 grass paddocks , 7 large sand yards , 18 boxes , a round pen tie up stalls and wash bay.
Avoca Racing offers competitive prices with professional service for your thoroughbred . Right through from breaking and educating the young horse to full training and racing . Avoca Racing also offers pre training before exporting, and the teaching and schooling of horses for jumps racing .