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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...

CHARITY TIPPING COMPETITION
20 APR 20 | NZ RACING DESK
The charity tipping competition that we ran on Saturday 18th April has raised $27,145 for charity. KidsCan and the Starship Foundation are the beneficiaries, with the money raised split between t...
TE AKAU SHARK CLEARED FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH
7 APR 20 | NZ RACING DESK
Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has been cleared to take on international stars Danon Premium (Deep Impact) and Addeybb (Pivotal) in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) after an injury scar...

ZEWBROWSKI BRIGHTENS WINDSOR PARK BUBBLE
5 APR 20 | NZ RACING DESK
A stirring performance from promising three-year-old Zebrowksi in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m), at just his sixth career start, has lifted the spirits of the team currently in lockdown ...

THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE
22 MAR 20 | TDN
Forced into retreat by injury in 2010, Coolmore’s one-time powerhouse Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}–Looking Back, by Stravinsky) has only just begun to show signs of stirring in his residence...

EMBRACE ME AIMING TO SOCIAL DISTANCE GROUP ONE RIVALS
19 MAR 2020 | NZ Racing Desk
Flemington trainer Danny O’Brien is hoping four-year-old mare Embrace Me can make an impact at Group One level at her favourite circuit, Moonee Valley, on Friday night. The daughter of Shamexpres...

MEET GINA SCHICK
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STOCKS ON THE RISE
17 MAR | WPS NEWS
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...

Jennifer Eccles (NZ) Completes Runaway NZB Filly of the Year Series Win
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...

Group One classic success for brilliant Jennifer Eccles
14 MARCH 2020, NZ RACING DESK
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...

Mates over the moon with Melbourne result
10 March, 2020 NZTBA
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 ...