Windsor Park Stud took the honours on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale when consigning a NZ$875,000 Savabeel colt. Out of the Fastnet Rock mare Bayrock, the colt sold towards the end of the session and sparked a prolonged bidding duel between David Ellis and Randwick-based trainer John O’Shea. Ellis had the
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A colt by Pierro topped the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka on Sunday. Waikato bloodstock agent Garry Carvell went to $900,000 to secure lot 155 consigned by Westbury Stud, the colt out of Redoute’s Choice mare Our Squeezer, a half-sister to Imposingly, the dam of three-time Group 1 winner
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Godolphin has enjoyed good success with it’s juveniles in Australia in recent seasons and looks to have another smart one in its stable following hanseatic’s dominant win in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview for males at Caulfield. The unbeaten Hanseatic is by Street Boss out of the Exceed and Excel mare Itameri and from the
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Pulmonary disease has forced the retirement from active stud duty of Not A Single Doubt. Arrowfield Stud announced the news on Tuesday afternoon following a diagnosis of pulmonary disease, which has shown no improvement despite treatment. “He suffers respiratory compromise at rest and even short periods of hand walking exacerbate this,” Arrowfield chairman John Messara
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The win of Carressa in the Gr 3 Megahertz Stakes at Santa Anita was yet another reminder of the vagaries of stallion efficiency. Carressa is the 53rd stakes winner for Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie), winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and seven other Grade 1 winners. As
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The death has been announced of Empire Maker, the sire of 12 Grade 1 winners and grandsire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. The 20-year-old died at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky on January 18 after a battle with a rare disease that had affected his immune system. Bred and raced by Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte
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Australian-bred Beat The Clock made it back-to-back wins in Sunday’s HK$10 million Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin. Beat The Clock prevailed over Thanks Forever by a head and sealed a Group 1 double on the day for trainer John Size and jockey Joao Moreira, following Waikuku’s defeat of Beauty Generation in the Stewards’
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Irish-bred Waikuku edged Beauty Generation in a thrilling Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. With Beauty Generation setting a strong pace in the lead, Joao Moreira waited until into the home straight before challenging on Waikuku, the pair settling down to a duel that saw Waikuku edge it by at the finish, the
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The influence of Danehill on current Australian pedigrees is such that a horse inbred to the son of Danzig barely raises an eyebrow – but is it successful? Danehill blood is now so pervasive in Australia that it can be problematic for breeders when looking to mate mares that already carry him in their pedigree
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Inbreeding in the thoroughbred population is “akin to global warming” according to a new research paper published by University College Dublin. Professor Emmeline Hill (pictured) analysed the DNA of more than 10,000 thoroughbreds, the largest set of horses examined to date, and established that there has been a highly significant rise in inbreeding over the
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