Osamu (second from right), runs 2nd in the Skyline S Gr.2
The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is the pinnacle of the yearling sale season in the southern hemisphere and Aquis will consign a small and select draft of eight yearlings highlighted by the progeny of Champion Sires including Fastnet Rock, I Am Invincible, Hinchinbrook and…
A List Stud are the new kids on the Easter block but there is a wealth of experience behind the Benalla based farm who have been building up an impressive bloodstock portfolio.
Bluebloods had a chat with manager Codie O’Neill who has been working with thoroughbreds for several years having grown up with stock horses and…
The Autumn Sun ridden by James McDonald wins the Caulfield Guineas (Group 1) at Caulfield Racecourse, 13 October 2018.
Thoroughbred racing and breeding is a game full of numbers – form, odds, dollars, strike rates and a multitude of statistics. What counts most, though, are the stories the numbers tell and there are few bigger stories…
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COMBINE the blood of several “home made” Golden Slipper winners with the genes of leading European and US sires…
IT’S a dream come true to have your first sire get a Golden Slipper winner in his first crop and this provided a wonderful start for Joe Heather, who was appointed general manager of Telemon Thoroughbreds at Innisplain in 2018. Joe, who has been around horses all his life, is pragmatic about how long Sidestep…
KATE Grimwade was appointed assistant trainer at Flemington to James Cummings almost 12 months ago and, while the work at Godolphin’s historic Carbine Lodge stables is demanding, the rewards are immense. Since her appointment there has been one reason after another to celebrate. It all began for Kate when the imported Pivotal horse Avilius (GB)…
Camelot - Joseph O'Brien wins from French Fifteen - Olivier Peslier The Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes Newmarket Guineas Meeting 5/5/2012 ©Pic Mark Cranham
It’s high summer in Europe with scorching temperatures and little rain to speak of for the past six weeks. But there’s still a pervading sense that the racing season hasn’t yet come to…
WITH the season all but over, it’s an interesting time to reflect on the second crop sires. While they fall into what might be a predictable order, perhaps the most interesting trend is, just as with So You Think and third crop sires, that the leader is a horse who is providing a classic outcross…
FROM a “horse mad” child to a horse whisperer, Libby Bleakley has spent virtually her whole life learning about thoroughbreds from some of the best in the business. Now she is putting that knowledge to good use at Highden Park, a property she owns with husband Sam, and experiencing some spectacular success at the sales…
THE expression about a tough act to follow might have been applied double to High Chaparral (IRE), who retired to stud at Coolmore on the heels of superstars Montjeu (IRE) and Galileo (IRE). Those two were almost certainly the best sons of Sadler’s Wells, also sire of High Chaparral, as runners and subsequently the outstanding…