Waikato Stud News

11 November 2014

General rules at Seymour

General James asserted his authority at the second time of asking at Seymour yesterday. The three-year-old had last month finished an unlucky second on debut at Bendigo where his jockey lost his whip when narrowly …

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11 November 2014

Debut winner to race on in NZ

Ambitious Unicorn will continue his three-year-old career in New Zealand following his impressive debut success at Awapuni on Tuesday . The gelding is trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman for bloodstock agent Bruce Perry …

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10 November 2014

Tomorrowland completes hat-trick

Speedster Tomorrowland completed a grand day for WS and their former resident Fast ‘N’ Famous with his victory at Te Rapa. The farm graduate provided the stallion with his third winner on the card following …

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10 November 2014

Eclair Big Bang caps memorable day

Eclair Big Bang (NZ) (Savabeel) has capped a memorable day for Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes and earned himself a trip to Perth for a Group One assignment with victory at Flemington. The Winterbottom Stakes at …

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10 November 2014

Good-looker continues winning habit

Handsome WS graduate Wolfwhistle is building a record that befits his illustrious parentage. The son of O’Reilly and the dual Group One winner Legs (Kelt Capital Stakes, NZ Oaks) struck again at Riccarton on Saturday …

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10 November 2014

Tiara provides perfect end to day

The well-related Tiara provided a perfect end to the day for WS when she was successful in the closing event at Te Rapa on Saturday. As the breeder of Tomorrowland earlier in the Te Rapa …

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7 November 2014

Floria’s 1/2 O’Reilly half makes record breaking debut

Multiple black-type winner Floria’s O’Reilly half-brother Caped Crusader registered an impressive debut win at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day. Trained by Gai Waterhouse, the 3YO gelding broke the class record, crossing the line in the …

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6 November 2014

Hera strikes in Australia

New Zealand mare Hera is on the board in Australia following her success at Rosehill on Saturday. The O’Reilly mare showed significant improvement on her resuming effort last month when she opened her account for …

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6 November 2014

Well-bred filly too good

Gracehill showed she had inherited a good measure of the family ability with a perfect debut performance at Tauranga on Saturday. It was in fact the same meeting that her black-type dam Irish Colleen debuted …

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30 October 2014

Brambles Ready To Roll In Mackinnon

Trainer Peter Moody won’t be changing any tactics with Brambles in Saturday’s $1 million Longines Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Though the five-year-old is set to back-up in Tuesday’s $6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m), …

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30 October 2014

Arc de Triomphe earmarked for Silent Achiever

Kevin Hickman has forfeited one dream to pursue another with his classy O’Reilly galloper Silent Achiever. Immediately after the O’Reilly mare’s photo-finish third in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday, the only race …

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30 October 2014

Celia Shows Family the Gr.1 way

It’s rare in bloodstock circles these days that Waikato Stud’s Garry and Mark Chittick get overshadowed, especially by one of their own. But when it comes to Saturday’s A$500,000 Gr.1 Myer Classic and Tuesday’s A$6 …

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