Open Day Success for Touchstone Farm

Boutique West Australian breeding enterprise Touchstone Farm opened their gates to the public last Sunday for their annual open day with a large crowd on hand to see four of the best credentialed young sires in the state in Flying Pegasus, Redoute’s Dancer, Natural Blitz and Vital Equine (IRE).

Click here to read more on one of the most progressive stud farms in WA.

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.
Read about this wonderful Irish attraction

QUIZ

1/ Seven year-old Teasing, winner of the Group Three STC Missile Stakes last Saturday, is from the first Australian crop of foals sired by More Than Ready (USA). True or false?

2/ Which first season sire had the most individual Australian winners last season?

3/ Who was the only first season sire to produce two Australian stakes-winners?

4/ Who was the Champion Broodmare Sire for 2008/2009?

5/ Who sis the sire of champion US filly Rachel Alexandra, who beat the colts last weekend to win the Group One Haskell Invitational and is unbeaten this year?

Answers are at the bottom of this page .