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Kia Ora 3YO making moves
The hopes of a bright future ahead for talented three-year-old, Nadaraja were further heightened following a 5.6 length demolition at Scone this week. Drawn out wide in barrier 11, he jumped well and led throughout, easing up at the line [...]
Kia Ora Virtual Stallion Parade
As we prepare to write an exciting new chapter in Kia Ora's illustrious history books, our team couldn't be more excited about the future that awaits our freshman stallions Farnan and Prague. We hope you enjoy our inaugural virtual stallion [...]
Spring brings a renewed dawn for Kia Ora
Kia Ora Stud's historic return to standing its own stallions took a giant leap forward this week with foundation pair Farnan and Prague taking up residence in a brand new stallion barn ahead of their much-anticipated debut in the spring [...]
Kia Ora secure Jennifer Eccles
High-profile race mare Jennifer Eccles (NZ) has fetched $800,000 to the bid of Scone’s Kia Ora Stud on Gavelhouse Plus. The four-year-old daughter of the high-class Galileo son Rip Van Winkle was an emphatic winner of the NZB Filly of the Year [...]
Pedigree and Performance – Priced to Please
An expensive yearling by a champion sire that goes on to deliver immediate success on the track is always going to be a highly sought-after commodity when he trades in the turf for the stallion barn. Kia Ora Stud’s decision [...]
Prague set to stand at Kia Ora in 2021
Dual Group-winning son of Redoute's Choice, Prague, will start his stallion career at Kia Ora Stud in 2021 at a fee of $16,500 (inc GST). The 3-year-old colt, once a $1.6 million Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling, retires from the [...]
Prague Retired to Kia Ora Stud
The 3-year-old colt, a $1.6 million Magic Millions yearling, retires from the racetrack after victories in the Group III Canonbury Stakes and the Group III Pago Pago Stakes. Having campaigned as 2-year-old under the care of Ciaron Maher and David [...]
Champion two-year-old Farnan retired to Kia Ora
Farnan, brilliant all-the-way winner of the 2020 Golden Slipper and rated the most dominant two-year-old Champion of the century by Timeform, has met with a setback in training and has been retired to stud. The son of Not A Single [...]
Candika Another Proven Success For Walter & Kia Ora Stud
He won't mind us saying, but Jamie Walter has his 'moments'. Take Saturday for instance. Candika, the 3YO Sebring filly which Walter purchased and syndicated on behalf of his Proven Thoroughbreds, won the Listed Mandate Princess Stakes over 1600m [...]
Kia Ora Stud Inglis Easter Treats
Kia Ora’s current record at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale highlights that history keeps being made, and the historic farm has an impeccable record any stud farm would be proud of. Dual Gr1 winner Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) pictured below, as well [...]
Kia Ora Stud Australian-Bred Babies Loom Large in Japan
A pair of Australian-breds, still just Southern Hemisphere juveniles, but forced to take on year-older rivals in the Northern Hemisphere, each look to improve on debut third-place efforts when they face the starter for the second time in [...]
More Than Real Leads The Way At Easter for Kia Ora Stud
With six yearlings selling at the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, it was the stunning Exceed And Excel x More Than Real filly that led the way. The most expensive filly to sell on day one of [...]