Waikato Stud News
Opacity Continues Winning March
Opacity has continued his rapid progress through the grades in Sydney with success at Canterbury Park. The Ocean Park three-year-old completed a hat-trick of wins when he triumphed over 1900 metres. Trained by John O’Shea, …
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All Saints’ Eve Continues Family Tradition
The Sacred Falls 3YO All Saints’ Eve continued a family tradition of success with a second career win at Newcastle on Saturday. All Saints’ Eve, who is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner Hasahalo (Savabeel) …
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Savabeel Nears Major Milestone
Savabeel took another major step towards the milestone of 100 stakes winners on Saturday, with the success of the Lindsey Smith-trained Adelaide Ace in the Gr.2 Autumn Classic at Caulfield. Adelaide Ace represented the sire’s …
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Ace performance to land Classic
The Gr.1 South Australian Derby in Adelaide and the Gr.2 WATC Derby in Perth are options for Gr.2 Autumn Classic winner Adelaide Ace. The son of Savabeel credited the Waikato Stud stallion with his 98th …
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Garry’s Corner – 17 December 2019
With Christmas around the corner, the Waikato Newsletter is on hold, but the weeks happenings have motivated me to come out of hiding in the corner. It is always difficult to those who were not …
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Garry’s Corner – 5 December 2019
Bantam Rooster one week, Feather Duster the next. That fairly well describes the mood at Waikato Stud in the past week. The loss of any horse will stir the emotions of someone, regardless of the …
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Garry’s Corner – 28 November, 2019
Writing a Corner for you two, as a single-finger typist, is a reasonably onerous task: The objective is to make sure you are up-to-date on our goings on and – when the opportunity arises – …
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Garry’s Corner – 22 November, 2019
My father and his brother were hard-working market gardeners and my cousins and I were expected to join them after school and weekends. Not an ideal upbringing, but it certainly kept us away from any …
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Savabeel colt popular at Karaka
A son of Savabeel made a splash late in the closing session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. Magus Equine’s Willie Leung went to $440,000 to secure a half-brother to Waikato …
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Group One winner in waiting
It’s surely only a matter of time before Savabeel’s daughter Supera breaks through at the highest level. The Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced mare was narrowly denied when a close second in last season’s Gr.1 …
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Garry’s Corner – 15 November 2019
For those of you who were kind enough to call expressing your disappointment that The Waikato Weekly did not include the Corner last week, I can tell you I was relegated to the bin with …
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Well-bred filly delivers
A rich pedigree was to the fore at Hastings this afternoon when Grand De Flora was successful on debut. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced filly had trialled well in preparation and was, as a result, …
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