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Waikato Stud passes from father to son

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Waikato Stud’s new co-owner Mark Chittick says “there will be minimal change” after he and his wife Lisa assumed control of the New Zealand breeding institutions from his father Garry.

Garry Chittick handed the management of Waikato Stud to his son and daughter-in-law on Friday. Mark Chittick said the handover represented a major challenge but one he relished.

“With the stud’s internationally proven sire roster and exceptional record of racetrack success, it is a huge opportunity,” he said.

“Breeding elite racehorses has been my entire life and my whole passion, so this is an extremely exciting position to be in now and going forward.”

The Chittick family has owned the Matamata-based property since Garry and Mary Chittick took over Waikato Stud in 1993. Waikato Stud has bred 24 individual Group 1 winners in the ensuing 19 years, including dual hemisphere Group 1 winner Starcraft and super racehorse turned champion sire O’Reilly.

The younger Chittick said he would not tinker with Waikato Stud’s proven formula for producing high class racehorses, especially with his father still on hand to offer the benefit of his experience.

Not surprisingly, with its sublime Gr.1 record, there are no plans to change its successful recipe.

“There will be minimal change,” Mark Chittick said.

“The growth that has taken place in the last 19 years has always been done in partnership between Garry and myself and this will continue to be the case.

“On a day to day basis, we will still be making the most of Garry’s knowledge and experience and of the incredible resources that we are very fortunate to have.”

Waikato’s 2012 roster is made up of: O’Reilly ($45,000 LFG, plus GST), Pins ($37,500 LFG, plus GST), Savabeel ($35,000 LFG, plus GST), Fast N Famous ($6,000 LFG, plus GST), No Excuse Needed ($6,000 LFG, plus GST), and Rios ($4000 LFG, plus GST).

 

Waikato sires provide Queensland Derby quinella

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Waikato Stud stallions provided the quinella to Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) when Brambles (Savabeel – Prickle, by Pins) led home Quintessential (Fast ‘N’ Famous – Florette, by Sword Dance) in the $500,000 feature.

Brambles took all honours in the 2012 renewal of the Queensland Derby. Jockey Brad Rawiller sent the gelding to the front straight after the start and the son of Savabeel (Zabeel – Savannah Success, by Zabeel) set a tempo that gave all runners their chance to overhaul him.

Brambles understandably looked wobbly over the concluding stages but Quintessential could get no closer than 1-1/4 lengths to the winner on the line. Westsouthwest (Darci Brahma – Southern Sunset, by Polish

“What a great ride by Brad (Rawiller) it was,” Moody said. “I left it up to him and didn’t tie him down with instructions and he rode him a treat.

“This horse is a tough, no-frills stayer. He’s climbed another mountain by winning this race.

“He was getting tired near the line but he was entitled to and the others were all off the bit chasing him.”

Precedent) completed a trifecta for New Zealand-bred three-year-olds with his second Derby placing of the season after the gelding finished third in the Group 1 South Australian Derby last month.

Savabeel also sired the winner of the Group 1 Victoria Derby when Sangster (Savabeel – Quinta Special, by Spectrum) won the famous Flemington event.

Day of firsts for Waikato Stud sire

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Waikato Stud sire Fast ‘n’ Famous (Redoute’s Choice – Zalinda, by Zabeel) broke through for his first stakes winner when Quintessential (Fast ‘n’ Famous – Florette, by Sword Dance) finished strongly to claim the Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham.

Fast ‘n’ Famous never won over a distance further than 1200 metres in his 13-start career but could have an Oaks contender after Quintessential came from back in the field to beat Capital Diamond (Lucky Unicorn – Diamond Smile, by Zabeel) and Artistic (Darci Brahma – Artless, by Dahar).

Keep The Peace (Keeper – Peace Of Mind, by Wild Rampage) and Princess Coup (Encosta De Lago – Stoneyfell Road, by Soveriegn Red) have both completed the Desert Gold Stakes and New Zealand Oaks double in recent years.

Quintessential’s trainer John Sargent said he would either aim the filly at the New Zealand Oaks or the Brisbane winter carnival.

Fast ‘n’ Famous also earned his first Australian city winner when Bombalatomba (Fast ‘n’ Famous – Carnegie Gold, by Carnegie) claimed the Hilton Manufacturing Handicap (1400m) at Sandown.

Bombalatomba’s trainer Chris Hyland said he could give the gelding a chance in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) if he measures up in the Group 3 C S Hayes Stakes (1400m).

Stakes-winning mares help Pins to midweek treble

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Stakes-winning broodmares have combined to produce half of Waikato Stud’s winners on a successful spring Wednesday on both sides of the Tasman Sea.

Waikato Stud mainstay Pins (Snippets – No Finer, by Kaoru Star) sired three of the New Zealand operation’s four winners on Wednesday. The Group 2-winning mare Ugachaka (Danasinga – Bolshoi Star, by Three Legs) produced her second winner from three foals to race when High On Believing (Pins – Ugachaka, by Danasinga) won the Channel Seven Maiden Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

Gwenda Markwell produced a son of Listed winner Gypsy’s Daughter (Mi Preferido – Jean Gordon, by Amalgam), to win the ATC Foundation Membership Handicap (1300m) at Warwick Farm. Rolling Pin (Pins – Gypsy’s Daughter, by Mi Preferido) fetched $60,000 at the 2009 NZB Premier Yearling Sale.

“I noticed when I bought the horse over in New Zealand that he had the same birthday so I couldn’t resist,” Rolling Pin’s owner Matthew Sandblom said.

“And it looks like we’ll have a bit of fun with this horse.

“He’s a slow-maturing horse and Gwenda (trainer Markwell) has been patient with him. Hopefully it will all pay off now.”

The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old Sacred Pins (Pins – Hideaway, by Centaine) completed a treble for the prolific sire with his win in the Royal Randwick on Youtube Handicap (1200m) at Warwick Farm. Pins’s triple success took his win tally for the season to 42.

Quintessential (Fast ‘N’ Famous – Florette, by Sword Dance) completed Waikato Stud’s winning quartet with her win in the Sutherland Contracting Maiden (1400m) at Te Teko.