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Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible sired his 21st Australian two year-old winner of the season when dashing grey filly Lucicello charged home to score a dominant win at Randwick on Wednesday.
Analysis of our 58 Group I winning horses this year shows that while domestic commercial thoroughbred auctions might seem the best place to find your next Group I winner, the reality is that more Group I winners this season were sourced from overseas or retained to race by their breeders.
Vibrato shook off his rivals at Rotorua on Wednesday to score a comfortable victory in the At Cook Contraction 2YO (1230m).
Westbury Stud have developed two acceleration programmes to attract and retain talent in the thoroughbred industry.
Vinery announce the exciting news that Champion Stallion, More Than Ready (USA) will be returning to Australia for the 2019 breeding season.
Bred and retained to race by Vinery Stud, blue-blooded two year-old filly Night Flyer made light of the heavy ground at Hawkesbury on Thursday to keep the winning run going for her sire All Too Hard.
The Group I Cox Plate (2040m) has been a long held ambition for connections of dual Group winner Te Akau Shark, but the Jamie Richards-trained runner is being set for another Group One target before he heads to Melbourne.
Talented Australian 2YO Sansom scored a decisive win at Pakenham in Victoria on Friday evening to preface a 2YO weekend-winning double for his sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) whose daughter Intimidate was successful the following day at Riccarton.
Group I racing in Australia for this season is at an end and analysis of the horses lauded as the best of the best backs up the decision of Winx's owners to choose I Am Invincible as her first partner as we find Winx as the most successful Group I horse with seven wins and I Am Invincible the most successful Group I sire with four individual Group I winners.
Godolphin’s Royal Ascot sprint king Blue Point has been retired to stud with a fee and location still to be set and Australian breeders may be wondering if he could be headed to Darley Australia this spring before kicking off his Northern Hemisphere stud career in 2020.
Golden Slipper winner Pierro might be renowned for his classic three year-olds, but he also gets his share of juvenile winners and we saw an impressive one on Monday at Wangaratta bred on a direct cross that has already delivered an eye opening 21% stakes-winners to runners.
Darley young gun Brazen Beau sired an impressive winner at Scone on Monday with the Kris Lees trained Iconic Star galloping clear to win as she pleased.
Blue hen Listen Here was sold for a whopping $3,4million at the 2016 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and has the perfect record of four winners from four foals to race with $1million Inglis Easter Zoustar filly Zaniah winning her second race at Scone on Monday.
Class performer Sleeping Beauty headlined a great weekend for her sire Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) when scoring back to back black-type victories in the 1400m Listed Weight-For-Age Tauranga Classic on Saturday.
Leading rider Zac Purton enjoyed a rocket run on young sprinting sensation Voyage Warrior in the Class 3 Ma On Shan Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday to take home a treble.
Son of Frankel to Stand at Brighthill Farm
In a coup for the King family's Brighthill Farm, Group One performed son of Frankel, Eminent, will retire to their Tauwhare property for the forthcoming breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of $8,000+GST. MORE...
In a coup for the King family's Brighthill Farm, Group One performed son of Frankel, Eminent, will retire to their Tauwhare property for the forthcoming breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of $8,000+GST. MORE...
At the start of every breeding season there is always a new intake of sires to consider and they are invariably popular as everyone loves to discover the next big thing, so we've had a look at the covering stats for the new recruits of 2018 which include one high profile horse that is now back in training.
When Fastnet Rock mare Missrock topped the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale this week fetching $2,3million her UK based buyers John and Jake Warren announced she would be going back to the UK with the view of breeding fast Classic horses and they will be hoping she can produce something like Anthony Van Dyck.
Emirates Park have bred some outstanding horses over the years and one of the best has been Group I Australian Guineas winner Al Maher, who is relocating to Stockwell Thoroughbreds in Victoria this year without his long time handler Ejaz Hussein, who was there when he was a foal and has enjoyed a great partnership with the stallion.
STALLION ANNOUNCEMENTS 2019
Multiple Group 1 winning Grunt(NZ) will spearhead Yulong Investments move into the stallion market in 2019, standing at the operation's Yulong Farm in Nagambie, Victoria for a fee of $13,750 inc.
Hard on the heels of announcing the acquisition of top rated 3YO, ALMANZOR, to stand in 2018 – Cambridge Stud is delighted to announce the acquisition of the southern hemisphere breeding rights to World Champion 3YO ROARING LION.
It was announced earlier today Group 1 sire Needs Further will remain at the Whishaw Family’s iconic Armidale Stud in Tasmania for the 2019 breeding season.
Aquis Group CEO, Shane McGrath, is pleased to announce the expansion of Aquis into Victoria, where Lean Mean Machine and Siege of Quebec will stand as foundation stallions at a Seymour property.
NEW TO STUD 2019
Sire: War Front (Danzig)
Dam: Misty For Me (Galileo)
Standing at: Valachi Downs $20,000
Full details for U S Navy Flag
National Defense - Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) x Angel Falls (Kingmambo)
Standing at Sun Stud Victoria: $11,000
The Autumn Sun - Redoute's Choice (Danehill) x Azmiyna (Galileo)
Standing at Arrowfield Stud: $77,000
Real Steel - Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) x Loves Only Me (Storm Cat)
Standing at Arrowfield Stud: $16,500
Written By - Written Tycoon (Iglesia) x Yau Chin (Tobougg)
Standing at Widden Stud: $24,750
SALES
MM Perth Winter Racehorse - Thu Jun 20
MM Perth Winter Thoroughbred - Thu Jun 20
MM Perth Winter Yearling - Thu Jun 20
Latest Catalogue Updates
140 MM Perth Winter Racehorse, Truly Belong 4m Belmont Park
1 MM Perth Winter Yearling, Maschino Miss 3f Belmont Park
71 MM Perth Winter Thoroughbred, Financial Support 4g Belmont Park New winner
116 MM Perth Winter Thoroughbred, Streamliner 3f Rockhampton New winner
157 MM Perth Winter Racehorse, Caballero 4g Hawera
98 MM Perth Winter Thoroughbred, Battle Torque 6g Belmont Park
1 MM Perth Winter Yearling, Maschino Miss 3f Pinjarra
133 MM Perth Winter Racehorse, Bold Victory 5g Pinjarra
57 MM Perth Winter Thoroughbred, Rare Selection 7g Kalgoorlie
16 MM Perth Winter Yearling, Princess Shari 3f Port Hedland New winner
Latest Sales News
GENERAL SIRES
Red-Letter Day for Shamardal as Blue Point Completes Historic Double
There would be plenty of breeders in Australia that would relish another chance with the father and son combination of Shamardal (USA) and Lope De Vega (IRE) who started the final day of Royal Ascot when the father sired the winner of the Chesham Stakes, Pinatubo, at the expense of his son’s better fancied Lope Y Fernandez.
| Snitzel | 338 | 168 (12) | $23,239,150 |
| I Am Invincible | 321 | 170 (28) | $16,709,738 |
| Street Cry | 119 | 64 (6) | $15,495,978 |
| Fastnet Rock | 260 | 106 (10) | $12,004,630 |
| Not a Single Doubt | 224 | 91 (13) | $11,266,768 |
| I Am Invincible | 321 | 170 (28) | $16,709,738 |
| Snitzel | 338 | 168 (12) | $23,239,150 |
| Sebring | 317 | 143 (11) | $10,437,285 |
| Written Tycoon | 281 | 138 (6) | $9,491,137 |
| Smart Missile | 246 | 123 (8) | $7,791,429 |
FIRST SEASON SIRES
Stylish Winner for Brazen Beau
Darley young gun Brazen Beau sired an impressive winner at Scone on Monday with the Kris Lees trained Iconic Star galloping clear to win as she pleased.
| Sidestep | 19 | 5 (1) | $2,515,240 |
| Better Than Ready | 40 | 20 (3) | $1,752,260 |
| Brazen Beau | 30 | 5 (1) | $1,326,790 |
| Deep Field | 46 | 18 (2) | $1,291,385 |
| Rubick | 45 | 13 (1) | $1,288,700 |
| Better Than Ready | 40 | 20 (3) | $1,752,260 |
| Deep Field | 46 | 18 (2) | $1,291,385 |
| Rubick | 45 | 13 (1) | $1,288,700 |
| Shooting to Win | 21 | 8 | $491,015 |
| Wandjina | 28 | 6 | $401,055 |
First Season Sire Runners Today: Charm Spirit (1), Deep Field (2), El Roca (1), Proisir (1), Sacred Falls (1), Sessions (1), Sidestep (1), Toronado (1), Zebedee (1),
For the full first season sires info incl daily runners, sires table, stats, news and more - CLICK HERE
SECOND SEASON SIRES
Epaulette's Kordia Opens Stakes Account
It was looking grim for favourite backers when Kordia was well back on the fence turning for home in Saturday’s Listed Winning Edge Presentation Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm, but under a cool and confident Blake Shinn, the son of Epaulette found clear air halfway down the straight to charge home and earn a maiden stakes success.
| Zoustar | 122 | 63 (6) | $7,148,540 |
| Spirit of Boom | 121 | 56 (4) | $5,191,580 |
| Dundeel | 70 | 35 (4) | $4,076,935 |
| Epaulette | 90 | 53 (6) | $3,347,791 |
| Shamus Award | 74 | 33 (3) | $2,662,805 |
| Zoustar | 122 | 63 (6) | $7,148,540 |
| Spirit of Boom | 121 | 56 (4) | $5,191,580 |
| Epaulette | 90 | 53 (6) | $3,347,791 |
| Sizzling | 93 | 40 (1) | $2,408,102 |
| Unencumbered | 73 | 36 (1) | $2,243,077 |
Fiorente
Monsun x Desert Bloom
84 runners this season for 24 winners and 4 stakes winners.
Stands at Sun Stud Victoria, Aus
Second Season Sire Runners Today: Akeed Mofeed (3), Albrecht (1), Camelot (3), City Place (1), Dawn Approach (1), Dundeel (1), Epaulette (4), Eurozone (2), Galah (3), Kuroshio (1), Mahisara (1), Playing God (2), Shamexpress (2), Sizzling (1), Spirit Of Boom (4), The Factor (1), Unencumbered (3), Zoustar (5),
For the full first season sires info incl daily runners, sires table, stats, news and more - CLICK HERE
The future sires still on the track identified and analyzed. From the AAA rating jewels in the crown to those just hitting the radar.
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RACING
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Stakes Races Coming Up
Sat Jun 29: RHIL - CIVIC STAKES (1350m),
WINTER CUP (2400m),
Sat Jun 29: SCTC - SUNSHINE COAST GUINEAS (1600m),
CALOUNDRA CITY CUP (2400m),
GLASSHOUSE HANDICAP (1300m),
Sat Jun 29: BLMT - STRICKLAND STAKES (2000m),