[published Bluebloods July/August 2021]
Fans of Zabeel’s W.S Cox Plate-Gr.1, 2040m winner Savabeel have been hanging out for one of his sons to make it to Australia and Newhaven has answered the call with this high quality speedster.
A Karaka Book One graduate, Cool Aza Beel was kept very safe when making his debut at Wanganui…
[published Bluebloods July/August 2021]
Already eleven sons of Exceed And Excel have proven their worth siring stakes winners, auguring well for Darley’s Bivouac who, with this three Group One victories, is one of the best of the breed.
A dual stakes winner from five starts at two, the handsome bay displayed versatility taking out the Kindergarten…
[published Bluebloods July/August 2021]
The author was lucky enough a few years ago to visit Dormello Stud and one thing that sticks in the mind is the historic farm’s policy of always having in one of its picturesque paddocks a direct descendant of one of legendary breeder Federico Tesio’s great broodmares. At the time of…
First published in the November/December 2020 edition of BLUEBLOODS]
EACH June thousands of eager racing fans join the hustle and bustle that is Royal Ascot, lining up to quench their thirst at a number of bars, many of which are named after the horses who have made their mark on the world famous race meeting.…
A high class sprinter, an eye-catching type, a speed pedigree of considerable depth; Yes Yes Yes is a horse that ticks all the boxes and it seems that breeders across the country agree, the son of Rubick in his first season at stud serving an impressive harem of 205 mares.
And he has 22 in…
Simon Vivian
An Adelaide father shares with his young son the laborious task of laying concrete down a driveway. To make the time pass more quickly, he has the radio on. As an avid sports fan and keen owner of a couple of thoroughbreds the racing station is his entertainment of choice.
He gets his son to…
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…
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…
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…
What a year the historic Tyreel Stud in the capable hands of Linda and Laurence Monds, is enjoying, cheering on the likes of Behemoth (Memsie Stakes-Gr.1, 1400m, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes-Gr.1, 1400m), Classique Legend (The Everest, 1200m) and Montefilia (Flight Stakes-Gr.1, 1600m, Spring Champion Stakes-Gr.1, 2000m) to big race success.
The two dual Group One winners…