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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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

AUSTRALIAN CAMPAIGN FOR SCORPZ

9 MAR | NZ RACING DESK


Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is pleased with the manner in which talented three-year-old Scorpz has bounced back from his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) exertions, with the son of Charm Spirit s...

Big Day for NZ as Rip Van Winkle's Te Akau Shark Claims the Chipping Norton Stakes

1 March, 2019 BREEDNET


Shortly after trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson teamed up to win the Group 1 Surround Stakes with Probabeel (Savabeel), the New Zealand duo were at it again when giving the locals a blo...

Rip Van Winkle filly dashes to Oaks favouritism

28th FEBRUARY, 2020 RACENEWS


Delivering her trademark brilliant acceleration, top class 3YO filly Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) secured clear favouritism for the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks at Trentham next month with an emphatic...

Derby charmers have the spirit

28th FEBRUARY, 2020 RACENEWS


Boom young sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) will be represented by three first-crop runners in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby at Ellerslie this Saturday. The son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert...