As Newgate says, “he’s the highest rated 2 Year-Old of his generation” with Wodeton retiring to Newgate Farm in the Hunter Valley this season. “He is a very good horse and just takes everything in his stride – at the same stage of their careers Wodeton is equally as good… Read More »
An unraced half-sister to Group 1-winning sprinter and successful stallion Russian Revolution has topped this week’s Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale, selling for $540,000. Three-year-old Ballet’s Legacy, bred and raced by Belinda Bateman, was secured by New Zealand bloodstock agent Bruce Perry after attracting the highest bid of the… Read More »
Always an industry leader, it was John Messara, the Principal of Arrowfield Stud, who said of new season sire Lead Artist: “it’s a pedigree from heaven.” “I haven’t seen a pedigree like this, with that level of pre-potency on both sides, anywhere… a Group 1 winning miler by Dubawi out… Read More »
Multiple parties have formally lodged offers to purchase Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot, with the champion mare’s sale expected to challenge Australasian broodmare price records. Owner-breeder Sir Owen Glenn and Go Bloodstock manager Steve O’Connor met on Friday evening to assess the merits of the offers received during the… Read More »
The complete dispersal of Cornerstone Stud’s commercial breeding portfolio and shares in Queensland Oaks heroine Fireball Miss headline the 412-lot Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding. Cornerstone Stud will offer 34 unreserved lots, including broodmares, yearlings, weanlings and two-year-olds, with stallion shares in Nicconi,… Read More »
“Tentyris and Observer are two of the best horses of their generation,” said Alastair Pulford, Head of Stallions at Darley, “and they will retire to Darly NSW and Victoria for 2026.” “They’ve won the right races, against the right opposition, and both bring pedigrees that consistently produce at the highest… Read More »
One of South Australia’s best-known commercial breeding operations, Cornerstone Stud, will conclude its breeding chapter with a complete dispersal of its bloodstock portfolio through an Inglis Digital sale next week. The unreserved offering will include the entirety of the farm’s commercial bloodstock, featuring broodmares, weanlings, young stock, racehorses and breeding… Read More »
Coolmore Australia has strengthened its already elite stallion roster for 2026 with the addition of dual Group 1 winner Delacroix, while Champion New Zealand young sire Super Seth also joins the Hunter Valley operation. By global sire sensation Dubawi, Delacroix arrives with an outstanding race record, an international pedigree and… Read More »
Golden Slipper heroine Lady Of Camelot is set to be offered to the market in a move that could rewrite Australasian bloodstock records. Owner Sir Owen Glenn has elected to sell the champion mare through his Go Bloodstock racing and breeding operation via a private offers process that will run… Read More »
Snitzel has etched another chapter into Australian breeding history, reclaiming the Australian Champion Stallion title in 2025/26 to become just the second sire ever to regain the honour after losing it following at least four consecutive premierships. The Arrowfield Stud legend dominated the General Sires’ Premiership from 2016/17 to 2019/20… Read More »
Zoustar and Capitalist will go down to the wire in the race for Australia’s individual winners premiership, with the leading stallions deadlocked heading into the final day of the 2025/26 racing season. Neither sire added to their tally on Thursday, leaving both with 169 individual winners for the season, three… Read More »
Russian Camelot continued his late-season surge with another metropolitan winner as talented filly Censori made it back-to-back victories at Sandown on Wednesday. The Widden Stud stallion has enjoyed a strong finish to the season, following Tuesday’s impressive debut success by one of his two-year-olds with another standout performance from the… Read More »
Bangaloe Stud has strengthened its growing broodmare band after securing stakes-winning mare Arctic Glamour for $640,000 at Wednesday’s Inglis Digital July (Late) Sale. Purchased by Julia Ritchie, the former Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained mare was the top-priced lot of the online auction. A daughter of former Darley shuttle stallion… Read More »
Yulong will welcome four stallions to its Hunter Valley roster for the 2026 breeding season, with new arrivals Devil Night, Private Harry, Alabama Express and Lucky Vega all standing at Segenhoe Stud. Headlining the newcomers is Group 1-winning juvenile Devil Night, a son of Extreme Choice who joins Yulong after… Read More »
Vinery Stud has further strengthened its stallion roster for the 2026 breeding season with the arrival of Kia Ora Stud’s exciting trio of Farnan, Captivant and Tropicus, joining resident young sire sensation Ole Kirk. Headlining the newcomers is Golden Slipper-winning champion Farnan, described as the most credentialled Champion 2YO colt… Read More »
Group 1 performer Graff will bolster Queensland’s stallion ranks this spring after being announced as the newest addition to Eureka Stud for the 2026 breeding season. The son of Star Witness arrives with growing momentum as a sire, led by outstanding three-year-old Grafterburners, whose six victories have already returned more… Read More »
Popular stallion Winning Rupert has died following a severe bout of colic, passing away at Westbury Park in Western Australia on Thursday despite undergoing surgery. Westbury Park owner Phil Ibbotson confirmed the 12-year-old son of Written Tycoon could not be saved after the medical procedure. His death came just one… Read More »
Home Affairs has moved to the brink of an extraordinary first-season double after strengthening his claims for both Australia’s champion first-season sire and champion two-year-old sire titles. The Coolmore-based dual Group 1 winner enhanced his position on Thursday when two of his juveniles scored impressive victories at provincial meetings in… Read More »
Group 1-winning sprinter Reserve Bank will begin his stud career at Evergreen Stud in New South Wales this spring after being purchased through Inglis Digital’s inaugural Bull Ring Sale. The son of Capitalist will stand his first season at a service fee of $16,500 (inc GST), becoming the foundation stallion… Read More »
Australian bloodlines again proved highly sought after at the JRHA Select Sale in Hokkaido, with foals out of Group 1-winning mares Yankee Rose and Funstar commanding enormous prices. The standout result came when a Kitasan Black colt out of dual Group 1 winner Yankee Rose sold for 410 million yen,… Read More »
