'Cambridge Stud is my kingdom - it's my land, my world. There's no grass greener on the other side of the fence - there never has been. Cambridge Stud is me - if I'm not here, I'm still walking here.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan
Sir Tristram's first crop at the National Yearling Sales, Trentham, 1978.
– John White collection
Justine and Sue Hunter had a pie and sandwich cart in an unused corner at Trentham, and hot coffee on offer. Cambridge Stud's famed hospitality grew from these humble beginnings.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
'Without the bank, we couldn't have stayed afloat. I'd get to the sales owing money for the running of the farm for the previous six months, hoping I'd get enough at the sale to pay them off, then get another advance for the next 12 months.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan
Taiona, left, with her mother Vicki Joy by Sovereign Edition. Taiona was Broodmare of the Year in 1981 and 1984, and the dam of some of the great racehorses including Sovereign Red and Gurner's Lane.
– John White collection
Cambridge Stud was the first to introduce a uniform for all sales staff, worn here by Shane Keating at Trentham.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
'Of all the things that I did, every involvement that I've had in the industry, the thing that I enjoyed the most was my yearling in the sale ring. That was my Hollywood.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan
Justine's beloved Sweet Time with her foal Sweet Rose, born with a club foot, 1982. Sir Patrick was very attached to the Sweet Wren/Sweet Time family. It never waned in his time and produced group winners every year.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
The Cambridge Stud crew at Trentham, 1985.
- Kevin Buckley/Sir Patrick Hogan collection
'People saw him as a marketer, as entrepreneurial, but people didn't know how good a horseman he was.'
– Russell Warwick
Foreman, 1982-1987
Justine and Patrick with a yearling, 1985.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
'I think any woman who's beside their husband or their partner and is working with them should be recognised equally.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan on Justine, Lady Hogan
Patrick twitching a yearling for veterinarian Jonathan Hope to drench.
- Jonathan Hope/Sir Patrick Hogan collection
‘My plan was when a buyer came, I'd present a yearling out front and when it was led round the corner of the stable up onto the pad, it would go from a $60,000 yearling to a $90,000 yearling because of the shop window.’
– Sir Patrick Hogan
Patrick Hogan displaying a yearling to a potential buyer in the National Yearling Sales ring, Trentham, 1986.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
Diamond Lover, future dam of Don Eduardo and Tristalove, breaking the track record to take the 1987 Railway Stakes at Ellerslie. Having the green-spotted colours out on the racetrack was about marketing and putting something back into the industry.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
The final year of the Trentham National Yearling sales, 1987. Patrick would pick a prospective buyer - noting the lot number on the back of their catalogue - and when they returned for a second look on the morning of the sale, he targeted them from the ring.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
Leading a yearling into the sales ring at the newly opened New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka, 1988.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
'Hogan is the cleverest marketer of yearlings in Australasia.'
– Les Carlyon
Bloodline journalist, The Age, 1988
No one did more to promote New Zealand stayers than legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings, pictured here with Spot, left, and a Sir Tristram colt, My Tricia, 1988.
– Mark Douglas Baker/Fairfax Media via Getty Images
Patrick, Sir Ron Scott, Robert Sangster, Justine, Shane Keating with Surround, and Russell Warwick with Taiona, at Cambridge Stud. Sangster was a great and colourful champion of the Australasian thoroughbred racing industry.
- Sir Patrick Hogan collection
‘When the Sir Tristram-Surround colt hit a million it was a stunning feeling ... I looked up and saw my family seated in the arena - I felt the tears coming to my eyes and quickly looked back down at the colt to keep my composure.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan
Justine with Surround, 1989.
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
The boss at his desk at Cambridge Stud, 1989.
– Jenny Scown
Queen Elizabeth Il visits Cambridge Stud, 1990
– NZTBA
Eight Carat was regarded as one of the finest broodmares in Australasia. Dam of Octagonal, Mouawad, Kaapstad and Diamond Lover, Sir Patrick said 'she stands out like a neon light, over and above all other mares and fillies that l ever bred or retained.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan collection
At Karaka with Gai Waterhouse, one of Australia's top trainers, 1998.
– NZ Bloodstock
The highest-priced yearling by Zabeel, with Sir Patrick and the agent of Eduardo Cojuangco, its new owner, in 2000. The colt was Don Eduardo, winner of the Group 1 Australian Derby, 2002.
– Ross Setford/Getty Images
Smiling Like, ridden by Michael Walker in Cambridge Stud colours, is led back after winning the Wellington Cup, Trentham. January, 2001.
– Phil Walter/Getty Images
'Cambridge Stud is my kingdom - it's my land, my world. There's no grass greener on the other side of the fence - there never has been. Cambridge Stud is me - if I'm not here, I'm still walking here.'
– Sir Patrick Hogan
‘I don't want to overindulge in the fellow, but I would go so far as to say he is unique in the world today. In all the studs around the world, he wins it by the length of a home straight.'
– Tony Arrold, Editor, Thoroughbred section
The Australian, 2007
A new crop of yearlings check out the boss.
– NZ Bloodstock
'As an industry each and every one of us owe him so much for his innovation and his marketing.'
– Gordon Cunningham
Curraghmore Stud, 2013
Sir Patrick received a standing ovation from a packed house when he led Zabeel's last yearling into the sales ring in 2015.
– Dave Rowland/Getty Images
"We will honour the legacy that Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan have entrusted us with. We feel both proud and privileged to have the opportunity of helping to write exciting new chapters to the Cambridge Stud success story."
– Brendan and Jo Lindsay
The Heritage Centre at Cambridge Stud is a must-visit destination for anyone with an interest in this exciting industry.
