Extreme Choice, the sire of Melbourne Cup and Blue Diamond winners this season, has had his service fee raised to $330,000 for 2025. This equals the Australian service fee record set by his grandsire Redouteâs Choice in 2007 and 2008. Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field praised Extreme Choice, noting… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas champion Griff has secured a spot at Larneuk Stud in Victoria for the 2025 breeding season. Neville Murdoch, of Larneuk Stud, confirmed that the Group 1 winner has arrived at their Euroa farm, where he will stand for an introductory service fee of $9900 this spring. A son… Read More »
Danny OâBrien is gearing up to unveil the first racehorse sired by Russian Camelot, with Grinzinger Tundra set to debut in the VOBIS Gold Plate at Flemington this Saturday. OâBrien, who trained the former superstar stallion, is eager to see how his progeny performs on the track. Grinzinger Tundra has… Read More »
Vin Cox has confirmed his decision to step down from his role at the prominent breeding and racing organisation, Yulong. In a statement shared with the media on Thursday evening, Cox revealed that he had submitted his resignation with a six-month notice period. The decision, according to Cox, came after… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud is proud to announce that the two-time Group 1 2YO winner Vandeek (Havana Grey-Mosa Mine by Exceed and Excel) will shuttle to Arrowfield from Cheveley Park Stud, UK in 2025. Arrowfieldâs Chairman John Messara says, âHeâs a great-looking, unbeaten Champion two-year-old by a brilliant young stallion â that… Read More »
Cap Ferrat, a four-year-old gelding with notable lineage being a close relation to the great Makybe Diva, secured his first career victory in the prestigious Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Under jockey Craig Williams, Cap Ferrat clinched the win by a narrow margin, edging out My… Read More »
First-season sire Anders celebrated his third winner on Saturday when Frothy Macaw clinched victory at Morphettville. Owned by John Singleton’s Strawberry Hill Stud, the filly is trained by Matthew Seyers and was ridden by Jacob Opperman. In her second start, following a fifth-place debut in the Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO… Read More »
Emirates Parkâs home-bred filly Marhoona only just made it into the field as No. 16 for the $5 million Golden Slipper S. 1200m G1, after a February debut win and a runner-up finish in the Reisling S. G2 on 8 March. But she led her rivals home when it counted,… Read More »
News of Andrew Hore-Lacy as the new CEO of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and Aushorse âmakes his experience and passion for the industry as the ideal candidate.â In announcing, Aushorse Chairman Antony Thompson said âhis robust background in communications, media and stakeholder engagement equips him with arrays of skills.â âAndrew has… Read More »
A colt, who is the brother of multiple Stakes winner Peltzer, has been purchased for $240,000 at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale. The colt was sold as part of Mill Park Stud’s draft and will be trained in South Australia by Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea. Clarken’s Racing Manager,… Read More »
The 2025 Premier Yearling Sale today concluded with Book 2 action, wrapping up a âsomewhat extraordinaryââ week of trade at Oaklands. At the conclusion of the third and final day, the saleâs gross sits at $60,073,500 â a 3.5% year-on-year increase. The Book 1 average is currently $136,557 (a 5% increase)… Read More »
Alma Vale Thoroughbreds made a huge impact at the 2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, with three of their horses selling for a total of $1.2 million. The Scone-based stud, which was established in 2023, presented its first solo draft, starting strong when a Brutal colt out of Dagny fetched $200,000… Read More »
It wasn’t quite the historic result of two years ago, but blueblood mare Special Lover produced another Premier Yearling Sale session-topper at Oaklands Junction on Monday. The Pins mare had the highest-priced lot of the second and final day of Book 1 at this year’s Inglis sale when her filly by… Read More »
Inglis’s Oaklands Junction sale ring welcomed two millionaire colts in the space of 10 minutes on Sunday when the headline patch of Day 1 of this year’s Premier Yearling Sale lived up to expectations. Bloodstock agent Andy Williams struck first when he went to $1 million for a colt by… Read More »
Yulong is delighted to announce the acquisition of G1 Breedersâ Cup Turf Mile winner More Than Looks, who will join their Victorian roster in 2025. By international sire of sires More Than Ready (USA), the explosive 2024 G1 Breedersâ Cup Turf Mile winner More Than Looks (USA) will shuttle to… Read More »
A Classic Yearling Sale that pre-auction doomsayers were declaring was in for a rapid decline today concluded with increases in many key fiscal metrics as Inglisâ live sales season began on a high. Todayâs third and final day at Riverside saw the saleâs overall top lot sell, with a The… Read More »
With power house syndicator Darby Racing looking for its initial success in the $2m Inglis Millennium, its their Within The Law whoâs at $6.50 with nation-wide wagering agents. And with Darby supported with three race starters, itâs their 2yo filly Within The Law whoâs won both race starts and $593,000… Read More »
Three weeks after posting the highest yearling sale average of his extraordinary career, many-times Champion Sire Snitzel has boosted his status as Australiaâs dominant active sire of stakes-winning juveniles with a trans-Tasman Group 3 double. It is Snitzelâs 38th same-day stakes double and takes his tally of 2YO stakeswinners to… Read More »
âStud Masters should know their fertility figures for comparisonâ said Dr Kevin J Doyle MVB, âas Stud Book figures show fertility our broodmares have decreased as low as 59%.â With the Australian Stud Book releasing statistics on 1 January 2025, it states the Returns for Live Foal Born in 2023… Read More »
G1 performers, siblings to G1 winners, dams of G1 winners and shares in several G1 winners and Stakes horses highlight another strong catalogue for the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale. One of the more significant entries is the broodmare Sliders (Street Boss), a young, well-bred mare thatâs a half sister… Read More »
