Arrowfield sires dominated today’s 2YO race at Kembla Grange, providing the first four runners past the post. The two-length winner was the filly Ygritte (Snitzel-Deputy Lil by French Deputy), a $135,000 purchase by Kitchwin Hills from Arrowfield’s 2013 Inglis Classic Sale draft. She is raced by Carl Holt who has… Read More »
Cambridge Stud is in a tight race to regain the leading Premier Yearling Sale title after losing last year for the first time in 32 years. Sir Patrick Hogan’s stud was narrowly ahead after the first day’s selling on Monday, selling 17 horses for a total of $4.17 million. They… Read More »
Arrowfield’s former resident sire Hussonet has provided the Stud’s latest stakes-winning graduate, Hussy By Choice who dominated today’s $100,000 WATC Miss Andretti S. 1200m LR. It was the 4YO mare’s sixth victory from 13 starts in Western Australia where she races in the care of trainer Simon Miller. The daughter… Read More »
Now in the retirement paddock, champion sire Flying Spur continues to build an imposing record. His statistics were boosted today by Sacred Star’s game third placing in the $200,000 WRC Thorndon Mile. 1600m G1, less than two lengths from the winner A Touch Of Ruby. It was the 4YO gelding’s… Read More »
The spotlight shone on Arrowfield-sired 2YOs today in New Zealand, Canberra & Sydney. First season sire All American was credited with his second winner when 2YO filly American Time (ex Danetana by Danehill) won over 1000 metres on debut at Canberra by a comfortable two lengths. American Time was a… Read More »
A Snitzel colt offered by Wayne & Pauline Alchin’s Carramar Park has topped the two-day Inglis Sydney Classic Sale, which concluded this evening. Purchased for $200,000 by McEvoy Mitchell Racing, the well-made colt is out of the 2YO stakes performer Sharp Hill (by Danehill), whose third dam is the wonderful… Read More »
Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan’s homebred mare Abidewithme signed off a memorable week for her champion sire Redoute’s Choice with stakes success in New Zealand this afternoon. The 4YO mare added a second Listed Race to her record when she finished over the top of a talented field to claim… Read More »
“Expect a bold run first-up”, was trainer Gai Waterhouse’s prediction for smart Arrowfield-bred colt Woodbine ahead of his appearance at Randwick today. The 3YO son of Hussonet and champion filly Miss Finland (Redoute’s Choice) obliged by winning his second race from three starts in class record time. Woodbine was nicely… Read More »
Redoute’s Choice has arrived safely in Europe, just as breeders announced the arrival of his first foals conceived in the Northern Hemisphere, during his inaugural 2013 season at His Highness The Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval. The Aga Khan Studs report that in Ireland, Ballymacoll Stud’s first foal of 2014… Read More »
John Messara writes a personal tribute to his close friend & mentor, and Arrowfield’s consultant vet, Dr Percy Sykes AM MRCVS MACVSc, who died in Sydney on Monday evening at the age of 93: “Old dogs for the hard road and puppy dogs for the sand” was one of Percy’s… Read More »
No stallion had more impact on today’s Magic Millions Gold Coast feature races than Arrowfield’s sensational young sire Snitzel. Any reservations about his daughter Sweet Idea’s wide gate and first attempt beyond 1200 metres in the $1 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m (R) LR simply evaporated as James McDonald… Read More »
He trained Snitzel to Group 1 success and has trained a remarkable 22 winners by him, including Arrowfield graduates Snitzerland, Hot Snitzel and Flying Snitzel. So it was no surprise to see Gerald Ryan secure Arrowfield’s filly from Last Blaze with a bid of $350,000 during the third session of… Read More »
A new top price for an All American filly was achieved on Day 3 of the buoyant Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale. New Zealand bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne made the final bid of $240,000 for Arrowfield’s filly from the Hussonet mare Illusionary. The filly is a full sister to Invisible,… Read More »
Champion sire Redoute’s Choice struck on the third day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale with his 64th seven-figure yearling, a stunning colt offered by Newhaven Park. From Hades, a city-winning daughter of Encosta de Lago and Champion 2YO Filly Hasna, the colt was knocked down to Gai Waterhouse,… Read More »
Flying Spur’s 5YO son Mushreq added another black type success to his record when he won yesterday’s inaugural running of the Meydan Singspiel S. 1800m LR on the opening meeting of the 2014 Dubai World Cup Carnival. Trained by South African Mike De Kock for HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse has paid the highest price so far at this year’s Magic Millions sale, buying a Redoute’s choice colt for $1 million. Waterhouse bought the colt, which is out of Hades, on behalf of Americans Jon and Sarah Kelly. “Jon Kelly is a gentleman from America who is here… Read More »
An afternoon run of 37 lots sold without a single passing told the story of how trade was conducted on the second day of the 2014 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale. Vendors and buyers found common ground on most horses offered, and the happy result was a strong middle market… Read More »
How many Snitzels are enough? For Round Table Racing, recently announced as the principal syndicator for Gai Waterhouse, the answer is “More, please!” Round Table Racing’s director Bruce Slade, working closely with Gai and agent James Harron, started bidding hard and early on Day 1 of the 2014 Magic Millions… Read More »
Champion sire Flying Spur may be enjoying the peace and quiet of a retirement paddock, but his final crop of yearlings are making plenty of noise at the 2014 Magic Millions Sale. Four lots by Flying Spur were offered in today’s strong opening session of the Gold Coast auction, and… Read More »
Blue Sky Bloodstock was always going to be at short odds to buy at least one yearling from the first crop of their high-class 2YO Group 1 performer Beneteau. Sure enough, Blue Sky’s Julian Blaxland joined Melbourne trainer Mick Price to bid $170,000 for the Beneteau-Rocketing colt on the first… Read More »
