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Dundeel

Dundeel (High Chaparral-Stareel, by Zabeel) epitomises class. Class is the elusive quality in a racehorse that makes them stand head and shoulders above their competitors. As a racehorse, Dundeel dominated with six Gr1 wins and now as a sire, he is showing his class through his progeny with two new Gr1 winners this season taking…

ByRenee GeelenJuly 18, 20230Comments

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Brave Smash

With attributes like precocity, speed, and soundness over several seasons, Brave Smash will forge ahead from the brilliant start he’s made to his stud career as he moves to the Hunter Valley’s Yarraman Park. The dual Gr.1 winning sprinter ticks many boxes, being a fantastic physical type, a tough sprinter, and a valuable outcross. We…

ByRenee GeelenJuly 18, 20230Comments

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Too Darn Hot

Too Darn Hot was bred to be outstanding. His sire and dam are triple Gr1 winner Dubawi and triple Gr1 winner Dar Re Mi, while his four grandparents are all Gr1 winners too: Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Dubai Millennium, Gr1 Oaks d’Italia winner Zomaradah, four-time Gr1 winner Singspiel, and Gr1 Prix Vermeille winner Darara.…

ByRenee GeelenJune 7, 20230Comments

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Redoute’s Legacy

[Published Bluebloods May/June 2020] In the autumn of 1987, New York bloodstock agent Alan Quartucci signed for a 4-year-old Nijinsky II filly, Dancing Show, being sold by Ralph C. Wilson Jr, for $75,000 for New Zealand interests. She was bred to Miswaki on Southern Hemisphere time, and the resulting foal, named Umatilla, was a Group-1…

ByBill OppenheimSeptember 1, 20210Comments

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Japan’s Triple Crown Heroes

[published Bluebloods May/June 2020] Deep Impact At Nakayama racetrack on April 19th the $1.9 million Satsuki Sho-G.1 (Japanese 2,000 Guineas) run over 2,000m on turf was won by Contrail (Deep Impact-Rhodochrosite by Unbridled’s Song) who retained his unbeaten record. The three year old defeated Salois (Heart’s Cry) by a half-length in a dramatic duel down the…

ByKen McLeanAugust 16, 20210Comments

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The Irish National Stud’s Invincible Spirit

The male line of Green Desert is exploding around the world, thanks to the deeds of his brilliant son Invincible Spirit, a leading sire standing at the Irish National Stud, Tully, County Kildare. Invincible Spirit’s reputation as a sire of turf specialists at Group level up to a mile is gaining momentum. [su_button url="https://shop.bluebloods.com.au" style="flat"…

ByKen McLeanApril 29, 20210Comments

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Distance Ranges For Top Australian Sires: A Perceptible Shift?

[su_button url="http://shop.bluebloods.com.au" style="flat" background="#e7f4fc" color="#2c1f60" center="yes" radius="5" icon="icon: exclamation-circle" icon_color="#2c1f60" download="http://www.stallions.com.au/pdfs/2021-booking%20form.pdf"][first published in BLUEBLOODS Issue 6 - 2020. To get this article and more subscribe][/su_button] Written Tycoon In March and April, 2018, my colleague Dr. Emily Plant and myself spent five weeks in New South Wales (with a 10-day side trip to New Zealand, where I first…

ByBluebloodsApril 6, 20210Comments

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The rise of Storm Cat’s line via Scat Daddy

THOROUGHBRED breeders in Australasia are spoiled. We are fortunate to have access to many of the world’s most potent sire lines, thanksto the shuttle system. Significantly, we benefit from our highly successful homebred stallions as well. Currently heading the Australian Sires’ List by progeny earnings are I Am Invincible, Snitzel and Pierro, all foaled in Australia,…

ByKen McLeanSeptember 18, 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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Fusaichi’s Daughters find a nick with Fastnet Rock

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…

ByDavid BayAugust 18, 20200Comments

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