Windsor Park Stud

Profondo to Windsor Park Stud

Posted on March 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading thoroughbred breeding nurseries Windsor Park Stud and Mapperley Stud have joined forces once again to secure the services of regally-bred Group One winner Profondo for stud duties. Raced by Ottavio Galletta, the striking son of champion sire Deep Impact was prepared by Sydney trainer Richard Litt. He burst onto the scene when winning at[...]

Posted on January 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 the meeting's two feature races. Unbeaten juvenile Trobriand was bred by the farm and heads the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) market, while fellow graduates Wild Night,[...]

Posted on February 21, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 Yearling Sale at Karaka. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained youngster followed up an impressive trial win at Ellerslie late last month[...]

Posted on January 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 NZD$1 million Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday night. The Jamie Richards-trained son of Cambridge Stud stallion Almanzor is out[...]

Posted on May 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Galileo's triple Group One winning son Circus Maximus heads the 2021 stallion roster at Windsor Park Stud. Group One placed as a two-year-old, Circus Maximus won the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (1600m) at three, before returning as a four-year-old to land the Group 1[...]

Posted on April 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Triple Group One winning miler Circus Maximus has been secured to stand at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand for the 2021 Southern hemisphere breeding season. Aptly named due to his gladiatorial qualities, Circus Maximus was a fast, tough, elite level campaigner who was trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien throughout his illustrious career. A[...]

Posted on January 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Spend some time having a chat with Hong Kong resident Ben Kwok and it doesn't take long to work out he has a real love for New Zealand and the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. The former electrical motor manufacturer has immersed himself in the thoroughbred world for the past four to five years after[...]

Posted on November 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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 Group 3 Network 10 Chatham Stakes (1400m). The son of Charm Spirit has won eight of 17 starts and advanced his total prizemoney earnings to A$408,320. Ridden by[...]

Posted on August 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 completed his most successful season with a stellar year on the racetrack that included Group 1 winning stars Te[...]

Posted on August 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 four winners in New Zealand in 2019-20, three of them at black-type level. Aretha, who had been the standout performer in Charm Spirit's[...]

Posted on April 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A stirring performance from promising three-year-old Zebrowski in Saturday's Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), at just his sixth career start, has lifted the spirits of the team currently in lockdown at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge. Bred and co-owned by the Stud, the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained Savabeel gelding fought for all he was[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Windsor Park Stud's young guns have dominated the limelight in recent times with first-season sire titles for Shamexpress and Charm Spirit, but Saturday was all about Rip Van Winkle. The Te Rapa meeting delivered the biggest day of the Galileo stallion's career. Te Akau Shark became his first southern hemisphere Group 1 winner with a[...]

Posted on January 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau's David Ellis has outlasted Sydney trainer John O'Shea to buy the top lot on the second day of the Karaka Yearling Sale in Auckland. Ellis paid $875,000 for a Savabeel colt out of Bayrock who is a sister to Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner Merchant Navy. The colt was the highest-priced yearling Windsor Park[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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 1 winner Charm Spirit has been shuttling to Windsor Park since 2015, and his oldest southern hemisphere progeny are now three[...]

Profondo to Windsor Park Stud

Windsor Park well-represented in Karaka Million

Turn Me Loose filly impresses with debut victory

Breeders celebrate Karaka Million 2YO victory

Triple Group One winner heads New Zealand’s Windsor Park roster

Champion miler Circus Maximus to New Zealand’s Windsor Park

Kwok Passionate About Kiwi Thoroughbreds

Flemington Group 3 winner for Charm Spirit

Windsor Park Stud mourn loss of proven sire

Charm Spirit goes back-to-back

Zebrowski brightens Windsor Park bubble

Dream day at Te Rapa for Rip Van Winkle

Ellis Buys Top Lot On 2nd Day Of Karaka Yearling Sales

Charm Spirit heads exciting Windsor Park roster

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