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Arion - the name |
Arion (alternately Areion) is a horse in
Greek Mythology. Poseidon took a fancy to Demeter. In order to escape his attentions,
she changed herself into a horse. Poseidon similarly changed himself into a horse, and the result
of that union was Arion. Like his half-brother Pegasus, Arion could fly. In addition, he could talk.
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Arion - the Company
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Arion Pedigrees was formed in 1996 by personnel from the then pedigree
department of Wrightson Bloodstock Ltd. We manage and
market the Thoroughbred Cataloguing Database on behalf of New
Zealand Bloodstock Ltd. covering all racing in
New Zealand and Australia since 1940, along with extensive
information on racing in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and
Korea. We also cover North America, Europe, Japan, South America
and Southern Africa but to a more limited degree.
We can trace our ancestry back to 1861 when during the gold
rush times in Dunedin the stock and station company Wright,
Robertson & Co Ltd was founded. That company
eventually became Wright Stephenson & Co, from which the present
rural sector giant PGG Wrightson derives its heritage.
Arion are the leading independent provider of
thoroughbred pedigrees in Australia and New Zealand. Our
major clients are New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd, Magic Millions
Sales Pty Ltd and William Inglis & Son Ltd, with pedigrees also being supplied to IRT, Brisbane
Bloodstock, Cambridge Thoroughbred Sales, McCaffreys Livestock
and Peter Milling Bloodstock.
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Arion - the personnel
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The Directors of Arion, Geoff Powell and Chas Amon, began working for
Wrightson Bloodstock in the early 1970s. Geoff had 7 years with
the BBA, Newmarket and Weatherbys before returning to New Zealand to help
establish the cataloguing database. Chas also worked a season with
the BBA.
Among our staff, Andrew Stewart had
previous experience running the pedigree department at Dalgety Bloodstock,
Melbourne and Denise Hall spent three years with Weatherbys. All our
staff have worked with horses at some point in their careers.
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