O’Reilly completes remarkable season

4 August 2013

O’Reilly has completed a stunning 2012-13 season with total domination in all three stallion divisions. The WS resident won the Grosvenor Award (champion New Zealand sire), the Dewar Award (champion New Zealand sire for Australasian earnings) and the Centaine Award (champion New Zealand sire for global earnings).

The sire of two Group One winners in the home-bred Sacred Falls (Doncaster Handicap, NZ 2000 Guineas) and Shamexpress (Newmarket Handicap), O’Reilly was the leading New Zealand sire by winners (154), wins, stakes winners (15) and earnings ($11,551,479 internationally).

To complete a remarkable season for O’Reilly, his son and former champion three-year-old Alamosa was crowned New Zealand’s champion first season sire.

Well-earned win for Savoir Faire

WSNZBred Savoir Faire (Savabeel ex Etiquette) wins at Cranbourne for Mark Walker and the Te Akau colours. He was a $640,000 pucrchase by David Ellis CNZM for Te Akau at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale.

23 November 2024

Savabeel’s son too good in Cup

WS-bred and owned Nereus (Savabeel ex Eudora) takes the Gr.3 TAB Counties Cup at Pukekohe.