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Perfect Season End for No Excuse Needed
No Excuse Needed ended his season on a high note when his son Snow Excuse grabbed his final chance at black-type for the season. The WS graduate was a deserved winner of the Listed Ryder …
Read MorePins Adds Centaine Award To HK Honours
Prolific WS stallion Pins enjoyed a stellar season in 2010-2011 with the son of Snippets adding the Centaine Award to his premiership honours in Hong Kong. He lifted the title for leading world-wide earnings …
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Pins Outstanding Australasian Value
If you were wondering how Pins stacks up against his Australian peers for global earnings last season, check out Arion’s homepage www.arion.co.nz (see image left). With international progeny earnings of over NZ$11million, Pins is New …
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Pins Rated NZ’s Best for Global Earnings
Waikato Stud’s 9-time G1 producer Pins has been awarded New Zealand’s best sire for global earnings, following the completion of the 2010/11 season. The Centaine Award – as it is known, honours the New Zealand-based …
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Shamrocker to Kick off Spring Carnival Campaign
O’Reilly’s Spring carnival headline act Shamrocker will kick off her campaign with a trial in the next fortnight. The Danny O’Brien-trained AJC Derby and Australian Guineas winner Shamrocker, pictured winning the Derby, will return in the …
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Paco Boy Recieves Impressive Review
Paco Boy has recieved a glowing endorsement from the Informant’s respected pedigree profiler, John Richardson. Amongst his keen observations, Richardson states: ” I can not recall seeing a horse that was able to finishing burst …
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Scarlett Lady to Resume Soon
The talented filly’s spring programme comprises five Group One races, culminating in the Melbourne Cup on November 1. The Queensland Oaks winner will be just one of the star attractions in the Makfi Challenge Stakes, …
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Back with a Vigor
Danny O’Brien is confident that his former Group One placegetter Vigor (NZ) (O’Reilly) can make a successful return to the track when he resumes his racing career in the G2 Memsie Stakes over 1400m at …
Read MoreDream Win For Filly
Centaine mare Pyjamas has a perfect record at stud and her promising daughter Shandream added to the family roll of honour at Ruakaka. The Pins three-year-old was a runaway winner over 1400 metres to take …
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Ambitious Dragon Awarded Horse of the Year
Triple Group One winner Ambitious Dragon was crowned Horse of the Year for the 2010/2011 season at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards presentation ceremony during the final race meeting of the season at …
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Giant Of A Performance
Rising Hong Kong star Smart Giant played his part yesterday in John Moore securing the trainers’ premiership on a dramatic final night of racing at Sha Tin. The WS-bred and sold son of champion stallion …
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Pins Crowned Champion Hong Kong Sire
Waikato Stud’s superb G1 sire PINS was crowned Hong Kong’s Champion Sire for the 2010/2011 season last night. Shadowing the 2007/08 & 2008/09 accomplishments of associate sire O’Reilly, Pins picked up the honour with a …
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