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

Here’s one you don’t see too often: Lot 311 at yesterday’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale was a colt whose grandam is it’s great-grandam.  The colt is by Menari, who’s by Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) out of Isurava (General Nediym).  And he’s the first foal of a three-time winner in Natalia (Choisir), whose dam Booralee... Read More