The first of the major Magic Millions race series kicks off in race two with the Magic Millions Stayers Cup. We take a look at what each horse in the race cost when purchased through the Magic Millions sales ring with Bid Spotter being by far the most expensive horse at [...]
Australian Group One winners Sepoy and Helmet will stand for STG15,000 ($A23,000) and STG10,000 ($A15,300) respectively in their first northern hemisphere season. Helmet will stand at Sheikh Mohammed’s Kildangan Stud in Ireland while Sepoy will be based at the sheikh’s Dalham Hall in England. Darley have announced fees for all [...]
Champion racehorse Frankel will stand his first season at stud for a fee of STG125,000 ($A191,556). Rated as the best racehorse in the world after ending his career unbeaten in 14 races, Frankel will be based at owner Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Farm in Newmarket. He will be joined on [...]
The excitement of Ocean Park’s Cox Plate win has been tempered by concerns over the health of his sire Thorn Park who is battling laminitis. The 2004 Stradbroke Handicap winner was withdrawn from stallion duties at New Zealand’s Windsor Park Stud last month after contracting an infection leading to the [...]
Champion sire Flying Spur has been retired from the stallion roster at Arrowfield Stud at the age of 20 due to fertility issues. Arrowfield boss John Messara said the son of Danehill had experienced a sudden and irreversible decline in fertility this season. “Flying Spur is a very special horse [...]
Darley Australia’s plan to reinvent the southern hemisphere stud career of shuttle stallion Street Cry will have its first test under racing conditions at Rosehill on Saturday. The sire of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking, Street Cry will be represented by the pre-post favourite Crotchet in the Sydney Children’s Hospital Plate [...]
Exciting Victorian sire Zupaone offers superb value with his 2012 service fee at just $5,500. Zupaone is now standing at Rangal Park Stud located just five minutes out of Euroa. A Group 3 winner in his own right, Zupaone is the impeccably bred son of Group One winners Flying Spur [...]
Evergreen stallion Zabeel remains at the top of the tree as he prepares to begin his 22nd season at New Zealand’s Cambridge Stud. He added another string to his bow at the end of the 2011/12 season as the leading broodmare sire in both Australia and New Zealand. Zabeel has [...]
Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown will not be returning to Australia for the upcoming thoroughbred breeding season, Vinery Stud announced on Monday. A Vinery statement said the high-profile stallion was unfit to shuttle for a third southern hemisphere season because of a leg injury. Big Brown has reportedly sustained a [...]
A half-sister to Black Caviar has stolen the show at the second session of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney, selling for $2.6 million. The daughter of Redoute’s Choice was knocked down to BC3 Thoroughbreds and will be trained in Melbourne by Danny O’Brien. Bidding on the filly was [...]
