Battle of the Sexes

[Published Bluebloods Sept/Oct 2020] GENETIC COMPATIBILITY BREEDING the thoroughbred racehorse remains an inexact science, despite interesting genetic research by professional companies. Simon Marsh, general manager of Watership Down Stud since 1992 for Lord and Lady Webber, stated in an interview: “If you have the greatest stallion in the world and the best mare in the world, there’s…

ByKen McLeanOctober 18, 20210Comments

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

Kay Cee a WA star for ‘home grown’ Danehill branch

Kay Cee, left, storms down the outside to claim the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot WHEN three year-old filly Kay Cee won the Kingston Town Classic-Gr.1 in late December she not only emulated her sire Playing God, who won the race in 2010 and 2011, but continued the success of a branch of the…

ByDavid BayJuly 21, 20200Comments

Battle of the Sexes

Redoute’s Legacy

Kay Cee a WA star for ‘home grown’ Danehill branch

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