“Then she rolls it, and folds it, and rolls it again – layer upon layer upon layer.”  How fitting that Melbourne lawyer Susan Zeitz likes to compare her approach to breeding, her fascination with pedigrees, to that line from a 1980s ad for a famous brand of apple Danish. For after some 14 years developing... Read More

New first season sire winners Caravaggio Aswan (2 c ex Spring Garden by Fastnet Rock) found plenty late in the day to take the Goodwood Racecourse Patrons Nursery Handicap (7f) on Thursday. The Simon and Ed Crisford-trained first foal by Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare Spring Garden travelled well into the race on the outside of... Read More

Observing plump, healthy thoroughbred broodmares in the paddock is mesmerising. They carry so much hope in their bellies. Will it be a colt or a filly? Could it be the nation’s next champion racehorse? Finally, after 11 wondrous months, a foal is born and the breeder’s dreams become a reality, with the young horse taking... Read More

It Might Be You (NZ) 3 f Savabeel – Tootsie by Pins O: G J Chittick B: G J Chittick T: Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard W: Te Rapa Event Centre Maiden, 1200m, July 24, Waikato Racing Club   It Might Be You (Savabeel), a three-quarter sister to the multiple Group 2 winner Ocean Emperor... Read More

A shared knowledge of Hereford cattle helped pave the way for Little Avondale Stud to acquire Per Incanto (Street Cry) a little more than a decade ago and set in motion a stallion career that has seen him emerge as Hong Kong’s leading sire by winners this past season, taking the accolade above Australian-based big-hitters... Read More