http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nzCopyright 2011In-form sire Thorn Park looks to have another smart performer in the making with his Hong Kong-based son All You Wish (NZ) taking his third straight win, and his fourth victory from five starts, at the weekend. The Dennis Yip trained All You Wish ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17497Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:31 GMTThe hot run of form being enjoyed by the progeny of Falkirk continued at the weekend with the success of Captain Kirk at Kranji and Fluoro Lite at Ellerslie. Captain Kirk (ex Chiming by Star Way) followed his impressive 1200m debut win on turf in Si..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17493Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:40:24 GMTExciting 3YO filly Treve (Motivator) proved too good for her contemporaries in the Gr.1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) over 2100m at Chantilly yesterday to keep her unbeaten record intact. Treve swept to a four length victory, unleashing a decisive bur..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17490Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:10:16 GMTChampion trainer Aidan O’Brien, who guided Mastercraftsman to European Champion 2YO honours and classic success as a 3YO, produced his first 2YO winner by the leading young sire when Bluebell scored a tough win over 1400m at Limerick at the wee..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17489Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:04:34 GMTThough we are fairly into winter now, each weekend it seems comes up with two or three flat gallopers whose futures will be by no means restricted to ploughing round on the heavy tracks associated with the season. Two in this category at Te Rapa las..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17459Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:38:49 GMTDouble Look, a first crop son of Mastercraftsman, followed up his debut win in early May with a smooth 2 length success in the Prix du Bassin Parisien over 1400m at Longchamp in Paris yesterday. Bred and owned by the Marquesa de Moratalla, Double Lo..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17431Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:24:59 GMTThe fantastic run of Mastercraftsman’s first crop shows no sign of slowing down with the success of another smart weekend winner.   Musical Molly, a sharp, grey daughter of Mastercraftsman and the Indian Ridge mare Park Approach appreciat..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17429Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:52:40 GMTSchooner Bay set up a shot at valuable black-type with a convincing win in the Norris Ward McKinnon Open 1400 at Te Rapa today. The half-sister to Australian Group winners Centennial Park and Ballack has always shown promise and having taken her rec..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17419Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:16:57 GMTThe improving mare New Zealand-bred Makkura (Falkirk) broke the 1100m track record when taking out the $125,000 open Handicap in Singapore yesterday. Ridden by Barend Vorster, Makkura scored a three-quarter length victory over the favourite Goal Kee..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17418Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:11:13 GMTTrainer Rod Millman has had many good two-year-olds over the years but he feels there is one in his stable that is the best he has ever had, the Mastercraftsman colt Master Carpenter (2c Mastercraftsman-Fringe, by In The Wings). The juvenile recentl..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17416Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:49:48 GMTThe highly talented Australian Group winning miler Guillotine, sired his first winner on Saturday when his first-crop 2YO son Brilliant Terror was successful in Sydney. Trained by former Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker, Brilliant Terror followed up his deb..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17405Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:13:20 GMTIt’s next stop Royal Ascot for exciting Danehill Dancer colt Stubbs (2c Danehill Dancer-Moonstone, by Dalakhani) after running out an impressive winner of the Listed Alfred Nobel Rochestown Stakes at Naas on Monday. There was a slow early pace..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17400Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:19:49 GMTCoolmore colossus Galileo on Sunday proved once again he is the Classic sire par excellence with his son Intello landing the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly in impressive fashion. Just one day earlier Galileo supplied English Derby winner Ruler Of ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17384Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:56:16 GMTMastercraftsman became the first European freshman sire to record a stakes winner this year when his son Pablosky swept to an emphatic 4 length victory in the Listed Premio Alberto Giubilo over 1100m in Rome yesterday. Bred in Ireland by Tony O&rsq..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17383Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:48:26 GMTJust 24 hours after siring Epsom Derby winner Ruler Of The World (3c Galileo-Love Me True, by Kingmambo), Galileo was the toast of Chantilly when responsible for the hero of the French equivalent. The Wertheimer brothers’ home-bred Intello (3c..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17380Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:13:39 GMTThe Bjorn Baker-trained Brilliant Terror booked his trip to Brisbane for the Group I J J Aitkins (1600m) with a tenacious win in Saturday’s Bishop Kevin Manning Plate (1350m). Baker indicated Brilliant Terror could be a Victoria Derby prospe..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17376Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:50:42 GMTMastercraftsman had another smart first-crop winner on Saturday when the Marco Botti-trained Rasheeda (2f Mastercraftsman-Violette, by Observatory) made a victorious debut at Doncaster over 6f. The Limestone Stud-filly, from the family of Queen Mary..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17375Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:40:54 GMT Ruler Of The World (Galileo), who did not make his racecourse debut until the middle of April, stayed on in determined fashion to land the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday. The race was run at a crawl with a number of the 12-strong field pullin..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17374Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:29:57 GMTTalent (New Approach) led home a brilliant one-two for trainer Ralph Beckett as the stable second string came home late and strong to defeat Secret Gesture. Richard Hughes twisted and turned as he steered the flying filly from last to first, cutting..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17373Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:25:48 GMTThe Bjorn Baker trained Brilliant Terror won the Bishop Kevin Manning Plate (1350m) at Rosehill on Saturday showing considerable tenacity in the process. Nathan Berry sent the son of Gulliotine (Montjeu) out from barrier nine and took up the runni..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17372Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:15:09 GMTThe makeup of this weekend’s Epsom Derby field once again demonstrates the overwhelming influence the great stallion Sadler’s Wells has had on modern day classic races, both in the northern and southern hemispheres. The great sire’..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17362Fri, 31 May 2013 01:56:18 GMTWith the unbeaten Banoffee (Hurricane Run) having been supplemented, a final field of eleven fillies will contest this afternoon’s Gr.1 Oaks at Epsom. The market is headed by Secret Gesture (Galileo), one of two runners for trainer Ralph Becke..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17360Fri, 31 May 2013 01:39:15 GMTDawn Approach (New Approach) will face a maximum of 14 rivals in Saturday’s Gr.1 Derby at Epsom. As expected, Andreas Wohler has added Chopin (Santiago), recently purchased by Qatar Racing, to the field at a cost of £70,000 and he will b..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17323Tue, 28 May 2013 00:10:20 GMTGalileo colt Magician, still in next week's Derby field, cruised to an easy win in the Irish 2000 Guineas, Gr.1 on Saturday. A Derby start has not yet been ruled out. Winner at his last start in the Chester Dee S., Gr.3, Magician found the true ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17319Mon, 27 May 2013 02:38:29 GMTAn impressive conditions race success for the Rod Millman-trained Master Carpenter (2 ch c Mastercraftsman-Fringe, by In The Wings) at Pontefract on Tuesday night booked the Mastercraftsman colt’s ticket to Royal Ascot. Master Carpenter, who w..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17297Thu, 23 May 2013 02:18:17 GMTMaster Carpenter, a 2YO chestnut colt by first season sire Mastercraftsman, confirmed the promise of his debut win when he proved too strong for his opposition in the Pontefract Youngsters 2YO Stakes over 6 furlongs yesterday.   Appreciating t..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17290Wed, 22 May 2013 00:16:57 GMTUnbeaten Sydney winning filly Porcellanus may head towards the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks following her success at Warwick Farm in Sydney at the weekend. The Gai Waterhouse trained 3YO daughter of High Chaparral followed her debut win at Newcastle a fort..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17269Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:24 GMTGroup One sire Falkirk enjoyed an international treble of winners at the weekend with a Friday evening double in Singapore followed by success at Te Rapa in New Zealand on Saturday. In Singapore, Falkirk’s 3YO son Captain Kirk was an impressiv..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17261Mon, 20 May 2013 04:44:16 GMTTwo year old Mastercraftsman colt Pablosky kept his unbeaten record intact when comfortably recording his second consecutive victory in the Premio Dionisia on Italian Derby day in Rome yesterday. An impressive debut winner over 1000m a fortnight ago..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17252Mon, 20 May 2013 00:26:53 GMTHas there ever been a better sire than Galileo? With each passing season that becomes less of a question and more of a statement of fact. The son of Sadler’s Wells, who we should not forget is still only 15, is currently the sire of 130 indiv..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17228Fri, 17 May 2013 02:20:53 GMTPromising young Gr. I winning sire TheWayYouAre, posted his first winner with his first runner at historic Churchill Downs - home to the Kentucky Derby - when 2YO chestnut filly Tomei (ex Teriffany, by Fusaichi Pegasus) scored a stylish 1 ¾ le..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17202Tue, 14 May 2013 01:13:15 GMTWindsor Park-bred Prince Jester rocketed into calculations for the Group 1 Queensland Derby on June 8 when saluting against the older horses at Sandown on Wednesday. The Peter Moody-trained gelding was a class above his rivals at Sandown yesterday..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17152Thu, 09 May 2013 19:59:14 GMTMalibu Beach, a Mastercraftsman sired half-sister to last year's Group 3 Anglesey Stakes winner Grafelli, stood head and shoulders above the rest when selling for a record-breaking price of €180,000 at Tuesday's BBAG Spring Sale of breezers and ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17149Thu, 09 May 2013 02:18:01 GMTThe sole weanling catalogued by champion miler and multiple Gr.1 winning first season sire Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) gained the second highest price on the first day of the NZB National Weanling sale at Karaka yesterday.   The strong bay son of..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17145Thu, 09 May 2013 01:31:08 GMTFirst-season sire Mastercraftsman’s dream start continued in Rome on Sunday when Pabloski (2c Mastercraftsman-Save The Table, by Tale Of The Cat) became the stallion’s third winning debutant from only four representatives. And ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17134Tue, 07 May 2013 00:05:16 GMTMastercraftsman colt Pabloski was a 6 lengths debut winner over 1000m at the Capanelle racetrack in Rome yesterday.  Pabloski couldn’t have been more impressive, recovering from a slow start to score easily. Mastercraftsman has now had 4 E..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17129Mon, 06 May 2013 04:59:28 GMTDouble Look became the second winner from two runners for European Champion 2YO and dual classic winning 3YO Mastercraftsman, when winning on debut in the Bordeaux Prix Du Golf Bordelais over 1000m in France yesterday. Mastercraftsman whose first r..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17108Thu, 02 May 2013 22:57:50 GMTWindsor Park Stud is pleased to release their stallion roster and service fees for 2013. Galileo's world champion son Rip Van Winkle, a multiple European Gr.1 winner, returns to stand his third season at Windsor Park. With champion Frankel heading ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17105Thu, 02 May 2013 04:55:43 GMTIn form stallion High Chaparral claimed more black type glory in Germany on Sunday when Palomita (5m High Chaparral-Perima by Kornado) won the Listed Grosser Preis Von Rossman Listenrennen-Stutenrennen. It was a deserved Listed win in the Hanover mi..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17092Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:59:49 GMTThe prodigious influence of deceased eight-times champion sire Volksraad was emphasised again at the weekend when Little Wonder became Volksraad’s 60th stakes winner in the appropriately sponsored Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Cambridge Breeders&rsquo..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17081Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:00:30 GMTThe Gai Waterhouse-trained Hippopus (High Chaparral) raced away to an easy three lengths victory in yesterday’s VRC St Leger Stakes (Listed, 2800m) looking every inch of a potential Cups performer. The colt gave Waterhouse and jockey Craig Wil..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17048Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:28:40 GMTA number of Sydney’s top class races have proved to be a successful hunting ground for members of the family of Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Oaks winner Royal Descent. Backing up from her success a week previously in the Gr.3 ATC Adrian Kn..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17016Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:45:40 GMTOn the highly competitive Hong Kong circuit, winning once every 10-15 starts is a pretty good feat for any horse going through the classes.  Winning on debut is impressive given the absence of any races to provide horses with..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=17011Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:17:17 GMTStar jockey Craig Williams believes the preparation given to gun filly Norzita (NZ) could prove a masterstroke in the Group One Doncaster Mile on Saturday. The daughter of Thorn Park heads into the famous 1600m handicap at Randwick off a Group One..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16948Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:22:52 GMTNew Zealand three-year-old It’s A Dundeel (NZ) created history at Randwick on Saturday taking the G1 ATC Australian Derby (2400m) in sensational style, romping home by six lengths under double wraps. The son of High Chaparral became the first ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16947Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:14:18 GMTFour-time Group One winner Mastercraftsman (Ire) has been in hot demand at Cambridge’s Windsor Park Stud and breeders who have supported the dashing grey son of Danehill Dancer will be pleased to see his first Northern Hemisphere runner is a wi..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16883Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:56:50 GMTLegendary trainer Bart Cummings yesterday gained his 266th Group One win when Norzita (NZ) (Thorn Park) was successful in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. The victory came in the abscence of her famous trainer, however, with the 85-year-old decidi..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16882Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:44:50 GMTThe Rod Millman-trained Master Carpenter (2c Mastercraftsman-Fringe, by In The Wings) provided the brilliant Mastercraftsman with a first victory when easily winning a maiden at Leicester on Friday. The colt, who was also Mastercraftsman’s ver..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16874Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:21:19 GMTSydney's autumn triple crown is at the mercy of star colt It's A Dundeel after he made a one-act affair of the Gr. 1 Rosehill Guineas. With the Randwick Guineas already in his keeping, It's A Dundeel was sent out at the prohibitive odds of $1.30 i..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16837Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:46:27 GMTGai Waterhouse unearthed a potential ATC Australian Derby contender in Hippopus (High Chaparral) at Canterbury today. The tough grinding three-year-old will now progress to the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Golden Slipper day, a w..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16816Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:21:20 GMT Top class colt It’s a Dundeel (3c High Chaparral x Stareel, by Zabeel) is no stranger to Group I success having captured the ATC Spring Champion Stakes last September, the exciting son of High Chaparral back to his sparkling best at Warwick F..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16737Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:45:50 GMTShamexpress (O’Reilly), winner of Saturday’s Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap in Melbourne, not only provided his damsire Volksraad with his second Australian Gr.1 winner in that capacity following Lights Of Heaven’s (Zabeel) 2011 Schweppes ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16701Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:16:46 GMTSuperstar galloper Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park) has bounced through his winning run in the Group One Lindauer New Zealand Stakes on the weekend and is ready for the first leg of his international campaign in Dubai on the 30th of March. “He j..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16693Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:09:18 GMT David Payne-trained galloper Centennial Park relished the right track conditions at Flemington Racecourse this afternoon taking out the last on Newmarket Handicap Day with a brave win in the Super Saturday Stakes ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16689Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:41:16 GMT Ocean Park’s global campaign gained serious momentum with a performance of pace and power in the G1 New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Leading home a Thorn Park quinella, Ocean Park defeated multiple G1 winner Veyron..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16688Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:30:36 GMT“Dubai here we come!” was the emphatic message delivered by star weight-for-age galloper Ocean Park as he trounced a quality field in the Gr. 1 Lindauer New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie today. With a northern hemisphere campaign pending, ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16687Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:21:14 GMT Solar Great (Falkirk) made it five wins from as many starts this season to ensure a home victory in the HKG3 Hong Kong Macau Trophy (Handicap) at Shatin last night.   Hong Kong has now won eight of the 10 renewals of the race, whic..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16617Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:06:17 GMT Flemington trainer Steve Richards will give Thorn Park (Spinning World – Joy, by Bluebird) filly Young Girl (Thorn Park – Lyric, by Grosvenor) a chance at winning a Group one race after her strong win at Werribee yesterday. &nbsp..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16576Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:05:34 GMTBart Cummings and Steven Arnold have celebrated success in the biggest race of all at Moonee Valley and they were back at it on Friday night at the unique circuit. The duo that teamed to win the 2010 Cox Plate with champion So You Think (NZ) (High ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16558Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:53:44 GMTThe continuing influence of Windsor Park Stud’s eight-times Champion Sire Volksraad was evident again at the weekend when his 4YO son It Has To Be You became his sire’s 59th individual stakes winner with success in the HK$6 million Hong K..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16523Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:55:40 GMTIt Has To Be You (Volksraad) sprang a shock in the second leg of the Hong Kong Four-Year-old Series, the HKG1 Hong Kong Classic Cup on Sunday. It Has To Be You wins the Classic Cup, picture Hong Kong Jockey Club John Size’s charge ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16512Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:08:46 GMTImproving young stayer Hippopus (3c High Chaparral x Straight Eight, by Danske) took another step in the right direction when scoring a commanding win at Canterbury on Wednesday. A three year-old colt by High Chaparral, Hippopus was rated perfect..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16492Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:05:19 GMTThose Australian yearling buyers heading to Karaka next week are likely to see plenty of yearlings from the first crop of Windsor Park Stud's exciting young shuttler Mastercraftsman (IRE), who has some 90 yearlings catalogued for the 2013 NZB Pre..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16380Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:19:38 GMTWith his sons and daughters running red hot, there’s much to look forward to from the significant representation of super-sire High Chaparral at Karaka 2013.   The High Chaparral cross with New Zealand mares during the Coolmore Stud s..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16379Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:54:26 GMTFinally getting his act together at the ATC metropolitan meeting at Kembla on Wednesday was promising colt Photon Willie, the most expensive yearling by So You Think's sire High Chaparral (IRE) sold in 2011. The Chris Waller trained three year-..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16373Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:54:28 GMT..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16274Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:41:04 GMTAs good as multiple Group One winner Veyron is now, trainer Linda Laing has quietly hinted the best may be yet to come from the son of the ill-fated Thorn Park. The big gelding added to his tally this afternoon at Ellerslie where a canny but uncha..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16231Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:22:54 GMT 2013 Yearling Parade Thursday 17th JANUARY 2013  See the exciting first crop yearlings of European Champion 2YO & classic winning 3YO Mastercraftsman and European Gr.1 winning 2YO TheWayYouAre.  Recent Windsor Park yearlin..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16109Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:37:31 GMT The back cover of this week’s edition of The Informant is an advertisement quite different to any that normally appear as a promotional vehicle. Windsor Park Stud has taken the opportunity to farewell its champion stallion Thorn Park, whose ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16074Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:40:11 GMT "Some horses come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay a while, make hoofprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same."  Thorn Park 1999 - 2012 We farewell our Champion Sire Thorn Park who recently succumbed to an infecti..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16070Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:36:41 GMT This morning Champion Sire Thorn Park was laid to rest at Windsor Park Stud after succumbing to a long running and deep seated infection in the navicular bone of his near hind foot. Over the past few months every effort has been made by veterinari..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16036Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:51:05 GMTSpecial Draw has been tagged as a Group quality sprinter for some time and this season may well see her succeed at that level. The Falkirk mare has won three of her nine starts and last time out earned black type with a solid performance to place in..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=16005Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:39:29 GMT  Falkirk winning the Group Two Theo Marks at Rosehill . . . now a successful stallion, he has two in the Listed sprint at Pukekohe tomorrow. Fresh from a decent winter break, up-and-coming Falkirk mare Tale To Tell (NZ) will step out in o..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15910Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:03:07 GMTYesterday’s versatile Gr.3  CJC Stewards Stakes winner King Montrose (King’s Chapel) became the second Group winner produced by his dam Dorrington more than a decade following the 2YO Gr.1 success recorded by her first foal Explosive..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15879Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:43:41 GMTBacking up on his favourite track Karaka graduate King Montrose (NZ) claimed his ninth race victory, his first at stakes level, in the $100,000 Group 3 Lindauer Stewards Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton this afternoon.   Trained and part-owned by N..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15875Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:19:31 GMTThe 2012 Melbourne Cup always looked as though it would be won by an import and so it was, but at least it was one owned and trained by Aussies. The Lloyd Williams team leave no stone unturned in endeavouring to win our greatest race and their que..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15806Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:05:34 GMTGalileo’s son Kingsbarns will head into winter quarters as the ante-post favourite for the 2013 Epsom Derby after coasting to victory in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster last Saturday. Should he line up at Epsom next June (2013), the Aidan ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15741Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:06:09 GMT Thorn Park, the champion NZ-based sire of Cox Plate winner Ocean Park, is fighting to regain his health after undergoing further surgery last week for his laminitis condition. Thorn Park stands at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand, a nursery that n..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15733Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:04:49 GMTTrelawney Stud boss Brent Taylor has bred his share of Classic and weight-for-age winners but nothing in the league of Ocean Park. Taylor and his wife Cherry were trackside at Moonee Valley on Saturday to experience their greatest thrill in racing ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15728Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:49:14 GMT After missing the start by half a length, New Zealand-bred Ocean Park (Thorn Park) produced a sweeping run from 11th in the 14-runner field to win yesterday’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m). The four-year-old son of Thorn Park (Spinning Worl..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15726Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:42:17 GMT High Shot pictured as a yearling put forward as Lot 1 in the Windsor Park Stud draft to the 2011 National Sale The Melbourne spring carnival might only just be reaching a crescendo but some trainers already have an eye for the major riches of..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15694Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:00:33 GMT It's A Dundeel will run at Moonee Valley a week out from the VRC Derby. New Zealand trainer Murray Baker has chosen to run Victoria Derby favourite It's A Dundeel at Moonee Valley on Saturday despite some serious misgivings. The undefeated colt w..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15691Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:07:33 GMTMatamata trainer Gary Hennessy would be delighted if jockey Glen Boss received another fine for celebrating before the winning post when he next rides Ocean Park. Boss and Ocean Park will team up again in the Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on O..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15640Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:26:19 GMTBrilliant New Zealand galloper Ocean Park continued an unbeaten spring build-up to the Gr.1 Cox Plate with a hard-fought win in the Gr.1 Caulfield Stakes (Yalumba) in Melbourne on Saturday. The New Zealand star, a short-priced favourite, answered ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15638Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:11:51 GMTIt was Group One win number 265 for the master Bart Cummings when Norzita (Thorn Park) demolished the field in the $400,000, Gr.1 Coolmore Flight Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Bowman described the win as a ‘privilege’ with Cummings cal..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15572Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:31:22 GMT Unbeaten New Zealand colt It’s A Dundeel (NZ) (3c High Chaparral x Stareel, by Zabeel) maintained his perfect record when overpowering another previously unbeaten colt in Proisir (3c Choisir x Prophet Jewel, by Encosta de Lago) to win th..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=15563Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:48:42 GMT Leading NZ sire Thorn Park has been withdrawn from service after recently sustaining a punctured sole to a hind foot with a resulting infection giving rise to secondary issues including laminitis in his other hind foot. While the recuperation per..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14616Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:53:30 GMTWindsor Park sires, either former or current, were firing on all cylinders on both sides of the Tasman at the weekend. Thorn Park’s son Ocean Park added another Australian Gr.1 success to his champion sire’s resume with an electrifying w..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14579Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:54:26 GMTHighly promising Sydney filly Norzita nearly secured an outstanding Group race double for her champion sire Thorn Park at the weekend when she won, and then lost on protest, the ATC Gr.2 Tea Rose Stakes for 3YO fillies at Rosehill. Bred by Henley Pa..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14574Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:44:02 GMTWith a breath-taking victory in the Gr.1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, Ocean Park delivered an ominous warning to his spring rivals. This followed a stunning seasonal reappearance earlier in the month when a win in the Gr.1 Makfi Challen..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14547Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:55:50 GMT Exciting four-year-old Ginner Hart (NZ) (Volksraad) continued his outstanding first-up record when he dominated a competitive field of open class sprinters in the 1200 metre AON Insurance Brokers Handicap at Hastings yesterday. Now unbeaten in a..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14543Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:57:58 GMT"Group One" Glen Boss has continued his great vein of form to guide Ocean Park to victory in the Underwood Stakes (1,800m) at Caulfield. The four-year-old trained by Gary Hennessy showed a great turn of foot to overcome trouble at the turn to defeat ..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14542Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:50:29 GMTLeading sire High Chaparral was in top form on Saturday with a Group I victory for his current flagbearer Shoot Out (6g High Chaparral x Pentamerous by Pentire) and a first stakes success for his up and coming star It’s a Dundeel (3c High Chapa..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14541Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:54:20 GMTOcean Park (Thorn Park) erased memories of the disappointing end to his three-year-old season by burying a star-studded field in the Gr. 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings today. In mid-April the Gary Hennessy-trained four-year-old had to be scrat..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14371Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:31:28 GMTA first-crop son of four-time G1 winner Mastercraftsman stole the show at Doncaster’s 2012 Premier Yearling Sale one Thursday when selling for £185,000. Out of the Forest Wildcat mare Weekend Fling, the striking colt was offered from Den..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14365Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:34:32 GMTSoon (Galileo) came with a late rattle to land the Listed Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney in Ireland yesterday to become her sire's 116th stakes winner. Making her third appearance in nine days, the busy daughter of Galileo got up in the l..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14358Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:11:25 GMTTen stakes winners in ten days for Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) – an amazing achievement for any stallion but all the more impressive when one of those winners is a superstar. The mighty Frankel who, on 22 August raced away to his 13th conse..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14351Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:00:34 GMTLightly-raced gelding Mr Epic (Falkirk) made a winning return from surgery when successful in the $65,000 Penang Turf Club trophy over 1200m on the Polytrack at Singapore on Sunday. Ridden by Barend Vorster, Mr Epic ran his rivals ragged before s..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14345Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:10:01 GMTEven by his own high standards last week was sensational for Galileo who sired an amazing ten individual stakes winners in that short space of time. Heading the list was his undefeated champion son Frankel (4c ex Kind by Danehill) who confirmed him..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14344Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:45:43 GMTBrenton Avdulla has put the disappointment of his sacking from Secret Admirer (Dubawi) behind him and grasped the opportunity to ride Polish Knight (NZ) (Encosta de Lago) against her in the Warwick Stakes.   The young jockey has ridden Secret..http://www.windsorparkstud.co.nz/News/default.aspx?c=14201Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:56:20 GMT