THOROUGHBRED breeders in Australasia are spoiled. We are fortunate to have access to many of the world’s most potent sire lines, thanksto the shuttle system.
Significantly, we benefit from our highly successful homebred stallions as well. Currently heading the Australian Sires’ List by progeny earnings are I Am Invincible, Snitzel and Pierro, all foaled in Australia,…
[First Published in February 2020]
IT’S the time of year when the first crop sires’ table starts to become very interesting in the lead up to the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper. At the top of the list on January 31 was Coolmore Stud’s high profile dual Gr.1 winner Pride of Dubai (Street Cry (IRE)-Al Anood…
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.