Current Option is SW33 for Camelot after winning the Platinum Stakes (7f) at Cork. Current Option came through to strike the front inside the final furlong to defeat Soul Search (Zoffany) by half a length with Southern Horse (Roman Ruler) a head away third. Inbred to Sadler’s Wells and Danehill, Current Option sold for 62,000gns
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Valia will no doubt have Group 1 ambitions following her impressive win in the Prix Thiberville and this unbeaten filly is the latest to emerge from a combination of two similarly bred stallions. By the champion Sea The Stars (Cape Cross), Valia is 4×4 Danzig through Green Desert (pic: Shadwell Stud) and Danehill and the
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Even So is the 5th Gr1 winner for Camelot after winning Saturday’s Irish Oaks (12f) at The Curragh. Even So came with her challenge inside the final two furlongs to finish best and defeat the favourite Cayenne Pepper (Australia) by two lengths with Passion (Galileo) a half-length away third. Last start winner of the Listed
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Solar Star is SW14 for Zoustar after winning the Gai Waterhouse Classic (1350m) at Ipswich. Solar Star led into the home straight and stayed on strongly to defeat Jami Lady (Spirit Of Boom) and Multaja (Medaglia d’Oro). Solar Star is one of two winners out of Gr3 Darley Plate at Ellerslie winner Petty Cury (Not
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We know it’s only a maiden however, the nine-length debut win at Leopardstown by Cadillac on Wednesday has us thinking he is a stakes horse in the making, The Jessica Harrington-trained Cadillac looks well named. Winner 521 for Lope de Vega, he is bred on the same Dansili cross as Gr1 Capla Temptress, Gr3 Lope
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The death has been announced of Golden Slipper Stakes winner Danzero, the first Group 1 winner for Danehill. Danzero (91 Danehill – Confidentially, by Kaoru Star) was found dead in his paddock at Rosemont Stud in Victoria on Sunday. Danzero joined Rosemont in 2011 after spending the bulk of his active stud career at Arrrowfield
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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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