13 JULY, 2018 ISSUE #363 WAIKATO STUD SALE GRADUATES Weekend DOMINATE DURING 2017-18 SEASON @Waikato XXX 4 TRAINER ANNOUNCES KAWI’S RETIREMENT PAGE 16 GARRY’S CORNER PAGE 6 Black Type Spotlight XXX PAGE 11 60 seconds with Robert Wellwood 2 / NEWS PHONE CALL REAPS REWARDS www.waikatostud.com Champion New A phone call from Lindsay Park co- he had heard I had quite a nice horse trainer David Hayes has led to exciting and that he’d like to train him for me. times for Kiwi owner breeders Peter Zealand sire Savabeel “I thought with that sort of initiative I’ll Grieve and Barry Thomas. gave us the ‘One to give him a go.” The pair co-own and bred exciting It is a decision that Grieve has not Watch’ on Wednesday three-year-old Gold Mag who took his regretted, with Gold Mag winning by unbeaten tally to two at Sandown on with a sensational win a similar margin on debut at Bendigo Wednesday. for the three-quarter in June, followed by Wednesday’s The Savabeel gelding showed a impressive victory. tremendous turn of foot to sail past brother in-blood to “They (trainers) are pretty excited. He’s his opposition to score by five-lengths still got youth on his side, so we’ll take triple Group I winner under jockey Craig Williams. him along slowly,” he said. Sangster. “He showed a great turn of foot and “We’ll just ease up on him now and changed stride in the straight and was bring him out in a couple of months three-wide all the way,” Grieve said. time. He’ll be a handy horse in 13 to “I’m very happy with the win.” 14 months.” Gold Mag only had the one unplaced Grieve, a 75-year-old former trainer, is trial in New Zealand for trainer Finbarr excited to once again have a quality Leahy before Grieve fielded a call from horse on his hands, but Gold Mag still David Hayes. has a way to go to top his list. “His trial in New Zealand was quite a “It’s good to have a nice horse on my good trial,” Grieves said. “David Hayes BELOW / Gold Mag hands again after 50 years in racing,” rang me out of the blue and told me he said. “I’ve been keen on racing all my life. I had my first winner in 1969 and had a horse or two before that. I trained my first winner at Wellington in 1970, so I have been playing around with horses for a long time. “I had a share in Omnicorp when he won the VRC Derby, but breeding, owning and training Braless to win the (New Zealand) One Thousand Guineas has probably been the highlight. Uncle Remus beat us by half a head in the (New Zealand) Two Thousand Guineas.” Continued on page 3 > 3 / NEWS PHONE CALL REAPS REWARDS (CONT’D) www.waikatostud.com Meanwhile, Grieve said he is just as That has resulted in the pair breeding rapt for his breeding and owning Gold Mag and Grieve hopes his future partner Barry Thomas, who was made success can pay for his dam Chapinta a Companion of the New Zealand to return to his sire this season. Order of Merit for services to tourism “We’d probably be wise to go back and business in the 2018 Queen’s to Savabeel (this coming season), we Birthday Honours. might be able to afford it by then.”– “He sponsors the New Zealand NZ Racing Desk Trotting and galloping Cups,” Grieve said. “He’s put a fair bit into racing. “I met him through a review committee we were in, it was of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing as a matter of fact. We got matey and began racing a few together.” BELOW / Gold Mag 4 / NEWS RETIREMENT FOR SAVABEEL’S TOP-CLASS SON www.waikatostud.com Allan Sharrock was The New Plymouth trainer starts, but it was a close second that announced today that he had stood out in Sharrock’s mind. called time on the seven-year-old’s feeling both sad “He was great in those big races illustrious career. and relieved in the at Hawke’s Bay, but I think his “We’ve had a ride and a-half with biggest effort was in the Telegraph,” 2 wake of his decision him and while it’s a shame, I’m also Sharrock said. relieved,” Sharrock said. to retire Savabeel’s “He carried topweight and had he best son Kawi. “I know he’s not quite right and he’s not been held up he might still have had issues with his joints and his won. There was a bias toward the fetlocks are showing a bit of wear inside that day and he was down the and tear. I’d hate to see anything middle. happen to him so that’s it. “It’s a shame we couldn’t equal “I’m not taking any risks, he’s been Mufhasa’s record, but that’s the way such a great servant. He’s the best it goes sometimes.” I’ve had. Mufhasa heads the list of New “He’s been massive and people Zealand Group One wins with don’t realise how hard it is to win eight and Kawi shares second with seven Group Ones.” Seachange on seven. Kawi was successful in 15 of his 39 BELOW / Kawi 5 / NEWS PINS CONTINUES TO MAKE HIS MARK www.waikatostud.com Pins gained further posthumous international honours this week with a trio of winners in two countries. BELOW / Bella Amante His daughters Bella Amante and My Shu Mai struck in Australia while Flying Monkey furthered his record in Hong Kong. The lightly-tried Bella Amante posted the third victory of her five-start career when she won at Kembla Grange on Thursday. Bred and part-owned by Little Avondale Stud she is out of the Zabeel mare Bellabaci, who hails from the family of Waikato Stud graduate and Gr.1 Australasian Oaks winner Marju Snip. My Shu Mai’s maiden success came at Sale on Thursday off the back of two previous placings. The three-year-old is a daughter of the American-bred Flowerdrum, a Group Two winner in Australia. His leading Australian performer was the Gr. 1 Cox Plate winner El Meanwhile, Flying Monkey won Segundo, while in New Zealand his for the second time in Hong top-flight winners includes Katie Lee. Kong on Wednesday evening. She made history in 2009 when He is out of the dual Group Two-winning she became the first horse to Danehill mare Dandify, a daughter of complete the New Zealand the former champion filly and multiple 2000 and 1000 Guineas double. Group One winner Mannerism. He also significantly contributed to Pins sadly passed away earlier this the rise of the farm’s current champion year due to complications from colic. stallion Savabeel with an impressive 15 per cent of stakes winners to runners A Gr. 1 Australian Guineas winner sired by Savabeel out of mares by Pins. for trainer Clarry Connors, he retired to Waikato Stud in 2000 and enjoyed an outstanding career. 6 / BLACK TYPE SPOTLIGHT BLACK TYPE SPOTLIGHT www.waikatostud.com AUTUMN ASSAULT SGP-2 AUSHORSE GOLDEN HORSESHOE SATURDAY JULY 14 AT 12:55 AM (NZT) Autumn Assault / By Rock ‘n’ Pop, from Summer Daze Lightly tried two-year-old Rock ‘n’ Pop gelding Autumn Assault won impressively at his last start in late June and was a close second on debut at his previous start. The promising speedster has an electric turn of foot and should be extremely competitive in tonight’s Sgp-2 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe over 1200m. Trained by David Kok, Autumn Assault has drawn wide in barrier 16 and will be ridden by Benny Woodworth. MR EXCHEQUER SGP-1 EMIRATES SINGAPORE DERBY SUNDAY JULY 15 AT 8:20 PM (NZT) Mr Exchequer / By Savabeel, from Apollo Treasure Savabeel four-year-old Mr Exchequer is a four-time winner and sparked a good line of form back in Feb/March when winning back-to-back races for trainer Shane Baertschiger and owners MA Racing Stable. The gelding was 8th of 11 at his last outing in the Sgp-1 Singapore TC Charity Bowl and should relish the distance in tomorrow’s Singapore Derby (1800m), having won over this trip before. Mr Exchequer will be ridden by John Powell from barrier 11 in the $1.15 million feature. 7 / WS GRADUATES DOMINATE WAIKATO STUD SALE GRADUATES DOMINATE DURING 2017-18 SEASON www.waikatostud.com DURING THE 2017-18 SEASON WAIKATO STUD BRED GROUP 1 GROUP STAKES PLACED 3 WINNERS 8 WINNERS 15 HORSES 2 SAVVY COUP 2014 FILLY BY SAVABEEL, FROM EUDORA 2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS 1st Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks 1st Gr.3 Hawkes Bay Lowland Stakes 1st Gr.3 Manawatu RC Eulogy Stakes 3rd Gr.1 WRC Levin Classic 3rd Listed ARC Karaka Million 3YO Classic (R) Sold at the NZB Premier Yearling Sale in 2016 for $65,000 to Jim Bruford HASAHALO OCEAN EMPEROR SAVAPINSKI 2014 FILLY BY SAVABEEL, 2011 COLT BY ZABEEL, 2013 MARE BY SAVABEEL, FROM HALLOWEEN FROM TOOTSIE FROM SWARVOSKI 2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS 2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS 2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS 1st Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas 1st Gr.2 BOP RC Japan-New Zealand 1st Gr.2 VRC Matriarch Stakes International Trophy 2nd Gr.3 MVRC Tesio Stakes 1st Gr.2 BOP RC Tauranga Stakes Sold at the NZB Premier Yearling Sale in Sold at the NZB Premier Yearling Sale in Sold at the NZB Premier Yearling 2016 for $110,000 to Go Racing 2013 for $450,000 to Mr Gary Hennessy Sale in 2015 for $70,000 to Dynamic Syndications/Gai Waterhouse Racing Please note: Achievements listed here are only for the 2017-18 season and many of these horses have won or placed at Stakes level outside of the current season.