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Bluebloods Inglis Easter 2021

Inglis Easter adapting for success

Sebastian Hutch With COVID’s cloud lurking over a second Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale we talked with the company’s General Manager Bloodstock Sales and Marketing, Sebastian Hutch, to get his perspective on the past 12 months, and what we can look forward to at Riverside in April. Despite predictions of Armageddon this time last year, the Australasian…

ByGlen LathamMarch 29, 20210Comments

Bluebloods Inglis Easter 2021

One degree of separation

Merchant Navy On face value, two of the headline acts among the first-season sires represented at the 2021 Australian Easter Yearling Sale would not appear to have that much in common. But a closer examination of the backgrounds of Coolmore’s Merchant Navy and Newgate’s Russian Revolution reveals some remarkably parallel lines. One degree of separation, you could say. The…

ByJohn HutchinsonMarch 29, 20210Comments

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Record breaking First Crop

One of the undoubted highlights of last season in Europe was the performance of first-crop sire Mehmas, who ended the year with no fewer than a record-smashing 56 winning two-year-olds. TO put that achievement into perspective, the previous record holder, Darley’s Iffraaj, amassed 38 in his first season over ten years ago. Even that number was…

ByJohn BoyceMarch 26, 20210Comments

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Brett Cavanough

Brett Cavanough Since the advent of political correctness about 50 years ago much of the western world’s population seems to have been sapped of individual personality. This is particularly evident in the thoroughbred industry, which has been littered with characters through much of its 200 year-plus history in Australia. But one man who remains larger-than-life is…

ByBluebloodsMarch 26, 20210Comments

Bluebloods Inglis Easter 2021

Tyreel Stud

Tiger of Malay Tyreel Stud's name has been synonymous with Easter success for years and under the leadership of the Monds family the famed Hawkesbury Valley farm continues to excel. At last year's Easter sale Tyreel Stud sold five horses for a total in excess of $2.4 million and already those youngsters are making their mark with…

ByKristen ManningMarch 16, 20210Comments

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Invincible eleven – Yarraman Park bring 11 of ‘Vinnies’ best to Easter

I Am Invincible “The best of Shadwell breeding” is how Yarraman Park’s Harry Mitchell describes the famed international stud’s twelve yearlings heading to Easter, a unique opportunity to secure some of Australia’s most successful bloodlines. “The cream” meanwhile is Shadwell’s racing manager Angus Gold description of the draft and it seems apt with each of the youngsters…

ByKristen ManningMarch 16, 20210Comments

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Vinery Stud

Artorius Vinery Stud has an exceptional record as a proven source of Gr.1 winners and in the last three years have sold the winners of three of the biggest 2yo races in the country: Exhilarates (2yo Magic Millions Classic), Farnan (Gr.1 Golden Slipper Stakes), and Artorius (Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes). Their record from the Inglis Easter…

ByRenee GeelenMarch 16, 20210Comments

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Lime Country

In the short time Lime Country has been in operation in Australia, they have attracted a solid client base of Gr.1 producing farms. Lime Country believe that a young racehorse needs three things to maximise their success on the track; they need to be well-grown, sound, and properly educated. Bluebloods spoke to Lime Country owner…

ByRenee GeelenMarch 16, 20210Comments

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Kia Ora Stud

Wild Ruler With Kia Ora's 2020 Easter graduates being in such capable hands as the stables of Hawkes, Busuttin & Young, Chris Waller, Price & Kent, Kris Lees, Peter & Paul Snowden and Annabel Neasham, there is much to look forward to for the farm that presents another stellar draft in 2021. "I could not be happier…

ByKristen ManningMarch 16, 20210Comments

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