Arrowfield

Profondo One after another this Spring, Arrowfield’s Magic Millions graduates came out to play, and by the end of Cup Week at Flemington, one thing was guaranteed for this year’s Sale. The Stud’s 73-lot Class of 2022 will be very busy indeed as soon as they start parading at the Gold Coast on 4 January. First out was…

ByBluebloodsDecember 8, 20210Comments

2021 First Season Sires Bluebloods

Admire Mars

[published Bluebloods July/August 2021] The author was lucky enough a few years ago to visit Dormello Stud and one thing that sticks in the mind is the historic farm’s policy of always having in one of its picturesque paddocks a direct descendant of one of legendary breeder Federico Tesio’s great broodmares. At the time of…

ByKristen ManningAugust 4, 20210Comments

Bluebloods Inglis Easter 2021

Arrowfield

Mallory It was former Segenhoe Stud chairman Michael Sissian who noted that in the thoroughbred breeding business a 10 per cent success rate is outstanding. He was right. Very few farms achieve that figure and when one does, its brand is indeed worth its weight in gold. Even more so when that strike rate is sustained over…

ByBluebloodsMarch 15, 20210Comments

Bluebloods MMGC 2021

Arrowfield Stud

Tagaloa When trainer Natalie Young first saw Tagaloa in Arrowfield’s 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast draft she wrote one word on his catalogue page: Mine!. A few days later Natalie and Trent Busuttin were rapt to buy the colt for $300,000. Little more than a year after that, they celebrated his tenacious victory in the $1.5 million…

ByBluebloodsDecember 28, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Bluebloods - Feature Article Stallion Profile

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

Bluebloods Bluebloods - Feature Article Pedigree Analysis

Pierro always a winner

[FIRST PUBLISHED JANUARY 2020] From its inception in 1957, the Golden Slipper Stakes-Gr.1, 1200m has been a highly respected form guide for future stallion success, its inaugural winner Todman (still regarded as one of the best two-year-olds Australia has produced) setting the path with his 38 stakes winners. Since then 24 Golden Slipper winning colts…

ByDavid BayJuly 21, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Inglis Easter 2020

Arrowfield

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…

ByBluebloodsMarch 17, 20200Comments

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