Almanzor to kick off at Karaka

Cambridge Stud continues to thrive under new management with a strong investment into the New Zealand racing and breeding scene. The rewards have been coming their way with several promising types have already begun to emerge from the Cambridge Stud draft of 2019, who are currently half-way through their three year-old season, including Gr.1 placed…

ByBluebloodsJanuary 21, 20210Comments

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Turangga

Turangga Farm is maintaining its long standing record of sending yearlings to the January sale, but this time the yearlings are being prepared by Cameron and Kellie Bond’s Kenmore Lodge and Alexia Fraser Bloodstock. Headway These yearlings have been raised on the special pastures of Turangga, smack bang in the middle of the famed Segenhoe Valley just…

ByBluebloodsJanuary 4, 20210Comments

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Rheinwood Pastoral

Boutique farm Rheinwood Pastoral has embraced the concept of a business ‘pivot’. The idea is to take action and change the direction of a business to meet the needs of the market, and over the past few years, Rheinwood Pastoral has gone through a positive process of refreshing their bloodstock, upgrading broodmares, and renovating pastures…

ByBluebloodsJanuary 4, 20210Comments

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Daisy Hill

Draft is all quality, small but select Little wonder that Americain is Colleen and Kevin Bamford’s favourite horse, the couple amongst the proud owners cheering on the high class stayer to a memorable victory in the 2010 Melbourne Cup-Gr.1, 3200m. The passion for the thoroughbred that led to their involvement in that wonderful stayer is now…

ByBluebloodsDecember 29, 20200Comments

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Coolmore

Present a stellar draft for MM 2021, Bluebloods spoke to stud manager John Kennedy How has your farm risen to the challenges presented by COVID 19? In Australia we have been very fortunate to be able to continue racing and trading in a way that is very close to normal, which is something that most other industries…

ByBluebloodsDecember 29, 20200Comments

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Bowness Stud

It has been another busy and successful year for Bowness Stud with such classy graduates as Chapada, Funstar and Indian Pacific strutting their stuff whilst D’Argento is proving a popular first season stallion. We caught up with Bowness’ John North in the lead-up to a big sales season... How has your farm risen to the challenges presented…

ByBluebloodsDecember 29, 20200Comments

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Bhima

January comes up quickly at the end of each calendar year, but particularly for Bhima Thoroughbreds in 2021. The boutique operator, along the Moobi Road in Scone, will present its largest ever draft of youngsters to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. “We’ve got 31 heading there,” says Mike Fleming, “and that’s the largest I…

ByBluebloodsDecember 28, 20200Comments

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Arrowfield Stud

Tagaloa When trainer Natalie Young first saw Tagaloa in Arrowfield’s 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast draft she wrote one word on his catalogue page: Mine!. A few days later Natalie and Trent Busuttin were rapt to buy the colt for $300,000. Little more than a year after that, they celebrated his tenacious victory in the $1.5 million…

ByBluebloodsDecember 28, 20200Comments

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A List Stud

Victoria’s A List Stud will present their first Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling draft in 2021. A List Stud purchased a new property in 2019, and the business is run by a team led by CEO Chris Lee. The debut draft of any new farm is an exciting time, and Bluebloods spoke to Stud Manager,…

ByBluebloodsDecember 28, 20200Comments

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Shalaa

[First published March 2020] INBRED 3mx3m to Danzig and with the Sharpen Up brothers Kris and Diesis 3x3, Shalaa (IRE) won six of his eight starts, five of them at 1200m at two, so it’s no wonder his first crop yearlings have proven so attractive to buyers this year. The son of Invincible Spirit (IRE) was…

ByBluebloodsSeptember 18, 20200Comments

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