Auguste Rodin, the best-of-the-best son of breed shaper Deep Impact, will return to Windsor Park after covering an outstanding first book of mares and is confirmed to stand for his second season at a fee of $30,000 + GST.
A leading European 2YO and Champion 3YO, Auguste Rodin was a six-time Gr.1 winner, including at two years of age. He trained on to win both the English and Irish Derbies, while his four Gr.1 victories at three also included weight-for-age wins against older horses in the Irish Champion Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Remarkably, he became the only 3YO in history to win all four of these championship Gr.1 races in his classic season.
“He served an outstanding book of mares in his first season with us. 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 possessing the quality, strength, and athleticism you would expect from such an outstanding individual,” commented Stud Master Rodney Schick.
Like Auguste Rodin, fellow Ballydoyle superstar Paddington will again shuttle to Windsor Park Stud from Coolmore (Ireland) for his third Southern Hemisphere season.
Paddington proved an instant hit with breeders in his first two seasons at Windsor Park, serving full books in both years.
The Champion 3YO son of Siyouni was a four-time Gr.1 winner in just 68 days and already has an outstanding representation of weanlings on the ground throughout Australasia.
“We are thrilled with Paddington’s weanlings. He is leaving size, strong-bodied horses with deep girths and quality heads. With his profile and type, we expect his progeny will be keenly sought after throughout Australasia’s leading yearling sales,” commented Schick.
Paddington will stand in 2026 for a fee of $30,000 + GST.
Windsor Park’s highly successful sire Shamexpress has enjoyed another outstanding season in 2026 with over $21 million in progeny earnings, highlighted by the World's highest rated racehorse and Hong Kong-based Everest champion Ka ying rising.
Shamexpress will stand in 2026 for a fee of $25,000 + GST.
After an impressive debut yearling sale season, where Profondo progeny sold for up to $425,000, $400,000, and $375,000, the handsome Gr.1-winning son of Deep impact has made a highly encouraging start to his stud career.
Profondo will stand this season for an unchanged fee of $17,500 + GST.
Champion miler Circus Maximus, whose first crop are now 3YOs, has already sired a classic winner with impressive New Zealand Derby victor Road to paris.
In total, Circus maximus has produced eight black-type performers and is currently New Zealand’s leading second-season sire.
Circus maximus will stand in 2026 for a fee of $20,000 + GST.
Proven stallion Vanbrugh rounds out Windsor Park’s 2026 stallion roster.
The Gr.1-winning son of Encosta de lago has built a successful stud career, boasting an excellent stakes winners-to-runners ratio.
High-class Gr.1-placed filly Single red appears to have a bright future ahead following her New Zealand Oaks placing and recent impressive victories, with a Gr.1 Queensland Oaks campaign now on the horizon.
With his yearlings selling for up to $130,000 at Karaka, Vanbrugh will stand in 2026 for a fee of $6,000 + GST.
Windsor Park is also proud to partner with Mapperley Stud as co-owners of Champion 3YO Gr.1 winner Savaglee, a son of outstanding champion sire Savabeel from the highly commercial female family of Orchestral and Sepals.
Savaglee has proven immensely popular with breeders and will cover a full book of mares in his debut season at a fee of $17,500 + GST.
Armory, another champion racehorse, has also made an exciting start at stud, highlighted by his first runner, debutante Silhouette, and a $625,000 sale at last year’s NZB Ready to Run Sale.
His 2026 fee has been confirmed at $10,000 + GST.
