Ardrossan News
It’s An Ardy Party In Hong Kong With Two Wednesday Winners
With eight winners from 13 runners overall in Hong Kong, Ardrossan has started off particularly strong in the new season with three winners from just six runners headed by a double on Wednesday.
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Promising Debut Winners For Banquo and Ardrossan
Racing at Woodville on Wednesday saw impressive debut winners Palladium and Park In The Bar bringing further attention to their stakes-winning sires Banquo and Ardrossan.
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Ardrossan’s daughter shines in Sydney
Ardrossan’s daughter De Armas ran a fine second in the Gr.1 Flight Stakes over 1600m. It was a small but high-quality field, and the race shaped as a contest between three accomplished fillies.
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Second Stakes Victory For Ardy’s WS-Bred Fortune Tree
Previously a placegetter at Group 1 and Group 2 level, Waikato Stud’s homebred mare Hurry Curry (Ocean Park ex Hurry) secured a valuable first black-type victory in the A$175,000 Listed RM Ansett Classic (2400m) at Mornington on Saturday.
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David Hayes’ Absolute Awakened wins at Sha Tin
With Hong Kong’s new season just two weeks in, it wasn’t long before the progeny of Ardrossan stepped into the winners’ circle and at the second Sha Tin race meeting of the season, it was David Hayes’ Absolute Awakened who won by a length over 1400m.
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Trial watch: Ardry’s two-year-old Don Giuseppe
Arawa Park hosted 25 trial heats on Tuesday, with the morning’s standout performance coming from two-year-old colt by Ardrossan in Don Giuseppe, who raced away on the Heavy 10 surface to win by 5.5 lengths.
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Matings Mix: Waikato’s Skew Wiff set for date with Ardrossan
Written by The Thoroughbred Report on Monday, 7 September 2026 The Chittick family’s Waikato Stud has long cultivated both a strong broodmare band and a robust, varied roster of stallions to support one another. Their …
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Pure Alpha delivers again as Ardrossan continues to rise
Ardrossan gelding Pure Alpha led throughout to win by 1.29 lengths at Eagle Farm for owner Ozzie Kheir, taking his earnings past $300,000. The result caps a stellar run for sire Ardrossan, whose yearlings fetched up to $450,000 this year on strong Hong Kong form.
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Ardrossan’s De Armas now with Chris Waller
Ardrossan’s unbeaten daughter De Armas, formerly raced in New Zealand, now races in the colours of OTI Racing under master trainer Chris Waller. Bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo rates her the best two-year-old filly prospect, tipping her for Sydney’s Princess Series this spring.
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Debut winner adds to Ardrossan’s growing record
Ardrossan’s outstanding record continued at Te Rapa with debut winner Lumbridge Castle becoming his 56th individual winner. Remarkably, 17 of those winners are stakes performers, highlighting the sire’s growing influence.
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Audacious Pursuit keeps Ardrossan’s Hong Kong momentum rolling
Ardrossan added another Hong Kong winner to his record on Wednesday as Audacious Pursuit prevailed at Happy Valley, continuing the sire’s outstanding run of success on the international stage.
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Rotorua Cup result highlights Ardrossan’s rising influence
Pacifico delivered Ardrossan his ninth stakes winner with a determined Rotorua Cup victory over Waikato Stud-bred Savoir Faire, continuing the sire’s remarkable 8.4% stakes winners to runners strike rate.
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