Kirwan’s Lane (Charm Spirit) to tackle Gold Coast feature

Last-start winner Kirwan’s Lane (NZ) (Charm Spirit) will have a freshen up before heading to Queensland for the TAB Wave (1800m) at the Gold Coast Turf Club on January 9. The son of Charm Spirit wa...

Coventina Bay gets first Group race success

Promising mare Coventina Bay (ShamExpress) added valuable black type to her burgeoning race record when she prevailed in a desperate finish to the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. The Robbie ...

INVISIBLE SPIRIT CLEAR OF RIVALS AT TRENTHAM

5 DEC 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Promising galloper Invisible Spirit made a winning return to the track when he led throughout to capture the first event at Trentham on Saturday. The Charm Spirit gelding hadn’t been seen on raceda...

HINDAAM PROVIDES MORE BLACK TYPE FOR FAMILY

14 NOV 20 | NZ RACING DESK

Well-related filly Hindaam (NZ) (Savabeel) bolstered her residual value for owners Shadwell Stud when winning the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Tom Dabernig and Be...

FLEMINGTON GROUP 3 WINNER FOR CHARM SPIRIT

NZ RACING DESK | 7 NOV 20

Four-year-old gelding Sansom has fashioned a good winning record for trainer Phillip Stokes and it continued at Flemington on Saturday when leading throughout to score in the Gr.3 Network 10 Chatha...

BACK TO BACK WINS FOR SUPREME KHAN

30 OCT 20 | WPS News

The impressive Supreme Khan made it two from two on Thursday at Ashburton, jumping up in trip to 1400 and in class held no qualms for the son of Mongolian Khan. He jumped well from the wide draw an...

FIRST TRIAL WINNER FOR TURN ME LOOSE

27 OCT 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose recorded his first trial victory as a sire when his two-year-old colt out of Group Three performer Angel del Dinero won his 800m heat at Taupo on Tuesday.  ...

Winners flowing for Mongolian Khan

5th October, 2020 New Zealand Racing News

Wagga trainer Tim Donnelly cleaned up at his local meeting on Saturday, claiming three of the six winners on the card, including the heavily backed Mongolian Brave (NZ) (Mongolian Khan), which was ...

Windsor Park-bred wins Gr.1 Trophy

19 SEP 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Hastings trainer John Bary has saddled plenty of big-race winners on home soil, but none with the shock factor of the Windsor Park bred Callsign Mav’s $82 boilover in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy...

GROUP 1 ASSIGNMENTS IN STORE FOR GERMANICUS

NZ Racing Desk | 14 Sep 20

Danica Guy couldn’t be happier with her talented galloper Germanicus (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) as the five-year-old begins a Group One programme of assignments this season at Hastings on Saturday. The ...

ONE TO WATCH!

Entered for the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas, this beautiful Savabeel filly cast off maiden status with a runaway win at Pakenham on Monday. Trained at Lindsay Park by the Hayes Dabernig team, Hind...

AUSTRALIA NO BOTHER FOR KIWI MARE

13 AUG 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Peter Setchell is having a grand old time racing handy mare Bothered in Australia.   The five-year-old daughter of ShamExpress continued her undefeated record across the Tasman when winning over 11...

OAKS WINNERS PLEASES IN RUAKAKA

05 AUG 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Shaune Ritchie was beaming after Jennifer Eccles’ 1050m trial at Ruakaka on Tuesday.   He was delighted to see last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner relax in her heat and run on well t...

LONDON EXPRESS ON WINNING FORM AT MATAMATA

01 AUG 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Talented winter galloper London Express bounced back from an unlucky run first-up at Te Rapa last month with a determined effort to score over 1200m at Matamata. The five-year-old Shamexpress mare ...

R.I.P. - Rip Van Winkle

WPS | 1 AUG 20

It is with a heavy heart that Windsor Park Stud announce the loss of their very successful sire Rip Van Winkle following a short illness. By the world’s best sire Galileo, Rip Van Winkle had just c...

CHARM SPIRIT GOES BACK-TO-BACK

31 JUL 20 | NZTM

Twelve months after being crowned New Zealand’s champion first season sire, Windsor Park shuttle stallion Charm Spirit has added a second season title to his CV. The son of Invincible Spirit sired ...

SWEET VICTORY FOR IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN WINNER

12 JUL 20 | NZ Racing Desk

An impressive victory over 900m at the Ellerslie trials last month indicated Sweet Molly Malone was a strong winning chance at the venue on Saturday and so it proved as she dashed away in the home ...

HYDROEXPRESS HEADS TRAINERS DOUBLE

5 JUL 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Trainer Gary Vile was to the fore on his home turf at Awapuni on Saturday, picking up a pair of wins from the team of six runners he had entered for the meeting. Vile was quickly on the board with ...

NEWMARKET 2YO SW FOR HOT SHOT YOUNG SIRE

26 JUN 20 | WPS

The great run of success for Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued overnight when he scored a treble of winners, including a new 2YO stakes winner at Newmarket in England.2YO filly Time Scale ...

INTERVIEW WITH MR. NIU FUDONG

17 JUN 20 | WPS

Mr. NIU Fudong was kind enough to catch up with our Asian Regional Manager - Victoria Wang on the phone for an interview. Thank you Mr. NIU Fudong for your time. Q1: 2020 has been an unusual year f...

WELCOME BACK NICK HEWSON

01 JUN 20 | WPS

Windsor Park Stud are pleased to announce the return of Nick Hewson who joins our Sales and Nominations team. Nick has most recently been involved in professional rugby but has always been passiona...

Windsor Park bids farewell to Falkirk

08 JUN 20 | WPS

Emotions stirred at Windsor Park Stud recently when their team said final goodbyes and paid tributes to their old mate and resident sire Falkirk. Succumbing to the infirmities of aging, 20 year old...

VASSILATOR SALUTES AT FLEMINGTON AGAIN

6 JUN 20 | NZ RACING DESK

The Colin Little-trained Vassilator was back in the winner’s circle when landing the VRC Heritage Handicap (1400m) under a well-timed Craig Williams ride.  The Windsor bred chestnut was successful ...

Fantastic Spirit Lands Derby Du Midi

The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained Fantastic Spirit (3 c Charm Spirit ex Fantastic Cuix by Fantastic Light) showed a good attitude to win the Derby Du Midi (Listed, 1900m) at Bordeaux Du Bouscat on Sat...

NZ OAKS WINNER MELBOURNE BOUND

18 MAY 20 | Carl Di Iorio

This year’s New Zealand Oaks winner Jennifer Eccles is likely to campaign in Melbourne during the upcoming spring carnival. New Zealand-based bloodstock agent Adrian Clark who manages syndication b...

WINDSOR PARK SIRES ON FIRE

17 MAY | BREEDNET

2019/2020 has proven to be a breakthrough season in both Australia and New Zealand for Windsor Pak Stud’s Rip Van Winkle (IRE), sire of outstanding Group I winner and Cox Plate place-getter Te Akau...

2020 SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

14 MAY 20 | WPS

Rip Van Winkle heads Windsor Park service fee announcement   2019/2020 has proven to be a breakthrough season in both Australia and New Zealand for successful sire Rip Van Winkle. An established pi...

HOOKED ON A YEARLING

15 FEB 19 | NZTBA

Pinhooking is a notoriously tough game but Windsor Park Stud’s Yearling Manager Alice Berry is doing her best to turn it into a profitable past-time. In 2018 English-born Berry owned a small sha...

WINDSOR STALLIONS SEEK GR.1 GLORY

1 MAY 20 | WPS

Windsor stallions seek Gr.1 glory   Exciting Windsor Park Stud stallion Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) seeks to add to his impressive stud CV this Saturday in the Gr. 1 Australasian O...

AUSTRALIAN TARGETS BECKON JENNIFER ECCLES

22 APR 20 | NZ RACING DESK

An Australian spring campaign is beckoning Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Jennifer Eccles.   The classy filly conquered all before her in her three-year-old term, recording four victories and...