How $3,800 turned into a New Zealand Oaks Quinella

Off the back of a Woodlands Stud bred trifecta in the $175,000 Group 1 New Zealand Oaks at Addington Raceway yesterday, it’s a great time to highlight the success of the stud and with the upcoming NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales just a couple of months away, you don’t have to wait long to find a Woodlands bred harness racing star of your own.

The two horses that quinellaed the feature race were purchased as weanlings for a combined amount of just $3,800 from the Woodlands Stud draft. The winner was Aardiebytheseaside, a daughter of exciting young pacing sire Downbytheseaside and out of a Christian Cullen mare. She was sold for just $1,500 and has done a great job to date for her owner Mike Tanev and trainers Steve and Amanda Telfer. The 3-year-old filly has now won over $220k in stakes and had 21 starts for eight wins and eight placings.

Second place went the way of the Sweet Lou filly Mantra Blue, who is also out of a Christian Cullen mare. She was purchased for $2,300 from the same weanling draft as Aardiebytheseaside. She is owned by Lynette Philpott and trained by Zachary Butcher and looks to be a filly with a big future ahead of her. Pacing into third was the Woodlands Stud bred and owned Kahlua Flybye who is by Bettor’s Delight and raced in partnership with our syndicate members and also trained by Steve and Amanda Telfer.

Looking forward, Woodlands Stud are excited to be offering another strong draft at the NZB Standardbred National Yearling Sales on Sunday 18th February 2024. We have 34 yearlings on offer and something to suit everyone. We have 11 by Bettor’s Delight (seven colts, four fillies), nine by Downbytheseaside (four colts, five fillies), eight by American Ideal (seven colts, one filly) and two each for Sweet Lou (two colts), Lather Up (two colts) and What The Hill (one colt, one filly).

As always, our draft are all for genuine sale and will be offered with realistic reserves. Photos and videos of the draft will be available at the end of January. Viewing of the yearlings can take place on the North Island bus tour on 22nd & 23rd of January, at Karaka the day prior to the sale on Saturday 17th February and we also welcome private viewings both on-farm and at Karaka.

To view or for more information on our yearlings click on the link below or contact Tony Grayling on +64 21 618 830 or Kelly Blakemore on +64 21 0273 5686.

Don’t miss your opportunity to share the dream with Woodlands Stud!

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