Waikato Stud

by Kit Gow/TTRAusNZ Ten-time New Zealand Champion Sire Savabeel has died from a paddock accident, Waikato Stud announced on Friday. The son of Zabeel was 24. "He will be sorely missed, but he departed this world in good nick," said George Chittick, Waikato Stud's sales and nominations manager. "Ryan Figgins, the stallion manager, has kept the horse picture perfect for the last eight years. He was happy the whole way through, and he went with all of our team and the Waikato Stud family around him. "Looking around and seeing...

By Dane McLeod/TTRAusNZ Savabeel, who is currently sitting second on the New Zealand Sires' Premiership behind Proisir, will stand for a Private fee at Waikato Stud in 2026. The 24-year-old Savabeel has recorded eight individual stakes winners in New Zealand this season alone - the most of any sire, with Belle Cheval becoming a new Group 1 winner in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Savabeel's tally now stands at 36 individual Group 1 winners, a figure that may yet rise given he has covered books of 108, 90 and 88 mares...

Super Seth, the sire of four Group 1 winners from his first two crops, has been purchased by Coolmore from Waikato Stud to stand at its Hunter Valley base. Super Seth was bought by Dean Hawthorne, acting on behalf of leading owner-breeder Jonathan Munz, for A$280,000 at the 2018 Inglis Australasian Easter Yearling Sale. Sent into training with Anthony Freedman, the son of Dundeel thrived on his racing during a career which spanned 12 starts in the space of just 13 months, before he retired as the winner of over...

In Australasian stallion news, Swettenham Stud and Waikato Stud revealed their 2025 rosters and fees on Wednesday, while Group 1 winner Schwarz (Aus) will stand at Rosemont Stud after his run in the upcoming G1 Doomben 10,000. Leading Swettenham's roster is former shuttle stallion and now permanent Southern Hemisphere resident Toronado (Ire), who will stand for an unchanged fee of A$88,000 this season. The leading active sire based in Victoria, the son of High Chaparral (Ire) was one of only two Australian stallions ranked among the world's top five sires...