Waikato Stud News

16 May 2025

Super stats that will turn heads

With three Group 1 winners across his first two crops – ranging from La Dorada’s (ex Gold Fever) explosive 1200m win as a two-year-old, to Feroce in the Australian Guineas and Linebacker in the Randwick …

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15 May 2025

Wednesday Racing: The Super Seth show rolls on with an impressive Kensington quinella

Written by Dane McLeod of The Thoroughbred Report Kundabung hitting stride for connections The Waikato Stud silks may have finished second on the day, but the result was one to savour for the famed New …

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15 May 2025

Viva Glam breaks maiden in fine style for Savabeel

Three days following her sire Savabeel‘s official induction into the NZ Racing Hall of Fame, smart three-year-old filly Viva Glam (ex Style By Design) put in a mighty performance at Matamata to win by 1.25 …

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12 May 2025

Savabeel inducted into the NZ Racing Hall of Fame

On Sunday evening in Hamilton, the achievements of the 2025 New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inductees were celebrated, with a particularly special moment reserved for champion sire Savabeel. Eleven years after his own sire …

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10 May 2025

Super Seth strikes twice at Caulfield

Saturday at Caulfield saw the sire on fire, Super Seth, notch up a double on the nine-race card. First off the mark was the impeccably bred three-year-old filly Madiyya, who recorded her first metropolitan win …

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30 April 2025

Waikato Stud’s eagerly awaited fees announced for 2025

A mix of proven and up-and-coming sires sees fees for Waikato Stud’s six-strong roster set for the 2025 season, once again headlined by the NZ Hall of Fame inductee-in-waiting Savabeel. Alongside him stands second-season sire sensation Super Seth, emerging force Ardrossan, proven Group 1 producer Ocean Park, exciting first-season sire Noverre and a sire-in-waiting Banquo rounding out the formidable lineup.

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21 April 2025

A Super Easter weekend for Seth

It was a winner-a-day streak for Super Seth over the four-day Easter break – a fitting way to celebrate the long weekend!

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17 April 2025

Ardrossan posts three winners across NZ and Hong Kong

It was a whirlwind of winners for the son of Redoute’s Choice in Ardrossan posting two winners on Wednesday and another on Thursday across New Zealand and in Hong Kong.

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29 March 2025

Third Group 1 winner for Seth with Super win by La Dorada

La Dorada’s win in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes sees her join Feroce and Linebacker as Group 1 winners for Super Seth.

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28 March 2025

Four chances for glory: Te Akau targets Group 1 Sires’ supremacy again

“It is very exciting to have a very smart Super Seth filly. I really rate the stallion and they are firing.” – David Ellis CNZM on La Dorada (Super Seth) who lines up in the Gr.1 Sires’ on Saturday.

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28 March 2025

Linebacker delivers Ron Finemore his Group 1 dream after 50 years of trying

After many near misses at the top level, that first Group 1 win comes all the sweeter for industry magnate Ron Finemore, who part-owns Gr.1 Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker (Super seth).

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28 March 2025

From Group 1 glory to Gold Coast goodbyes: Atishu’s next chapter beckons at Magic Millions

Bred by Waikato Stud, Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) was offered at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale, where she caught the eye of syndicators Go Racing – who, at the time, could scarcely have imagined the incredible journey she would take them on. As it stands, that consists of three Group 1 victories and over A$5.7 million in prizemoney, with the potential of more on the way.

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