NEWS News

5 August 2023

Extra trip ideal for Ocean Park’s son

A step up in distance to 2000 metres was all Roller Coaster required at Coffs Harbour on Friday afternoon to post a deserved victory. The Paul Shailer-trained son of Ocean Park had been a minor …

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2 August 2023

Tivaci’s daughter a surprise packet

Planned Encounter delivered connections a pleasant surprise on Wednesday afternoon when she overpowered her Doomben rivals on debut. Trainer Neil Hocking admitted after the race that he would have been satisfied if the three-year-old daughter …

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31 July 2023

Savabeel underpins another special season

The 2022-23 racing season has delivered another long line of triumphs for Waikato Stud, whose continued success has come on the back of two of its iconic stallions. Current kingpin Savabeel keeps churning out a …

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30 July 2023

Savabeel’s son impresses at Geelong

A new-look Poison Chalice produced a dashing performance to successfully resume over 1400metres at Geelong on Sunday afternoon. The three-year-old son of Savabeel was making his third appearance for trainer Paul Preusker and first since …

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24 July 2023

Waikato Stud’s achievements honoured

The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding fraternity came together on Saturday night to celebrate astellar season of elite-level achievements at the National Breeding Awards at Karapiro. New Zealand breeders produced 35 individual Group 1 winners across …

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19 July 2023

Ocean Park 3YO makes instant impact

Elemental made a gem of a start to his career on Wednesday afternoon at Avondale where the son of Ocean Park made a winning debut over 1400 metres. An encouraging trial at Te Rapa earned …

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15 July 2023

Heroic performance at Wyong

Hollywood Hero showed the benefit of his first-up run when he finished strongly to win over 1350metres at Wyong on Saturday afternoon. The Bjorn Baker-trained three-year-old had been unplaced when resuming at Randwick last month …

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8 July 2023

Wewillrock strikes at Randwick

The genuine Wewillrock added another notch to his belt and first in Australia when he proved superior at Randwick this afternoon. The son of El Roca had placed in both of his previous runs across …

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8 July 2023

Ardrossan’s son makes perfect start

A true-blue Waikato Stud product launched his career in style at Awapuni on Saturday afternoon. Ardee Boy claimed top honours in the two-year-old event at the first time of asking for trainer Peter Didham, who …

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7 July 2023

I Wish I Win to represent NZ in the TAB Everest

Another New Zealand operation has been mounted to scale the heights of Everest. This time, it will be an attempt to rise to the top of the racing summit with I Wish I Win to …

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17 June 2023

Ideal return from Savabeel’s daughter

Ideal showed she is in for a lucrative campaign with a runaway victory over 1500 metres on Saturday afternoon at Te Rapa. The daughter of Savabeel was making her first appearance for six months, but …

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17 June 2023

Ocean Park mare scores back-to-back wins

Gallant Ocean Park mare Poser has continued her admirable run of form with a tenacious display to win at Te Rapa on Saturday afternoon. The Waikato Stud graduate gave weight and a beating to her …

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