Sacred Falls Back to New Zealand

Media Release - Monday December 22
Multiple Group I winning stallion Sacred Falls has returned to the stable that set him on the way to Australasian stardom.

Four times successful at the elite level for owners Waikato Stud and Raffles Farm, he is in work with Cambridge trainer Tony Pike after another successful spring campaign from Chris Waller's stable.

"He's been back for two weeks now and he spelled really well," Pike said. "He's very bright and we couldn't be any happier with him."

Sacred Falls was unbeaten in his six New Zealand starts and transferred to Waller after claiming the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas.

The five-year-old has subsequently added consecutive Gr.1 Doncaster Handicaps and a Gr.1 George Main Stakes to his record.

Sacred Falls

Sacred Falls will join his sire O'Reilly on the Waikato Stud roster for the 2015 breeding season following another autumn campaign in Sydney.

Meanwhile, Pike is looking to Sacred Star to add to the stable's Group One tally early in the New Year.

"He's likely to head to the Telegraph fresh up," he said. "He's a different horse to what he was in the spring.

"It was a struggle to get him back after racing in Brisbane. His runs weren't terrible, but they were below his best."

Sacred Star won the Gr.2 QTC Cup at Eagle Farm and was then a luckless fifth from an outside barrier in the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap.

He returned to contest all three legs of the Triple Crown series at Hastings with his best effort a fourth placing in the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate. – NZ Racing Desk.


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