Waikato Stud News

19 December 2016

Rios 3YO a serious prospect

Progressive three-year-old Cannot Be Serios is proving an excellent advertisement in Sydney for his sire. The WS graduate is a son of farm resident Rios and he now boasts the tidy record of two wins …

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12 December 2016

Aerovelocity Caps Stunning WS Weekend

Pins’ Hong Kong warrior Aerovelocity capped an incredible weekend for Waikato Stud with success in the G1 Longines Hong Kong’s Sprint.  Click here to read: Aerovelocity caps stunning WS weekend

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11 December 2016

 Coldplay continues hot form to claim group two

WS’s Coldplay hasn’t missed a beat this season and she’s now in line to show she belongs on the Group One stage. The last-start Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes winner added the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes …

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11 December 2016

Veteran Aerovelocity soars under Purton as Hong Kong dominates Sprint

By Andrew Hawkins Aerovelocity has long been one of Hong Kong’s most beloved warriors and the eight-year-old achieved one of the more extraordinary wins of his storied career as he tenaciously held off Lucky Bubbles …

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10 December 2016

Double delight for stud

WS graduates flexed their muscles in Australia yesterday to credit the farm with a winning inter-state double. In Sydney, the Bjorn Baker-trained Bonny O’Reilly was successful at Canterbury while in Melbourne it was Movie who …

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9 December 2016

Savabeel 4YO looks a royal prospect

Jamie Richards desperately wanted to avoid another missed opportunity with Savabeel’s exciting son Royal Success and the Matamata horseman’s wish was granted at Trentham last Saturday. He was on edge before the opening event this …

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9 December 2016

Savabeel filly set for higher honours

Date Night is in the right form to add further black type credits to her family’s roll of honour. She was an impressive maiden winner at Ellerslie this evening to earn a crack at stakes …

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28 November 2016

Impressive Ellerslie debut for Killarney

Lightly raced galloper Killarney provided another glimpse of his undoubted talent when he delivered an emphatic victory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The statuesque four-year-old had been an impressive winner on debut back in September and …

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28 November 2016

Wallace on hand for Stakes triumph

Gary Wallace missed one of his most memorable racing achievements last season and he wasn’t about to make the same mistake on Saturday. Wallace, a leading real estate agent with Bayleys in Auckland, blocked out …

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28 November 2016

Mary Quant ready to deliver this season

Co-trainer Andrew Scott believes this is the season where progressive mare Mary Quant will deliver at the top level. The five-year-old daughter of multiple Group One winner Legs delighted her connections with an effortless performance …

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18 November 2016

Matamata farm top RTR vendor

Champion Karaka vendors WS have now made their presence felt at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale. Selling under their own banner for the first time, the Matamata farm ended the two day auction …

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17 November 2016

O’Reilly colt fires up bidders

WS’s son of the late O’Reilly made a serious impact on the opening day of NZ Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale yesterday. The striking colt was the subject of an opening bid of $200,000 before …

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