Waikato Stud News
Trainer 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 …
Read MoreO’Reilly 3YO Tops In Gr 2 Guineas
O’Reilly’s progressive son President Lincoln made the impressive jump out of maiden company to claim today’s Gr 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Wellington Guineas and might be aimed even higher next month. Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta …
Read MoreResults this Weekend
HORSE BREEDING RESULT Antonio Lombardo (NZ) 2008 (C. by Pins-Petit Verdot) 1st Waikato RC James & Annie Sarten Memorial S. Gr.3, NZ$70000 1400m earning NZ$43750 President Lincoln (NZ) 2008 (G. by O’Reilly-Pinot Gris) 1st …
Read MoreSuper Hoop’s Rating Spot On
Leading Sydney jockey Jim Cassidy has formed a strong opinion of Somepin Anypin and his judgement was again on the mark at Rosehill this afternoon. The WS-bred and sold son of Pins galloped his rivals …
Read MoreCup Start in the Offing for I’m Jake
A possible G1 Melbourne Cup start is in the offing for the WS bred-and-raced Pins gelding I’m Jake tomorrow. The David Brideoake & David Feek-prepared 6YO chestnut gelding makes his Cup bid in the G3 …
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