Stud News
Status quo maintained at Novara Park
Novara Park’s stallion line up remains unchanged for 2024, with all four of its stallions maintaining their 2023 service fees. Deep Impact’s (Sunday Silence) son Staphanos got off to a great start with his debut crop led by Group 1 winner Pignan, and that debut crop who are now three-year-olds have continued to progress at... Read More
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Yarraman pays tribute to I Am Invincible
Yarraman Park has acknowledged the momentous milestone achieved by its champion stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) after adding another record to his glittering CV since retiring to stud. A runaway leader on the Australian general sires’ premiership, I Am Invincible has surged past Snitzel’s (Redoute’s Choice) seasonal prize–money record, set back in the 2017/2018... Read More
Inglewood’s War Decree earns fee increase
Inglewood Stud’s young stallion War Decree (War Front) will stand at a slightly increased fee of NZ$7,000 (plus GST) in 2024, up from last year’s NZ$5,500. The announcement comes off the back of a strong season for the stallion whose eldest progeny are just four-year-olds. He produced five stakes performers led by exciting three-year-old Warmonger,... Read More
Middlebrook owner snaps up historic Wakefield Stud
Sydney businessman Ben Li has added the historic Wakefield Stud at Scone to his thoroughbred property portfolio. Already the owner of Hunter Valley stud Middlebrook Valley Lodge, having purchased the farm and business in 2020, Li has now acquired Wakefield Stud with the sale officially settling on the 99-hectare farm last Tuesday. The lease on... Read More
Doull to join Rosemont roster, but not before swansong as ‘value’ Shamus Award has fee cut
Doull (Snitzel), a stallion prospect with model looks, will attempt to add to his stakes-winning record in a final racing campaign before the Group 2-winning sprinter is retired to Rosemont Stud. The Victorian operation confirmed on Thursday that the four-year-old entire – the Caulfield Sprint (Gr 2, 1000m) winner of last spring – would join... Read More
Playing God a Western Australian revelation – fee set at $49,500 for Darling View’s exceptional sire
Playing God (Blackfriars) is already on the throne as Western Australia’s leading stallion, the sire sensation’s ascension as a legitimate national sire of record is also well on the way to coming to fruition. The Darling View Thoroughbreds-based stallion set a new state service fee record in 2023, but his progeny’s continued racetrack achievements has... Read More