News

28 July 2012

Top Family Adds To Honours Board

One of WS’s most successful families added to its tally in Victoria yesterday when the Pins four-year-old Tailorman was successful at Geelong. The four-year-old won his second race when he struck for the second time …

Read More
21 July 2012

No Excuses Needed For Smart Filly

A No Excuse Needed filly from a well-performed family confirmed a bright future with a strong winning performance at New Plymouth today. Nasrina went back to back when she led all of the way to …

Read More
20 July 2012

Savabeel Stars At Seymour

Savabeel helped himself to a winning Melbourne double yesterday with consecutive successes at the Seymour meeting. The lightly-tried Heisman started the ball rolling when he broke his maiden and was followed up by Dublin Darlin, …

Read More
18 July 2012

Waller Eyes Gr 1 Prize With Said Com

Highly-regarded WS-bred performer Said Com has been targeted toward the Gr 1 Epsom Handicap by Chris Waller. The Rosehill trainer prepared Rangirangdoo to finish a close second in the feature as a four-year-old and hopes …

Read More
16 July 2012

Pins son Ambitious Dragon Achieves Repeat Hong Kong Horse of the Year Glory

  Pins’ son Ambitious Dragon repeated his success of 12 months ago when he was crowned Horse of the Year for the 2011/2012 season at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards presentation ceremony yesterday. …

Read More
11 July 2012

O’Reilly and Savabeel New Zealand’s Leading Sires of Stakes Winners for 2011/12

Waikato Stud sires O’Reilly and Savabeel rate as New Zealand’s leading sires for stakes winners during 2011/12. With seven stakes winners, O’Reilly holds the edge over barnmate Savabeel, who is strongly distinguished on five. O’Reilly’s …

Read More
10 July 2012

Hoban Resumes In Style

The connections of Hoban were yesterday rewarded for their patience when the WS-bred son of Pins broke his maiden at Echuca. In his third start and first appearance in nearly 12 months, the three-year-old raced …

Read More
24 June 2012

Genuine Spin Lobs Home At Flemington

Genuine Spin comfortably graduated to metropolitan class in Melbourne yesterday when she distanced his age group rivals at Flemington. The Pins three-year-old gave a strong performance over 2000 metres to score by a widening four …

Read More
18 June 2012

O’Reilly 3YO Home At Big Odds

Safari Magic rocked punters at Sha Tin last night when he posted a breakthrough victory at massive odds. The son of O’Reilly rolled his Class Four opposition over 1000 metres in the hands of expatriate …

Read More
11 June 2012

Brambles Leads Dream WS Derby result

In a superb ‘catch me if you can’ performance, Savabeel gelding Brambles defied all from pillar-to-post in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) on Saturday. In what was an outstanding result for WS, the home-bred downed …

Read More
3 June 2012

Gr. 1 Glory For Fast ‘N’ Famous

Quintessential led a WS-dominated finish to the Gr 1 Queensland Oaks when she gave resident sire Fast ‘N’ Famous his first top-flight winner. The Greg Tomlinson-raced filly was far too good for the Gr.1 field, …

Read More
31 May 2012

Celia Adds to the Family Honour Roll

When it comes to bloodstock matters its not often that Celia Crawshaw ignores the advice of her father Garry or younger brother Mark Chittick, but in May last year she did just that. “We had …

Read More