Cover image courtesy of LoveracingNZ
In today's Q & A, we feature a quick-fire round with Kylie Bax, owner of B.A.X Bloodstock Achieving Xcellence.
Favourite moment - racing, sales or breeding related - for 2024?
Kylie Bax: Definitely the success of my syndication racing team and my personally raced horses. The VRC St Leger with Ahuriri was certainly exhilarating!
And favourite non-racing moment?
KB: The release of a documentary on my career as a supermodel that will be shown in select theatres in New Zealand early next year.
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
KB: Believe in yourself.
Which first-season sires progeny are you most excited to see hit the track?
KB: I am keen to see the Wootton Bassett’s perform Down Under. They are stunning types with Northern Hemisphere form which is quite outstanding.
Which sire do you consider a value sire? Fee <$50k and not a first-season sire.
KB: Per Incanto.
Which yearling purchase in 2023 are you most excited about?
KB: I purchased a smashing North Pacific filly who Donna Logan is training. She is being run under my all-ladies syndicate.
If you could be someone else in the industry for a day. Who would it be, and why?
KB: Chris Waller. To be in the presence of so many incredible racehorses and to learn from them.
Chris Waller | Image courtesy of Sportpix
Name an emerging human talent in the industry, and say why?
KB: I am very proud of my daughter who has a position at Cambridge Stud and is dreaming of travelling to extend her knowledge of the industry
Favourite day at a racecourse?
KB: Any day one of my horses is racing!
If you had $10 million to invest in an industry initiative, what would it be and why?
KB: I would like to see a type of Living Legends National horse park in New Zealand.
What positive change would you like to see in the industry?
KB: I am a huge advocate for rehoming and retraining horses. I would like to see more of that and a lot more clarity around it.
If you could change one thing about the perception of horse racing, what would it be?
KB: That horses are treated badly… It's just not accurate. For the majority of us our horses are our children, and we are truly passionate about the care and love of them.
Is there a particular horse you think about often? Why?
KB: Danzdanzdance was a very special horse. She was a horse I would spend a lot of time with, hang out with, talk to etc., we had a unique friendship.
Danzdanzdance (NZ) | Image courtesy of NZ Racing Desk
What has the one question you wish people would ask you but never do?
KB: People rarely listen these days you must ask yourself the difficult questions and find the answers yourself.
