Waikato Stud News
Golden Day For Jockey On WS-Bred Sprinter
Justanexcuse will be regular jockey Darryl Bradley’s golden boy for a long time to come after they proved a winning combination at Riccarton. Revelling in the heavy conditions, the WS-bred and sold sprinter was too …
Read MoreSacred Pins Too Sharp Again
Champion sire Pins looks to have come up with another rising star in the form of the unbeaten three-year-old Sacred Pins. He looks well on the way to bigger and better things after mastering a …
Read MoreStud Doubles Up At Seymour
WS graduates posted a winning double in Melbourne yesterday with Brambles and Builder O’Reilly both successful at the Seymour meeting. The former is a son on Savabeel and was a $100,000 purchase by leading Caulfield …
Read MoreTop Family Serves Up Another Winner
A royal family that has served WS so well over the years took another winning trick at Awapuni today. The lightly-raced filly Lego boasts a Gr 1 pedigree and she showed a good degree of …
Read MoreTrainer Heaps Praise On Son Of Pins
Gary Portelli may bypass next month’s Villiers Stakes and look at a bigger prize during the autumn carnival after watching his stable star Somepin Anypin yesterday race to another dominant win in the Gr 3 …
Read MoreSmart Giant Continues March To The Top
Smart Giant’s half-sister was a triple Gr 1 winner and the Hong Kong-based four-year-old is moving stylishly closer to earning his stripes at the top level. At Sha Tin last night he was a runaway …
Read MoreSavabeel Claims Another Group One Title
The growing influence of young WS stallion Savabeel was further evidenced at Flemington this afternoon when his son Sangster stole the show in the Gr 1 VRC Derby. The three-year-old credited his sire with a …
Read MoreStylish Sequin Dazzles At Matamata
Sequin deservedly posted the first victory of her career at Matamata today and she is confidently expected to develop into a future black type contender. The WS-bred and raced daughter of Pins had finished runner-up …
Read MoreBoost For Karaka-Bound O’Reilly Colt
An impressive young O’Reilly colt to be offered by WS during the Premier Sale at Karaka next year received a significant pedigree update in Australia yesterday. He is a son of the Zabeel mare Hooked …
Read MoreFast ‘N’ Famous Filly Flies At Te Teko
Quintessential looked a filly with a bright future with further development when she was on the board early in her career at Te Teko this afternoon. The chestnut daughter of WS sire Fast ‘N’ Famous …
Read MoreNolen on O’Reilly Cup Hopeful
Champion Victorian hoop Luke Nolen has been booked to ride one of the few Australian-trained horses left in the Gr I Melbourne Cup (3200m). Australian Derby and Guineas winner Shamrocker was unplaced in Saturday’s Cox …
Read MorePins Colt Earns Glowing Praise
Peter McKay won a swag of Gr 1 titles with a son of O’Reilly and he now fancies his chances of eclipsing those achievements with a Pins colt. The Matamata trainer paid his current star …
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