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8 October 2018

Top quality mare Bonneval secured by Waikato Stud

Waikato Stud has won the race to purchase the two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year and multiple Group One winner Bonneval. The Matamata nursery acted quickly when her retirement was announced last week and …

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8 October 2018

Stud graduates post winning Singapore double

Waikato Stud celebrated a double strike in Singapore last evening with a pair of promising four-year-olds. Nowyousee continued the excellent start he has made to his career with victory over 1100m. Trained by Lee Freedman, …

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6 October 2018

Savvy Coup coasts home in Livamol

Savabeel’s top-quality daughter Savvy Coup crowned an outstanding day at Hastings for Waikato Stud. She demolished her rivals in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic to give the farm a feature race double. Earlier, Madison County fuelled …

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6 October 2018

Madison County wins Guineas in style

Pins’ son Madison County struck the most serious blow of the new three-year-old season so far when triumphed at Hastings today. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Waikato Stud graduate was a dashing winner of …

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5 October 2018

Mark’s Mail – 5 October

Catch up with Mark and Sacred Falls on the eve of the Group Two Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas. Click the video below to watch Mark’s Mail.

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5 October 2018

Famous Foals – Savabeel x Halloween colt

Here at Waikato Stud, we are fortunate to work with some of the world’s best bloodstock. The foaling season is well underway, and each day over the next few months we will welcome the arrival …

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5 October 2018

Group Two Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas Form Analysis

Saturday sees the running of the Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas. Regarded as the first classic of the season, it is a very important race on the New Zealand Racing Calendar. Over the past 20 …

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5 October 2018

Gosford double for Marsh

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh made a flying visit to Gosford, just outside of Sydney, on Thursday to saddle a pair of maiden gallopers and walked away with the lion’s share of prizemoney. Four-year-old mare Campari …

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5 October 2018

Blueblood adds performance to pedigree

The regally-bred The Chosen One has lived up to his noble name and pedigree at the first opportunity. The three-year-old colt came off two quiet trials for an explosive debut win at Waverley on Thursday. …

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5 October 2018

A trip down memory lane – Legs

With the running of the $250,000 Group 1 Livamol Classic at Hastings this Saturday, it brings back very fond memories of arguably one of Waikato Stud’s top class race mares Legs. I apologise if parts …

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4 October 2018

Garry’s Corner – 5 October

Numbers, numbers, numbers. They can mean anything, you know, one mans food another mans poison. So why do I worry, what drives me to take important time out of my life to try to get …

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