{"id":392163,"date":"2026-04-22T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/392163\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:32:15","slug":"white-robe-stud-announce-2026-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/392163\/","title":{"rendered":"White Robe Stud Announce 2026 Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

White Robe Lodge stallions Alflaila (GB) and Ancient Spirit (Ger) will stand at 7,000+GST this breeding season, reinforcing the iconic Southern nursery\u2019s commitment to supporting thoroughbred breeders at every level.<\/p>\n

Alflaila heads into his second season at White Robe Lodge after a strong debut year, where the multiple Group Two winner proved popular with breeders, covering 110 mares.<\/p>\n

\"Alfaila<\/p>\n

A striking individual, he represents the first influence of the outstanding Dark Angel sire-line to stand in New Zealand, offering breeders access to one of Europe\u2019s most in-demand bloodlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were overwhelmed by the first-year support of Alflaila. It\u2019s the biggest book we’ve had for a stallion in 15 years,\u201d White Robe Lodge\u2019s Jack Stewart said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreeders from all around the country have sent mares and lot of those mares have been booked in again this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage anyone who’s in the area to come out and have a look at him as he\u2019s a stunning type and if the foals look anything like he does, then breeders won\u2019t be disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart said the Dark Angel sire-line is flying in Australia at present through his son Harry Angel, and the addition of Dark Angel\u2019s triple Group One winning son Charyn ($35,000+GST) to the Cambridge Stud roster is a coup for New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously Alflaila stands at a different price point, and at White Robe Lodge we are very cognisant of the cost of breeding and raising a horse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important we play our part to keep breeders engaged and give them every opportunity to succeed, so in addition to realistic service fees, we also offer $10 a day grazing fees for anyone who supports our stallions with a mare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ancient<\/p>\n

While the first foals of Alflaila are keenly anticipated this spring, associate sire Ancient Spirit has made a promising start to his stud career, with his eldest progeny three-year-olds.<\/p>\n

Stakes winner Bobby McGee headlines his early runners, while Golden Spirit has also gained black-type, and the young stallion was represented by impressive debut winner Arwen.<\/p>\n

The well-bred son of Invincible Spirit was also represented by emerging staying filly Fly Zenno, who has shown her quality in strong company, including a solid fourth in the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m) at Te Rapa behind subsequent dual Group One winner Ohope Wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always thought they’d be horses that would get better with time, and they\u2019re certainly showing a bit now,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word from the trainers is positive that they will continue to progress into strong staying types.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve got plenty of them here ourselves, both on the farm and in the racing stable (Brian & Shane Anderton). He\u2019s on the right trajectory and there is plenty of interest in them as trade horses to Australia, given their ability to get out over a bit of ground.\u201d \u2013 NZ Racing Desk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Robe Lodge stallions Alflaila (GB) and Ancient Spirit (Ger) will stand at 7,000+GST this breeding season, reinforcing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-392163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392163","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=392163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}