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Snippets’ Lass

World breeding has produced its selection of famed superior broodmares you love to see in pedigrees, the likes of Best In Show, Natalma, Lalun, Flower Bowl and La Troienne. Australasia has also been blessed by mares whose influence has spread far and wide, such as Scandinavia, Shantha’s Choice, Eight Carat and Decidity. And this week... Read More

Torture (NZ)

2 f Sword Of State – Ruthless Lady by Keeper O: Lindsay Park Bloodstock, Mr J A O’Neill, A K Racing, Go Bloodstock Australia, Australian Chinese Jockey Club Racing 10, Friends of the Dame, Malivale B: Go Bloodstock Australia Pty Ltd T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes S: 2025 NZB Karaka National Yearling Sale V:... Read More

Gangsta Granny

That wily old desert fox Stuart Ramsey has been at it again, breeding another stakes-winning mare with a pedigree that sounds as Australian as he does. Gangsta Granny (Written Tycoon) took Saturday’s The Nivison (Gr 3, 1200m), breaking through for a deserved black-type win after a second and a third in a Group 3 and... Read More

Incognito (AUS)

2 c Stay Inside – Bleu Zebra by I Am Invincible O: James Harron Bloodstock Colts, TFI, Mrs B C Bateman, Bundarra Breeding and Racing Pty Ltd, Mr M A De Stoop, G1G Colts & Breeding Pty Ltd, The Northerly 25, Love Racing, Mr F P Doyle, Mr D Saab, Balius Farm, Nine9Park Pty Ltd... Read More

McGaw

You mightn’t guess it from his pricetag, but Danehill Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) winner McGaw (I Am Immortal) hails from a pedigree boasting plenty of blue blood, with strong notes of a particularly regal European family. The first stakes winner created by an entity named Havaparty – the breeding wing (and nickname) of the like-sounding... Read More

Shangri La Boy (AUS)

3 c Pierro – Pelican by Fastnet Rock O: Mr X Y Huang, Mrs M N Annetts, Mr A D Bowler, Mr F Dimitravis, H & M Racing, Mr R Thwaite, Mr L Caminiti, Summit Thoroughbreds, Mr J D Widdows, Znodz Racing B: Katom, NSW T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott S: 2024 Magic Millions... Read More