The opportunity to buy a wide selection of the progeny of the best stallions standing in Australia and New Zealand is one of the big attractions each January for those attending the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
The rewards can be great for breeders if they can spot in advance sires who may become successful broodmare sires. Obviously daughters of the leading sires of winners, particularly the best performed, are the ones most likely to succeed as maternal grandsires but they can be very expensive to buy. Breeders with limited resources can...
New Zealand-bred and trained gelding Tavago sprang something of a surprise in scoring an easy win in the $2m 2016 Australian Derby-Gr.1 (2400m) at Randwick. The son of Tavistock (NZ) (Montjeu (IRE)) relished the soft conditions on the day to defeat last spring’s VRC Crown Oaks winner Jameka (Myboycharlie (IRE)). In third spot was Tally...
by Les Young Published: April 2017 WE BEGAN began this predictive series in Bluebloods in 2009 and each year since we have suggested 12 stallions whose daughters, subject to other qualities, are worth considering if you are looking to buy a future star producer of winners. Most leading broodmare sires of today were, or still...