It's In The Blood
Treasurethe Moment
Yulong Stud triumphed on the weekend with four stakes winners including their homebred budding superstar Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) and two offspring of their evergreen super sire Written Tycoon (Iglesia) in Grand Prairie and Tycoon Star. And some tried and true pedigree strategies lay behind all three. Treasurethe Moment, who claimed her fourth elite success... Read More
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Space Rider
He has a long way to go to match Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai), but last Saturday’s Moonee Valley winner Space Rider (Zoustar) appears to be the latest budding star from a Longwood Thoroughbred Farm family that just keeps giving. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt – a $500,000 Gold Coast purchase for... Read More
Ferivia
David Brook, 77, is one of those outback cattlemen with landholdings the size of a European country. Specifically, it’s Belgium, with five cattle stations totalling around 30,000 square kilometres, or about half the size of Tasmania. He’s also the president of one of Australia’s most iconic race clubs – Birdsville – which is gearing up... Read More
King Of Roseau
It was fitting indeed that King Of Roseau (Capitalist) became a stakes winner at Flemington on Saturday, for the defining feature of his pedigree – aside from a triplication of Danehill (Danzig) – is a glorious affinity with Australia’s oldest and grandest course. The gelding has a decidedly colonial pedigree – again, away from the... Read More
Bridal Waltz
Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Bridal Waltz (Snitzel) could fit the “one last good one” plea of her veteran breeder Des Pope, 89-and-three-quarters, of Melbourne. She also maintains a piece of breeding lore that had become as reliable as Melbourne rain up until the recent passing of her great sire. The Peter Moody and... Read More
Taken
Half a dozen years ago New Zealand breeder Bruce Perry and four friends formed the Dewar Partnership with the aim of supporting the new stallion in whom they held shares, Ardrossan (Redoute’s Choice), as he began standing at Waikato Stud. They bought nine mares in total. Trying to stick to a budget, the top price... Read More