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16 JAN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Continuing the northern hemisphere trend, strong international demand for the first yearlings by Invincible Spirit’s triple Gr.1 winning son Charm Spirit was confirmed at the Magic Millions Gold Co...

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08 JAN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Race-caller Tony Lee succinctly summed up the performance of Listed Gallagher Marton Cup (2100m) winner Seraphim (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) when he exclaimed “she just keeps on raising the bar” shortly ...

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21 JAN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Lot 355 in Book 1 at Karaka next week is sure to attract considerable interest following the impressive winning performance at Trentham yesterday of her half-brother, ‘boom’ three-year-old Jasd. Ja...

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22 JAN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Rising star Pingwu Spark (Mastercraftsman) took his prizemoney earnings past NZ$1 million at Sha Tin yesterday when becoming the first horse in Hong Kong to win five races this season. The heaviest...

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05 FEB 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Group One sire Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) produced his twenty-first stakes winner at the weekend when promising stayer Pendleton delivered an impressive performance to land the Dunedin Gold Cup over ...

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10 FEB 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Explosive pace earned Shamexpress Group One sprinting honours in Australia and shades of that were on show at Riccarton on Saturday when the Windsor Park Stud resident sired his first winner from h...

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11 MAR 2018 | BY RACING NEWS

Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are likely to be scouring Australian racing programmes for Saint Emilion following the grand front-runner’s success at Ellerslie. The Cambridge trainers will be seri...

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12 MAR 2018 | BY RACE NEWS

The first of the farm's stallions to get the ball rolling was Falkirk when his brilliant son Amazing Kids captured the night's premier event, the $2,500,000 Singapore Turf Club Trophy over 1200m. T...

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12 MAR 2018 | BY HKJC

Jockey Brett Prebble put himself into rare company when he became just the third rider in Hong Kong history to reach 800 winners after taking Sunday’s feature at Sha Tin, the Class 1 Singapore Turf...

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26 MAR 2018 |

Jockey Damian Lane has rebounded straight away to win the Manion Cup at Rosehill on Master Of Arts after being dislodged at the start of the previous race. Lane steered the Darren Weir-trained Mast...

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26 MAR 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Matamata trainer Danica Guy believes her promising three-year-old Sunburst has a bright future ahead of her after she delivered in style on her home track on Saturday. The Mastercraftsman filly had...

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06 APR 2018 |

Speedy southern two-year-old Xpressmymind will be on trial next time out for a stakes assignment. The filly will step out on her home track at Riccarton on April 21 and another bold showing could s...

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13 APR 2018 | BY THE INFORMANT NZ

A new partnership made the perfect start at Rotorua today. The early celebration was prompted by Van Irving’s debut victory in the hands of Danielle Johnson in the Motion Entertainment 2YO. “It was...

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13 APR 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

The Brisbane winter carnival is on the cards for talented three-year-old filly Prom Queen, but she will need to perform well in her next two New Zealand starts to book her ticket. Her first assignm...

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13 APR 2018 |

Four of this Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Oaks fillies are by former Windsor Park sire MASTERCRAFTSMAN. Last weekend’s Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes winner; Luvaluva was chased home by Chilly Cha Cha who f...

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27 APR 2018 | BY BREEDNET

Victorian trainer Colin Little's bargain purchase of Vassilator (NZ) (Zacinto) at the 2017 Select Sale at Karaka was richly rewarded on Wednesday when the colt won the A$120,000 Listed Anzac Day St...

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29 APR 2018 | BY MARK SMITH, BREEDNET

Windsor Park owned and bred Kingsguard (Rip Van Winkle) gave Hawkes Racing a stakes double at Hawkesbury on Saturday when he edged passed Ecuador to land his first stakes success in the $200,000 Gr...

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29 APR 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Former New Zealand galloper Kingsguard delivered on his undoubted promise for his patient connections when he raced away with the Gr.3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) on Saturday. Co-bred and raced by ...

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30 APR 2018 | BY BRIAN DE LORE

Windsor Park Stud boss Rodney Schick says now’s the time for breeders to reenter the market and John Messara is the medicine needed for a resurgence of the racing and breeding industries.  “Messara...

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04 MAY 2018 | BY LUKE SHEEHAN

Click to watch the DECRON DUNROE 2018 WINNER in action!!

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04 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Photo: Darryl Sherer A pair of former New Zealand-trained gallopers fought out one of the most stirring finishes from the first two days of the Warrnambool carnival when The Dominator prevailed nar...

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09 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

The well-related Cyber Attack showed the benefit of a spell when he made the perfect return at Te Awamutu. Put aside after two summer outings, the Shamexpress two-year-old resumed in fine style in ...

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Express moving fast 14 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The momentum is all one direction – upwards - for exciting young stallion ShamExpress (O’Reilly). The Gr.1 winning Australian sprinter sired his second winner for the week on Saturday when London E...

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14 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Jockey Hayley Turner gained her biggest victory since coming out of retirement with a power-packed ride on Ripp Orf (Rip Van Winkle) to win the time honored £105,000 Victoria Cup at Ascot. The form...

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15 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Windsor Park's promising freshman shuttle sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) is on the board with his first winner after two-year-old filly Diviner bolted in at Wolverhampton in the UK overnight...

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16 MAY 2018 |

Windsor Park are proud to sponsor Off The Track and their feature on Kaipaki boy James McDonald on his return to the saddle.  Click on the image below to watch James's interview. Image courtesy of...

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17 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Only three days since siring his initial first-crop 2YO winner, Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) has struck again with his son Charming Kid scoring impressively on debut at the York Dante Festival ...

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19 MAY 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) is wasting no time in kick starting his stud career, posting his third Northern Hemisphere winner overnight with a debut victory at Newbury for two year-old...

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21 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Kenny Rae’s Queensland fortunes have turned around after a rocky start to the carnival. The Ruakaka horseman’s spirits were significantly boosted on Saturday at Doomben, where his multiple stakes-w...

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24 MAY 2018 |

Youngster makes own luck at Hastings  Smart colt Qiji Express turned his fortunes around at Hawke’s Bay with a commanding front-running performance to open his account. The son of Shamexpress worke...

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26 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park Stud stallion Shamexpress is on a roll, with two-year-old filly Embrace Me becoming the fifth winner from the stallion’s first crop when dominating her rivals over 1115m at Werribee on...

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27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Mastercraftsman (Danehill Dancer) filly Alpha Centauri looked a star on the rise following her success in yesterday’s Gr.1 Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh. The three-year-old filly came from mid ...

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27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The prize money on offer for young stayers was the catalyst for Byerley Park trainer Paul Richards to take Mazzuro (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) to Victoria. The trip paid dividends at Sandown on Saturday ...

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27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The hot run of form by champion racehorse Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) continued in France overnight where his son Almorox was successful in the Listed Grand Prix De Bordeaux. Almorox proved too strong...

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27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Bastia (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has provided trainer Kris Lees with some consolation after promising colt Graff (Star Witness) was a late scratching from the Gr.2 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1350m) at Doom...

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28 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A quartet of weekend winners, including black-type success, continued a great season for young international sire Rip Van Winkle (Galileo). An impressive Melbourne/Sydney double on Saturday by Rip ...

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28 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Apart from back-to-back Horse Of The Year Mongolian Khan, no racehorse in history has ever won both the three-year-old Gr.1 Australian and Gr.1 New Zealand Derby classics together with the Gr.1 Cau...

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03 JUN 2018 | BY THEINFORMANT

In a blockbuster result for Shamexpress, London Express finished over the top of Qiji Express to win the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes at Wanganui this afternoon. The young Wind...

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05 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

In a blockbuster result at the weekend, leading freshman sire ShamExpress produced a superb black-type quinella with London Express defeating Qiji Express in the Listed Castletown Stakes. "For him ...

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16 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A good week for Charm Spirit just got better with Invincible Spirit’s triple Gr.1 winning son siring his fourth individual first-crop 2YO winner at Sandown Park in England. Following on from Charm ...

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18 JUN 2018 | BY TARA MADGWICK, BREEDNET

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) added another winner to his tally with a Sandown success overnight in the UK for two year-old colt Oberyn Martell. Having his second start, Oberyn Martell s...

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19 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Multiple stakes-winning filly Prom Queen is raring to go for Saturday’s Singapore Airlines QTIS three-year-old Plate (1350m) at Doomben according to co-trainer Kenny Rae. It will be the third and f...

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24 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A great season keeps on rolling for Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) whose smart open class daughter Sleeping Beauty looked another black type winner in waiting for her sire when scoring an easy win in the...

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25 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

New Zealand-bred Group One prospect Vassilator is back in work at Caulfield with trainer Colin Little. The son of Zacinto won the Listed Anzac Stakes and an A$100,000 race in May, both at Flemingto...

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26 JUN 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM.AU

Ben Ropiha's aim of sending 2YO Ripnroll (Rip Van Winkle) to the paddock as a winner was fulfilled at Te Aroha. The Cambridge trainer's plan was perfectly executed on Sunday when the promising youn...

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Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired a winning double in the UK overnight with Oberyn Martell scoring his second victory from just three starts, while Forseti opened his acc...

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28 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park Stud shuttle stallion Charm Spirit is off to a good start at stud, siring his fifth individual juvenile winner at Salisbury on Wednesday. Two-year-old colt Foresti won the Whitsbury Ma...

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01 JUL 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Good things come to those who wait and that certainly played true on the weekend when promising four-year-old Fogarty Fegen (Falkirk) made his way back to the winner’s enclosure at Hastings. Unsigh...

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02 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Freshman sires ShamExpress (O’Reilly) and Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) who both stand at Windsor Park Stud continue to make a deep impression with an ever-increasing list of first-crop winners....

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03 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Windsor Park’s Leading Freshman Sire ShamExpress (O’Reilly) got on the board in Singapore on Sunday evening when his juvenile son Mr Hooper (2 g ex Kate’s Talent by Montjeu) showed great fighting q...

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03 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired three new winners last week, taking his overall tally of first crop victors in Europe to seven. The first of the week was Forseti (2 c e...

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06 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his eighth European first crop 2YO winner and first in Ireland, when Bailly won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden impressively overnight. Bailly - Charm S...

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07 JUL 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK.

Tony Pike is keeping his stakes options open with Cyber Attack (ShamExpress). The Cambridge trainer will monitor the youngster’s progress and the weather before he decides which challenge he sets t...

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08 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his ninth European first crop 2YO winner and second in Ireland, when Chicago May provided her hot young sire with another impressive debutante winner overnigh...

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15 JUL 2018 | BY PETER SCARGILL, RACING POST

Windsor Park's former shuttle sire Mastercraftsman's daughter Alpha Centauri sent chills down the spines of those watching as she produced a dazzling performance in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at N...

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19 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Fulminate, a Juddmonte Farm-bred and owned Charm Spirit filly made an ultra-impressive winning debut at Fairyhouse in Ireland overnight to become her hot young sire’s 10th individual winner for the...

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23 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Rip Van Winkle’s daughter Naantali has shown she’s not just a wet-track performer breaking through for her maiden city win on firm ground at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old had ...

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28 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) filly Bailly continued on her winning way in the Magners Irish Cider 2YO Race at Down Royal in Ireland overnight. Highly regarded by her connections, Bailly has now...

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31 JUL 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

New Plymouth filly London Express will be out to start the new season the way she ended her 2017-18 campaign. The daughter of Shamexpress took her record to two wins and two placings from four star...

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05 AUG 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Though giving away raceday experience to his rivals, highly regarded Shamexpress 3YO Tiny Terror displayed a good level of professionalism when overcoming an interrupted passage to gain the decisio...

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05 AUG 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Exciting Melbourne racemare Naantali (Rip Van Winkle) underlined her progression towards higher honours for the new training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace when scoring impressively ...

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07 AUG 2018 | BY TARA MADGWICK

Exciting young Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) added a 12th winner to this tally in the UK overnight with a resounding victory at Windsor for Lively Lydia. Trained by Eve Joh...

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14 AUG 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Mastercraftsman’s outstanding daughter Alpha Centauri has won a fourth consecutive Group One race, claiming an impressive victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville. The Jessica Harrington-...

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14 AUG 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

The Gay Robinson-trained Finbarr justified some inspired support when he produced a brave effort to take out the Millennium Hotels & Resorts Premier Open (1400m) at Riccarton. Backed into race-...

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7 AUG 2018 | BY NZTR

Tonight’s recipient of the NZTR award for outstanding contribution to racing began with a dream and became a master of his craft. This outstanding horseman took over his first studfarm at the age o...

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29 AUG 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The first of the new seasons 2YO trials were conducted at Te Teko yesterday with a colt from Charm Spirit’s (Invincible Spirit) first southern hemisphere crop leading his trial field home for Cambr...

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02 SEP 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Exciting four-year-old Te Akau Shark (Rip Van Winkle) put his future spring rivals on notice with a stunning return to the racetrack at Hastings yesterday. The showy chestnut had been off the scene...

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03 SEP 2018 |

Review of Racing Industry Racing Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters released the ‘Review of the New Zealand Racing Industry’ by Australian expert John Messara at a public meeting in Hamilton this eveni...

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06 SEP 2018 | BY QUEENSLAND RACING

Renown trainer Brian Smith picked up the expenses for an Hawaiian holiday when Belle Roc made it back-to-back wins at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.  Belle Roc, having only her fourth start, power...

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06 SEP 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM

The first black-type prize of the Hastings Spring Carnival is heading back to Cambridge after the Tony Pike trained Cyber Attack (ShamExpress) claimed the Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) on S...

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06 SEP 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Darren Weir has trained more than 3500 winners but landed a career-first when Mrs Gardenia and Bellaria dead-heated at Caulfield on Saturday. The Weir-trained pair shared the spoils in Saturday's H...

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07 SEP 2018 | BY RACENEWS

An incredible week of success continued for hot young Windsor Park Stud shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) when he sired his first stakes-winner overnight in England with progressive filly Y...

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08 SEP 2018 | BY ANZ NEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued his rich vein of form yesterday, after the John McConnell-trained Rockview Spirit (2 f ex Deraaya by Mujahid) ran out a brave winner of the Irish Stallion...

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19 SEP 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park-bred speed machine Prom Queen was back doing what she does best when she scorched her rivals over 1200m at Ruakaka on the weekend. The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro trained mare ...

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24 SEP 2018 | BY NZTM

The old saying that ‘form is temporary but class is permanent’ couldn’t have rung truer after Windsor Park-bred Debt Collector (Thorn Park) came from nowhere to land the $1 million Gr.1 Raffles Cup...

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28 SEP 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) colt Kick On looked an exciting prospect for the future when scoring a smooth victory at Newmarket yesterday in a strong renewal of the Bonhams 2YO Stakes over 1600...

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02 OCT 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The stocks of hot young first season sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued on an upward trajectory when Epistrophy became her sires 19th individual winner for the season at Chantilly in P...

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04 OCT 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The stocks of hot young first season sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued on an upward trajectory when True Hero became her sires 20th individual 2YO winner for the season in England yes...

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08 OCT 2018 | BY RICHARD EDMUNDS, THE INFORMANT

After a breath-taking performance on the opening day five weeks ago, Rip Van Winkle’s son Te Akau Shark returned to Hastings Saturday and book-ended the Hawke’s Bay carnival with something even bet...

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09 OCT 2018 |

Utzon is one filly who won't be missed when she makes her racetrack debut and after winning a Cranbourne trial impressively on Monday morning, she's already set tongues wagging. The white two-year-...

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12 OCT 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM.AU

In a week where the Opera House has been the centre of much hysteria and controversy, the timing couldn't be better for a good opera house story – one about The Opera House, the horse, and her whit...

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12 OCT 2018 | BY ANZ BLOODSTOCKNEWS

British trainer Roger Varian struck the winning bid of 850,000gns for the three-parts brother to Windsor Park’s Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) during the third session of Book 1 of the Tattersalls Octobe...

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16 OCT 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM.AU

A 2YO son of Shamexpress topped today's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale when selling to Waterford Bloodstock for $320,000. Krit Chittaseni teamed up with Waterford Bloodstock to sec...

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22 OCT 2018 | BY MICHAEL LEE, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB

Champion Windsor Park-bred galloper and Horse Of The Year Debt Collector (Thorn Park) left no doubt in anybody’s mind who is currently the middle-distance kingpin in Singapore after he raced away t...

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24 OCT 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Leading young sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) enjoyed further success at the weekend in Europe when taking his tally of first-crop individual 2YO winners to 23, placing him just two behind di...

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14 NOV 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Te Akau Shark maintained his status as New Zealand’s most exciting galloper, producing a stunning finishing burst to land the Gr.2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday.  Settl...

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18 NOV 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Just twelve months ago rider Sam Spratt was the toast of Riccarton after securing her first New Zealand Cup (3200m) with a daring front-running ride on outsider Gobstopper. Fast forward to the 2018...

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Triple Group One winner Turn Me Loose, one of Australasia’s fastest and toughest milers, has been secured by Windsor Park Stud to stand at their Cambridge-based nursery this spring. Windsor Park ...

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Street Cry's imposing son Rageese, owned in partnership with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, finished second in the Gr.1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick as a 2YO to Pride Of Dubai (...

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12 MAY 2017 | BY WINDSOR PARK STUD

Following last weeks announcement that champion galloper Turn Me Loose will join Windsor Park Stud's 2017 roster, the stud has confirmed their Group One performed Australian entires Vanbrugh and Ra...

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08 MAY 2017 | BY WINDSOR PARK STUD

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11 MAY 2017 | BY WINDSOR PARK STUD

Triple Group One winner Turn Me Loose, one of Australasia’s fastest and toughest milers, has been secured by Windsor Park Stud to stand at their Cambridge-based nursery this spring. Windsor Park st...

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29 JUN 2017 | BY JOHN RICHARDSON, THE INFORMANT

The phrase “timing is everything” is a truism not only in life in general, but also in all sports, and none more so than in the breeding game. There is not a shadow of doubt that Windsor Park Stud ...

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A debut winning 2YO at Randwick Vanbrugh completed a hatrick of wins early in his 3YO season including the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes prior to a dominant victory in the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes. Thi...

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22 MAY 2017 | BY WINDSOR PARK STUD

The Chris Waller-trained Vanbrugh has been retired from racing after being scratched from his raceday finale in Saturday’s Group One Doomben Cup due to the prevailing heavy track conditions. The Gr...

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History making Champion to stand at Windsor Park Mongolian Khan, the first horse in history to win ATC Australian Derby, New Zealand Derby and Caulfield Cup has been secured by Windsor Park Stud an...

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13 JUN 2016 | BY RACINGANDSPORTS.COM.AU

Mongolian Khan’s first book of mares will include a number of Australian-sourced consorts. The four-year-old will stand at Windsor Park Stud in 2016 in a partnership comprising the Cambridge farm a...

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08 AUG 2016 | BY NZTM

A further accolade has been bestowed on Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor) as the multiple Group One winner prepares for the second stage of his career. Now resident at Windsor Park Stud in Cambri...

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11 OCT 2016 | BY RACENEWS

No more appropriate mating could have transpired in the week of this year’s Caulfield Cup than that of dual Horse Of The Year and last year’s Caulfield Cup hero Mongolian Khan with champion racemar...

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14 AUG 2017 | BY RACENEWS

The first foal sired by twice Horse Of The Year Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor), arrived on schedule Saturday evening at Windsor Park Stud, where the champion galloper stands at stud. The attra...

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Major coup for the New Zealand breeding industry

The winner of three successive Gr.1 races at his last three starts including the Ascot Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Charm Spirit, highest earning son of boom sire Invincible Spirit, has been secured ...

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Rodney & Nelson Schick inspecting ShamExpress

Brilliant Australian sprinter ShamExpress, the fastest son of outstanding sire O’Reilly, has been secured for a syndicate headed by Windsor Park Stud and will commence stud duties at the renowned...

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Windsor Park Stud are delighted to announce that in association with Coolmore Stud Ireland, they will stand world champion miler Rip Van Winkle for the 2011 southern hemisphere breeding season. Rip...

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20 MAR 2019 | BY RACING.COM | ANDREW EDDY

Melbourne's final Group 1 of the season will feature a trio of three-year-olds up against the older sprinters in Friday night's William Reid Stakes after the connections of in-form filly Embrace Me...

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24 FEB 2019 | BY THE INFORMANT | RICHARD EDMUNDS

A long-range plan came to fruition when Aretha (Charm Spirit) returned from the sidelines for a $15 upset victory in Saturday’s Gr. 2 J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders’ Stakes. Bred and raced by...

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01 APR 2019 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Kingsguard made a successful return to his homeland with a gritty victory over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Rip Van Winkle six-year-old commenced his career in New Zealand under the name His...

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10 APR | BY RACENEWS

Highly talented racemare Naantali (Rip Van Winkle) confirmed her excellent recent race form in Group company when securing an important black type success in the Listed MRC Anniversary Vase in Melb...

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3 APR 2019 | BRIAN MILLER, THE NEWPAPER

What we saw on Sunday at Kranji was an assassin at work. Cool, calm, cunning and deadly. That was Debt Collector (Thorn Park), the Windsor Park-bred champion who claimed the Gr.2 S$500,000 Chairman...

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08 APR | MICHAEL LEE, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB

Champion Windsor Park-bred galloper Debt Collector (Thorn Park) was equal to the task in the S$500,000 Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Kranji on Sunday but did not fail in his reputation for s...

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17 APRIL 2019 | RACENEWS

Leading first season sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) has struck early in the new European flat season with a stakes-winning 3YO this week at the prestigious Craven Stakes meeting at Newmarket...

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23 APR 2019

Locally trained mare Lil Miss Swiss (Rip Van Winkle) added an all-important black-type victory to her resume when storming home to defeat hot favourite Orepuki Lad (Raise The Flag) in the shadows o...

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26th APRIL 2019

Ruakaka galloper Diva Express (ShamExpress) proved too swift for her two-year-old rivals when she took out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m) at Avondale on Thursday. Prepared by Ken Rae a...

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28th APRIL 2019, NZ RACING DESK

Trainer Tony Pike unleashed another eye-catching youngster from his Cambridge-based team when two-year-old filly Subpoena (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) delivered a winning performance on debut at Te Rapa o...

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06 MAY, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

The Schick family’s Windsor Park Stud, in Cambridge, has announced the stud fees for its seven-strong stallion roster headed by triple Group One winner Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) at $18,000+G...

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Consistent mare Sleeping Beauty (Rip Van Winkle) finally got the major race win she deserved when she took out the Group III ISCL Rotorua Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew...

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Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will be hoping third time’s a charm for their talented three-year-old Savvy Oak when he lines up in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at ...

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7 JUNE, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

Trainer Tony Pike believes he has found the recipe for three-year-old success in Queensland and he will begin to follow that formula at Eagle Farm on Saturday when Cyber Attack contests the Listed ...

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19 MAR 2019

Leading Freshman Sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued his hot run of success in Europe with a hat trick of winners in England overnight at 1400m, 1600m & 2000m. Invincible Spirit’s h...

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22 JUL 19 | BY RACENEWS

Talented three-year-old Ripcord (Rip Van Winkle) is the latest galloper to make the successful move from wily Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers to equally astute Victorian horseman Patrick Payne.  The s...

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Windsor Park Stud’s association with major Australian breeders and owners Wally Truscott and George Altomonte and their trainer Jack Denham is integral to the story of the Cambridge nursery’s risin...

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Exciting Melbourne 2YO Sansom (Charm Spirit) has always been held in high regard by leading trainer Phillip Stokes and following the talented galloper’s dominant win at Sandown today that opinion c...

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Two days after hitting the century of wins on Friday night, the Lee Freedman yard took the score further up with Yulong Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) shedding his maiden status at his sixth start on S...

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29 JUL | BY RACENEWS

Anthony Freedman put the icing on an outstanding season when Heirborn (Charm Spirit) destroyed his rivals on debut at Bendigo on Sunday.  The son of Charm Spirit settled midfield with cover and, wh...

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29 JUL | BY RACENEWS

Yesterday’s impressive Australian 2YO winner Heirborn highlighted the weekend return of Leading First Season Sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) to his southern hemisphere base at Windsor Park St...

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9 AUG | BY RACENEWS

Two progressive gallopers by Windsor Park Stud stallion Charm Spirit will clash in Saturday’s VRC Member Helen Saffin Handicap (1400m) at Flemington when the Anthony Freedman-trained Heirborn and P...

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8 AUG | AAP

The Phillip Stokes-trained Sansom (Charm Spirit) will try to complete an unbeaten winter campaign when he runs for the first time as a three-year-old at Flemington.  Sansom was beaten in his first ...

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The impressive run of form of progeny from the first-crop of Windsor Park's star miler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued on Saturday when his unbeaten son Heirborn defied a moderate tempo ...

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16 AUG 19 | WPS

Leading young sire Charm Spirit's progeny continued on with their fine form overnight when his three-year-old son Kick On defeated the older horses to land a thrilling renewal of the Gr.3 Tattersal...

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21 AUG | Breeding & Racing Daily News

In late April, Breeding&Racing's Daily News reported on an eye-catching debut winner for trainer Tony Pike at Te Rapa in New Zealand. Named Subpoena, the 2YO filly rattled home over 1200m with ...

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21 AUG | Racenews

Kiwi superstar jockey James McDonald is the hot favourite to win the prized ride on excitement machine Te Akau Shark (Rip Van Winkle) for the biggest race of his career. The ride on the powerful ch...

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27 AUG | TRELAWNY STUD

Wild Choice (Shamexpress x Exquisite Choice) broke through for a well-deserved maiden victory at Mornington on Tuesday.  The Richard Laming-trained three-year-old had placed in each of his previous...

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02 SEP 19 | NZ Racing Desk

Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) placegetter Helena Baby will get his shot at redemption against victor Melody Belle later this month. Helena Baby wasn’t among the initial nominations for the Gr.1 Winds...

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04 SEP 19 | Adrian Clark

The next thee races for Jennifer Eccles - who won then lost on protest last Saturday's Taupo Pak'n Save Fillies 1100 at Hastings - have been decided. The Rip Van Winkle filly will return to Hasting...

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22 SEP 19 | NZ RACING DESK

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Aretha opened her three-year-old account in dramatic fashion when she took out the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) in a grandstand f...

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26 SEP 19 | WPS

With six individual 3YO winners already to kick off the new season, including last weekend’s Group winning filly Aretha, 2019 Leading Freshman Sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) has continued hi...

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28 OCT | BY NZTM

Not that he needed convincing but trainer Jamie Richards left Moonee Valley on Saturday evening with confirmation that he has a galloper capable of matching it with the best Australasia has to offe...

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28 OCT | BY AAP

After 1600m in the Fillies Classic at The Valley on Saturday, Fascino (NZ) (Charm Spirit) and La Falaise (Canford Cliffs) could not be separated in the Group Two race. The Ciaron Maher and David Eu...

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28 OCT | NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park-bred 2YO Play That Song (NZ) (Showcasing) backed up an impressive debut win at Ruakaka earlier in the month with another dominant performance to take out the Listed Hanley Formula Well...

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29 OCT | WPS

 Melbourne Carnival Group winner for Charm Spirit   Impressive young sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) confirmed his class among an outstanding group of emerging stallion talent, when s...

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29 Nov, 2019 NZ Racing Desk

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh had a memorable day at Otaki on Friday, winning a stakes double and unearthing another Derby prospect. The Waikato conditioner won the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m)...

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3 Dec 2019, RACENEWS

The stocks of ‘young gun’ sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continue to rise with the win by 3YO colt Scorpz in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes at Otaki on Friday confirming the cracking start Charm...

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9 DEC, 2019 RACENEWS

New Zealand-bred gelding Gunga Din (ShamExpress) relished a hot race tempo at Rosehill in Sydney on Saturday to street his Highway Handicap rivals and pull off another training coup for veteran Can...

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12 DEC, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

Exciting three-year-old Scorpz will be tested over 2000m for the first time at Ellerslie on Sunday in preparation for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in February. The Stephen Marsh-t...

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18 DEC, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

Promising three-year-old Scorpz (Charm Spirit) overcame a wide run in transit to nab his second stakes victory in succession when he outstayed his age-group rivals in Sunday’s Listed Hynds 3YO Salv...

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14 DEC 2019, NZ RACING DESK

Matamata visitor Lilikoi (Charm Spirit) showed she was on track for further age-group riches this summer with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni....

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16 Dec 2019, NZ RACING DESK

With Charm Spirit in stellar form and a new wave of stallions approaching their yearling debuts, the festive period has some extra shine this year for the team at Windsor Park Stud.  Multiple Group...

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19 DEC, 2019 RACENEWS

Four first crop 3YO Group winners and a current strike rate of 8.7% Group winners to runners confirms the upward trajectory for last season’s Leading First Season Sire and current Leading Second Se...

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23 Dec, 2019 RACENEWS

Derby nominated 3YO Peloton (Charm Spirit) proved too strong for his older rivals when winning the Lodge Property Management Handicap over 1500m at Te Rapa on Saturday. Peloton was backing up from ...

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27 Dec 2019, NZ Racing Desk

The tag of New Zealand’s best maiden was emphatically stripped from the shoulders of exciting three-year-old Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) when she stormed past her female age group rivals to ta...

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2 JANUARY, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

Exciting Windsor Park-bred juvenile Play That Song (Showcasing) maintained her unbeaten record when she downed hot favourite Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) to win the first of the feature races...

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11 Jan 2019, NZ RACING DESK

On a day where she tasted Group One success with Gaultier in the Levin Classic (1600m) in 2017, Matamata trainer Danica Guy was at it again when she produced Germanicus (Rip Van Winkle) to take out...

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4 FEB, 2020 NZ RACING DESK

Back-to-back wins at his home track on Saturday continued a remarkable season for New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson. The first leg of the double came from Aridity (Mastercraftsman), who scored ...

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Subpoenaed (Rip Van Winkle) races with a quirky climbing action and is certain to climb through the grades and possibly all the way to Group 1 company this autumn. The Chris Waller-trained three-ye...

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8 FEB, 2019 NZ RACING DESK

A picture-perfect ride from Jason Waddell allowed class act Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) to show her undoubted quality as she dashed away from her age-group rivals to take out the Gr.2 David &a...

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8 FEB 2019, NZ RACING DESK

Excitement machine Te Akau Shark (Rip Van Winkle) sent out an ominous warning to his Australian rivals as he finally got a deserved Group One prize when taking out the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) with...

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9 FEB, 2020 NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park Stud’s young guns have dominated the limelight in recent times with first-season sire titles for ShamExpress (O’Reilly) and Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit), but Saturday was all about...

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26 FEB 2020, NZ RACING DESK

Quality filly Jennifer Eccles once again showed her customary turn of foot to prove too good for her rivals in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) and book her passage to the Gr.1 Al Ba...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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.  ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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17 DEC 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary believes Saturday’s Gr.2 Kevin Pratt Memorial Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni is the ideal race for resuming Group One winner Callsign Mav. The four-year-...

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19 DEC 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Promising three-year-old Mongolian Wings showed he could be on a similar path to his illustrious sire when he produced an eye-catching display to shed his maiden status at Te Rapa. The Murray Baker...

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19 DEC 20 | WPS News

Windsor Park Bred and Sold, Vassilator accelerated brilliantly to take out the $125,000 Kennedy Handicap, over 1400 meters. The 5 year old son of Zacinto and Highlights who already boasts an impres...

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19 DEC 20 | WPS News

Sham I Am provided his trainer Ray Matthews with his first metropolitan win as a trainer when creating a boil over at 70-1 at Moonee Valley on Friday night. The son of Shamexpress and Les Miserable...

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Mongolian Khan Filly Breeze N Luna professionally put away a maiden field, fresh up at her 3rd start yesterday over 1400 meters for the Danny O'Brien team. Ridden by in form jockey Damien Laine, th...

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Rip Van Winkle gelding, Ripper of a dream went on to win well at Matamata under the urgings of Jonathan Riddell to break maiden ranks. The Baker/ Forsman trained runner started at odds of $3.50 and...

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29 DEC 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Pre-race scare not enough to stop promising maiden Windsor Park bred and sold promising three-year-old galloper Bentayga shook off the effects of a pre-race scare to register his first victory at N...

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29 DEC 20 | WPS news

Shamexpress winners continue to flow in all parts of the world when Green Envy booted away and won impressively by 4 - 1/2 lengths at Sha Tin for top hoop Joao Moreira and the stable of Casper Fown...

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29 DEC 20 | NZ Racing Desk

Mongolian Wings reminded punters he was another in New Zealand Derby contention when he won his second race in row with a comprehensive performance in a rating 65 1560m contest. The Mongolian Khan ...

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Wild Express, a debut performer for the Busuttin/ Young team won impressively on debut, justifying his short quote in the market at Stoney Creek. The full brother to Sydney Metro winner, Bothered, ...

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31 DEC 20 | WPS news

Could history repeat for Mongolian Khan connections Derby’s and Oaks penciled in for progeny of Mongolian Khan.     The Murray Baker/Andrew Forsman trained three year old Mongolian Wings made it ba...

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Keats, the son of Charm Spirit made a winning debut for trainer Shelly Hale at Taupo on Wednesday.  Being caught 3 wide without cover for the entire journey and signs of greenness, he loomed up and...

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29 DEC 20 | WPS news

Group 3 winner Lilikoi (4 m Charm Spirit – Barbadine, by Giant’s Causeway) returned to the Winners Circle in the $11,000 Lance Lawson Rating 74 1400 metres on 28 December at Rotorua. Having run goo...

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5 Jan 21 | WPS News

Windsor Park Stud have 3 outstanding offerings for the upcoming Book 1 Magic Millions Yearling sale selling on the 12th January 2021.  First Lot through will be lot 83, the Charm Spirit colt out of...

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07 Jan 21 | WPS News

Moreno, the 4yo Charm Spirit gelding out of Freequence added another win at Rockhampton yesterday to take his record for this season to 6 wins from 8 starts. The gelding trained by Wayne Pomfrett w...

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11 Jan 21 | WPS News

Callsign Mav (black cap) hits top gear as he strides to victory at Awapuni Photo Credit: Race Images – Peter Rubery Trainer John Bary admitted his overwhelming feeling was one of relief after he wa...

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16 Jan 21| WPS News

A close relation to up and coming galloper Supreme Khan highlights the quality Book 2 draft by Windsor Park Stud on account of Eureka Stud for the Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale.   Studmaster Rodne...

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14 Jan 21| WPS News

The 3yo daughter of Charm Spirit x Starwish, Wishing Well looks to have a promising future ahead of her as she broke her maiden at Whananui today. Bred, Raised and Owned by Jameson Park Limited, th...

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Mongolian Khan 3yo gelding, Amfissa made amends from some tidy lead up starts to put away a quality maiden field by 1.2 Lengths at Pakenham on Thursday. The great type, who was a $200,000 as a year...

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A close relation to up and coming galloper Supreme Khan highlights the quality Book 2 draft by Windsor Park Stud on account of Eureka Stud for the Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale.   Studmaster Rodne...

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With 17 different sires represented in this years Windsor Parks Karaka Yearling Draft, the appropriate cliche “there is a horse for everyone” has never been more true. With progeny by Savabeel, So ...

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16 Feb 21| WPS News

Windsor Park Stud Operations manager Rachel Murray had a big thrill on Saturday when her 4yo mare, Express Princess showed her opposition a clean pair of heals in the $75,000 event over 1350 meters...

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16 Feb 21| WPS News

Windsor Park Stud stallions enjoyed a fruitful weekend on the winners list with Charm Spirit achieving a Sydney double, Shamexpress with a metropolitan win in Brisbane and Rip Van Winkle with a win...

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16 Feb 21| WPS News

Mongolian Khan filly My Squeeze Louise was able to clear maidens impressively at her 5th start at Knyeton Park over 1875m. The filly looks to be a nice staying prospect for her sire. The short pric...

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17 FEB 21 | WPS News

Race name: Rewarding Flyer Breeding: Thorn Park ex. Monte Karlo 2012 He's back! Born at Windsor, REWARDING FLYER has amassed a few air miles prior to returning to the paddocks where he grew up....

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17 Feb 21| WPS News

New Zealand's leading rider Danielle Johnson hit a major milestone riding 1000 winners on Rip Van Winkle mare Feelin' Fancy. The mare was able to stay 3 wide with cover and avoid all interference (...

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17 Feb 21| WPS News

An impressive quinella at Te Aroha for young stallion Mongolian Khan showed the emergence of two young staying 3yo's. Namely Shere Khan (ex Paracetamol) and Grandos (ex Goyescas). The pair were abl...

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22 Feb 21| NZ Racing Desk

Charm Spirit mare Charmmebaby (NZ) will head to the big smoke during Easter weekend to take her place in the Country Championships Final at Randwick after winning at Scone on Sunday. The Bob Millig...

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20 FEB | MARK SMITH

Making her first start since disappointing in the Golden Eagle last October, the Chris Waller-trained Subpoenaed bounced back to form in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill G...

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17 Feb 21| WPS News

Trainer Shelley Hale achieved an outstanding training feat when she was able to get Virginia Reel home at odds of $43-1 at Te Aroha on Wednesday.    Virginia Reel, the daughter of ShamExpress ex. S...

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1 Mar 2021 | NZ Racing Desk

Taranaki trainer Robbie Patterson took time out on Sunday morning for a spot of fishing with a group of mates, safe in the knowledge he has progressive galloper Coventina Bay right where he wants h...

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WPS NEWS | 17 MAR 21

2YO Rageese ex. Mi Shari gelding was fast away in Heat 18 today at the Cambridge track for a smart trial win. Trained by Finbarr Leahy, the Windsor owned gelding was increasing his lead as he cros...

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20 MAR 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Progressive galloper Coventina Bay delighted her army of fans when taking out the Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, but it was a close-run thing in the Trentham feature for th...

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24 MAR 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman landed an early double at Pukekohe on Wednesday, with promising three-year-olds Daqiansweet Junior and Granados both scoring over 2100m and shapin...

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29 MAR 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Group One winner Callsign Mav will be in action at Awapuni on Saturday, where he will be tried beyond a mile for the first time in his career in the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (...

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ROBERT FEDELE (Flemington) | 6 APR 21

Over a decade ago, Gina Schick spotted a gap in the market when it comes to rehoming former racehorses in New Zealand, launching an operation that today retrains hundreds of retired racehorses each...

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14 Apr | NZ Racing Desk

One of the highlights of the Mornington program on Tuesday was the dominant victory of lightly-tried New Zealand bred three-year-old Made By Khan.   The Matt Laurie-trained son of Mongolian Khan w...

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5 MAY 21 | WPS News

Circus Maximus Champion miler Circus Maximus to Windsor Park Fast facts Champion Miler at 3 & 4 Triple Gr.1 winner at a mile including twice at Royal Ascot 2YO Gr.1 performer 1 St James’s Pala...

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3 MAY, 2021 Michael Guerin, NZ Herald

Trainer Andrew Forsman was thrilled to give an old mate a helping hand on Saturday. Now former star galloper Turn Me Loose is on the board as a stallion, his former trainer says his Turn The Ace co...

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5 MAY, 2021 Jessica Owers, TDN

On Friday at Riccarton Racecourse, Windsor Park Stud will bring together some of the biggest names in the business for its Rugby, Racing and Beer Luncheon and Yearling Auction. The event is the bra...

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4 MAY 2021, RACENEWS

Fast facts Champion Miler at 3 & 4 Triple Gr.1 winner at a mile including twice at Royal Ascot 2YO Gr.1 performer 1 St James’s Palace Stakes winner like leading sires Frankel, Kingman, Shamard...

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8 MAY 2021, NZ RACING DESK

Rugged two-year-old Turn The Ace (Turn Me Loose) provided a second milestone for his sire Turn Me Loose in the space of seven days when he took out the feature event at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Lis...

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Photo: Grant Matthew (Race Images, Palmerston North) Group One performer Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) made the best possible start to her Queensland campaign on Tuesday. Under regular rider Sam...

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Photo courtesy Just Horse Racing Unbeaten in his last five starts, exciting 3YO sprinter Weona Smartone (ShamExpress) demonstrated his undoubted talent again when successful in Brisbane yesterday. ...

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9 JUNE, 2021 RACENEWS

Exciting 2YO Verbek (Turn Me Loose) secured black-type at just his fourth start and looked a promising 3YO prospect when filling the runnerup position in the Listed The Phoenix Stakes in Brisbane a...

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Fast facts Champion Miler at 3 & 4 Triple Gr.1 winner at a mile including twice at Royal Ascot 2YO Gr.1 performer Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes winner like leading sires Frankel, Kingman, Sham...

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14 JUN 21 | WPS News

  THE MIGHT AND POWER OF MUSTANG VALLEY  With the same big action as her close relative Might And Power (Zabeel), the similarities don’t end there for 2...

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16 JUNE 2021, RACENEWS

Circus Maximus Poetic Flare (Dawn Approach) produced an outstanding performance on Day 1 of Royal Ascot yesterday to win the Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes over the testing Ascot mile. Extremely tou...

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18 JUNE 2021, RACENEWS

Frankel - by Galileo x Kind (Danehill). Champion and leading sire. Yesterday’s impressive Gr.1 Ascot Gold Cup winner Subjectivist (Teofilo) and Gr.2 Royal Ascot Ribblesdale Stakes winner Loving Dre...

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3 JULY, 2021 NZ RACING DESK

Trainer Anthony Burton made a successful return to the Ruakaka racing ranks when he produced exciting two-year-old colt Tsunami Sam to win on debut at his local meeting on Saturday. Burton, who spe...

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RACING NEWS | 06 JUL 21

The number of exciting young gallopers coming from the ShamExpress (O’Reilly) production line continues to flourish with the weekend success of Seiners Express at Flemington and Tsunami Sam...

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10 JULY 2021, RACENEWS

Unbeaten Catsacharmer(inside) shows all the fighting qualities reminiscent of her sire when winning at Te Rapa at the weekend Unbeaten two-year-old filly Catsacharmer (Charm Spirit) booked herself...

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27 JUL 21 | RACING NEWS

Showing the same resolute qualities of his triple Gr.1 winning sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit), highclass Australian sprinter Sansom produced an exhilarating fresh up performance to w...

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10 AUG 21 | Racing News

Highly regarded filly Ancient Girl (Turn Me Loose), who holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield in early October, made a winning debut at Ballarat today.Click to watch...

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17 AUG 21 | Racing News

High regarded 3YO Bifrost (Turn Me Loose) made his Australian debut a winning one when successful at Pakenham in Victoria yesterday.The strapping first-crop son of Champion Sprinter/Miler T...

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18 AUG 21 | TDN Aus/NZ

Wednesday's Kensington meeting uncovered a very promising colt for the Gai Waterhouse Racing-Bott stable, one with old and successful Windsor Park blood. Sydney’s midweek meeting was on the Ken...

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8 SEPTEMBER, NZTBA

Singaporean based industry enthusiast Ben Kwok has had a very eventful week. He was over the moon about his filly Bellacontte (Burgundy -Devon Doll) winning the listed O’Leary Fillies Stakes on Sa...

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20 SEP 21 | NZTBA

The first Group One race of the season has been run and won with Callsign Mav (Atlante x Raadisi) once again taking out the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday.   For his breeders Windso...

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26 SEP 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Turn Me Loose filly Wessex produced a professional performance on debut to take out the second race on the card over 1000m at Matamata for the Baker / Forsman partnership. Secured by Forsman for $1...

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27 SEP 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Murray Baker knows he’s got a good three-year-old staying prospect in Samarkand, an outstanding winner at Tauranga on Sunday.   What he doesn’t know is what to do with him next.   Baker, who trains...

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3 OCT 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Hometown hero Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) booked his ticket for a shot at the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later this month when he took out the second leg of the Hawke’s Bay triple cro...

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30 OCT 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Trainer Rudy Liefting had been expecting a forward showing on debut from his three-year-old filly Stars ‘N’ Cream (Turn Me Loose), but even he wasn’t prepared for what unfolded in the first race at...

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10 NOV 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Mustang Valley is at the top of her game for her Group One test at Riccarton on Saturday with connections hoping for a final piece of the puzzle to make the Classic a snug fit for the daughter of ...

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27 NOV 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Underrated New Plymouth mare Zola Express captured the biggest win of her burgeoning career when she claimed the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m). The Janelle Millar-trained five...

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27 NOVEMBER 2021, NZ RACING DESK

Underrated New Plymouth mare Zola Express (ShamExpress) captured the biggest win of her burgeoning career when she claimed the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) at the weekend. Th...

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Weona Smartone (Shamexpress) returned from an 11-week break to continue a streak which now stands at eight. The five-year-old was a dual acceptor on Saturday but his trainer David Vandyke bypassed ...

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Some well informed bets were rewarded when talented 3YO KUNG FU FIGHTING (pictured below as a yearling) won on debut at Murray Bridge on Sunday.The smart son of TURN ME LOOSE and ANGELICA HALL sust...

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9 DEC 21 | Racing News

Promising 4YO racemare Black Queen (Mongolian Khan) looked an exciting staying prospect for the future when recording her third win from her last four starts at Warwick Farm in Sydney yesterday. B...

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11 DEC 21 | NZ Racing Desk

Five-year-old mare Charmmebaby came from last to land the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1640m) at Doomben on Friday evening to become the 12th individual stakes winner for her sire Charm Spirit.   Ridd...

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20 DEC 2021 | NZ Racing Desk

Taranaki mare Coventina Bay reminded racegoers of her undoubted class when she came from last at the turn to down a small but quality field in the Gr.2 Carters Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at ...

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With a pair of powerful victories by Coventina Bay (NZ) and Shamus (NZ) at Awapuni on Saturday, the strong start to the season for Windsor Park stallion Shamexpress (NZ) has rolled on into December...

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Bankers Choice completes massive day for owners A brilliant performance by emerging star Bankers Choice completed a dream Boxing Day for Okaharau Station owner-breeders Ross and Corrine Kearney. Wi...

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5 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Shamus is well exposed in the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) market and a decision whether he will give trainer Allan Sharrock the chance of a second success in the staying classic will be...

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6 JAN 22 | Racing Copy

New Zealand-bred five-year-old Zebrowski ran out a strong winner of the Gr.3 January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for trainer Caspar Fownes.   The son of Savabeel relished the str...

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15 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Exciting galloper Bankers Choice showed he is well on his way to becoming a star of New Zealand racing with a last to first performance to take out the Gr.3 Dixon & Dunlop Anniversary Handicap ...

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15 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham was a sink-or-swim moment for unbeaten three-year-old Shamus, and he rose to the challenge in superb style. Trained by Allan Sharr...

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21 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk

A past visit to the Karaka Million evening at Ellerslie won Henry Dwyer over and convinced the Victorian trainer he had to become more involved in the $1 million two-year-old feature. His wish has ...

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22 JANUARY, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

The more things change, the more they stay the same was the feeling after the running of the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. On a night that generates enor...

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30th JANUARY, 2022 BREEDNET

Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has hit his best form in Hong Kong winning the Group III Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to fo...

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15 JANUARY | NZ RACING DESK

Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham was a sink-or-swim moment for unbeaten three-year-old Shamus, and he rose to the challenge in superb style. Trained by Allan Sharr...

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31 JAN 22 | NZ Racing Desk

The win of progressive stayer Spirit Of Baz at Ellerslie on Sunday brought back some fond memories for those associated with the four-year-old mare, who is the daughter of 2005 Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3...

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2 FEB 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Gingerbread’s emergence against the older horses this preparation may cause a rethink of future plans for the promising daughter of Vanbrugh. Trainer Vicki Prendergast has been pleasantly surprised...

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3 FEB, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

After making her presence felt in almost every 3YO fillies’ feature so far this season, Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh) now has next month’s Gr. 1 New Zealand Oaks looming large on her horizon. The daugh...

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FEB 3, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

A purchase made while on a stint working overseas over twenty-five years ago paid off in spades for Windsor Park Stud’s Rodney Schick, when stylish colt Dynastic took out the $1 million Doubletree ...

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3 FEB 22 | NZ Racing Desk

The Group One focus for talented Taranaki three-year-old Shamus has shifted to a shorter challenge in the wake of his first defeat at Te Rapa. The son of Shamexpress had won four on the bounce, inc...

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The Clinton McDonald-trained Ancient Girl was victorious over 1200m in the hands of jockey Mark Zahra to provide the three-year-old daughter of Turn Me Loose with her second win from four starts.  ...

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12 FEBRUARY 2022, BREEDNET

An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa. Patterson prepares talented mar...

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FEB 16, NZ RACING DESK

Exciting four-year-old Bankers Choice (Mongolian Khan) will do his future racing from the Melbourne stable of Michael Moroney after clients have secured a majority interest in the talented galloper...

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20 JUNE, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

A gritty victory by two-year-old filly Lickety Split at her first raceday start at Ellerslie has given her sire Turn Me Loose a timely boost ahead of the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Ye...

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21 JUNE, 2022 RACENEWS

Turn Me Loose 2YO Lickety Split looked a smart prospect for the future when successful on debut at Ellerslie at the weekend. Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman the scopey filly showed the d...

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26 Feb, 2022 BREEDNET

Local runner Alabama Gold (Turn Me Loose) broke his maiden status in emphatic fashion when he led from go to whoa to take out the Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) at Matamata on Saturday. The...

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13 MARCH, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

Classy mare Coventina Bay (ShamExpress) was up to all of her cantankerous tricks in the pre-race buildup to Sunday’s Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, but when it came time ...

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13 March, 2022 nz racing desk

High class two-year-old filly Lickety Split (Turn Me Loose) refused to yield to a sustained challenge when narrowly taking out the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The Murray Bak...

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15 MARCH, 2022 RACENEWS

Hot young sire Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) further embellished his rising stocks when his exciting 3YO daughter Ancient Girl gained her first stakes success in the Morphettville Guineas in Adelaide yes...

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16 MARCH, 2022 RACING NEWS

Last weekend on a marquee day at Ellerslie, New Zealand’s racing headquarters, Windsor Park Stud stallions sired five winners on the card including winning both Group One races with daughters of Tu...

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18 MARCH 2022, BREEDNET

Prix De Turn wins the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley providing his sire Turn Me Loose with his third stakes winner in the past week A massive prize for young Cranbourne based trainer Ma...

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30 MARCH, RACENEWS

Following three impressive trials wins and highly touted as a filly with a big future, the Jamie Richards trained Victoria Roc (Turn Me Loose) lived up to the hype with an immaculate winning perfor...

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2 APRIL, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

Trainer Janelle Millar was trying hard to keep her emotions in check as she waited for her gallant mare Zola Express to return to the Awapuni birdcage after providing the New Plymouth mentor with h...

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5 APRIL, 2022 RACENEWS

Zola Express, the quality, second-crop daughter of ShamExpress (O’Reilly) gained her first win at Group Two level at the weekend when finishing strongly to beat dual Group One winner Tiptronic in t...

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6 APRIL, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

Promising filly Victoria Roc (Turn Me Loose) is set to continue her racing career in Australia. The daughter of Turn Me Loose was impressive when winning by 3-3/4 lengths when on debut at Matamata ...

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12 APRIL, RACENEWS

Smart Trio For Turn Me Loose A trio of weekend winners for ‘boom’ stallion Turn Me Loose propelled the exciting, triple Group One winning sprinter/miler further up the sires tables.Of New ...

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20 APRIL, 2022 RACENEWS

Yesterday was time to say goodbye to one of our special broodmares Akela. A good looking, Group placed winner of 6 races, Akela quickly excelled in the broodmare paddocks with her second living foa...

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9 MAY, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

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11 MAY, 2022 RACENEWS

Windsor Park Stud, whose stallions have enjoyed a super season on the racetrack, have announced their service fees for the 2022 breeding season. Heading Windsor Park’s stallion roster will be ‘boom...

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11 MAY, 2022 RACING NEWS

Windsor Park Stud Yearling Sale and Sports LuncheonShow Gate, Riccarton Park - Friday 13 May from 12noon We have a strong catalogue of nine well credentialled yearlings which can be...

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16 MAY, 2022 RACENEWS

Great people, great support and a great lineup of yearlings resulted in an outstanding 100% clearance rate for the 2022 edition of our Rugby, Racing and Beer Sports Luncheon and South Island Yearli...

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16 MAY, 2022 RACENEWS

Windsor Park Stud, whose stallions have enjoyed a super season on the racetrack, have announced their service fees for the 2022 breeding season. Heading Windsor Park’s stallion roster will be ‘boom...

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29 JUNE, 2022 RACENEWS

The stocks of ShamExpress continue to rise and hardly a week passes without the progeny of Windsor Park’s successful son of O’Reilly featuring on the racetracks of Australasia. Last Saturday proved...

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RACING NEWS | 23 JUN 22

“If you want to define bravery, you look up TURN ME LOOSE in the dictionary and there it would be”.So said legendary Melbourne racecaller Greg Miles following the Gr.1 victory of TURN ME LOOSE in C...

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19 JUL 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Stephen Autridge looks to be in for an exciting season with rising three-year-old Alabama Gold after his win over 800m at the Cambridge trials on Tuesday.   The son of Turn Me Loose had a pleasing ...

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JUL 22 | Racing News

Exciting 3YO Turn The Ace (Turn Me Loose) delivered a class performance on Saturday to win the $60,000 ITM Winter Championship Final over 1600m at Ruakaka.Racing on the pace and giving all his riva...

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16 AUG 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Group One winner Lickety Split will begin what her connections hope to be a lucrative spring preparation when she heads to Ruakaka on Saturday.   The Andrew Forsman-trained filly will contest the G...

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17 AUG 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Trainer Andrew Forsman expects to see significant improvement from Mr Maestro when he lines-up at The Valley on Saturday.   The stakes performer finished fifth in his debut Australian outing at San...

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22 AUG 22 | Racing News

In a manner reminiscent of her triple Group 1 winning sire Turn Me Loose, Gr.1 2YO winner Lickety Split resumed her exciting career with another terrific performance to down her more seasoned peer...

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Outstanding filly Lickety Split (Turn Me Loose) has been given the green light for an Australian campaign that could see her value skyrocket. The Group 1-winning filly will bypass the rest of the N...

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6 SEP 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Helena Baby turned heads when he enjoyed a trip away on Tuesday morning to further his build-up toward a second tilt at the opening Group One contest of the new season. The striking grey son of Gui...

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5 SEP 22 | Racing News

Vanbrugh filly Sheez Dominant lived up to her name in the Wanganui Guineas on Saturday winning the Listed feature in impressive fashion at just her third start. Bred by Windsor Park Stud, the ...

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10 SEP 22 | NZ Racing News

Last season’s Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winner Dynastic made a successful return to racing when he displayed a touch of class in taking out the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m). The M...

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14 SEPT 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Australian punters will get their first look at New Zealand Group One winner She’s Licketysplit at Caulfield on Saturday where she will contest the Gr.2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m).   The daug...

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19 SEP 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Andrew Forsman enjoyed a satisfying weekend in Melbourne with his classic contenders and upcoming Group One aspirations will be further boosted by a break in the weather. The Cambridge trainer prod...

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19 SEP 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Windsor Park bred six-year-old Callsign Mav showed all of his fighting qualities when landing the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, providing popular heavy-weight jock...

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19 SEP 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Local debutant Stan lived up to the expectations of his trainer Robbie Patterson when he made a winning start to his racing career at New Plymouth. The robust son of Shamexpress had promised plenty...

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Exciting three-year-old filly She’s Licketysplit (Turn Me Loose) is thriving in Melbourne and as a result trainer Andrew Forsman has elected to line her up at Flemington this weekend. She sealed he...

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25 SEPTEMBER, NZ RACING DESK

Three-year-old gelding Denby Road (ShamExpress) is yet another example to never judge a book by its cover.  Prepared by Cambridge trainer Shelley Hale, the giant son of ShamExpress was not expected...

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24 SEPTEMBER, NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park-bred Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh), an impressive last start Hastings winner, lifted her game several notches on Saturday as she claimed her first success at stakes level when taking out t...

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28 SEP 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Sheez Dominant (VANBRUGH)  lived up to her name when beating the boys in the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1340m) earlier this month and trainer Fraser Auret is hoping for a repeat dose this weekend.   ...

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14 OCT 22 | Michael Guerin, NZ Herald

Mustang Valley (Vanbrugh) has been handed the perfect opportunity in the $330,000 Classic at Hastings on Saturday. The mare will start a shortening favourite for the Group 1 weight-for-age feature,...

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17 OCTOBER, 2022 NZ RACING DESK

Celebrating a stallion’s first elite-level victory is an important milestone for any stud farm, but it is made even better when they race the Group One victor themselves.  That was the case for Win...

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4 NOV 22 | NZ Racing Desk

Andrew Forsman’s young troops have served him so well in Melbourne and he sends Mr Maestro into battle for the final time this spring at Flemington on Saturday. The Cambridge trainer has enjoyed sa...

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11 NOV 22 | Racing News

The Windsor Park bred, stakes placed Kikimora (ShamExpress ex. Suzie Kaye) was purchased from our inaugral Rugby, Racing & Beer Sale held at Riccarton Park Racecourse where tomorrow she steps o...

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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, ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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29 JULY, NZ RACING DESK

In a thrilling finish to the Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m), Cambridge visitor and race favourite Itza Charmdeel (Charm Spirit) got in the deciding stride at the ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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22 OCTOBER 2023, Richard Edmunds NZ RACING DESK

A wide draw and an energy-sapping fast pace were not enough to stop Johny Johny (Charm Spirit) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The tough and speedy son of Charm Spirit has w...

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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...

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29 )CTOBER 2023, Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

Exciting mare It’s Business Time (Turn Me Loose) extended her winning sequence to five with another star turn in Saturday’s Coupland’s Bakeries Mile Trial (1400m) at Riccarton. A late developer who...

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24 JANUARY 2024, Paul Vettise, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

Excitement is mounting at Windsor Park Stud, not only for the imminent fall of the hammer to open New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka, but also for the future of the breeding ...

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24 Jan 2024, RACENEWS

Champion Miler CIRCUS MAXIMUS, triple G1 winner including the sire-making Royal Ascot St James's Palace S. & Queen Anne S. Windsor Park's outstanding 2024 Karaka Yearling draft, featuring the f...

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3 February 2024, Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

With a powerful burst from the back of the field, Windsor Park-bred Collect Your Cash (Rageese x Prompt Payment) delivered an unforgettable result for local horseman Shankar Muniandy in Saturday’s ...

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5 FEBRUARY 2024, Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

Windsor Park Stud’s ‘Rugby, Racing and Beer’ South Island Sale has proven to be a fruitful initiative for the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery over the last couple of years, which was further enhance...

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14 FEBRUARY 2024, RACENEWS

Renowned breeder Greg Perry of Artorius (Flying Artie), Delectation (Shamardal), Marabi (I Am Invincible) and Aristia (Lonhro) fame strongly lobbied Coolmore to shuttle champion European miler Circ...

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17 FEBRUARY 2024, NZ RACING DESK

A decade after saddling New Zealand-bred sprinter ShamExpress for a second placing in the Gr.1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington, Danny O’Brien returned to the same meeting on Saturday and lan...

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Progressive four-year-old Rudyard (Charm Spirit) has been in outstanding form this preparation and he overcame ahorror gate at Ellerslie on Saturday afternoon to add to his record. The Tony Pike-tr...

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Windsor Park Stud enjoyed superb racing success as both breeders and owners at the weekend with classy 3YO filly Grinzinger Belle (ShamExpress) to the fore when winning the Gr.3 The Vanity at Flemi...

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22 March 2024, RACENEWS

The magnificent 4-times Gr.1 winning equine supremo PADDINGTON One of the world’s best racehorses last year has been secured to stand at Windsor Park Stud in 2024. Ballydoyle superstar PADDINGTON,...

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"he's obviously getting into a very, very quick horse, he's a dream horse, very unique really", PADDINGTON's champion trainer Aidan O'Brien following his defeat of older horses in the Gr.1 Eclipse ...

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15 APRIL 2024, Kevin Robertson, NZ RACING DESK

If ever a horse deserved a big race victory it is the consistent sprinter Imwonderfultonight, and the mare got that result at Otaki on Saturday when she took out the Listed City Of Napier Sprint ...

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