{"id":369723,"date":"2026-04-08T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369723\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:36:14","slug":"waikato-stud-announce-2026-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369723\/","title":{"rendered":"Waikato Stud Announce 2026 Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

From proven producers to exciting young sires on the rise, Waikato Stud\u2019s 2026 roster offers breeders proven performance, emerging momentum and genuine depth across the board through Savabeel, his sire son Noverre, Ardrossan, Ocean Park, Banquo and the exciting new recruit in the unbeaten Group 1-winning juvenile, Return To Conquer.<\/p>\n

2026 Waikato Stud stallion fees:<\/p>\n

Savabeel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Private<\/p>\n

Ardrossan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $20,000 plus GST, LFG<\/p>\n

NEW Return To Conquer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $15,000 plus GST, LFG<\/p>\n

Ocean Park\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $15,000 plus GST, LFG<\/p>\n

Noverre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $10,000 plus GST, LFG<\/p>\n

Banquo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $5,000 plus GST, LFG<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lineup we are incredibly proud of, and one we are proud to show clients. It also reflects the long-term thinking and tradition that has played such a big part in our success,\u201d said general manager, Mike Rennie.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how hard it is to make a stallion and, even more so these days, to acquire one. This year has been big for Waikato Stud and our partners, with Coolmore purchasing Super Seth, and three generations of the Chittick family investing in Return To Conquer. At the end of the day though, we can\u2019t do it without the support of our fellow breeders and current shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Savabeel<\/p>\n

Crowned New Zealand Champion Sire on 10 occasions and inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame in 2025, Savabeel has made an extraordinary contribution to the Australasian industry. This year, his book will be set to private, with Waikato Stud and his loyal shareholders the only breeders with access to the breed-shaping influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat more can you say about a stallion who has achieved so much?\u201d said Rennie, who has been at Waikato Stud since 2018. \u201cSav still enjoys his work and he looks great. While he\u2019s set at private, on the track he\u2019s certainly not done yet. Belle Cheval was incredibly impressive in the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes, and on Saturday in Australia, Essentric Nature recorded his 158th stakes winner. He\u2019s closing in on Zabeel\u2019s record of 166 stakes winners and we\u2019re confident he\u2019ll get there. That\u2019ll be another good milestone to tick off for Sav.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Rennie played an integral role in the successful career of Super Seth and, alongside the Chittick family and WS team, will now help lay the foundations for the career of another exciting addition to Waikato Stud\u2019s stallion roster in Return To Conquer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an incredible horse to look at and many will remember him from Magics being a A$1.3 million yearling. He\u2019s an unbeaten Group 1-winning son of Snitzel, who we know is working with the NZ broodmare band,\u201d said Rennie. \u201cAll four of his starts were at stakes level and he\u2019ll get a lot of mares from the Waikato broodmare band as well as shareholders. He\u2019s phenomenal value when you consider his breeding, his looks and what he did on the racetrack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Return<\/p>\n

Return To Conquer will stand for $15,000 plus GST.<\/p>\n

Ardrossan, the Group-winning son of Redoute\u2019s Choice, looks poised to soar. Striking at an impressive 8% stakes winners to runners, Ardrossan\u2019s momentum continued through the 2026 yearling sales, where his biggest crop to date made up to $450,000. Seventeen of his yearlings sold for six figures, while 60 per cent of his NZB Karaka yearlings were secured by international buyers.<\/p>\n

Among those to invest in Ardrossan yearlings were Bjorn Baker, Ciaron Maher, Cliff Brown, Matt Laurie, Sheamus Mills, the Shailer Racing team, loyal local supporters Wexford Stables and ready-to-run consignor Ohukia Lodge to name but a few.<\/p>\n

\u201cArdy\u2019s a sire we believe is going to kick some serious goals in the coming seasons. What he\u2019s been able to achieve so far has been from a lower profile of mare, which is phenomenal. The last three seasons that quality has increased a significant amount, and we saw that in the sales ring this year,\u201d explained Rennie. \u201cThey\u2019re tough, Hong Kong love them, he\u2019s had 12 runners for eight winners, the ready-to-run consigners honed in on them at the yearling sales this year. It was trainers versus ready-to-run consignors bidding against each other most of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ardrossan<\/p>\n

Ardrossan has already produced two stakes performers from his current two-year-old crop in De Armas and Butler Cabin, from just two runners to date, and he will stand this season for $20,000 plus GST.<\/p>\n

Ocean Park has had a watershed season producing 78 individual winners for 10 stakes horses, including two Group 1 horses. The five-time Group 1 winner, a Champion in both Australia and New Zealand during his racing career and underpinned by consistency throughout his career as a racehorse, and now, as a sire, Ocean Park has produced 1038 race wins from 379 winners, across distances that range from 1200m to 3200m. He has sired five individual Group 1 winners, with 26 black-type winners in total.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always got a good, tough horse, and Ohope Wins is a great example of that this season,\u201d Rennie said. \u201cAs is Autumn Glory, who placed in the Gr.1 NZ Derby and Oaks. They\u2019re good trainers\u2019 horses because they enjoy their work, they\u2019re tough and they train on. Look at Kovalica who is six-years old and raced 37 times, he\u2019s still contesting those black-type races, he\u2019s amassed A$4,390,250 prizemoney over in Australia for Chris Waller, who bought two of his five yearlings at Karaka with John O\u2019Shea and Tom Charlton and Ballymore being the others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ocean<\/p>\n

Ocean Park is renowned for his remarkable toughness and enduring soundness; qualities which he has undoubtedly passed to his progeny and will stand for $15,000 plus GST.<\/p>\n

Noverre\u2019s eldest are two-year-olds, but it is the three-year-old season Waikato Stud believes we will start to see his progeny make their mark. At the 2026 yearling sales, trainers continued to have confidence in the Group 1-winning son with Moody Racing going to $200,000 at Karaka this year, other trainers who bought Noverre\u2019s progeny include Lindsay Park, Grahame Begg and Wexford.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t surprise us to see them step out as spring three-year-olds and really make a mark,\u201d said Rennie. \u201cReports from trainers are they\u2019re straightforward and will benefit from a bit of time, and it was good to see trainers securing the Noverres again at the yearling sales.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Noverre<\/p>\n

Noverre will stand for $10,000 plus GST this season.<\/p>\n

At just nine-years old, Banquo is a stallion who is having to prove himself the hard way. From seven runners he has produced three winners, including the Group 3-winning two-year-old Justin Case who, from four starts has won twice, placed and ran fourth in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes. Banquo\u00a0hails from a strong Australian sprinting family, being a full brother to Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate winner Booker. A good-looking son of Written Tycoon, he was a A$600,000 Magic Millions yearling who produces good-looking stock.<\/p>\n

\u201cBanquo\u2019s progeny are showing us real promise, headlined by Justin Case who has risen through the grades quickly and will make an exciting three-year-old,\u201d said Rennie. \u201cCurrent three-year-olds Portland and Mr Bombasa, who won on Monday, look to be workmen-like too. The feedback we are getting from people like Jamie Beatson of Ohukia and Kris Shailer is that they love them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Banquo<\/p>\n

Banquo will stand for an increased fee of $5,000 plus GST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From proven producers to exciting young sires on the rise, Waikato Stud\u2019s 2026 roster offers breeders proven performance,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-369723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}