The Breeders’ Cup winning Turf Miler More Than Looks is the latest international star to join Yulong’s Victorian-based stallion roster. ‘More Than Looks is by one of the best stallions we have seen shuttle to Australia in More Than Ready,’ said Yulong. ‘He’s extremely good looking and as his name… Read More »
Group 1-producing mare Invisible Coin, by Redoute’s 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 sires’ table after his daughter Romance Calling posted an impressive win at Northam on Thursday. Prepared by Luke Fernie, the promising filly became Farnan’s 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, it’s the magnificent Schwarz who retires in 2025, accompanied by Dubawi’s heir Henry Longfellow. “Schwarz, I haven’t trained a better looking, more imposing colt than him, nor many faster,” said trainer John O’Shea 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 »
‘A brilliant two-year-old with an amazing turn of foot that sets him apart from the others,’ its Vandeek who arrives in the Hunter Valley to stand at Arrowfield Stud for 2025. “A wonderful temperament, he such a great pleasure to train, and his Middle Park victory was sensational as don’t… 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 »
“Yes Cogburn, he’s a winner” stated John Muir of Milburn Creek Stud with the ‘fastest horse in the world’ to stand at Widden Stud, in the Widden Valley. “Cogburn was so impressive when paraded at Winstar Farm,” said John Muir. “A 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 Australia’s Champion First Season sire for 2024-25, he’s 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 Aerodrome’s “strong will to win”… Read More »
The Everest-winning sprinter Yes Yes Yes has found a new home at stud, with the son of Rubick to relocate to Gooree Park. Yes Yes Yes, who claimed the 2019 Todman Stakes as a two-year-old before going on to win The Everest later that year, has spent the past five… Read More »
While Deep Field’s final Australian yearlings have already gone through the sale ring this year, his legacy remains strong overseas, with the stallion making history in Hong Kong by becoming the first sire to surpass HK$100 million in progeny earnings in a single season. Deep Field was retired from stud… Read More »
New Zealand’s reigning champion two-year-old Velocious will go under the hammer in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale. The Written Tycoon filly, who captured both the Karaka Millions and the Sistema Stakes last season, will be offered for sale by syndicator Go Racing and her New Zealand trainer Stephen… Read More »
Legendary mare Winx is set to create headlines once more in 2026, with her highly anticipated Snitzel colt confirmed for sale at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale next autumn. The first male foal from the 25-time Group 1 winner will headline the prestigious sale at Riverside Stables in Sydney, and… Read More »
Secure, a last-start Saturday placegetter in Sydney and a well-bred Snitzel gelding out of Response, is set to continue his racing career in Hong Kong. A brother to Golden Slipper winner Estijaab, Secure was knocked down for $500,000 during Wednesday’s Inglis Digital sale, making him the highest-priced lot of the… Read More »
Following a commanding two-year-old campaign that left racing fans and analysts in awe, Storm Boy — the powerhouse son of global stallion phenomenon Justify — is confirmed to take up stallion duties at Coolmore Australia in 2025. Described as “relentless, unstoppable and oh-so brilliant” by the TTR after his clinical… Read More »
Interest in Vinery Stud’s standout first-season stallion Ole Kirk continued to soar at the Inglis Great Southern Sale on Friday, where a third-crop filly fetched an impressive $475,000 in Melbourne. The filly was bred by Gilgai Farm, who had sold her dam, Rainy Daze, for just $12,000 in April last… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud has announced the death of one of Australia’s great stallions with Snitzel euthanised at the Hunter Valley stud on Wednesday morning. The son of Redoute’s Choice, a four-time winner of the Australian Champion Stallion award, succumbed to age-related issues less just over two months short of his 23rd… Read More »
It’s year after year, after year, after years that Coolmore gives us a champion, and now City of Troy who will be standing at Coolmore Australia in the Hunter Valley. “He’s a horse of a lifetime – he has the cruise, he has the balance, and he quickens and he… Read More »
Inglis has opened entries for its annual Ready2Race Sale, set to take place in Sydney this spring and catering to two-year-olds preparing to hit the track. The sale, scheduled for October 16, follows the success of last year’s standout— a Written Tycoon filly who fetched $1 million at Riverside. That… Read More »
