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Stakes targets looming for Imwonderfultonight
25 OCTOBER 2023, Joshua Smith LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
Stakes targets are looming for the Windsor Park Stud co-owned racemare Imwonderfultonight following her win in the Karl Davis Team Bayleys – A Sure Bet 1100 at Te Rapa on Saturday. The victory ext...
Trobriand on top at Riccarton
30 SEPTEMBER 2023, Kevin Robertson, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
Classy customer Trobriand (Kermadec) defied a late drift in betting to run out a worthy winner of the Rangiora New World Guineas Trial (1400m) at Riccarton. Carrying the familiar tangerine and blue...
More spring Group One gold for Mustang Valley
30 SEPTEMBER 2023, Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
A year on from a breakthrough spring campaign that announced her arrival on the Group One stage, Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh) did it again in the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Satu...
Multiple Group One winner leads Windsor Park charge
2 OCTOBER, 2023 Paul Vettise, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
Top quality mare Mustang Valley spearheaded a lucrative and satisfying stellar Saturday for Windsor Park Stud. The dominant Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) winner was bred by the Cambridge nurse...
Valentine too strong at Matamata
21 SEPTEMBER, 2023 NZ RACING DESK
There was plenty of hype surrounding Valentine (Turn Me Loose) at Matamata on Wednesday, with the three-year-old gelding backed into $2.30 favouritism for the Clothier Farms (1200m), and he duly de...
Mustang Valley on track for Group One assignments
16 SEPTEMBER 2023, NZ RACING DESK
Class mare Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh) proved a cut above her rivals at New Plymouth on Saturday as she relished the surface on offer to race clear in the feature flat event, the Seaton Park Open (14...
Unbeaten Globe to be aimed at Cox Plate
1 AUG 2023, NZ RACING DESK
Trainer Mick Price intends to chance his arm over spring with his undefeated galloper Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit), with the goal of a start in the Cox Plate at The Valley. Price is eyeing off a start...
Ancient Girl firing from new quarters
3 JULY, 2023 NZ RACING DESK
Four-year-old mare Ancient Girl (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) has maintained her perfect record since joining the stable of Steve O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted with a determined victory at the Sunshine Coast on...
Royal Ascot 2023
23 JUNE, 2023 RACENEWS
Congratulations to Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock, whose agency purchased 2023 Gr.1 Royal Ascot Gold Cup winner COURAGE MON AMI and Gr.1 Royal Ascot King's Stand Stakes winner BRADSELL and t...
Wessex promises another strong stakes performance
21 JUNE, 2023 RACENEWS
Quality filly Wessex (Turn Me Loose) will again take on older opposition on Saturday in a bid to add to her black-type record and she is in prime order for youth to again triumph over experience. T...
Flying Forsman filly strikes gold at Rotorua
13 MAY 2023, NZ RACING DESK
Free-going three-year-old filly Wessex (Turn Me Loose) proved too swift for her older rivals in Saturday’s Gr.3 Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) as she secured a dominant front-running victory. Rider Koz...
Profondo’s book closed
Following an outstanding response from breeders, Windsor Park Stud has closed the book to Deep Impact’s recently retired Group One winning son Profondo. “The Deep Impact sireline has been triumphan...
Profondo service fee confirmed
27 MARCH 2023, RACENEWS
Deep Impact’s much admired, Gr.1 winning son Profondo has arrived and settled in well at Windsor Park Stud, Cambridge, in advance of his first season at stud this year. The $1.9 million sales toppi...
New stallion for 2023 - Profondo a major coup for the NZ breeding industry
14 MARCH, 2023 RACENEWS
In a major development for the New Zealand breeding industry sensationally bred and performed, Group One winning racehorse PROFONDO has been secured for stud duties by a partnership headed by Winds...
New Group winner for Turn Me Loose - Loosespender wins the Waikato Guineas
3 FEBRUARY, 2023 NZ RACING DESK
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote now has a Derby prospect on his hands following the success of his lightly tried three-year-old Loosespender (Turn Me Loose) in the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas at ...
Windsor Park well-represented in Karaka Million
19 JANUARY, 2023 NZ RACING DESK
The Karaka Million twilight meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday is gearing up to being a potentially lucrative night for Windsor Park Stud, with the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery well-represented in t...
LOT 39 KARAKA 2023
4 JANUARY 2023
TROBRIAND's half brother LOT 39 - click here to view pedigree KARAKA JANUARY 29, 2023 – Day 1 by RUSSIAN REVOLUTION watch TROBRIAND in action here Unbeaten Group winning 2YO Leading qualifie...
Turn Me Loose gets down to business
4 JANUARY 2023, RACENEWS
A treble of impressive winners yesterday for exciting young sire Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) were headed by a Mark Walker-trained double at Matamata. It’s Business Time is raced by a syndicate which in...
Windsor Park-bred Trobriand retains unbeaten record in Eclipse Stakes
1 JANUARY 2023, NZ RACING DESK
A convincing victory in the first stakes race on the card at Te Rapa has provided rider Opie Bosson with a tough decision leading into the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this...
Zola Express blitzes Boxing Day rivals at Otaki
26 DECEMBER, 2022 RACENEWS
Gr.2 winning ShamExpress mare Zola Express returned to her Autumn form in emphatic style at Otaki yesterday when producing a dominant last to first winning performance. Trained by Janelle Millar at...
Wild Night declares game on for Karaka 3YO Classic
26 DECEMBER, 2022 NZ RACING DESK
Barely thirty minutes after unbeaten three-year-old filly Legarto put her hand up to start favourite in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) next month with victory in the Gr.2 ATR Eight Carat Cl...
Christmas comes early for Karaka Million bound stars
13 DECEMBER, 2022 RACENEWS
Three Year Old Wild Night (Vanbrugh) and Two Year Old Trobriand (Kermadec), both from the stable of Te Akau Racing and both yearling graduates of Windsor Park Stud, returned to the racetrack in emp...
Kirwan’s Lane heads Kiwi trifecta in Ingham
10 DECEMBER 2022, NZ RACING DESK
New Zealand-breds dominated the inaugural running of the revamped A$2 million Gr.2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday, with an all-Kiwi trifecta headed by a pair of John O’Shea-trained stab...
Vardani rediscovers winning form
4 DECEMBER 2022, RACING.COM
Vardani on his way to winning the 2022 Werribee Cup. (Image: Racing Photos) Jockey Declan Bates seized his opportunity with a smart ride on Vardani (Charm Spirit) to take out Sunday’s $125,000 Wer...
JERICHO CUP WINNER FOR NZ BRED
NZ Racing Desk | 28 NOV 22
Bastida, who led home a New Zealand-bred trifecta in the Jericho Cup, beating home Botti and Epizeel. Bastida was born at Windsor Park and had his early years here before he was bought by Sargent o...
ZOLA EXPRESS TO CONTEST GR.1 CAPTAIN COOK STAKES
A lengthy round trip to Woodville this week successfully served a dual purpose in Janelle Millar’s countdown to a top-flight target with her talented mare Zola Express. The New Plymouth trainer top...
From a Princess to a Queen
21 NOVEMBER, 2022 RACENEWS
Windsor Park operations manager Rachel Murray has more cause for celebration following the gallant run of her racemare Express Princess (ShamExpress) in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Sta...
TURN ME LOOSE - NZ's LEADING SIRE AT THE NZB RTR SALE
Exciting young stallion Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) was in hot demand at this week’s Karaka Ready to Run sale of Two Year Olds. With successful racehorses in our main export markets of Hong Kong and A...
INTERNATIONALS STRIKE EARLY AT KARAKA
16 NOV 22 | NZ Racing Desk
The international buying bench made their presence felt early on day one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready To Run Sale. They bought eight of the first 10 lots sold, including lot 19, the Tur...
EXPRESS PRINCESS BACK IN WINNERS CIRCLE
14 NOV 22 | Racing News
We celebrated a special win for our Operations Manager Rachel Murray on Saturday as her mare EXPRESS PRINCESS won the Open 1400 at Tauranga. By ShamExpress out of the Thorn Park mare, Stalectite, ...
