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Horse stud

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Horse stud

Thoroughbred horses graze in a lush paddock at Wentworth Grange stud farm, near Cambridge. From the 1950s the number of Waikato horse studs began to increase, and they produced some notable equine champions. Their success was sometimes attributed to the quality of Waikato’s pastures.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27120/horse-stud (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.