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Porcia Catonis powers home as Super Seth’s rise continues
Super Seth’s strong run continues with Porcia Catonis, who delivered a dominant win at Riccarton for Fortuna Racing. The lightly raced filly is now a two-time winner and adds to a stellar season for her sire, who boasts three Group 1 winners and a 4.34% G1 winners-to-runners strike rate.
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Gutsy bebut win for Ardrossan’s Macallan
Ardrossan’s son Macallan impressed on debut in Thursday’s opener at Tauranga, overcoming Heavy10 conditions to win the Tierra Maiden 3YO (1200m) by 1.3 lengths. Trained by Wexford Stables and racing for JML Bloodstock, the gelding showed toughness and class to finish strongly before the meeting was abandoned due to weather.
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A Magic A$2.7 million result for the Waikato-Bred star Atishu
Atishu’s story came full circle at Magic Millions, selling for A$2.7 million to Yulong after a stellar career. Bred by Waikato Stud, the Savabeel mare was a $260,000 Karaka yearling who became a triple Group 1 winner. We’re proud to have played a part in her remarkable journey.
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Impressive debut for Sir Fergus at Ellerslie
In less than 24 hours, Ardrossan unearthed another promising prospect as Sir Fergus produced an impressive first-up performance over 1200m at Ellerslie. The three-year-old, trained by Barbara Kennedy and ridden by Warren Kennedy, jumped from …
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Taken goes back-to-back for Price-Kent Jnr
Following a short four-week freshen-up, Ardrossan‘s three-year-old son Taken added a second victory to his resume when winning over 1,600m at Sandown on Saturday, 24 May for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The three-year-old …
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Botanical Boy produces a Super debut
Super Seth continues his stellar season with a 37th first-crop winner, Botanical Boy, and now holds the world’s highest Group 1 winners-to-runners strike rate at 4.35% – surpassing leading sires Extreme Choice, Frankel, and Dubawi. Applications for 2025 now open.
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Do You Just starts the corks popping with Ellerslie stroll
Written by the NZ Herald A masterful front-running ride by Warren Kennedy and a powerhouse performance from Do You Just turned Saturday’s Listed Skycity Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie into a one-horse race. The pair …
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Party Crasher has Queensland Derby in sight
Lining up for this fifth career start, the Waikato Stud-bred and -sold Party Crasher (ex Party Popper) delivered an impressive performance at Morphettville on Saturday, 18 May, claiming the 2250m event by 2.01 lengths. By …
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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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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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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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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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