Prominent Auckland breeder Rod Croon has called time on what he coined a ‘lifestyle choice’ and a hobby. Most of his six mares and four weanlings have been sold and he will no longer be breeding in any capacity, he told me earlier this week. “The sales were a bit of a disaster for me this year but, more than that, I’ve always enjoyed being hands-on with them. “It was a lifestyle and one that I was able to enjoy when I owned the old property out in Clev…