The champion mare who put Wilkes (FR) on the map
Wenona Girl
NEWHAVEN Park stud master John Kelly certainly hit the jackpot when his first crop sire Wilkes (FR) had a winner with his first runner in the spring of 1959. The juvenile in question was Wenona Girl and she opened her account with a 2.5…
[First Published in February 2020]
IT’S the time of year when the first crop sires’ table starts to become very interesting in the lead up to the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper. At the top of the list on January 31 was Coolmore Stud’s high profile dual Gr.1 winner Pride of Dubai (Street Cry (IRE)-Al Anood…
CHAMPION sire Fastnet Rock’s nick with Zabeel daughters and with mares carrying strains of the three-quarter brothers Nureyev (dam sire of Zabeel) and Sadler’s Wells (particularly his son Galileo) is well known, but there’s another cross that has produced two Gr.1 winners. This is with daughters of Kentucky Derby-Gr.1 hero Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) who shuttled…
COULD the “triple whammy” at the heart of Justify’s pedigree be the reason the son of Scat Daddy became an undefeated US Triple Crown winner? I’d like to think so.
He has three mares, two of them sisters, bred on the Mr. Prospector-Nijinsky cross within five generations, backed up by a male line of 1970 English…
Kay Cee, left, storms down the outside to claim the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot
WHEN three year-old filly Kay Cee won the Kingston Town Classic-Gr.1 in late December she not only emulated her sire Playing God, who won the race in 2010 and 2011, but continued the success of a branch of the…
[FIRST PUBLISHED JANUARY 2020] From its inception in 1957, the Golden Slipper Stakes-Gr.1, 1200m has been a highly respected form guide for future stallion success, its inaugural winner Todman (still regarded as one of the best two-year-olds Australia has produced) setting the path with his 38 stakes winners.
Since then 24 Golden Slipper winning colts…
Never say never until you see the list of benefits that vegan lifestyle brings to our lives. Try it and feel healthier…
Q ed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium loremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. …
New, fresh, exciting project by a young movie producer from San Francisco
NOT every Melbourne Cup winner makes a mark in the breeding barn, but a tough as teak mare who claimed the race more than 70 years ago has founded a family of mainly sprinters who are still winning at the highest level today. One of those descendants is Sooboog who stands at Kitchwin Hills in…