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[First Published: February 2020]
COX Plate winner and Japan’s Horse of the Year for 2019 Lys Gracieux (JPN) is a granddaughter of Sunday Silence and carries three crosses of the diminutive Lyphard in her seven generation pedigree. She also claimed the title of Japan’s Champion Older Mare in 2019, defeating reigning…
The rewards can be great for breeders if they can spot in advance sires who may become successful broodmare sires. Obviously daughters of the leading sires of winners, particularly the best performed, are the ones most likely to succeed as maternal grandsires but they can be very expensive to buy.
Breeders with limited resources can sometimes…
New Zealand-bred and trained gelding Tavago sprang something of a surprise in scoring an easy win in the $2m 2016 Australian Derby-Gr.1 (2400m) at Randwick. The son of Tavistock (NZ) (Montjeu (IRE)) relished the soft conditions on the day to defeat last spring’s VRC Crown Oaks winner Jameka (Myboycharlie (IRE)).
In third spot was Tally (Street…