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…
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.
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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.…
Justify, winning the Kentucky Derby.
Justify (Scat Daddy-Stage Magic, by Ghostzapper) is the only member of a unique club. An unbeaten Triple Crown winner. To put this in some context, the American Triple Crown consists of three races; the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. The Belmont Stakes was first run in 1867,…
[Published Bluebloods Nov/Dec 2020]
One of the finest representatives of the Sir Tristram sire line via that legendary stallion’s outstanding son Zabeel, Waikato Stud’s 19-year-old Savabeel continues to shine with seven different horses winning stakes races in the first half of the season.
Savabeel’s excellent start to 2019/20 was heralded by a barnstorming Rowley Mile-Listed, 1600m victory…
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…
[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…
STAR TURN has all the attributes breeders and yearling buyers love, he is strong and handsome, was a brilliant sprinter and has a pedigree laced with speed. You can be sure that plenty of good judges will be keen to secure one of his first crop yearlings at the sales in 2020.
STAR TURN (Star Witness…
NOT every Melbourne Cup winner makes a mark in the breeding barn, but a tough as teak mare who claimed the race more than 70 years ago has founded a family of mainly sprinters who are still winning at the highest level today. One of those descendants is Sooboog who stands at Kitchwin Hills in…
A $500,000 yearling buy, Headwater lived up to his speed pedigree, both parents being Gr.1-winning sprinters, to claim the Silver Slipper-Gr.2 at just his second start. Now based at Vinery in the Hunter Valley, the son of Exceed and Excel is an in-demand young sire whose first yearlings are creating much excitement in 2019.