“Now everything’s a little upside down. As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped” It’s a safe bet that Bob Dylan didn’t have the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 in mind when he penned those lines which appear on his 1974 stunner “Idiot Wind,” but they are not a bad description of the 21st century’s...
One of the most accomplished stallion families in recent years has been the one tracing back to Helen Street, featuring Street Cry and his nephew Shamardal. Both have been in the news recently but for altogether different reasons. Whereas Street Cry’s son Trekking added a second G1 victory to his resume, it was sad to...
Proven vendor of elite racehorses, Vinery Stud have such a plentiful bounty of stakes winning graduates that they can list several from each of the sales around the country. Their recent Inglis graduates include Gr.1 winner Aristia, Gr.2 winners Vanna Girl and Villermont, while their Melbourne drafts have included Stirling Grove, Malasun, Stokehouse, stakes placed...
The number of horses to have grazed on the undulating paddocks of Mike O’Donnell’s Fairhill Farm at Mulbring before going on to racetrack success just continues to grow. Gr.1 winners Good Project, Choice Bro and Glorious Days all had a head start at Fairhill and buyers inspecting the farm’s select 2021 Classic draft at Riverside...
Want a horse who’s extremely sound, loves stable life, takes over his trainer’s social media videos, never shows a thing in trackwork but fights like a tiger on raceday and earns more than 10 times his purchase price? That’s the horse Melbourne trainer John Moloney bought for $30,000 from Arrowfield’s Class of 2015. Almost six...
Aegon and Probabeel headline the Waikato Stud recent graduates from the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale drafts with proprietor Mark Chittick pointing out that at the half-way point of the 2020/21 racing season, Waikato Stud have already clocked up nine individual stakes winning graduates from their premier property in New Zealand. Probabeel (Savabeel) sold for...
Value is a relative measure, and in 2021, Seaton Park will present one of their best drafts yet, and for a farm known for producing good horses from unlikely sources, this is an exciting development. Seaton Park made their name when they sold a first crop Tavistock colt for $50,000 and he went on to...
Presenting the first crop of a resident stallion to the market place is a special time for any operation, but when they are the progeny of a Group 1-winning son of the breed-shaper Deep Impact it goes to another level. Rich Hill Stud will be in that envious position in January when Satono Aladdin’s youngsters...
It was a good spring for Phoenix Park graduates with the likes of The Chosen One and Princess Jenni doing the farm’s Janine Dunlop proud with gutsy efforts in Melbourne carnival feature staying contests. Already a three times Group winner leading into the spring, The Chosen One was a first up winner over 1700m at...
Racing is a game of risk, and good judges of yearlings know there is great reward to be had when buying from farms with excellent stakes winner production records. From only small drafts, the paddocks of Highden Park continue to produce quality racehorses with this year’s Gr.1 Australasian Oaks winner Toffee Tongue being the latest...
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