Windsor Park Stud

Brilliant Group 1 winners Auguste Rodin and Paddington return to Windsor Park Stud in 2026, with each standing at NZ$30,000 plus GST. The six-time Group 1 winner Auguste Rodin returns for his second season, having covered 160 mares in his first season in 2025. "He served an outstanding book of mares in his first season with us," said Windsor Park Stud's Rodney Schick. "He was world-class on the track and he is world-class in temperament. We have received excellent reports on his foals in the Northern Hemisphere, with his progeny...

By Kit Gow/TTR AusNZ A tragic accident occurred on the Schick family's property near Cambridge, New Zealand on Sunday. Rodney Schick, managing director of Windsor Park Stud, was critically injured in an ATV accident. Roddy and Gina's 10-year-old son, Jimmy, sadly lost his life. Two other children were also injured. Windsor Park Stud has long stood as one of New Zealand's most respected breeding operations. The Schick family has been generous with their time, their knowledge, their leadership and their support of others in the industry. They are widely admired...

Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) further cemented his status as the world's best sprinter with a 2 1/4-length victory in the 1200-metre G1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin on Sunday. Sent off the heavy 1-20 crowd's pick, the bay gelding duly made it a dozen wins in a row with the closing Satono Reve (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) a neck ahead of third-place finisher Helios Express (Aus) (Toronado {Ire}), who also rallied from the rear of the field. In touch with the leaders in a tracking fifth through...

A number of fees for the most exciting sires in Australia and New Zealand have been announced with Windsor Park Stud, which has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with Coolmore Stud, saying that dual Derby winner Auguste Rodin (Ire) will be well-supported by Southern Hemisphere breeders.  Auguste Rodin heads the stallion roster at NZ$30,000 while fellow Coolmore shuttler Paddington (Fr) will stand at NZ$35,000, the same fee he was introduced at in 2024 at Windsor Park.  Rodney Schick, stud master at Windsor Park, commented on Auguste Rodin, "World class...

Auguste Rodin (Ire) will be joining his fellow Coolmore stallion and Derby winner City Of Troy in shuttling to the Southern Hemisphere this coming season but he will head instead to New Zealand's Windsor Park Stud. The son of Deep Impact (Jpn) will stand for NZ$30,000 (approximately €16,000). The stud's eight-strong stallion line-up also includes Paddington (GB) and Circus Maximus (Ire), and it has previously been home to the Coolmore shuttlers Montjeu (Ire) and High Chaparral (Ire). Windsor Park Stud principal Rodney Schick said, "We are privileged to welcome a...

Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) will shuttle to New Zealand to stand at Windsor Park Stud, which was also the former southern hemisphere home of his broodmare sire Montjeu (Ire). Currently covering his first book of mares at Coolmore Stud in Ireland, the four-time Group 1 winner will become the first son of the Aga Khan Studs' Siyouni to join the stallion ranks in New Zealand. Siyouni's champion son St Mark's Basilica (Fr) shuttles to Coolmore's base in the Hunter Valley. Though Siyouni has remained in France throughout his stud career,...

Forced into retreat by injury in 2010, Coolmore's one-time powerhouse Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}--Looking Back, by Stravinsky) has only just begun to show signs of stirring in his residence at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand. In the last month, the pairing of Te Akau Shark (NZ) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) took his reputation to the next level with the former winning the G1 BCD Group Sprint and G1 Chipping Norton S. and the latter the G1 New Zealand Oaks. That placed him sixth in his county's sires'...