Tiara provides perfect end to day

10 November 2014

The well-related Tiara provided a perfect end to the day for WS when she was successful in the closing event at Te Rapa on Saturday.

As the breeder of Tomorrowland earlier in the Te Rapa programme, Waikato Stud was to the fore again when Tiara struck career win number two by a length in the hands of Lee Magorrian.

A daughter of O’Reilly and a grand-daughter of the Gr 1 Auckland Cup winner Royal Tiara, the four-year-old has now won twice in a light career from the stable of Jason Bridgman.

Ocean Park Trans-Tasman Double

With Andrew Forsman’s 3yo Ocean Park filly Pine Leaf breaking her maiden by a widening four and a quarter-lengths in the last at Cambridge on Wednesday, celebrations continued as just ten minutes later it was the Chirs Waller trained Velaris who saluted at Canterbury with fellow Ocean Park runner I Park finishing a gallant third.

14 July 2026

Tivaci’s Movie Night steals the show at Newcastle

A sister to the Gr.1 ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) winner Never Been Kissed, the Waikato Stud-bred and raced Movie Night (NZ) was rewarded for her consistency, breaking her maiden with an all-the-way win over 1400m at Newcastle for trainer Tom Charlton.