Swettenham Stud have announced their stallion fees for the 2025 breeding season, headlined by Toronado (High Chaparral) who will stand at an unchanged fee of $88,000 (all fees inc. GST), and undefeated Group-winning two-year-old Lofty Strike (Snitzel), who also retains his fee of $22,000 in his second season at stud. Toronado has been a model... Read More

A share in champion sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) topped the Inglis Digital April (Late) Online Sale which came to a conclusion on Wednesday, selling for $1.1 million. Offered by Qatar Bloodstock, the share sold to Craig Rounsefell’s Boomer Bloodstock, acting on behalf of an undisclosed client. “I’m always looking to bolster clients’ portfolios and thought... Read More

With a service fee set to be publicly announced after Schwarz’s swansong in the Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m) on May 17, Rosemont Stud is currently offering breeders a unique opportunity for a limited number of broodmares to pre-book a date for a private fee with the “best-looking and best-performed son of Zoustar”. Schwarz, who... Read More

After producing three Group 1 winners this season, Waikato Stud has rewarded Super Seth (Dundeel) with a fee increase to $75,000, while the operation’s stalwart stallion Savabeel (Zabeel) will stand once again for $100,000. Waikato Stud’s principal Mark Chittick admitted there was a temptation to further capitalise on the elite level success of Feroce, Linebacker... Read More

Group 1-winning mare Lady Laguna (Overshare) is an early highlight of the supplementary catalogue for the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, which is set to take place on the Gold Coast on May 27-28. A Group 2-placed winner as a juvenile and a Listed winner at three, Lady Laguna’s career highlight came when she easily... Read More