Pierata (Pierro) is likely to have the honour as Australia’s highest-priced first season sire this year, but Aquis Farm’s Tony Williams believes the Group 1-winning sprinter deserves the accolade as the three-state operation’s best-credentialled stallion in the stud’s short history. One of 15 stallions set to be spread across Aquis Farm’s Murrurundi, Canungra and Seymour... Read More

Deep Field to be joined on roster by Group 2-winning son, who will begin his stud career at a fee of $16,500 (inc GST) Group 2-winning sprinter Cosmic Force will become the first son of Deep Field (Northern Meteor) to stand at stud when he joins his sire on the Newgate Farm roster this spring,... Read More

Will Clarken mare gains first Group 1 in Robert Sangster Stakes Bella Vella upstaged a strong field of fillies and mares to score a first Group 1 win in the TAB Classic (registered as the Robert Sangster Stakes) (Gr 1, 1200m), providing trainer Will Clarken with his first top-level success as well as an important... Read More

Australasian Oaks winner another Group 1 winner for Kiwi blue hen, who changed hands less than a month ago The Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) win of Toffee Tongue (3 f Tavistock – Bagalollies by Zabeel) – breaking her duck in a Group 1, no less – was a tasty reward for a filly who... Read More

Victorian stud continues its expansion by adding a second stallion to its 2020 roster Group 1-winning three-year-old Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice), a horse that trainer Mike Moroney says could have “potentially been the best horse I have trained”, has been retired and will stand at Yulong this spring.   Yulong announced the retirement of Alabama... Read More