Guineas next on Natural Achiever’s programme

28 April 2011

WS Mare Away To A Flier

WS broodmare Etoile Du Nord got her stud career away to a perfect start yesterday when her first foal struck early in his racing career in Melbourne. The Mick Kent-trained Epingle had placed in both her two previous starts and opened her winning account in fine style over 1500 metres at Cranbourne.

A daughter of Zabeel, Etoile Du Nord won five races including the Listed Marton Cup and was also Gr 2 placed in both the Championship Stakes and the Hawke’s Bay Gold Cup. Her first visit to Pins resulted in Epingle who was sold by WS for $180,000 at the Sydney Easter Sale in 2009.

Meanwhile in Sydney, the filly My Sabeel maintained Savabeel’s impressive strike rate when she was successful over 1100 metres at the Canterbury meeting. Trained by Graeme Rogerson, she is out of the winning Entrepreneur mare Wailing Countess and is a brother to King Sabeel who has been a multiple winner for the stable in Australia.

First Stakes Winner For Banquo

Waikato Stud stallion Banquo was a stakes winner on the track and now he has sired his first stakes winner as Kris Shalier’s Justin Case delivered a dominant performance to pull clear in the G3 …

13 February 2026

Waikato invest in next generation with Return To Conquer to join its roster

Joining a long legacy of breed-shaping stallions to stand at Waikato Stud, three generations of the Chittick family have placed their confidence in Return To Conquer, with the A$1.3 million yearling and unbeaten Group 1-winning son of the four-time Champion Sire and Champion Two-Year-Old sire, Snitzel, to take his position on the Waikato roster in 2026.