Rich Hill Stud resident Proisir continues to build on the success of past years and his ongoing progress and popularity is a source of great satisfaction to John Thompson and his team at Rich Hill Stud. The good times keep rolling for the Waikato operation with its son of Choisir, who has already boosted his…
N ew Zealand Bloodstock is delighted to welcome buyers from all over the world to Karaka this January for its first internationally-attended yearling sale since the pre-pandemic days of January 2020, and just a brief look at the recent racetrack results of Karaka graduates should be enough to bring buyers through the gates in big…
No Nay Never has provided the sensational sire performance of the year so far in Europe. Now with five crops at the races, the Coolmore Stud stallion looks set to carry on the high standards set by Europe’s best speed stallions. But he’s far from one dimensional and just as likely to sire a top-class…
If someone asked me to nominate the best Thoroughbred racing and breeding countries in the world, I would not hesitate to highlight the following where substantial prize money is on offer: 1. Australia 2. Japan 3. USA
Among the best countries to raise a Thoroughbred racehorse, especially those with an ideal climate are New Zealand,…
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There were 35 races run at Royal Ascot – the number one race-meeting in the world, hands down, no debate (don’t fret, Drew, the Breeders’ Cup is number two) – June 14-18, with over 273,000 souls in attendance over…
When did the current line of the family get into racing?
My grandfather Fred Smith, not the very famous Fred Smith, trained in New Zealand in 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s and he started the racing bug in the family. He had a few Group quality horses and won a Hawkes Bay Cup with a horse…
The promise shown by the up-and-coming star Maurice three year-old, Mazu, during the recent Sydney Autumn Carnival was fulfilled by his brilliant win in the G1 Doomben 10,000 in May, his sixth win from six starts that preparation.
Timing is everything they say and it is more than fitting that Mazu now leads to the…
Australia’s reputation for producing the world’s best sprinters relies on stallion prospects like Portland Sky who could run quick times over sprint trips and win under pressure. He is a Gr.1 winning sprinter with a stellar speed pedigree who looks set to reinforce Australia’s global reputation for speed.
“A look at the honour roll for…
Meant as a measure of female family inbreeding within a thoroughbred’s pedigree, the RF has shown to be an uncanny method of identifying some of the world’s longest priced winners in the biggest of races.
When the frontrunners in this year’s 148th running of the Kentucky Derby set a totally unrealistic pace, the contest, as…
AS a 28-year-old busy in his role with Lexington-based company Equix Biometrics Scott Williamson had a crucial decision to make..
He sensed America was not the place to be raising children and his thoughts turned to Australia. Scott had first met Sarah, the then personal assistant to Widden’s general manager Derek Field and wife…