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Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
A
Tweet on Monday querying the percentage of Australian bred sires considered
commercial is a hard one to answer with absolute accuracy but a look at the Top
50 sires on the Australian General Sires List by earnings gives us a pretty
good idea.
Clinton Payne - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
I got a reminder of that priceless feeling of having a
winner at Hawkesbury on Sunday, and this one was extra special for a few
reasons.
Darryl Sherer - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
A son of Frankel is being aimed at the 2018 Melbourne
Cup by his Cup-winning owner.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
There might have been 6000 kilometres between them but it was another successful weekend for the progeny of Turffontein, with Mandela Effect (pictured)winning at Caulfield and two-year-old Bold Thruster saluting Singapore.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Te Akau's newly established head trainer Jamie Richards took a strong
team to the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday, showcasing the potential prominence the
tangerine and blue silks will have in the spring.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 17 July 2018
With
nine winners in the past seven days, Woodside Park's Written Tycoon has his
foot to the floor as we race towards the end of the season which will see him
sire more winners than he ever has before.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 16 July 2018
Australian bred four year-old Jupiter Gold won the Singapore Derby
(1800m) Sng G1 at Kranji on Sunday.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 16 July 2018
At
the height of his powers and with a full book of mares to cover this spring,
Yarraman Park's Hinchinbrook has died tragically today as the result of a
broken hind leg.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 16 July 2018
Cox
Plate and Australian Guineas winner Shamus Award is coming to the end of the
season with a flurry of success adding two promising debut winners to his tally on
Monday.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 16 July 2018
The powerful Te Akau racing team is gearing
up for the challenges of the 2018-19 racing season, a season that will see
young tyro Jamie Richards take over as head trainer at the Matamata based
operation.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 16 July 2018
Coolmore
have outlaid considerable investment on Australian bred mares that have been
sent to stud in Ireland and one of those mares featured with a super impressive
winner overnight in Anthony Van Dyck.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 15 July 2018
Kiwi
bred Beauty Generation claimed the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a
sparkling ceremony held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Friday with Australian
bred rising star Ivictory crowned Champion Sprinter.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 15 July 2018
The impressive debut of the Dundeel filly The Closer in a two-year-old fillies handicap over 1350 metres at Geelong on Sunday provided a timely tonic to her trainer Ciaron Maher who is laid up with a broken leg.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 15 July 2018
The win of Kew Gardens in Saturday's Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris (14f) at Longchamp credited Galileo with his 72nd winner at the highest level, just one short of his own sire Sadler's Wells and inching closer to the total of 84 left by the dual hemisphere phenomenon Danehill.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 15 July 2018
Just ten days after breaking his maiden at Tipperary, Highland Reel's brother Cape Of Good Hope (Galileo) was a fighting second in Saturday's Group II Superlative Stakes (7f) at Newmarket to become the fourth stakes horse for Elvstroem's Group 1 placed sister Hveger (Danehill).
Mark Smith - Sunday, 15 July 2018
Redkirk Warrior again failed to flatter in Saturday's Group 1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket, but the news was not all bad for Australia.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 15 July 2018
Returning
to Darley in the Hunter Valley this spring, Dawn Approach (IRE) sired an
impressive winner in south African on Saturday with Shadwell homebred Alyaasaat
scoring a dominant victory at Turffontein.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Brilliant
Zoustar gelding Zoustyle made a huge impression when winning on debut at Doomben
last month and was equally impressive at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, but
connections are not going to be tempted by the lure of spring racing.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Talented
I Am Invincible gelding Voodoo Lad first rose to prominence when winning the
Inglis Scone Challenge in May of 2014 as a two year-old and now at age six is
still in top form winning the Group III MRC Sir John Monash Stakes for the powerful
Darren Weir stable at Caulfield on Saturday.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Progressive
Fastnet Rock gelding Dreamforce has been knocking on the door of a stakes
success and it came at Rosehill on Saturday when he scored a tenacious victory
in the Listed ATC Winter Stakes.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Promising
Sizzling two year-old The Fire Trap ploughed through heavy ground to win at his
last start at the Sunshine Coast and showed his talent and versatility when scoring
even more easily on good ground at Rosehill on Saturday.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Keeping his 3,200-metre record at a perfect three for three following his win in Saturday's $150,000 Group III Queen's Cup (Queensland Cup) at the Sunshine Coast, Plot Twist (IRE) continues to whittle down his €200,000 purchase price as a three-year-old in Ireland.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Ill-fated Novara
Park stallion Jakkalberry was represented by a strong winner at Geelong on
Friday when the Matt Cumani-trained Gelignite Jack saluted at his second race
day start.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Beauty Generation claimed the Hong Kong
Horse of the Year award on Friday night.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Making his career debut in Saturday's Super Vobis 2-Y-O Hcp (1200m) at Caulfield, the Team Hawkes-trained Brutal routed a competitive field of juveniles by upwards of five lengths in a brilliant display of speed.
Tara Madgwick - Saturday, 14 July 2018
Former
Windsor Park shuttler Mastercraftsman (IRE) is no stranger to Group I success
as a sire but may have soared to new heights with star filly Alpha Centauri, who
posted her third consecutive win at the highest level overnight when winning
the Group I Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket.
Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
Widden
Stud quiet achiever Nicconi has been the subject of much interest in recent weeks
thanks to his boom sprinting son Nature Strip, but it was another lightly raced
son that put him in the news on Friday after bolting away to a seven length win
at Geelong.
Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
Allan Sharrock was feeling both sad and
relieved in the wake of his decision to retire star galloper Kawi.
Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
The breeder of the winner
of this year's Group I Tarzino Trophy (1400m) will receive a bonus.
Racenet - Friday, 13 July 2018
Plenty of interesting two-year-old trials around the country in
the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale
information.
Mark Smith - Friday, 13 July 2018
When French Emotion came with a barnstorming finish to win the Group II Queen of the South Stakes at Morphettville on May 5 to become Snitzel’s 26th stakes-winner of the season, it seemed just a matter of time before Arrowfield’s champion took sole ownership of the record for individual stakes-winners for a season, a title he currently shares with Danehill.
Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
The German-trained DEGAS, victorious in a Group 3 on his most recent start and a late 'wildcard' entry to the sale, was the joint sale topper at 100,000 guineas on the second day of the Tattersalls July Sale.
Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
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Tara Madgwick - Friday, 13 July 2018
Magic Millions is delighted to announce entries are now open for the
2019 Yearling Sales Series around Australia.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Twin
Hills Stud's new addition Smart Missile has had a great season on every front
and clocked up 11 two year-old winners with a pair of first starters adding to
the tally on Thursday.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Group
I jockey and now successful trainer Chris Munce had won the Grafton Cup twice
before as a jockey and won it for a third time on Thursday as a trainer when
First Crush scored a determined victory in the $160,000 Listed staying test.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Quality four year old Group 1 winning mare Foxplay has been sold by her original ownership
group to the international racing and breeding operation, Yulong Investments.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Until now,
Victorian breeders looking to utilize the blood of reigning champion sire
Snitzel had to look outside their home state to find a quality option, but that
has all changed with the arrival of top class sprinter Thronum to Sun Stud.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
The opening session of the Tattersalls July Sale saw great demand for well-bred fillies including a Galileo filly from Australian bred mare Milanova, with 11 lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more.
Breednet - Thursday, 12 July 2018
The arrival of dual Champion European miler Ribchester at Darley's Kelvinside farm in NSW this season not only offers breeders the opportunity to send their mares to a hugely exciting young stallion, but also one that possesses a rare set of Stakes-winning qualities.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Leading
Queensland nursery Glenlogan Park no longer stands stallions, but two of their
former favourites Rothesay and Show a Heart combined to produce Havasay, winner
of the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton on Wednesday.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Yarraman
Park's I Am Invincible has skipped to a clear lead on the Australian 2YO Sires List by winners after posting his 23rd Australian
juvenile winner at Ipswich on Wednesday with an impressive debut win for
Asharani.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 12 July 2018
Darley
have announced the sad passing of Group I winning sprinter and successful sire
Strategic, who has succumbed to the infirmities of old age at Godolphin's
Woodlands Stud, where he was born almost 26 years ago.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Switched
to Darley Victoria this spring, Golden Slipper winner Sepoy had a smart winner
at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with promising filly Sweet Scandal confirming her
potential with a tenacious win.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Champion New Zealand sire Savabeel gave us the 'One to Watch' on Wednesday with a sensational win for the three-quarter brother in-blood to triple Group I winner Sangster.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
New
Zealand-bred galloper Shock Alert recorded his fifth career win when successful
over a mile on his home-track on Wednesday and in the process provided Warwick
Farm trainer Bjorn Baker with his 100th winner in New South Wales
for the season.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Two of Australia's premier racing brands, Inglis and Tabcorp have extended their successful partnership for a further two years.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
With progeny earnings for the current season approaching $1,5
million and taking his total progeny earnings worldwide to $9,89 million,
Host continues to supply a steady stream of winners at an impressive
rate.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Based on recent trends of winners in Melbourne, Niconoise may be the Victorian stallion roster's best-kept secret.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
With the 2018 yearling sales season in the rear vision mirror, the attention of breeders and sales company Inglis has turned to next year's sales.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Sleeping Beauty is in the right form to
rise to the challenge of stakes racing.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 11 July 2018
You
would have to have been living under a stone to have missed the burgeoning success
of exciting young 'classic' type sire Camelot (GB) in recent weeks, which got
us thinking about his rising three year-olds in Australia and one in particular
that stood out at the Rosehill trials on Monday morning.
Mark Smith - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
While the foal session was down, the 2018 JRHA Select Sale registered across the board gains due to a solid yearling session.
Mark Smith - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Halfway through the foal session and the legendary Deep Impact is really making his mark with several $2,000,000 plus lots but this one blew them all out of the water.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Nominations for the 2019 Group I ATC Golden Slipper Stakes represent a considerable slice of the commercially bred rising two year-olds of 2018/2019 so we thought a Sale Mail and analysis might prove interesting.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Your
Song colt The Tenor was an eye-catcher at the 2017 Magic Millions Yearling Sale
where he made $400,000 to be the highest priced yearling by his sire ever sold
and he proved equally eye-catching at Newcastle on Tuesday when racing to an easy
debut win.
Mark Smith - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Thirty lots into the JRHA Foal Sale, we have a new leader a colt from the first crop of 'The Beast From The East,' Maurice.
Mark Smith - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
A Deep
Impact filly out of the Group 1 AJC Australian Derby and Group 1 VRC Australian
Guineas heroine Shamrocker has been purchased by Hirotsugu Inokuma for 88 million yen ($A1,008,000)
at the JRHA Select Foal Sale.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
After covering an outstanding book of mares at the Irish
National Stud, Champion 2YO, NATIONAL DEFENSE, is currently in quarantine and
preparing to head to Sun Stud.
Mark Smith - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Breeders that supported Arrowfield Stud's Japanese shuttlers Maurice (JPN) and Mikki Isle (JPN) will look on with interest as their first foals go under the hammer in Tuesday's foal session of the JHRA Select Sale.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 10 July 2018
The
juvenile fillies maiden over 1200 metres at Pakenham on Tuesday features the
most expensive yearling from the last crop of outstanding sire High Chaparral
(IRE).
Mark Smith - Monday, 9 July 2018
A Deep Impact colt out of the Champion NZ 3yo filly King's Rose topped the yearling session of the JRHA Select Sale.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 9 July 2018
Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his ninth European first crop 2YO winner and second in Ireland, when Chicago May provided her hot young sire with another impressive debutante winner on Sunday.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 9 July 2018
Sweet Orange (USA) has returned to New Zealand to
resume his stallion career at Highview.
Mark Smith - Monday, 9 July 2018
The only two-year-old in the field, the Darren Weir-trained Invincible Fille justified her short quote and looks to be a filly with a future after dispatching 10 of her elders with the minimum of fuss in a maiden over 1009 metres at Mildura on Monday.
Racenet - Monday, 9 July 2018
Bon
Aurum will commence stud duties in the 2018 season standing
at Glen Eden, Kilmore VIC alongside Al Samer, Illustrious Blue and Scintillo.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Foxwedge
featured in South Africa on the weekend when his progressive Aussie bred three
year-old son Infamous Fox won the Listed Greyville Convention Centre Handicap.
Racenet - Sunday, 8 July 2018
The
first entries have been accepted for the inaugural Goffs UK Goodwood Sale,
which will be held after racing at the 'Glorious' Qatar Goodwood Festival on
Wednesday 1 August.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Making her third trip to the races in a 1400 metre maiden on the synthetic at Pakenham on Sunday, She's Sensational had all but one of the 10 starters behind her with 200 metres left to run but she charged home in the closing stages to credit her sire The Factor (USA) with his third winner in Australia.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 July 2018
We have been afforded plenty of times of late to revel in the success of that wonderful Vinery veteran More Than Ready (USA).
Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Just a week after the Joseph O'Brien-trained colt Latrobe earned the distinction of becoming the first Group 1 winner for Camelot, the one season Coolmore shuttler chalked up a second winner at the highest when the Aidan O'Brien-trained filly Athena romped to a two and a half-length win in the Belmont Oaks.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Heavily backed favourite Military Zone defeated his $1,000,000 stablemate Lion's Head in a 1200 metre maiden at Newcastle on Saturday to credit his sire Epaulette with his sixth first-crop winner.
Breednet - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Tony
Pike is keeping his stakes options open with Cyber Attack.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 8 July 2018
Saturday's Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes (10f) at Sandown delivered another thrilling battle between the old foes Roaring Lion and Saxon Warrior.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 7 July 2018
Waratah Thoroughbreds import Camdus (IRE) provided Craig Williams with a 6-timer at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed VRC Sprint Final (1200m) with a ride described by Darren Weir as 'centimetre perfect'.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 7 July 2018
Just a few weeks shy of his ninth birthday the Paul Preusker-trained Magic Consol scored a career highlight win in Saturday's $150,000 Listed VRC Winter Championship Final (1600m) at Flemington.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 7 July 2018
Few horses have garnered more press in recent weeks that Nature Strip who staked his claim for a slot in the $13,000,000 The Everest following his dominant win in Saturday's Listed A.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 7 July 2018
With a
roll-call of winners that includes Apache Cat and Royal Symphony, the Listed VRC
Taj Rossi Series Final (Gibson
Carmichael Stakes) has proven to be a valuable late season guide for the upcoming
three-year season and Saturday's winner Good 'n' Fast looks likely to add to
the record.
Mark Smith - Saturday, 7 July 2018
Aquis Farm has struck gold with the purchase of the General Nediym mare Marechal for $2650,000 from the Lime County Thoroughbreds draft at the 2017 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.
Racenet - Saturday, 7 July 2018
The Daily Debutants list shows a well fancied million
dollar cot set to make his debut at Newcastle this afternoon.
Clinton Payne - Saturday, 7 July 2018
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trainedPinot has been sold to international interests
and it's doubtful she will race again in Australia.
Racenet - Saturday, 7 July 2018
Following
a record 2018 season both in and out of the sale ring, Inglis' yearling
attention has switched to next year when more horses will be sold on more days
of auction as demand for top-quality yearlings continues to increase.
Mark Smith - Friday, 6 July 2018
Coolmore's No Nay Never extended his lead on the GB/Ire first season sires table when the Aidan O'Brien-trained Land Force earned a well-deserved maiden stakes success in the Listed Coolmore Pride Of Dubai Tipperary Stakes over 5-furlongs.
Racenet - Friday, 6 July 2018
Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his eighth European first crop 2YO winner and first in Ireland, when Bailly won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden impressively overnight.
Racenet - Friday, 6 July 2018
The Group One wrap up for the season for the jockeys with 30 riders represented, headed by Hugh Bowman's nine wins followed by five riders who each had five wins.
Ben Dorries - Friday, 6 July 2018
David Hayes has won the Blue Diamond Stakes on a record six occasions
and at this early stage he has 143 hopefuls trying to make a claim for
February's Group I sprint at Caulfield.
Tom Walter - Friday, 6 July 2018
The
Australian Turf Club (ATC) has received a record amount of initial nominations
for the 2019 Golden Slipper.
Racenet - Friday, 6 July 2018
Successful
Cambridge horseman Roger James is continuing to give the new generation opportunities
to make their mark in New Zealand racing.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 5 July 2018
Long
time bloodstock agent Anton Koolman has had a very successful start to the year
having an involvement in Group I winners The Autumn Sun, Youngstar and Egg Tart,
that success carried over to a two year-old maiden winner by Zoustar at
Hawkesbury on Thursday.
Racenet - Thursday, 5 July 2018
The Group One wrap up for the season for the trainers with 27 stables represented, headed by Chris Waller's 13 wins and Darren Weir's nine.
Racenet - Thursday, 5 July 2018
Each year much thought goes into deciding what stallion to
send your mare to, but when that mare is the dam of a Cox Plate winner and is
in her twilight years then the decision becomes all the more important.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 5 July 2018
New Zealand's leading
stables dominate the first batch of finalists for the 2018 New Zealand
Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.
Mark Smith - Thursday, 5 July 2018
The racing spotlight returns to Melbourne on Saturday with four stakes races.
Racenet - Thursday, 5 July 2018
The Group One wrap up for the season for damsires with all the
successful stallions and the winners through the past year headed by Zabeel,
Redoute's Choice, Encosta De Lago and Galileo.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 5 July 2018
Outstanding mare Bonneval is making good
progress during the early stages of a new preparation that is hoped to see her
cross the Tasman again.
Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 5 July 2018
Classy
four year-old Sepoy mare Indian Blessing was a stakes-winner in France at the end
of last season and hit top form in Germany on Wednesday with a stylish win in
the Group III Sparkasse Holstein Cup at Hamburg.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Eureka
Stud's young sire sensation Spirit of Boom posted an 18th first crop
winner at Ipswich on Wednesday with a tenacious win for Bold Warrior.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
It
always looked a strong maiden event at Canterbury on Wednesday for juvenile
colts and geldings and the winner emerged as Sebring colt Master Ash, who
carried the colours of Teeley Assets to victory.
Racenet - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
The Group One wrap up for the season for sires with all the successful stallions and the winners through the past year, headed by three stallions topping the list with four winners each.
Racenet - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
With the Group One racing all done for the season and plenty
of interest in our recent articles on those that excelled at the top level we
thought we’d run through the lists of all the winners, starting with the horses
where 73 races were shared among 55 horses with Winx’s six wins obviously the
top of the pile followed by four horses with three wins apiece.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
$1million
Inglis Easter purchase Oceanity made a pleasing debut at Sandown on Wednesday,
but will have to wait for another day to break maiden status after finishing second
to I Am Invincible colt Ben Hercules.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Denman
is not the highest profile son of Lonhro standing in the Hunter Valley this
spring, but he is the most successful in terms of two year-old winners siring
his tenth juvenile winner on Wednesday with a Sandown victory for promising
filly Humma Humma.
Tara Madgwick - Wednesday, 4 July 2018
The
end of the season is fast approaching and there are some well bred two
year-olds stepping out on Wednesday looking to put a win on the board in
preparation for spring campaigns including the record priced Dundeel colt from
champion filly Miss Finland.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Having sired a
metropolitan winning two year-old for the past three Saturdays running, Goldin
Farms' Akeed Mofeed (GB) is emerging as a serious young sire to watch and given
his profile as a high class middle distance older horse it is safe to say the
best is yet to come.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
A
full sister to smart Group II placed filly Serena Bay, this Sebring filly was a
stylish debut winner at Gosford on Tuesday for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott
stable.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
New
Zealand-breds have had a great season in Hong Kong, recording victories in six
of the 24 stakes races, and have been rewarded with nominations in every
category in the Hong Kong Champion awards.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Yarraman
Park's I Am Invincible clocked his 20th Australian two year-old winner
of the season at Geelong on Tuesday with an easy front running win for Yulong
Wain.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
She
will never be as good as her $4million earning older half-sister Lucia
Valentina, but three year-old filly Triscilla will be able to go to stud as a winner
after an easy victory at Geelong on Tuesday.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
The former Stephen Marsh-trained duo Pierrocity and I Am Queen have joined
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young's Cranbourne stable in the hope of gaining
black type.
Tara Madgwick - Tuesday, 3 July 2018
So
much choice and so many things to consider, it's an interesting exercise and
one I've undertaken for myself this year with the retirement of my Lonhro mare to
a new career at stud.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
Twin
Hill Stud's new addition Smart Missile has hit top gear as we head towards the
breeding season with eight winners in the past seven days including another
impressive two year-old winner on Monday.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
Seven days after racing
Merchant Navy in the G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, Sir Dancealot (by
Sir Prancealot) has backed up to take out his first Group race victory in the Criterion
Stakes at Newmarket.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
Freshman sires ShamExpress
(O'Reilly) and Charm Spirit (IRE) (Invincible Spirit) who both stand at Windsor Park
Stud continue to make a deep impression with an ever-increasing list of
first-crop winners.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
A winning
double at Sha Tin on Sunday for champion sire Fastnet Rock highlighted his success
in Hong Kong this season where he is the leading sire by individual winners.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
Aquis Farm have today announced a $1million bonus for breeders sending mares to their new Group I winning sire The Mission this spring.
Tara Madgwick - Monday, 2 July 2018
Newgate
Farm's Foxwedge starred overnight in Ireland when his quality four year-old
daughter Urban Fox downed this year's Epsom Oaks winner Forever Together to win
the Group I Pretty Polly Stakes at The Curragh.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 1 July 2018
Blue
Gum Farm's young sire War posted his first winner at Devonport in Tasmania on
Sunday when the promising filly Kwai scored a debut win for the Barry Campbell
Stable in the Star Thoroughbreds colours.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 1 July 2018
Impressive maiden winner Copper Mine took
the first step on his journey to a future career in Hong Kong when he blitzed
his rivals with a powerful front-running performance over 1200m at Ruakaka on
the weekend.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 1 July 2018
After ten seasons at stud and with little more than a handful of live foals in his last three seasons, Vital Equine (IRE) is in the form of his life.
Mark Smith - Sunday, 1 July 2018
Wow, you just can't keep the legend More Than Ready (US) down and what a day he had Stateside on Saturday.
Tara Madgwick - Sunday, 1 July 2018
The
famed navy and white colours of Australian owner Lloyd Williams were carried to
victory overnight in the Group I Irish Derby by lightly raced Camelot colt
Latrobe trained by Joseph O'Brien and ridden by his brother Donnacha.