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Stud family continues to shine
A family that has served Waikato Stud so well was to the fore in Singapore on Saturday evening. Ocean Park’s son Smoke And Mirrors posted his third victory at Kranji when he was successful in …
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Regal effort from Ocean Park 3YO
King Neptune has gone close to breaking his duck on several occasions and he made good on his threat at Pakenham on Friday evening. The son of Ocean Park has finished runner-up three times in …
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THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK
It has been a difficult year, climatically I mean. Now I am not going to turn the Corner into a climate debate, I have been around long enough to present counter-examples of climate events over …
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Deserved win for Savabeel 3YO
Promising three-year-old Sir Albert turned his fortunes around over 1600 metres on the synthetic track at Riccarton for the first winning strike of his fledgling career. The Waikato Stud graduate had finished runner-up at his …
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Rudyard doubles winning tally
Three-year-old Rudyard made an overdue return to winning form with a gallant performance at Te Rapa on Saturday afternoon. The Tony Pike-trained son of Charm Spirit had been an impressive debut winner last season before …
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Australia on in-form 4YO’s radar
Wewillrock produced a strong performance at Hastings on Saturday afternoon to comfortably account for a competitive Rating 75 line-up over 1200 metres and put himself in line for a trip to Australia. The Guy Lowry-trained …
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Great staying effort at Geelong
The step up to 2400 metres enabled Harold The Great to break his maiden at Geelong on Friday afternoon. Trained by Chris Waller, the three-year-old coasted to a decisive victory under jockey John Allen who …
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THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK
As the ten of you know, I am not a journalist. No, just a commentator expressing my point of view. However, I feel duty-bound to express my sadness at the passing of Barry Humphries. On …
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Tivaci filly romps home
A massive weight of expectation didn’t hold Ferlazzo back this afternoon at Ballarat where the Tivacifilly won the In Honour of Dean Holland Plate untouched over 1400 metres. The three-year-old had placed in two of …
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Savabeel’s son returns smart Derby trial
Gottabesavvy produced an ideal dress rehearsal for an upcoming Group 1 test when he was successful over a middle distance at Ballarat on Wednesday afternoon. The son of Savabeel won for the third time in …
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Lightly raced filly scores again
Fall For Cindy took a step back in class over 1550 metres on the Kensington track at Randwick and duly capitalised to return to winning ways. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced filly had broken her …
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Savabeel heads Waikato Stud’s roster at NZ$100,000
This article was written by Oswald Wedmore for TDN Aus NZ. After an autumn to remember for New Zealand’s pre-eminent stud farm, Waikato Stud have released their 2023 stallion fees, headed by their eight-time Champion …
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