Thursday October15, 2009
Edition 200
Edited by TARA MADGWICK   

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.

“Some might say what I do is Natural Horsemanship or Horse Whispering, some think it’s magical or mystical and some think it’s nothing more than basic common sense, I guess I am not sure what to call it,” says leading ‘British horse whisperer’ Sarah Kreutzer, who is coming to Australia in late October for a short visit.

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 THE TOP FIVE

Here is this week’s summary of the five most read stories on Breednet for those who may have been away or missed out on what our audience deem the most popular stories in bloodstock since last Friday, October 9.

1/ More Departures from Patinack
Big question is who goes next?

2/ First Group One Winner for Fastnet
Irish Lights does her father and Team Coolmore proud.

3/ Shamardal Officially Benched from Stud Duties
Shamardal pulled from stud duty as a result of injury.

4/ Reducing the Odds
Redoute’s Choice over Sir Tristram (IRE) line mares.

5/ Feedback – Could This Happen in Australia?
Henry Field responds to our widely read article of the previous day on the progeny of old mares.
SALE MAIL, DAILY SIRE RUNNERS, RACE RESULTS
TOP PRICED 2&3YO SELLERS
PRICE VENUE HORSE
$1,700,000 CAUL. R2 THE COMEDIAN
$1,500,000 BDGO. R5 VIMY
$1,300,000 CAUL. R2 BAWAARDI
$1,100,000 CAUL. R2 SIGMA
$800,000 CAUL. R4 ONEMORENOMORE
$800,000 CAUL. R4 SAINT ENCOSTA
$700,000 CAUL. R3 MIRRASALO
$600,000 E FM. R8 OPPORTUNISTIC
$600,000 RAND. R4 DRIVEL
$400,000 RAND. R7 LOVE CONQUERS ALL
TOP SIRES BY WINS LAST 7 DAYS
Bianconi 8
Encosta De Lago 6
Sequalo 6
Testa Rossa 6
Choisir 5

TOP SIRES BY WINS LAST 30 DAYS
Encosta De Lago 23
Sequalo 21
Iglesia 20
Show A Heart 19
Commands 17

QUIZ
1/ The dam of Caulfield Cup contender Allez Wonder won the Perth Cup over 3200 metres, true or false?

2/ Where did Starspangledbanner’s sire Choisir finish in the Caulfield Guineas as a three year-old and who beat him home?

3/ Street Cry (IRE) had a Group One double in two hemispheres on the weekend, can you name his winners?

4/ Irish Lights is the first Group One winner for which young sire?

5/ Johannesburg (USA), the sire of this week’s two year-old stakes-winner Dark Valley, has been on-sold to which country?

Answers are at the bottom of this page .
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