Waikato Stud News
This week on Garry’s Corner
Hi you four. Mary and I are having a change of pace, we are in Queenstown on our way to the eighth wonder of the world, Milford Sound. The wander around Queenstown was a stark …
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Matamata farm enjoys super RTR Sale
Waikato Stud ended a successful New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale when its Sacred Falls colt sold to Australian interests on Thursday afternoon for $600,000. It followed the $640,000 realised by a Savabeel colt …
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Savabeel colt star of the show
A stunning Waikato Stud-bred son of Savabeel was the headline act at Te Rapa today when he topped the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale. The colt was offered by the …
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Staying 4YO strikes again
Oceanic Flash continued his rise through the staying grades with a tenacious performance to triumph over 2100 metres at Wyong on Tuesday afternoon. The lightly raced 4-year-old settled second last before improving wide 600 metres …
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NZB READY TO RUN SALE 2021
We are thrilled to introduce the Waikato Stud progeny featured in the Ohukia Lodge draft at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. LOT 72 By exciting young sire Tivaci who has produced …
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Prince produces regal performance
Pins Prince made a flawless start to his career at Sha Tin on Saturday evening with success at the first time of asking. The 4-year-old has been patiently handled by trainer John Size and the …
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Savabeel scoops the G1 Classic pool
Savabeel’s domination of this season’s Riccarton Classics was completed when his daughter The Perfect Pink produced a career best performance at southern headquarters on Saturday afternoon. Seven days ago, the Waikato Stud stallion’s outstanding son …
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Sagunto goes all the way at Awapuni
Sagunto bounced back to his front-running best at Awapuni to comfortably bag the fifth victory of his career. The O’Reilly six-year-old had been a commanding winner during the Hawke’s Bay carnival before he came unstuck …
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The corner with Garry Chittick
It should not be difficult to fill a couple of paragraphs for the four of you this week. Not often do the best laid plans of man and mouse collude with the dream outcome. Last …
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Waikato Stud’s Guineas domination continues
Waikato Stud has been a dominant force in the G1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas in the last decade and that trend continued at Riccarton on Saturday afternoon with the outstanding Savabeel colt Noverre dominating his …
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Gallant King rules at Te Rapa
The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Night King posted an overdue victory when he rallied strongly to score at Te Rapa this afternoon. The son of Savabeel had been around the mark in a …
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Chittick awarded prestigious Scholarship
The 2022 Keith & Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship has been awarded to a young industry participant from a family ingrained in the fabric of the New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry. George Chittick, who turns 19 …
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