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Waikato Stud is a world-renowned, record-setting Thoroughbred nursery dedicated to the breeding, rearing and development of elite racehorses.

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Waikato Stud produces an average of 12 Stakes winners per season and is proudly distinguished by having bred 54 individual Group 1 winners.

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Featuring almost 840 hectares of idyllic Waikato pasture and world-class facilities, Waikato Stud is the perfect environment for producing champion racehorses.

Success is our motivation, the driving force behind everything we do:

A horse's success,
your success, our success.

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Stallions

Savabeel

SERVICE FEE: $100,000 + GST

Ten-time Champion New Zealand sire
The sire of 35 Group 1 winners

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Super Seth

SERVICE FEE: $75,000 + GST

Group 1-winning son of Dundeel
Sire of four Group 1 winners

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Ocean Park

SERVICE FEE: $15,000 + GST

Five-time Group 1 winner & the Champion
NZ-based Australian Second Season Sire

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Ardrossan

SERVICE FEE: $20,000 + GST

By sire of sires Redoute's Choice
Group-winning sprinter

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Banquo

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The first son of Written Tycoon to stand in New Zealand

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Noverre

SERVICE FEE: $10,000 + GST

"Up there with the best that Te Akau have trained" - David Ellis

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“I think she is a Group One horse.”

Great praise by jockey Craig Grylls after the all the way win of the @forsman_racing trained 4yo Savabeel mare Hinekaha in the G2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) on Saturday at @teraparacing.

Dec 13

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“I think she is a Group One horse.”

Great praise by jockey Craig Grylls after the all the way win of the @forsman_racing trained 4yo Savabeel mare Hinekaha in the G2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) on Saturday at @teraparacing.

One from the archives 📸 two legends of the turf - O’Reilly and Clarkey, after the 1996 Gr.1 Bayer Classic (now the Levin Classic), a race won by the #WSNZBred Savaglee (Sav ex Glee) earlier this year!

Brian ‘Clarkey’ Clark worked for @wexford_stables and was often referred to as the horse whisperer due to his phenomenal way with colts and entires!

Dec 9

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One from the archives 📸 two legends of the turf - O’Reilly and Clarkey, after the 1996 Gr.1 Bayer Classic (now the Levin Classic), a race won by the #WSNZBred Savaglee (Sav ex Glee) earlier this year!

Brian ‘Clarkey’ Clark worked for @wexford_stables and was often referred to as the horse whisperer due to his phenomenal way with colts and entires!

Things we love to see 🙌 Sav’s daughter PROVENCE adds another Group 1 victory to her resume in an absolutely nail-biting finish for @stephenmarshracing. Thrilled for breeders Tony and Vicky Rider! What an impressive mare 🤩

Dec 6

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Things we love to see 🙌 Sav’s daughter PROVENCE adds another Group 1 victory to her resume in an absolutely nail-biting finish for @stephenmarshracing. Thrilled for breeders Tony and Vicky Rider! What an impressive mare 🤩

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 📸 Garry (left) with George Walton back in 1982!

George was the original trainer of Georgina Belle before she was exported to the US.

Garry re-imported her in 1975 and she subsequently became one of the matriarch mares of Waikato Stud! We have around three dozen mares out of the family.

What a legacy she kicked off ✨

Dec 4

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