Darley shuttler Harry Angel represents the first major addition of Dark Angel (Acclamation) blood into Australia. It’s a sireline that ties back to Northern Dancer (Nearctic) through Group 2 winner and better stallion Acclamation and high-class juvenile Royal Applause (Waajib), a four-length winner of the 1995 Middle Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f). Harry Angel, a... Read More

Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm was due for the turn of a friendly card.  In May, 2020, principal James O’Brien lost his father Kevin, the breeding heavyweight who’d built a business in caravan parts, including supplying the Jayco line of the man who nudged him towards horses, Gerry Ryan.  Covid hit, the future was unclear, and for... Read More

Wagga-based former Texan Brett Bradley was celebrating after shattering a personal best when his Zoustar (Northern Meteor) half-brother to Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) sold for $800,000. The colt, bred by Bradley’s boutique Arlington Park Racing and reared at Kitchwin Hills, was knocked down to Melbourne syndicators Mark Player and Rob Roulston as the Magic Millions... Read More

Trainer Gerald Ryan and prominent owners Hermitage Thoroughbreds are all too familiar with the on-track ability of first season sires Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice). Ryan prepared the former to four Group 1 triumphs, while the Chris Waller-trained The Autumn Sun carried the green and red chevroned silks of Hermitage to... Read More

Danehill’s (Danzig) prevailing dominance of the Australian stallion ranks since the mid 1990s can only be described as a racing dynasty scaling Habsburgian proportions, however the winds of change swirling beneath the sireline’s throne have blown that bit more profusely this week on the Gold Coast.  Of course, a yearling by a Danehill-line stallion sits... Read More