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Fabric continues winning association
An association spanning more than 15 years continues to pay dividends for Waikato Stud and trainer Danny O’Brien. Ocean Park mare Fabric, winner of today’s Fight Cancer Foundation Handicap at Caulfield, is the latest winner …
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Kolding into Epsom
The talented Kolding is Ocean Park’s leading son and he gave his Waikato Stud-based sire further stakes success at Randwick today. Last season’s Gr.2 Queensland Guineas winner added the Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap to his …
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Want to join the WS team?
Waikato Stud’s pre-training facility requires a trackwork rider for post breaking-in education of young horses and general pre-training. Currently, we begin riding at 9.30am and ride between eight-ten total per morning. This is a Monday …
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Garry’s Corner – 20th September, 2019
What to say…. what subject on Racing NZ has not been covered? You see I would not last as a professional scribe. In the so-called real world, I could spend weeks on the Labour Party’s …
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Garry’s Corner – 12 September, 2019
Not that many of you will care… We have returned. When I last posted for Garry’s Corner – Mary and I were about to head off to South Africa travelling with another couple. I don’t …
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Savabeel’s son too slick
Waikato Stud’s champion resident Savabeel has struck early with his son Cool Aza Beel winning the season’s opening juvenile event. The Jamie Richards-trained youngster was unbeaten in two lead-up trials and had no trouble carrying …
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Hot run of form continues
Regency Legend has continued his unbeaten run in Hong Kong with further success on the opening day of the new season. The Waikato Stud-bred and sold son of Pins was successful over 1200 metres in …
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Stakes test for My Pendant
The bar will be lifted for the progressive mare My Pendant in the wake of her latest success. Bred and raced by Waikato Stud, the Pins mare was a stylish winner at Caulfield today to …
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O’Reilly 5YO lands another Macau feature
Sacred Capital has continued his outstanding run of form in Macau with the Waikato Stud graduate completing a feature race double. The well-related five-year-old won the Macau Derby over 1800 metres two runs back and, …
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Pedigree Picks with Mike Rennie – 2 August, 2019
Seaway caps off his evergreen consistency in taking out the Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill. A barrage of wide draws only delayed the inevitable with Chris Waller fine-tuning the four-year gelding to win the Listed …
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Mark’s Mail – 2 August, 2019
The 1st of August always brings great excitement and expectations for a whole new opportunity for anybody involved with a thoroughbred. What a way to conclude last season, to breed 3 stakes winners across 3 …
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Garry’s Corner – 2 August, 2019
It’s not for the faint-hearted this business. Horses are unique, we ride them, my first farm I worked with horse and dog, we wager on them, they were the means of cultivation in a long-gone …
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