Stars for the Future at Strawberry Hill
Sunday Joy, Ha Ha, Tuesday Joy, Universal Queen, Samantha Miss – we saw them all on a recent visit to John Singleton’s boutique Strawberry Hill Stud at Mount White less than an hour’s drive north of Sydney.
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Premier Stats Get Them Here
Get all the statistics for the 2010 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale here – Leading Sires (Encosta de Lago), Buyers (Form Bloodstock, Sth Africa) and Vendors (Grange Thoroughbreds).
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Double Danehill - The First
When talented filly Psychologist powered away to score a scintillating win in the Group Three MRC Blue Diamond Prelude on Saturday she wrote her name into the history books as the very first stakes-winner to carry a double cross of champion sire Danehill, a development that will have pedigree buffs the world over considering the implications.
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Mamzelle Dynasty Going Strong
Back in the mid 1990’s, the Ron Quinton trained mare Mamzelle Pedrille was racing up a storm in Sydney winning 11 races including the Group Two STC Theo Marks Stakes providing much excitement for her owner breeder Ray Gall, who together with his son Brett still retain a keen interest in racing and breeding through the many descendants and close relations of their original star mare.
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A to Z of Inglis Classic
There has been a distinct lack of atmosphere at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in the past few years, but the old January buzz was back at Newmarket as a result of one man, Mick Tubman and his decision to roll the dice with a $15,000 filly called Chance Bye – fairytales can indeed come true.
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Inglis Classic Sale Statistics Overall
Leading Sires (Snitzel), Buyers (Bert Vieira), Vendors (Golden Grove) – get them all here.
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A Jewel in the Emirates Crown
It’s a scarcely remembered fact that Emirates Park did in fact breed champion sire Encosta de Lago and sold him as a yearling at Inglis Easter back in 1995 for $140,000, so when his now 21 year-old mother Shoal Creek delivered a foal last spring it was not hard to see why all at Emirates were delighted.
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The Story Behind Military Rose
The scintillating win of top class filly Military Rose in the Magic Millions Two Year Old Classic last Saturday was the cause of much excitement for many people including Verna and David Metcalfe of Middlebrook Valley Lodge, who sent in some magnificent photos of her baby half-brother by champion three year-old Haradasun that inspired me to write this story.
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MM Statistics Sessions One to Four
Leading Sires (Redoute’s Choice), Buyers (Laird Racing Stable), Vendors (Strawberry Hill Stud) – get them all here.
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More Covering Statistics 2009
Earlier this week we published a story on Breednet detailing the covering statistics as sourced from the Australian Studbook for the first season sires in 2009 with Widden Stud’s Northern Meteor the most popular of the group with 192 mares – the story was so well read we decided to look at another group of sires, those that stood for the biggest service fees.
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Magic Millions 2010 –The Flip Side of EI
The 2010 Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast has special significance this year as it is the first yearling sale to showcase youngsters conceived in the dark days of 2007 when the EI outbreak crippled the industry leaving destruction and chaos in its wake.
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Darley Open the Doors to Media
A gaggle of media types descended on Darley Stud at Aberdeen on October 13 to witness firsthand the commitment made by Sheikh Mohammed to his rapidly burgeoning bloodstock and property interests in Australia, with Breednet's Mark Smith putting together a pictorial of the day.
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Learning to Listen
Can horses make us into better people and help us to learn more about ourselves? Yes is the answer to that question and to find out more read on.
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Small Miracles
The death of a broodmare and or foal is always tragic and as sad as it is, it’s a scenario that is very much a part of every breeding season, but from just such a tragedy has come a small miracle at Rosari Farm, a boutique breeding operation near Warwick in Queensland.
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The Value in Late Foals
Foals born with a late November/ December foaling date frequently carry some sort of stigma into the sale ring as yearlings and for the astute buyer prepared to exercise some patience they can represent outstanding value.
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Victoria Derby - The Dance They Choose to Dodge
Worth a whopping $1,5 million in prizemoney the Group One VRC Victoria Derby has again failed to attract the interest of connections of many of our leading three year-old colts.
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The Miss Andretti Story
Our reigning Australian Horse of the Year is West Australian sprint star Scenic Blast, but two years ago it was another explosive WA speedster taking all the honours in Miss Andretti, who is now basking in the joys of motherhood having produced her first foal at Toolooganvale Farm in early September.
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The Miss Finland Story
For Arrowfield Stud, the story of Miss Finland has been a fairytale ride from the start and with the star mare producing her first foal last week, the champion daughter of Redoute’s Choice has entered the next phase of a remarkable career.
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The Wonders of Widden
Breednet writer Mark Smith made the trek to Widden Stud last Thursday where there was a gathering of champions on both two and four legs.
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Newmarket in Half a Day
The last day of our recent holiday was spent enjoying a lightning tour around Newmarket, the ‘Horse Capital’ of the UK where we took in a couple of major farms and visited the racecourses, the gallops and the stable of leading trainer Jeremy Noseda, where our daughter Jasmine made the acquaintance of Group One winning mare Fleeting Spirit.
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Irish National Stud
While on holiday in Ireland we took in one of the ‘must do’ things for every tourist and that is a visit to the Irish National Stud where you can say hello to Melbourne Cup winner Vintage Crop.
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Coolmore/Ballydoyle - The Secrets to Success
BALLYDOYLE – Our afternoon at Ballydoyle was made all the more interesting and enjoyable by leading work rider Lynn McKeown, who also works in the office and gave us a guided tour of what is widely regarded as the finest private training establishment in the world.
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Coolmore/Ballydoyle - The Secrets to Success
COOLMORE- A Group One quinella last Sunday for the Coolmore/Ballydoyle team in the Group One Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh with Alfred Nobel and Air Chief Marshal, followed by a Group One win for Rip Van Winkle in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday are the latest chapters in what has become a global success story and after visiting the world renowned stud and training stables in Ireland while on holiday it’s not hard to see why they get it so right, so often.
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