Coolmore Stud have announced the safe arrival of a new filly born to star sprinter Sunlight and sired by Home Affairs. This marks Sunlight’s third foal, her first being a 2YO chestnut colt, Dawn Service. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the colt was secured for $1.4 million at… Read More »
With the Newgate Farm policy of breeding their own high class broodmares to their young stallions, itâs the international Cox Plate winner State of Rest who will be succeeding. Already rostered for State of Rest is the home-bred Deep Field mare Xilong, winner of the Euclase Stakes and Gr1 placed… Read More »
The dispersal auction for Strawberry Hill Stud, part of John Singleton’s equine breeding and racing venture, generated nearly $14 million this past Tuesday. Yulong Investments, conducting business under the name Highway Farm, was a prominent player, acquiring 13 lots. Their standout purchase was Miss Fabulass, sold for $1.85 million. A… Read More »
âWhy Hitotsu?â says Arrowfield Stud âbecause he fits the 21st century mould of the class stallion in Australasia, and that is, heâs the well-bred Classic 3YO with elite speed.â âLook at Dundeel, So You Think and Savabeel â all are Group 1 winners beyond 2000m, and all with undoubted class… Read More »
I Am Invincible is getting ready for a significant number of mares this spring at Yarraman Park in the Hunter Valley. However, there’s another retired champion, Incentivise, who will also be residing in the lush paddocks of Yarraman Park. Unlike I Am Invincible, Incentivise earned his fame on the racetrack… Read More »
Inglis, the renowned auction house, has announced its upcoming dispersal sale of Turangga Farm, one of Australia’s leading thoroughbred studs. The much-anticipated sale is scheduled for Sunday, July 23, at White Park, Scone. A remarkable selection of broodmares, all in foal, will be up for auction, along with a reduction… Read More »
âIt takes âspeed and gutsâ to win the Group 1 Blue Diamond,â says Twin Hill Stud who this season stand the super-slick juvenile hero Daumier who defeated Jacquinot all three times. âIn being on the board in the Gr1 Golden Slipper and Gr1 Inglis Sires, this 26 November foal won… Read More »
For those âyoungâunsâ wishing to step-up in the Thoroughbred industry then its free admission for all those 36 and under to join the TBA Next Crop in your home state. âThoroughbred Breeders Australia believe there is a chance to create a network where young people who are already in the… Read More »
Itâs the month of May in the Hunter Valley, the Season of Giving, and its Julianne Christopher who has been awarded Administrator of The Year by the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders In receiving the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association Employee of The Year Administration Award for 2023 Julianne was formally the HTBA… Read More »
âWherever your horse ends up, there should be a life after racing,â stated IFRA Chair Di Arbuthnot on the highly successful 7th International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses. Conducted with the 39th Asian Racing Conference on 14 February in Melbourne, Ms Arbuthnot expressed âin addition to the success achieved,… Read More »
Yulong Investments has continued its pursuit of top-class broodmares by acquiring Group 1 winners Montefilia and Icebath at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday night. The breeding giant paid $3.4 million for Montefilia, a four-time Group 1 winner by Kermadec, shortly after securing Icebath, the Group 1-winning daughter of Sacred… Read More »
Anamoe’s racetrack record will stay as it is with Godolphin on Friday announcing that its star four-year-old had run his last race. As recently as late last week trainer James Cummings said he was ‘quite keen’ to head to Royal Ascot for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes on June… Read More »
Golden Rose-winning colt Jacquinot has been retired and will stand at Widden Stud alongside past winners Zoustar and Trapeze Artist. The two-time Group 1 winner of over $2.4m is the only Australian bred weight-for-age three-year-old winner to go to stud this spring. Jacquinot won his first race on Boxing Day,… Read More »
Darley has made headlines in the Australian breeding industry by announcing that Anamoe will become the most expensive Australian-bred first season sire in history. The colt, a son of Street Boss, will stand at stud for $121,000 including GST, with expectations high that he will make a strong impression in… Read More »
The availability of English’s first foal and a half-sister to Learning To Fly ensured a bidding frenzy midway through Monday’s opening day of this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The I Am Invincible colt who was the result of English’s first trip to the breeding barn readjusted the mark for the highest-priced… Read More »
A brother to Russian Revolution was one of the star performers in the early part of this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, which commenced in Sydney on Monday. The Newgate Farm-prepared colt by Snitzel out of the Stravinsky mare Ballet D’amour was bought by James Harron for $1.4 million. Not only is… Read More »
âA good reputation does not just happen, it must be earnedâ that makes an extremely proud Milburn Creek Stud highly excited going into the Australian Easter Yearling Sale on 3, 4 April. With 16? high-quality yearlings by leading sires Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Exceed and Excel, Written Tycoon, Toronado, Zourstar… Read More »
Just two days out from the race that was his defining performance on the racetrack, Darley has announced that Lonhro has been retired from stallion duty. Vin Cox, managing director for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Australian operation, announced it late on Thursday afternoon. “It is with great appreciation… Read More »
Star colt Best of Bordeaux’s racing days have come to an end as Coolmore Stud announces his transition to join their impressive stallion roster in 2023. Coolmore’s Tom Magnier revealed that the Group 2 winner, son of Snitzel, faced a challenging bout of pneumonia during the summer, prompting connections to… Read More »
A trans-Tasman Group double by 3YO colt Elliptical and 4YO mare Aquacade extends Dundeelâs spectacular start to 2023. Six of his 11 stakes runners since New Yearâs day have won, taking Dundeelâs season tally of stakes victories to 11, and his career record of stakeswinners to 22. Heâs also had… Read More »
