Tom Ryan, principal of SF Bloodstock, has expressed amazement at the unprecedented strength of the bloodstock market witnessed at Saratoga this week, crediting the surge in buyer interest to a popular Netflix series that has helped attract new money into American racing. This weekâs Fasig-Tipton yearling sale in upstate New… Read More »
Denise Martinâs Star Thoroughbreds has once again struck gold at auction, with quality mare Olentia selling for a massive $2.6 million at the Magic Millions Virtual Sale. Just a year on from achieving a record-breaking $4.15 million sale for Group 1-winning mare Espiona, Martinâs syndication efforts continue to deliver impressive… Read More »
In the world of the international thoroughbred, itâs the Tattersalls Online Southern Hemisphere Pop-Up Sales who partners Inglis Digital Australia on 6 and 7 August. And with the top-class three-year-old filly Bountiful being offered by the international high achiever Highclere Thoroughbreds, she will definitely appeal being sired by Champion Australian… Read More »
Golden Slipper winner and rising sire Farnan has picked up right where he left off, siring a double with his first two runners of the new racing season at Kembla on Friday. After leading all first-season sires by winners last year with 14 individual victors, Farnan wasted no time getting… Read More »
Zoustar has been one of Australia’s most sought-after stallions for several seasons and he has now achieved the ultimate accolade after being crowned Australia’s premier stallion. The Widden resident rounded out an unforgettable 2024/25 season to halt I Am Invincible’s three-season run with a dominant win in the Australian Champion… Read More »
âBred to excel and built to perform, Prost retires to Aquis Farm in 2025 as one of the most exciting young stallion prospects in the country.â With Prost being the perfect portrait of The Formula â Looks, Pedigree, Speed and Class, it was Alain Prost himself stating, âI have no… Read More »
Group 1-winning filly Velocious, the daughter of Written Tycoon who captured the G1 Sistema Stakes, has been secured for $1.625 million and will now join Yulongâs prestigious broodmare band after being purchased on behalf of Walnut Farm. Velocious was the star attraction at the July (Late) Online Sale, topping the… Read More »
Bella Nipotina, the illustrious âEverest queenâ and Australiaâs highest-earning mare outside of the legendary Winx, will head to champion sire Zoustar this breeding season. Bella Nipotina who was bought by her breeder and managing owner Michael Christian for $4.2million at the recent Inglis Broodmare sale has settled on Champion stallion… Read More »
Kingâs Legacy continues to enhance his reputation as a first-season sire, with his 10th winner emerging at Rockhampton on Tuesday. The milestone came courtesy of Next Legacy, a two-year-old filly trained by Aaron Beck, who scored an impressive maiden victory over 1050 metres at her fourth start after placing in… Read More »
Coolmore has welcomed the arrival of four of its headline stallions, led by record-priced sire Wootton Bassett, ahead of the 2025 breeding season in Australia. The farm confirmed that Wootton Bassett, City Of Troy, St Markâs Basilica and Storm Boy have all touched down and will enter quarantine before serving… Read More »
The Breedersâ Cup winning Turf Miler More Than Looks is the latest international star to join Yulongâs Victorian-based stallion roster. âMore Than Looks is by one of the best stallions we have seen shuttle to Australia in More Than Ready,â said Yulong. âHeâs extremely good looking and as his name… Read More »
Group 1-producing mare Invisible Coin, by Redouteâs Choice, and Group 1 winner Velocious are among the standout entries in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale. The catalogue, launched on Friday, features 425 lots in total, comprising 203 racehorses (including 107 race fillies), 102 broodmares, 74 racehorse shares, 20 yearlings,… Read More »
Farnan has surged to the top of the Australian first season siresâ table after his daughter Romance Calling posted an impressive win at Northam on Thursday. Prepared by Luke Fernie, the promising filly became Farnanâs 13th individual juvenile winner of the season, handling older rivals over 1300 metres in what… Read More »
In shaping a defining new era for Rosemont Stud at Gnarwarre in Victoria, itâs the magnificent Schwarz who retires in 2025, accompanied by Dubawiâs heir Henry Longfellow. “Schwarz, I havenât trained a better looking, more imposing colt than him, nor many faster,â said trainer John OâShea as Schwarz retires as… Read More »
Promising colt Shaggy, the standout first-season representative of sire Sandbar, is set to make a return to the track this Saturday with an eye on targeting three-year-old stakes contests during the spring. Trainer Allan Kehoe has confirmed that Shaggy will resume in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Handicap (1100m) at… Read More »
âA brilliant two-year-old with an amazing turn of foot that sets him apart from the others,â its Vandeek who arrives in the Hunter Valley to stand at Arrowfield Stud for 2025. âA wonderful temperament, he such a great pleasure to train, and his Middle Park victory was sensational as donât… Read More »
A high-profile colt with deep Australian bloodlines made headlines at the JRHA Select Sale on Monday, as the half-brother to late Japanese superstar filly Liberty Island fetched an eye-watering 310 million yen (A$3.2 million). The colt, by Saturnalia out of Australian Group 1-winning mare Yankee Rose, was snapped up by… Read More »
âYes Cogburn, heâs a winnerâ stated John Muir of Milburn Creek Stud with the âfastest horse in the worldâ to stand at Widden Stud, in the Widden Valley. âCogburn was so impressive when paraded at Winstar Farm,â said John Muir. âA true good looking Australian style of printer, correct with… Read More »
Dr Kevin J Doyle with 57 years of equine reproduction practice in The Horse Capital of Australia, Scone, urges stud masters to be acutely aware of their fertility figures for benchmarking, According to 1 Jan. 2025 Australian Stud Book figures, the number of live foals born between 2019 and 2023… Read More »
With Ole Kirk being Australiaâs Champion First Season sire for 2024-25, heâs enjoying one of the most remarkable starts to a stud career in recent times. Hosting 13 first-crop 2yo winners and four Stakes winners from just 27 runners, it was jockey Regan Bayliss saying Aerodromeâs âstrong will to winâ… Read More »
