Kiwi Chronicles
Amarelinha’s Oaks win has Chittick jumping for joy
With her strong victory in Saturday’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m), inventively named Amarelinha (Savabeel) not only wrapped up the coveted New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of Year title but also ensured that the Savabeel (Zabeel)-Waikato Stud roadshow continues. Amarelinha in Portuguese means hopscotch, the name given to her dam Hopscotch (O’Reilly) and in adding... Read More
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Mapperley Stud roars to Lion’s success
For Mapperley Stud, the week could not have been better. Only last Wednesday Mapperley’s young stallion Contributer (High Chaparral) sired his first stakes winner when Llanacord held on gamely in the Lowland Stakes (Gr 2, 2100m) at Hastings and Saturday’s Group 1 success in the Randwick Guineas (1600m) is more icing on the cake as... Read More