Having outstanding recent performers, Jennifer Eccles & Te Akau Shark early in his stud career, it is timely to highlight the success of Windsor Park Stud's stallion Rip Van Winkle. Sire of 12...
Saturday’s $400,000 Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) was a fitting end to a dominant New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series campaign for Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Ri...
With a horror draw nullified by jockey Jason Waddell, the superiority of Jennifer Eccles shone through in Saturday’s Group I Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham. The daugh...
Two young breeders pulled off a dream result when their yearling went under the hammer in Australia earlier this month. David Morris and Jason Thomasen headed to the Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale ...
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is pleased with the manner in which talented three-year-old Scorpz has bounced back from his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) exertions, with the son of Charm Spirit s...
Shortly after trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson teamed up to win the Group 1 Surround Stakes with Probabeel (Savabeel), the New Zealand duo were at it again when giving the locals a blo...
Delivering her trademark brilliant acceleration, top class 3YO filly Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) secured clear favouritism for the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks at Trentham next month with an emphatic...
Boom young sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) will be represented by three first-crop runners in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby at Ellerslie this Saturday. The son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert...
Quality filly Jennifer Eccles once again showed her customary turn of foot to prove too good for her rivals in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) and book her passage to the Gr.1 Al Ba...
Windsor Park Stud’s young guns have dominated the limelight in recent times with first-season sire titles for ShamExpress (O’Reilly) and Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit), but Saturday was all about...
Excitement machine Te Akau Shark (Rip Van Winkle) sent out an ominous warning to his Australian rivals as he finally got a deserved Group One prize when taking out the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) with...
A picture-perfect ride from Jason Waddell allowed class act Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) to show her undoubted quality as she dashed away from her age-group rivals to take out the Gr.2 David &a...
Subpoenaed (Rip Van Winkle) races with a quirky climbing action and is certain to climb through the grades and possibly all the way to Group 1 company this autumn. The Chris Waller-trained three-ye...
Back-to-back wins at his home track on Saturday continued a remarkable season for New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson. The first leg of the double came from Aridity (Mastercraftsman), who scored ...
On a day where she tasted Group One success with Gaultier in the Levin Classic (1600m) in 2017, Matamata trainer Danica Guy was at it again when she produced Germanicus (Rip Van Winkle) to take out...
Exciting Windsor Park-bred juvenile Play That Song (Showcasing) maintained her unbeaten record when she downed hot favourite Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) to win the first of the feature races...
The tag of New Zealand’s best maiden was emphatically stripped from the shoulders of exciting three-year-old Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) when she stormed past her female age group rivals to ta...
Derby nominated 3YO Peloton (Charm Spirit) proved too strong for his older rivals when winning the Lodge Property Management Handicap over 1500m at Te Rapa on Saturday. Peloton was backing up from ...
Four first crop 3YO Group winners and a current strike rate of 8.7% Group winners to runners confirms the upward trajectory for last season’s Leading First Season Sire and current Leading Second Se...
With Charm Spirit in stellar form and a new wave of stallions approaching their yearling debuts, the festive period has some extra shine this year for the team at Windsor Park Stud. Multiple Group...
Matamata visitor Lilikoi (Charm Spirit) showed she was on track for further age-group riches this summer with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni....
Promising three-year-old Scorpz (Charm Spirit) overcame a wide run in transit to nab his second stakes victory in succession when he outstayed his age-group rivals in Sunday’s Listed Hynds 3YO Salv...
Exciting three-year-old Scorpz will be tested over 2000m for the first time at Ellerslie on Sunday in preparation for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in February. The Stephen Marsh-t...
New Zealand-bred gelding Gunga Din (ShamExpress) relished a hot race tempo at Rosehill in Sydney on Saturday to street his Highway Handicap rivals and pull off another training coup for veteran Can...
The stocks of ‘young gun’ sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continue to rise with the win by 3YO colt Scorpz in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes at Otaki on Friday confirming the cracking start Charm...
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh had a memorable day at Otaki on Friday, winning a stakes double and unearthing another Derby prospect. The Waikato conditioner won the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m)...
Melbourne Carnival Group winner for Charm Spirit Impressive young sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) confirmed his class among an outstanding group of emerging stallion talent, when s...
Windsor Park-bred 2YO Play That Song (NZ) (Showcasing) backed up an impressive debut win at Ruakaka earlier in the month with another dominant performance to take out the Listed Hanley Formula Well...
After 1600m in the Fillies Classic at The Valley on Saturday, Fascino (NZ) (Charm Spirit) and La Falaise (Canford Cliffs) could not be separated in the Group Two race. The Ciaron Maher and David Eu...