Pins Colt Leads The Way

2 February 2012

A colt with an impressive black-type background was WS’s leading light on the opening day of the Select Sale at Karaka. The son of resident stallion Pins was knocked down to Singapore-based trainer Cliff Brown for $80,000.

The youngster is out of the Zabeel mare Ethics who is a three-quarter sister to the dual Gr 2 Royal Stakes and Sir Tristram fillies’ Classic winner Lafleur. The headline name in the pedigree is the third dam Habibti who was a champion European three-year-old and winner of the Gr 1 July Cup at Newmarket.

A daughter of Pins out of Zephyr Song made $30,000 and is from the family of the WS graduate Timber Trader who won the Gr 1 South African Derby. Matamata trainer Roger James snapped up a daughter of O’Reilly from a well-performed Australian black-type family for $28,000.

First Stakes Winner For Banquo

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13 February 2026

Waikato invest in next generation with Return To Conquer to join its roster

Joining a long legacy of breed-shaping stallions to stand at Waikato Stud, three generations of the Chittick family have placed their confidence in Return To Conquer, with the A$1.3 million yearling and unbeaten Group 1-winning son of the four-time Champion Sire and Champion Two-Year-Old sire, Snitzel, to take his position on the Waikato roster in 2026.