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Absolutely a good idea to look at Japanese-Australian mating
When the Redoute’s Choice Group 1 AJC Oaks–winning mare Absolutely produced her second winner, from as many offspring, at Hakodate in Japan last Saturday, it maintained a strong Australian international breeding link which was seemingly reignited through Royal Ascot. It also again highlighted the remarkable success of Japanese stallions over Redoute’s Choice mares – although,... Read More
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Third for Churchill
New winners Churchill – Churchill brought up his third individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when the Lindsey Smith-trained Lord Randolph (2 g ex Original Sin by Shinzig) won the Two-Year-Old Plate (1600m) at Pinjarra. Making his third start, Lord Randolph stepped up in distance to a mile and ran out a convincing length-and-a-quarter winner over Megami... Read More
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Pinnace
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Field Of Praise (AUS)
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Holyfield
Breeding, as many shrewd judges say, may be mostly about the mares, but there are some serious heavyweight stallions in the ring when it comes to the pedigree of Holyfield. For obvious starters there’s I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), who took another major leap towards sealing his much-anticipated maiden general sires title when Holyfield won... Read More