Waikato Stud’s young sire Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) earned his 15^th individual stakes winner when Lady Kipling broke through in Saturday’s Group 2 Lady Norrie Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa.

Lady Kipling had only one placing to show from seven previous attempts to secure a stakes win. The four-year-old settled just off a smart early speed before looming into contention on the home turn.

The Murray Baker-trained Lady Kipling accelerated smartly to win the $NZ85,000 feature by a length.

“I thought she was more of a handicapper than weight-for-age but she’s certainly improved this year,” Baker told Trackside. “We’ve ridden her up on the pace a lot more and that’s helped.”

Baker paid $NZ62,500 for Lady Kipling at the Windsor Park Stud draft at the 2009 NZB Select Sale. Lady Kipling is the first stakes winner for her dam Akela (Al Akbar - Zephana, by Zephyr Bay).

Al Akbar produced a stakes winner of his own when Mydiamond Bracelet came from behind the leaders to win the Listed AG And Turf Sprint (1400m).

The Graham Richardson trainer mare just had enough in hand on the line to become the 15^th individual stakes winner for Al Akbar, who started his career at Grangewilliam Stud before moving to Golden Eagle Lodge ahead of his untimely death in 2007.

Richardson paid $NZ26,000 for Mydiamond Bracelet at the 2008 NZB Festival Yearling Sale.

Waikato Stud sires have produced a quarter of the 12-strong field for Saturday’s Group 3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni.

Leading stallion Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Luskin Star) will shoot for his fifth Australasian stakes win of the season. Kindred (Pins - Kind Return, by Zabeel) has won two of her four starts but will need to overcome Trendy (Pins - Trujillo, by Saint Bernardo), who has won twice in five attempts.

Pins’s influence extends to the race favourite, the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained Dowager Queen (Savabeel - Dower, Pins)

Dowager Queen will resume from a 37-day break after her second placing to Mosheen in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington last month.

Below is the full field for the Eulogy Stakes at Awapuni.

Zara Dancer (5 g Savabeel - Blanchard, by Kaapstad) and Adam Hyeronimus led all the way in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Frank Underwood Cup (2400m) at Canterbury. Zara Dancer was getting tired towards the finish but he had a neck advantage over Yulalona (Dubai Destination) with Scottish Border (Danewin) in third,

“It was a good ride. Jim Cassidy said to put blinkers on him and pop him straight out in front and he should just about win,” winning trainer Jim Lee said. “I’m happy for the boy as well. Every winning ride they say is a good ride but that was a ride.”

Zara Dancer is now trained bt Jim and Greg Lee following his fifth place finish in the George Main Stakes when he was trained by Bruce Wallace. “I just took over the training from Bruce and there are no credits there. He has had an opinion of the horse and the blinkers are the key to him.” Jim Lee said.

“He switched off at Hawkesbury I thought and Jim confirmed it at his next ride. That is actually why Jim was suspended as he knew that if he let up the bugger was going to pull up. I just wanted to keep him in his momentum. He’s bred to get through the wet and he did.”

Waikato Stud featured prominently in Tuesday’s racing action with a quartet of successes spread across both sides of the Tasman Sea.

Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) and O’Reilly (Last Tycoon - Courtza, by Pompeii Court) provided two legs apiece. The duo combined for a double at the Awapuni meeting in New Zealand.

Lego (O’Reilly - Legs, by Pins) took out the Knottingly Farm Maiden (1400m). Lego is the first foal of Legs (Pins - River Century, by Centaine), who was the Joint Top Filly on the 2005-06 New Zealand Free Handicap with wins in the Group 1 Kelt Capital Stakes (2040m) and New Zealand Oaks (2400m).

Legs is a half-sister to the WA-based Group 1 winner Guyno (O’Reilly - River Century, Centaine).

Trophy Head (Savabeel - Saxaphone, by Jetball) completed Waikato Stud’s Awapuni double with his win in the Tui Brewing Legends Maiden (1600m).

O’Reilly’s Gold (O’Reilly - She’s All Gold, by Prized) was O’Reilly’s second winner of the day after the four-year-old won the DHA Rural Sales Handicap (1516m) at Lismore while Karamea (Savabeel - Ballet Honours, by Honor Grades) comprehensively won the Patinack Farm Maiden Handicap (1100m) at Scone.

Hugh Bowman made it back to back wins in the Gr 1 AAMI VRC Derby (2500m) at Flemington when guiding Sangster (3 g Savabeel - Quinta Special, by Spectrum) to victory over Induna (Elusive Quality) yesterday. Producing Sangster with a big run into the straight, Sangster went clear and was then all out to hold the challenge of Induna, lasting to win by a head with Sabrage (Charge Forward) staying on well for third.

“We set this day up six months ago and for it to pay off, it’s a dream result,” said winning trainer Trent Busuttin. “It is fantastic, I cannot describe it. We bought the horse at last year’s Ready To Run Sale. Having a staying pedigree we bought him as a Derby type of horse and everything’s gone to plan and it’s great to have him here.”

“Since we set the horse for the Derby everything has gone a dream and it is just unbelievable that we have got there and done the job. We were three deep the whole way. I thought we were no hope at the 600m. Hughie said before the race that he did not want to hit the front until the 200m but he was in front at the turn.”

“I just want to thank all the people that have helped us along the way, the guys up in Sydney, blokes like Reg Elliot that have given us galloping mates, all the vets and all the farriers. All my team back home.”

“He travelled beautifully in the run, my plan was to go back worse than midfield to settle him but he jumped well and I thought we would go forward.” Bowman. “He got keen and I tried to settle him but I was really happy with where I was in the run.”

“The horse in front of me just punctured at the 600m and I did not want to come out from behind him but I had no option. He just took me into the race and I hit the front a long way from home but I had not really asked him for an effort. When he got to about 100 (metres) out he started to lose his way a bit and I was really worried because he was on his last legs.”

Westbury Stud stallion Captain Rio (Pivotal - Beloved Visitor, by Miswaki) provided the first Australasian two-year-old winner for the season when Reais (Captain Rio - Heather Mac) proved too speedy for her rivals at Wanganui.

Reais won the 92.8FM Handicap over 800 metres at Wanganui by two lengths over another filly, Hollywood Angel (Dehere - Whiffle, by Red Ransom) with Killa Question (Any Suggestion - Killa Loox, by City On A Hill) a nose away in third spot.

Meanwhile, the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained three-year-old filly Dowager Queen (Savabeel - Dower, by Pins) earned her third stakes success with a narrow win in the Listed Fordell O’Leary’s Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui.

Dowager Queen’s win provided the highlight of a quartet of winners for Waikato Stud stallions. The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Nomatamata (Savabeel - Pesce, by West Point) completed a double for Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Express, by Success Express) with his win in the Vicon Handicap (1980m) at Tatura.

A double to Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) rounded out Waikato Stud’s quadruple success. The Chris Waller-trained Thumbtacks (Pins - Anza Belle, by Centaine) produced a tough performance to win the Royal Randwick on Twitter Handicap (1600m) before Sharp Princess (Pins - She’s Snubbed, by O’Reilly) claimed the Wanganui Chronicle Handicap (1200m) at Wanganui.

Last season’s Australian champion sire Lonhro (Octagonal - Shadea, by Straight Strike) recorded his second double of the season with two winners at Wednesday’s Canterbury meeting.

Lonhro earned his first double of the season when the Darley resident produced a pair of stakes winners at the Warwick Stakes meeting on August 20.

The Anthony Cummings-trained Vader (Lonhro - Flame Of Atlanta, by Clay Hero) started the day strongly with a narrow win in the Rosehill Gardens on Facebook Handicap (1900m) at Canterbury. Peter Snowden prepared the sire’s second win of the day when Secession (Lonhro - Walnut, by Procol Harum) took out the Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Handicap (1250m).

Darley sire Domesday (Red Ransom - In The Past, by Zafonic) contributed a third winner to the operation’s success at Canterbury when Trapunto (Domesday - Quilt, by Danehill) won the TJ’s Champagne Bar Handicap (1550m).

Trapunto is a half-brother to the recent Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) winner Pinwheel (Lonhro - Quilt, by Danehill).

Meanwhile, Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) earned a midweek double with wins at Wednesday’s Ballarat and Balaklava meetings.

The Mick Price-trained Savour That (Savabeel - Forget It, by Dolphin Street) claimed the Tanya Daniels Good Guys Handicap (1400m) before Roll (Savabeel - Carmel Valley, by Last Tycoon) won the Atlas Event & Party Hire Maiden Plate (1600m) at Balaklava.

Roll is a three-quarter brother to the Group 1 winner Hill Of Grace (Zabeel - Carmel Valley, by Last Tycoon) and Renewable (Zabeel - Carmel Valley, by Last Tycoon).

Unpretentious (Stratum - Alisa Free, by Favorite Trick) became the latest promising prospect for Widden Stud sire Stratum (Redoute’s Choice - Bourgeois, by Luskin Star) with an effortless debut win at Thursday’s Sale meeting.

Unpretentious gave away experience to his opposition in the Iplex Pipelines 0-68 Handicap (1100m). A wide run on a slow track had no effect on the three-year-old, who coasted to a 2-1/2 length win over the city-performed Sharnee Rose (Nadeem - Farasha, by Jeune).

“We will take it a run at a time,” Burke said. “He is very babyish and he still has a bit of growing to do but he has got a good motor.

“We’ll take him to the city for his next start, for a Saturday maybe. He can graduate from then.”

The Mike Moroney-trained Stratocracy (Stratum - Gemstone, by Pentire) completed a double for Stratum with his win in the Australian Group Valve Handicap (1400m).

Meanwhile, Waikato Stud sires Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) and Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) combined for a double for the New Zealand operation at Sale.

Mornington trainer Jason Warren produced Won Ton Noodles (Pins - Delgatie Queen, by Spectacular Love) to win the Masterflash Maiden Plate (1200m) before Tantrum (Savabeel -Tantamount, by Last Tycoon) claimed the Plastec Handicap (1100m).

Four-year-old mare Uplifting (Pins - Saveke, by Centaine) completed a double for Pins and a treble for Waikato with her win in the Cranston Pies Maiden Plate (1600m).

The Danny O’Brien trainer mare Placement (Savabeel - Lucida, by O’Reilly) withdrew her claim as Australia’s best maiden after breaking through at Friday’s Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Placement finished third in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington last year among three stakes placings but remarkably took 18 attempts to win her first race.

Placement looked to be in trouble with 100 metres of the unsuitably short race to run but the mare lifted late to beat the plucky Birkin (Sequalo - So Chic, by Fasliyev) by a long head.

O’Brien paid $65,000 for Placement at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The mare’s win took her prizemoney to more than $200,000.

Placement’s effort provided an Australian leg to a trans-Tasman treble for Waikato Stud with the operation’s consistent sire Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) providing the other two wins.

The Jason Bridgman-trained Manny Pacuiao (Pins - Georgiana, by Nassipour) comfortably won the IRT Maiden Handicap (1300m) at Taupo before Frockstar (Pins - Nicole’s Niner, by Forty Niner), from the John Bary stable, won the Cambridge Stud Tavistock Maiden (1200m) at the same venue.

Frockstar is a half-brother to the former Singapore Horse of the Year, Currency (Spinning World - Nicole’s Niner, by Forty Niner) as well as the Melbourne city winner Sparkling Satine (O’Reilly - Nicole’s Niner, by Forty Niner).

Waikato Stud finished its trans-Tasman season in fine style with its stallions providing eight winners over the final weekend of the season.

Winning doubles to Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) and No Excuse Needed (Machiavellian - Nawaiet, by Zilzal) propelled the New Zealand operation to a quintet of successes on Saturday.

Snow Excuse (No Excuse Needed - Kirkberg, by Mighty Avalanche) provided the highlight of the weekend when the two-year-old provided No Excuse Needed with his 11^th individual stakes winner when the filly claimed the Brancott Estate - Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Saturday’s Otaki meeting.

The Danny O’Brien-trained Lopov (Savabeel - Prickle, by Pins) stamped himself as a future stakes winner with his emphatic success in the Yalumba Masters (2400m) at Caulfield.

No Excuse Needed was among the winners again on Sunday. His three-year-old son Anotherexcuse (No Excuse Needed - Kristabeba, by Kris) claimed the Laurel Function Room Maiden Plate (1736m) at Sale.

Spooked (Scaredee Cat - Beat The Fade, by Maroof) produced another victory for Waikato Stud sires when the three-year-old filly claimed the Turnbull Plumbing Maiden Plate (1008m). Noonan paid $130,000 for the daughter the Group 2 winner Beat The Fade (Maroof - Dawn Run, by Sir Tristram).

Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) gelding My Quilter (Pins - Sound Lover, by Sound Reason) completed Waikato’s eight-win weekend with his effort to take out the Quad Services Maiden Plate (1200m) on the Sunshine Coast. My Quilter is a half-brother to stakes-winning stayers Philosophe and Men At Work (both Zabeel - Sound Lover, by Sound Reason).

New Zealand operation Waikato Stud had plenty to celebrate on Thursday after its stallions produced a Trans-Tasman trio of successes.

Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) has enjoyed a terrific run in Queensland during the Brisbane winter carnival. The sire’s form extended to Rockhampton when Hampden (Savabeel - Operavega, by Stravinsky) took out the Fine Wine Partners Class 1 Handicap (1200m).

Across the Tasman, Waikato Stud sires No Excuse Needed (Machiavellian - Nawaiet, by Zilzal) and O’Reilly (Last Tycoon - Courtza, by Pompeii Court) combined for a winning double. Three-year-old filly Zumba (No Excuse Needed - Nautical, by Yachtie) took out the Connors Family Maiden Plate (1200m) before A Real Prince (O’Reilly - Ceecee Princess, by Cape Cross) proved too strong fro his older opposition in the Lennox Clan Handicap (1340m).

Meanwhile, Blue Gum Farm stallion Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) proved hard to beat in home state with a double at Thursday’s Ballarat meeting.

Leading trainer Mark Kavanagh produced Instalment (Elvstroem - Brightcut, by Octagonal) to claim the James & Son 2YO Maiden (1000m) on debut before Thou Shall Conquer ploughed through the heavy track to win the James & Son Custom Feeds Maiden (1400m).

A double to Cox Plate winner Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) has provided a foundation for a quartet of successes for Waikato Stud on Friday.

The well-related Savaging (Savabeel- Gio, by Centaine) started Waikato’s impressive day with his win in the Centrebet Handicap (2000m) at the Geelong Synthetic track.

Gio (Centaine - Celia Leigh, by Sound Reason) has thrown three stakes winners by Waikato Stud sires - Arenti (O’Reilly - Gio, by Centaine), Crepe De Chine (Pins - Gio, by Centaine) and Glam Slam (Pins - Gio, by Centaine).

The Graeme Rogerson-trained Marabeel (Savabeel - Marley Magic, by Carnegie) completed the young stallion’s double when the three-year-old took out the Rotorua Club Maiden (1200m) at Arawa Park in New Zealand.

O’Reilly (Last Tycoon - Courtza, by Pompeii Court) chimed in with a success of his own at the Sunshine Coast meeting. O’Reilly’s Gold (O’Reilly - She’s All Gold, by Prized) scored a comfortable win in the Contour Consulting Engineering Handicap (1400m).

The Mike Moroney-trained Gospel (Pins - Worship, by Irish River) completed Waikato Stud’s quarter of winners when the gelding claimed the Kawerau Cosmopolitan Club Maiden (1400m) at Arawa Park.

Waikato Stud sire Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) continues to emerge as a staying force after Tullamore (Savabeel - Trocair, by Flying Spur) took out the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm.

Carrying the colours of Caulfield Cup winner Descarado (High Chaparral - Karamea Lady, by Lord Ballina), Tullamore showed tremendous grit under pressure to outstay the odds-on favourite Glass Harmonium (Verglas - Spring Symphony, by Darshaan).

Tullamore’s strong win made him Savabeel’s ninth individual stakes winner as well as his second Brisbane feature winner in a week after Scarlett Lady (Savabeel - On Call, by Ironclad) won the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) last Saturday.

Tullamore had eight starts for Levin trainer David Haworth in New Zealand before Robbie Waterhouse purchased the gelding on behalf of his wife Gai last year. The Brisbane Cup was Tullamore’s fourth win for Waterhouse.

Meanwhile, Coolmore stallion Oratorio (Danehill - Mahrah, by Vaguely Noble) earned his third stakes win in Australia after Torio’s Quest (Oratorio (IRE) - Quest For Pleasure, by Quest For Fame) comfortably took out the Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

The win was Torio’s Quest’s second at stakes level. The Tasmanian Derby winner Mourinho (Oratorio (IRE) - Benevolent, by Generous) is the sire’s other Australian stakes winner.

Oratorio will stand for $11,000 during the 2011 breeding season.

Scarlett Lady (Savabeel) delivered a dominant performance to win yesterday’s Queensland Oaks (Gr 1) at Eagle Farm, her sixth straight win and her first at Group 1 level. Heidilicious blew the start but Scarlett Lady settled in midfield and and then came with a big sprint in the straight, forging clear to score by two and a quarter lengths over Becerra (Al Maher) with Shez Sinsational (Ekraar) a length and a half away in third place.

Scarlett Lady has now won her past six starts, four of them at stakes level, and she is the first Group 1 winner for her sire Savabeel.

“It is fantastic, that is Savabeel’s first group one win, so it is so special to us. James is very good, he is great and it was a ten out of ten ride.” co-trainer Debbie Rogerson said. “The intention was always to ride it quiet, he was going to let everybody go, he knows she has a massive turn of foot and he rode it to perfection.”

“She is lovely, she has a great attitude, she eats well, travels well, she is just a lovely, lovely filly. We will see how she goes in the next few days to see if she runs in the Derby, but we will talk to the owners about what we are going to do.”

“It’s unbelievable,” McDonald said. “She is very small but has a big heart and she just takes me to places that I don’t normally go, she is just an incredible little horse.

“We got well back in the running but I wasn’t too worried because there was a lot of speed on, they bunched up at the 600m and I got a beautiful cart into it and she did the rest. I would like to the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson, Max (Whitby) and all the family, they are awesome people and it is a great thrill.”

Owner Max Whitby also shared in the ownership of Savabeel and he paid $25,000 for Scarlett Lady at the NZ Bloodstock Ltd 2009 Premier Sale for Scarlett Lady (3 f Savabeel – On Call, by Ironclad), now the winner of six races and $456,987.

Waikato Stud’s Cox Plate-winning stallion Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) earned another stakes win when his high-class two-year-old Dowager Queen (Savabeel - Dower, by Pins) took out the Listed Rotorua Cup (1400m) at Arawa Park.

Dowager Queen took her overall record to three wins from nine starts with her latest win. The Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained filly’s win was made more remarkable by the fact the two-year-old beat older fillies and mares at weight-for-age.

Rogerson paid $50,000 for Dowager Queen at the 2010 Karaka Premier Sale. Dowager Queen’s win was Savabeel’s 12^th stakes success from eight individual stakes winners.

Rogerson also had success on the other side of the Tasman when Shootoff (Duelled - Athenri, by Zabeel) comprehensively won the Lord Mayor’s Cup (1900m) at Canterbury.

Another of Waikato Stud’s resident sires Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) enjoyed success at the Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan meetings on Saturday. The John O’Shea-trained Legsman (Pins - Snobbish, by Centaine) produced a tough performance to win the Rydges Parramatta Handicap (1900m) at Canterbury.

The Mike Moroney stable produced another successful performance from Pins’s progeny when Noble Park (Pins - Sheza Gem, by Danehill) took out the Schweppes Plate (2000m) at Flemington.

New Zealand operations Waikato Stud enjoyed a wonderful run of success on Saturday with three of its stallions producing seven winners between them, including a new stakes winner for O’Reilly (Last Tycoon - Courtza, by Pompeii Court).

O’Reilly earned his 49^th individual stakes winner when Hammer Down (O’Reilly - Our Prized Rose, by Prized) won the Group 3 Windsor Park Stud Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. O’Reilly also earned his third two-year-old victory for the season when Pussy O’Reilly (O’Reilly - Octapussy, Octagonal) took out the Cambridge Equine Hospital Maiden (1200m), also at Te Rapa.

Waikato Stud stallions quinellaed the race when Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) filly Orutan (Pins - Naturo, by Postponed) filled the second spot. Pins had his own success later in the day at Te Rapa when Aspinal (Pins - Clermont Rose, by Sound Reason) began a trans-Tasman double for the stallion in the Maneline Cambridge Handicap (1200m).

The John O’Shea-trained Glintz (Pins - Glitzy, by O’Reilly) led all the way to win the Blakes Marine Handicap (1400m) at Hawkesbury. Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) got into the act in the next race at Hawkesbury when the Gai Waterhouse-trained Tullamore (Savabeel - Trocair, by Flying Spur) took out the Richmond Club Provincial Stayers’ Final (2250m).

Scarlett Lady (Savabeel - On Call, by Ironclad) had earlier provided Savabeel with his 10^th stakes success when the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained took her winning sequence to four with her comprehensive win in the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

No Excuse Needed (Machiavellian - Nawaiet, by Zilzal) did his bit for Waikato Stud when his three-year-old son Aldebaran Star (No Excuse Needed - Hyaded, by O’Reilly) took out the Per Incanto at Little Avondale Handicap (1200m).

New Zealand operation Waikato Stud has enjoyed success on Friday with its stallions producing a trans-Tasman treble with winners at Geelong, Matamata and Muswellbrook.

Pins (Snippets - No Finer, by Kaoru Star) provided the New Zealand leg of Waikato’s treble when Ripping (Pins - Miss Tui, by Kaaptive Edition) took out the AA Auto Service & Repair Handicap (1400m). Ripping’s win was Pins’s 86th for the season in Australia and New Zealand.

Altonio (Savabeel - Shafty Lady, by Last Tycoon) began Cox Plate winner Savabeel’s (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) double with his win in the Kris Messara Class 3 Handicap (1500m) at Muswellbrook. The promising Mick Price-trained Guadalcanal (Savabeel - Deautche Express) provided the second leg of the sire’s double with his success in the Jacobs Creek Handicap (2000m) on the Geelong Synthetic track.

Waikato Stud has set Pins’s fee at $NZ40,000 (plus GST) for the 2011 while breeders will pay $NZ20,000 (plus GST) to have Savabeel serve their mares.

Waikato Stud released its 2011 fees yesterday with Group 1 sires O’Reilly and Pins heading the roster.

“The big thing for us is to offer breeders the opportunity to breed the best racehorses that they can and at good value,” Waikato Stud’s Owner/General Manager, Mark Chittick said yesterday. “For us to be able to play a part in the likes of Pat Lowry breeding the Hong Kong Derby winner Ambitious Dragon or with Vern Trillo and his incredible filly Shamrocker, it is just massive!”

Waikato Stud co-owner Garry Chittick is also understandably proud of the sire roster’s consistent record achieved. “Waikato is very fortunate in that it’s able to provide a stallion line-up that offers breeders a consistently proven record,” he said.

“O’Reilly’s ability to produce horses that perform at the highest level annually confirms his 7.1% stakes winners-to-runners figure and he gives breeders a real opportunity to breed that elite horse.

“Then as for Pins, what can you say. He had his 38th individual stakes winner on Saturday and counts the likes of Ambitious Dragon, Katie Lee, El Segundo and Legs amongst his Gr.1 stand outs. Like O’Reilly, his ability to get a topliners is confirmed by an encouraging stakes winners-to-runners figure of 7.4%.”

“As for Paco Boy, he very much embodies the stud’s long held policy of securing stallions that are outstanding milers, who possess a real turn of foot when called upon. We welcome people to come out and have a look at Paco Boy, who I have to say has us very much looking forward to the 2011/12 season.”

Of this season ahead, Mark enthuses, “There is no doubt that the worldwide success of the New Zealand-bred horse bodes well for the future,”

“Waikato has a strict criteria for its stallions and the results have been seen year-in/year out. When you team this with the likelihood of a demand/supply gap ahead, it really does make now an ideal time for people to breed.”

Pins

Waikato Stud’s 2011 Stud Fees:

O’Reilly $50,000 +GST, LFG

Pins $40,000 + GST, LFG

Savabeel $20,000 + GST, LFG

Paco Boy $12,500 + GST, LFG

Fast‘N’Famous $8000 + GST, LFG

No Excuse Needed $8000 + GST, LFG

Rios $5000 + GST, LFG

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