Thursday March 26, 2009 |
Edition 171 |
Edited by TARA MADGWICK |
|
|
|
|
Willow Park – The Right Results
Glenn Burrows and Joan Faras of Willow Park Stud have spent the last eight years developing their boutique broodmare farm just north of Scone as a nursery for future champions and their hard work is certainly reaping the right rewards.
The statistics of horses foaled and raised at Willow Park are impressive with 11.75% stakes-winners to runners, 19% Black type to runners, 85% live foals to runners and stakes-winners this season including Samantha Miss, Largo Lad, Road to Rock and Mrs Kipling.
Click here to see their Easter stars for 2009.
|
Racenet is syndicating a colt by Flying Spur from one of the toughest families in the studbook.
He's out of a stakes placed mare from the family of Triscay, Demerger and Defier.
To be trained at Randwick by John O'Shea, we're staying in him so come join us.
Click here for full info - 2 shares left. |
|
|
Another Golden Girl Enjoying Retirement
|
The story of 30 year-old broodmare Circus Ring (IRE) and her idyllic retirement at Coolmore Stud has sparked another story of an outstanding matron now enjoying the quiet life with Dennis Roberts of Hunter Valley based broodmare farm Trevannah sending us a picture of his top producer On the Rise (NZ).
Foaled in 1983, 25 year-old On The Rise was a modest racehorse winning one race over 1600 metres, but as a half-sister to two stakes-winners in Khamacruz and Snow Chief from another stakes-winner in Lavender Hill she was given her opportunity at stud and it is there she found her forte.
More ...
|
|
On a comparatively quiet weekend for Sire Prospect Tracker action most interest will rest with two year-old colts Common Interest and Tickets both vying for a start in the Golden Slipper and set to contest the Group Two STC Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
A three-quarter brother by Redoute’s Choice to Group One winner Excites and half-brother to Group Two winner Duporth, Tickets looked good beating Manhattan Rain on debut in the Listed AJC Canonbury Stakes and then drew wide and had no luck when fourth to that colt in the Group Three STC Skyline Stakes.
More ...
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
QUIZ
1/ Young Emirates Park based sire Al Maher had his first stakes-winner last Saturday, can you name her?
2/ Which of these Saturday stakes-winners has a half-brother by Encosta de Lago entered for the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale – Theseo, Typhoon Tracy or All Silent?
3/ Redoute’s Choice had three stakes-winners last weekend, can you name them?
4/ Bel Mer provided which popular Victorian based sire with his first Group One winner when she took out the Group One SAJC Robert Sangster Stakes last Saturday?
5/ Golden Slipper favourites More Joyous and Real Saga were both retained to race by their breeders, true or false?
Answers are at the bottom of this page . |
|
TOP PRICED 2&3YO SELLERS |
| PRICE |
VENUE |
HORSE |
| $2,100,000 |
MORP. R6 |
ESTEE |
| $1,600,000 |
RHIL. R4 |
COLOUR |
| $1,400,000 |
RHIL. R7 |
GLOWLAMP |
| $1,300,000 |
CAUL. R2 |
DEFINITIVE |
| $1,200,000 |
RHIL. R8 |
VON COSTA DE HERO |
| $870,000 |
CAUL. R1 |
UTMOST FAITH |
| $850,000 |
RHIL. R1 |
BID SPOTTER |
| $850,000 |
RHIL. R7 |
PORTILLO |
| $800,000 |
RHIL. R2 |
WANTED |
| $775,000 |
CAUL. R5 |
MANCUSO |
|
| |
 |
© Copyright 2006 Racing Internet Services Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. |
|
|
