Silent Achiever on track

3 April 2013

Cambridge-based trainer Roger James has reported that he has class filly Silent Achiever exactly where he wants her ahead of the Gr.1 BMW Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

The winner of October’s Schweppes Crystal Mile, Silent Achiever has had three starts in Sydney in preparation for the BMW Stakes. She finished fourth in the Gr.1 Chipping Norton Stakes and fifth in the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes at her last two starts.

First Stakes Winner For Banquo

Waikato Stud stallion Banquo was a stakes winner on the track and now he has sired his first stakes winner as Kris Shalier’s Justin Case delivered a dominant performance to pull clear in the G3 …

13 February 2026

Waikato invest in next generation with Return To Conquer to join its roster

Joining a long legacy of breed-shaping stallions to stand at Waikato Stud, three generations of the Chittick family have placed their confidence in Return To Conquer, with the A$1.3 million yearling and unbeaten Group 1-winning son of the four-time Champion Sire and Champion Two-Year-Old sire, Snitzel, to take his position on the Waikato roster in 2026.