Waikato Stud News
Dragon blows rivals away
Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year did the seemingly impossible on Saturday when blowing rivals away in HK-3 National Day Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Returning to the track after a summer lay-off, Ambitious …
Read MoreThree Stakes Winners in a Day for Pins
Waikato Stud’s Champion sire Pins registered three individual Stakes Winners in three different countries on Saturday. Adding kudos to the earlier New Zealand-based win of Pinsgold at Canterbury, talented son Antonio Lombardo produced a brilliant …
Read MoreSavabeel Mare Continues Top Form
Savabeel’s progressive daughter Lady Kipling took another winning step toward a feature race target when she doubled her tally for the spring carnival at Hastings. The four-year-old had returned to racing in fine style on …
Read MorePins Colt Strolls Home In Guineas
Crack colt Antonio Lombardo was an effortless winner at his three-year-old debut and the high-class son of Pins was again untested to add the Gr 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas to his impressive record. He was …
Read MoreScarlett Lady Out Of Spring Action
Top-class Savabeel mare Scarlett Lady has been ruled out of the rest of the spring carnival with a leg injury. The highly-fancied Caulfield and Melbourne Cups hope will be now undergo minor surgery and be …
Read MoreDragon Ready To Fire Up Again
Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ambitious Dragon will return to racing in the National Day Cup at Sha Tin on October 1. The son of Pins was the success story of the 2010-11 season …
Read MoreFamous By Name Swamps Em!
The Dean Binaisse-prepared Fast N Famous galloper Famous By Name turned in a thrilling performance over 1600m at Victoria on Sunday. Third last at the turn, Famous By Name was shown the persuader by jockey …
Read MoreGuineas On O’Reilly Filly’s Radar
Promising O’Reilly filly Tarantella took a winning step toward a possible Gr 1 target when she turned on the style at Otaki today. The lightly-raced three-year-old posted her first career success at her third start …
Read MoreExciting start to new investment for Gartshore Brothers
Tauranga brothers Bill and Jim Gartshore have only been in the thoroughbred industry a short time but both admit they love it especially after breeding their first group winner Strike The Stars (NZ) (Savabeel). The …
Read MorePins Filly Does Family Proud
A well-related filly with a pedigree that has made a significant impact in Australia looked headed for much better company following her winning debut for WS at yesterday’s Nowra meeting. The three-year-old Heels had …
Read MoreShopaholic Makes Winning Australian Debut
The WS bred and raced Pins filly Shopaholic made a winning debut in Australia on Wednesday. The Danny O’Brien tutored 3YO went out as a $4.10 favourite, and rewarded such estimations with a gutsy aluminium …
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Shamrocker Crowned Champion Australian 3YO Filly
O’Reilly’s star daughter Shamrocker was crowned Australia’s Champion 3YO Filly of 2010/11 at last night’s Australian Racing Awards. Holding out the likes of Brazilian Pulse, Yosei, Scarlett Lady, Lights of Heaven, Crystal Lily, Absolutely, Dreamaway, …
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