Waikato Stud News

23 December 2012

High Fashion Does It In Style

High Fashion’s luck took a much-deserved turn for the better at Awapuni yesterday. The highly-regarded O’Reilly filly had struck trouble in the running in both the Gr 1 Bayer Classic and the Gr 3 Eulogy …

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21 December 2012

Rock ‘N’ Pop to Stand at Waikato Stud

Waikato Stud is excited to announce that Fastnet Rock’s Gr.1 winning son Rock ‘N’ Pop is set to join its star-studded stallion roster in 2013. Championed best by Centaine, Danasinga, O’Reilly, Pins and Savabeel, the …

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17 December 2012

You’re So Good Proves Just That!

A New Zealand-bred filly with a strong Australian pedigree made the perfect start to her career across the Tasman on Friday. WS graduate You’re So Good was successful on debut at Moonee Valley for Flemington …

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17 December 2012

Costume Set For The Big Stage

Costume has been held in high private regard for some time and that reputation went public at Ellerslie last week. The three-year-old came from the clouds to quit the maiden grade with a performance that …

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17 December 2012

Red Letter Day for Savabeel and Pins

Red Letter Day For WS Stallions Savabeel was a dominant force at both feature North Island racing venues on Saturday while O’Reilly also made his presence felt once again. The Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes at Awapuni …

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17 December 2012

Wannabe Does It In Style Again

The winning style Wannabe showed at Te Rapa on Saturday strongly suggested she can make her mark in a much higher grade. The Pins four-year-old had quit maiden ranks on the track at her previous …

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17 December 2012

Annie Higgins Does Family Proud in Gr.1 Waikato Time Gold Cup

Some unfortunate circumstances and a timely show of personality played their part in well-known racing and breeding identity Marie Leicester retaining an O’Reilly filly out of Diva Belle that she had bred who, named Annie …

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17 December 2012

Fabulous Victory At Sha Tin

Waikato Stud graduate Fabulous November landed the most valuable event on last night’s Sha Tin card. It was mission accomplished for the promising three-year-old in the Griffin Trophy and he will now go for a …

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17 December 2012

Well-Related Chandelier Lights Up

Memories of former top racemare Irlanda were rekindled at Ellerslie yesterday with the opening success of the WS-bred and raced Chandelier. Raced by Dan Carter and WS, the filly is a sister to the Gr …

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11 December 2012

Ambitious Dragon Swoops to Sensational Gr.1 Mile Victory

Pins superstar Ambitious Dragon surged up the Sha Tin straight to land a sensational victory in the LONGINES Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile on Sunday. The six-year-old has already been Hong Kong Horse of the Year …

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8 December 2012

O’Reilly’s Boys On Super Runs

Mosse will have the opportunity on New Year’s Day to match the unbeaten run of another dynamic son of O’Reilly. The four-year-old became the WS stallion’s latest prestige winner when he produced an outstanding run …

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2 December 2012

I Do A Mare To Follow

Black-type looks well within the future reach of the progressive mare I Do who continued her impressive strike rate at Otaki last week. The No Excuse Needed mare downed a competitive line-up of Rating 85 …

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