Waikato Stud News

24 May 2012

Ambitious Dragon aims at rare Triple Crown glory

Hong Kong has known only one Triple Crown winner but Ambitious Dragon will attempt to re-write that record when he lines up for the HKG1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin this …

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21 May 2012

President Lincoln Opens Hong Kong Win Account

O’Reilly’s G2 Wellington Guineas winner President Lincoln opened his Hong Kong win account at first attempt on Saturday. The Lincoln Farms-bred 3YO made the smart debut in a Class 2 event over 1400m, winning by …

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21 May 2012

Jack Makes His Point At Awapuni

Jack’s Point made an impressive return to the races on Saturday when he streeted his Rating 85 sprint rivals on his home track. The WS-bred and sold son of Pins hadn’t raced since October, but …

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16 May 2012

O’Reilly Colt Races Up To Pedigree On Debut

Heavily-backed debutante Sacred Falls made the best possible start to his career at Ruakaka today. The Tony Pike and Mark Donoghue-trained juvenile justified his strong support with a narrow victory at the first time of …

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14 May 2012

Brambles Completes Grand Double For Stud

WS graduate Brambles completed a significant trans-Tasman double for resident sire Savabeel with his age group success in Brisbane on Saturday. The Zabeel stallion’s daughter Fromelles had earlier triumphed in the Gr 3 Rotorua Cup …

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14 May 2012

Fromelles Collects Gr.3 Rotorua Cup

Fromelles added considerable value to her future worth as a broodmare when she raced away with Saturday’s Gr 3 Rotorua Cup. The five-year-old daughter of WS stallion Savabeel made short work of her rivals in …

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14 May 2012

Game On for the Dewar Award

It’s game on for the Dewar Award between Savabeel and his mighty G1 sire Zabeel. Heading into the weekend, Savabeel counted a $17,000 margin over his illustrious sire. Thanks to the Gr.3 winning deeds of …

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11 May 2012

Ballarat Slam Dunk For Bondarenko

A return to the left-handed way of going in Melbourne saw Bondarenko rediscover her best form yesterday. The Pins mare was having her first start from Troy Corstens, after a previous stint with Kris Lees …

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10 May 2012

Home Town Win For Sharbeela’s Co-Breeder

Sharbeela picked an appropriate stage to play her first winning role on when she was triumphant at Wanganui today. The Savabeel filly was bred by River City resident Chris Turner and WS who have enjoyed …

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10 May 2012

Exciting Battle Emerges Between Savabeel and Zabeel

The Dewar Award celebrates the NZ sire whose progeny has accumulated the most stakes earnings in Australia and New Zealand for the season. As things stand the exciting young sire Savabeel holds a slim $17,000 …

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30 April 2012

Savabeel Mare Placed To Perfection

Savabeel mare Placement continued her outstanding run of form this preparation with further success at Caulfield on Saturday. The WS-bred four-year-old has been the model performer and has returned a cheque in each of her …

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30 April 2012

Sparkling Run From Sequin

Sequin took her game to a higher level at Te Rapa on Saturday when she left a hot field of Rating 75 sprinters in her wake and with no excuses. The four-year-old bounded straight to …

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