By The Numbers
From Arqana August to Australia
Recent history tells us that the action at this week’s yearling sales in France are likely to have a bearing on Australia’s best races in the coming years. They have been selling yearlings at Deauville in August since 1887. But in that long history no sale has reached the heights of the 2023 Arqana August... Read More
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State of Play
By The Numbers looks into a suite of key stats to chart how the breeding industry dynamic between Australian states has changed over the past 20 years. For many in the breeding and bloodstock industry, August is synonymous with stallion parades, where the crowds head out to the thoroughbred heartlands and inspect the leading sires... Read More
Unraced at two, stars at three
Today’s By The Numbers takes a look into what history tells us about the prospects of unraced two-year-olds becoming Group 1 winners at three. The approach of spring brings expectation in many walks of life, none more so than in the thoroughbred industry. This period of optimism in the calendar corresponds with a surge in... Read More
Champion sires and star stables
The run of stakes success for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace with the progeny of I Am Invincible prompts a dive into which trainers have the best record when it comes to the progeny of both he and his great rival Snitzel. Story: Saturday’s victory of Tiz Invincible (I Am Invincible) in The Rosebud (Listed,... Read More
Early foals with lofty goals
With the first foals of the Australasian-breeding season hitting the ground, we take a look at the performance of early foals in Australia’s best races over the past decade. When Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni) won the 2022 Northerly Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), she was the earliest Australian-born foal to graduate to Group 1 success of the... Read More
Australasia’s top winner-getters
Which Australasian stallions provide the best chance for getting a winner? A look at the combined Australian and New Zealand sires’ tables for the recently completed racing season points the way. Much has already been written about another record-breaking season for Yarraman Park’s juggernaut I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) in 2022-23. The undisputed current star... Read More