Waikato Stud News

19 July 2023

Ocean Park 3YO makes instant impact

Elemental made a gem of a start to his career on Wednesday afternoon at Avondale where the son of Ocean Park made a winning debut over 1400 metres. An encouraging trial at Te Rapa earned …

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15 July 2023

Heroic performance at Wyong

Hollywood Hero showed the benefit of his first-up run when he finished strongly to win over 1350metres at Wyong on Saturday afternoon. The Bjorn Baker-trained three-year-old had been unplaced when resuming at Randwick last month …

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15 July 2023

Savabeel 3YO gets her reward

Savabeel filly Booboo Boogie posted a deserved and overdue maiden victory at Geelong on Friday afternoon when she powered home to win over 1400 metres. The Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old had been placed in four of …

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15 July 2023

First winning strike for Okay Cupid

Tivaci three-year-old Okay Cupid was excellent when resuming and he turned in a rousing follow-up performance on Friday afternoon to go one better at Geelong. He had finished runner-up in his Bendigo return last month …

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15 July 2023

Savabeel 4YO earns top rating

Savabeel’s son I Wish I Win has been rated the top performer in Australia, according to the latest edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2023. Raced by breeder Waikato Stud with trainer …

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14 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I awoke in time to catch the the last 50 runs required by England to win the test at Headingly. I am not really a cricket watcher but any sporting contest where there was so much …

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14 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Well, lo and behold, one of my ten has seen fit to critique a previous corner. Not that he was able to dispute the content; his point was that there are years when the TJ …

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11 July 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

I awoke in time to catch the the last 50 runs required by England to win the test at Headingly. I am not really a cricket watcher but any sporting contest where there was so much …

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8 July 2023

Wewillrock strikes at Randwick

The genuine Wewillrock added another notch to his belt and first in Australia when he proved superior at Randwick this afternoon. The son of El Roca had placed in both of his previous runs across …

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8 July 2023

Ardrossan’s son makes perfect start

A true-blue Waikato Stud product launched his career in style at Awapuni on Saturday afternoon. Ardee Boy claimed top honours in the two-year-old event at the first time of asking for trainer Peter Didham, who …

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7 July 2023

I Wish I Win to represent NZ in the TAB Everest

Another New Zealand operation has been mounted to scale the heights of Everest. This time, it will be an attempt to rise to the top of the racing summit with I Wish I Win to …

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28 June 2023

THE CORNER WITH GARRY CHITTICK

Now you ten all know I have been breeding to sell for a long time. 1975 was my first sale of two yearlings at the Waikato Sale. I grossed $2200, not enough to retire on, …

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