WS Graduate Sets Record Price
The stud enjoyed a wonderful result on Gavelhouse last night with Hasahalo (Savabeel) setting a record high price of $670,000 for owners Go Racing’s Go Racing Fright Night Breeding Partnership, thanks to the astute bid of The China Horse Club.
Hasahalo was a $110,000 graduate of Waikato Stud’s 2016 NZB Premier Yearling Sale draft, who went on to cement her status as a superb broodmare prospect with Gr.1 success in the NZ 1000 Guineas and in the Gr.3 Eclipse Stakes.
The Corner with Garry Chittick
No Corner last week; this week the Annual Thoroughbred Racing Awards night certainly deserves acknowledgment. It is the second of two nights of measurement of Thoroughbred achievements for the year, with the first focussing on our Breeders’ awards.
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Savabeel’s Group 1 daughter Belle Cheval retired
Belle Cheval, by champion sire Savabeel, enjoyed a stellar career: placing in the NZ 1000 Guineas, winning the Almanzor Trophy and Uncle Remus Stakes, finishing second in The Kiwi, then claiming Group 1 glory in Australia’s Vinery Stud Stakes before retiring to broodmare duties.
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