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Aug 23, 2023
No Winter Blues at Arden - It's Been A Purple Patch
It may have been winter and a bit cool in the south with snow on the ground for a couple of days but at Arden Lodge there has been a lot...
Jun 4, 2023
JD Watts Memorial 2023 to South Coast Arden In Slick Time
The 2023 Bestinbeds.com.au JD Watts Memorial, raced at Menangle over 1609m, was won by Arden-bred South Coast Arden (Somebeachsomewhere -...
May 25, 2023
Stiven Makes Flying Start To Breeding Trotters As Well
By Frank Marrion - HarnessXpress John Stiven is renowned as one of our most successful commercial breeders of pacers stretching back over...
May 21, 2023
Celtic Arden helps What The Hill To Lead Three-Year-Old Trotting Money List
What The Hill has poked his nose back in front to lead the three-year-old trotting money list after a bold showing in today’s (May 21)...
Apr 8, 2023
Ten foals for the season and100% in-foal rate
The 2022 breeding season resulted in four fillies and six colts for Arden Lodge and with the weaning process under way John and Judy...
Mar 2, 2023
2023 NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales Christchurch
The NZB Standardbred Sales are over for another year and John and Judy Stiven are pleased that three of their four yearlings on offer...
Jan 24, 2023
South Coast Arden is Sydney-bound
Open class star South Coast Arden is off to Sydney and will join the Paul Fitzpatrick stable. The two-time Group 1 winner has not raced...
Jan 23, 2023
Arden Lodge - the Sales and the future
West Otago’s Arden Lodge is keen to put the last harness racing breeding season behind them. “We had a bad year. We had seven foals that...
Jan 21, 2023
Small But Quality Draft for the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sale 2023
Arden Lodge might only have a small quantity of yearlings consigned to the 2023 NZB Standardbred Sale in Christchurch on 20-22 February...
Dec 4, 2022
The month of... November 2022
*Foaling has continued for the Arden Lodge broodmare band with two more colts and a filly being born in November. Trotting mare Surfin...
Nov 4, 2022
The month of ....October 2022: two Strangers, a Lazarus, a Captain and a Seaside
The foaling season is underway and the Stivens are very happy with their three colts and two fillies born in October. The mares go to...
Oct 28, 2022
New Tall Dark Stranger In Town
28 October 2022 in Harnesslink International, New Zealand During the week Macca Lodge in Southland became the home of the first New...
Oct 3, 2022
The month of ....September 2022
An article in the Spring Edition of Breeding Matters has provided an interesting and enlightening look at the starters in the 2013 PGG...
Sep 5, 2022
Stivens No Strangers To Trying First Season Sires
Arden Lodge is no stranger to trying new stallions and this year the Stivens are looking forward to the approaching foaling season and...
Sep 2, 2022
The months of July and August 2022...
During a visit to Scotland in July Arden Lodge owners John and Judy Stiven had the opportunity to meet members of the Gilvear family who...
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