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DIRECTORY > Spelling and Agistment > NEWHAVEN PARK
We look after our horses well and our main asset is the people who work here.
Newhaven Park is a world-class thoroughbred nursery and provides clients with a complete range of boarding, horse management and sales preparation services.
Newhaven Park prepares drafts for the major yearling and breeding stock sales each year in Australia and consistently achieves top sales results.
Services include:
Broodmare, Racehorse & Yearling Agistment
Foaling, Weaning & Handling
Yearling & Sales Preparation
Bloodstock Management
Mating Advice and Bookings
Our History
Newhaven Park was purchased by the Kellys in the 1920s. The property was named by its original owner, Jack Cassidy, who drew the 1896 Melbourne Cup winner Newhaven in an Australian-wide sweep. The winnings of ?5,000 enabled Cassidy to purchase the property.
Four generations of Kellys have run Newhaven Park and John Kelly Sr was the visionary founder of the stud. On leave from the Australian Army duties in Singapore, he purchased his first mare, Solex, for 300 guineas. Solex was in foal to Manitoba, and her foal fetched him fifteen hundred guineas at the Inglis yearling sales, igniting a lifelong passion for breeding that would inspire Newhaven Parks development. John had five children, three sons Fred, Richard and John and a daughter, Jan with his first wife Norma, who died tragically in 1963. A fourth son, Tom, was born to Johns second wife Lucy.
The first stallion imported to Newhaven Park was White Ensign, which John Kelly Sr. imported in partnership with his uncle Fred. White Ensign was the first of many stallion imports over the years. The French-bred Wilkes provided the foundation that saw Newhaven Park become a world-class stud. Other stallion imports that followed included; Agricola, Boucher, Bold Minstrel and Imperial Prince. These were prosperous years at Newhaven Park with stallions of the calibre of Luskin Star, Marauding and Zeditave also standing.
In 1985 Newhaven Park broke with tradition when it listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and diversified into the hotel industry. John Kelly Sr. was chairman and Fred and Richard were joint Managing Directors.
This period saw considerable success for Newhaven Park-bred horses on the racecourse with the likes of Encounter, Prowl, Arborea, Burst, Euphoria, Drum, Assertive Lass, Pontal Lass and Chlorophyll.
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