Waikato Stud News
Pins continues to make his mark
Pins gained further posthumous international honours this week with a trio of winners in two countries. His daughters Bella Amante and My Shu Mai struck in Australia while Flying Monkey furthered his record in Hong …
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Garry’s Corner – 13 July
Numbers, numbers, numbers. What do they tell us? What has drawn my attention to our breeding numbers, well I had a visit from the local National Party member Tim van der Molen, I always do …
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Phone call reaps rewards
Champion New Zealand sire Savabeel gave us the ‘One to Watch’ on Wednesday with a sensational win for the three-quarter brother in-blood to triple Group I winner Sangster. A phone call from Lindsay Park co-trainer …
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Gallant Battleborn another Rock ‘n’ Pop winner
Waikato Stud graduate Battleborn struck the first winning blow of his career at Bendigo this afternoon. Trained by Brent Stanley, the Rock ‘n’ Pop three-year-old was successful over 1400m for apprentice Mitchell Aitken. Battleborn’s victory …
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Uninformed article delivers the wrong message in mainstream media
Story by Brian de Lore / The Informant Racing has been getting a bad deal in mainstream media which seems to go hand-in-hand with the media backhanders constantly being dished out to Acting Prime Minister …
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Stud makes impact far and wide
Waikato Stud celebrated international success yesterday with four winners in three countries. The home-bred and owned Tahi scored in Victoria while the Matamata farm was also to the fore in Hong Kong. Ocean Park three-year-old …
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Rock ‘n’ Pop’s son excels in Guineas
Promising three-year-old Go Dixie has earned a black type credit for his Waikato Stud-based stallion Rock ‘n’ Pop. The gelding successfully bridged the gap to black type company with a bold third in today’s Gr.3 …
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Garry’s Corner
Well winters upon us, roads are closed, half the South Island is under snow, the North while never quite as bad, is still hovering around a very cold 10/12 degrees. The good thing is another …
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Black type family enjoys further success
A family that has served Waikato Stud so well was again to the fore across the Tasman yesterday. O’Reilly Cyrus advanced the winning tally at Doomben where she posted fourth career success. Prepared by Gold …
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Why racing is getting such a bad deal from sports betting
Story by Brian de Lore / The Informant While everyone accepts change over a long period of time is inevitable, the transformation of the NZ TAB from its founding days in 1951 to what it …
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Ocean Park at the double
Exciting Waikato Stud stallion Ocean Park enjoyed a double strike at Riccarton with a winning double. His progeny have been regularly hitting the mark in the 2017-18 term and the roll continued this afternoon. Strapping …
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Garry’s Corner
Have I got the energy, this corner is only my view of current racing issues, and you my two readers, will have the gist of my concerns, right or wrong but you are still logging …
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