With the Keeneland September Sale looming, By The Numbers puts the performance of its graduates in Australasia in the spotlight. Let’s start off with a quiz question. Can you name the two Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduates to have won Group 1 races in Australia since 2000? The one which should immediately leap to mind... Read More

Their path hasn’t exactly been uncomplicated, but there’s little doubt now Phoenix Thoroughbreds has bred a potential star to hang their hats on, after Tiz Invincible (I Am Invincible) made it two stakes wins on the bounce at Randwick on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained filly showed potential in a pair of... Read More

The $20.8 million prize-money earned by recently retired star Nature Strip is not only a tribute to his extraordinary talent and speed, but a sign of an era of astonishing returns. In a stellar 2021-22, Nature Strip (Nicconi) became the first horse in Australian racing history to earn over $10 million in a single season.... Read More

Blue Point – In breaking his maiden over five furlongs at Navan on Thursday, the Michael O’Callaghan-trained Francis Meynell (2 c ex Dame Hester by Diktat) handed Darley’s first-season sire Blue Point (Shamardal) his 31st individual first-crop winner. Represented by 79 starters in the northern hemisphere, Blue Point is standing his fourth season at Darley’s... Read More

After a successful Saturday where his son won the Memsie Stakes and his half-brother won the Tramway Stakes, By The Numbers looks at Bullbars and his own influential sire Elusive Quality.   When Darley ramped-up its investment in Australia in 2003, standing ten stallions on its newly acquired Hunter Valley property, Kelvinside, topping the roster was... Read More