Stud News

Seventh consecutive title for Savabeel who ends ‘special’ season as Australasia’s leading sire of stakes winners

Waikato Stud’s perennial champion stallion Savabeel (Zabeel) has added a seventh consecutive New Zealand sire premiership, in a season that stud principal Mark Chittick has described as ‘special’ for his exploits on both sides of the Tasman. A seventh title in a row is a feat only bettered by the 11 consecutive stallion premierships won... Read More

Newgate Farm’s four-strong investment pays off with trio dominating first season title

Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) has defied his small foal crop to be crowned Australia’s champion first season sire, holding off his Newgate Farm barnmates Capitalist (Written Tycoon) and Flying Artie (Artie Schiller), to land the coveted title as the 2020-21 racing season came to a close yesterday. Courtesy of Golden Slipper winner Stay... Read More

Written Tycoon crowned champion Australian sire

Yulong Stud’s recruit ends Snitzel’s four-year dominance at top of stallion premiership Written Tycoon (Iglesia), in a stud career traversing three states and 14 years, has won his maiden Australian general sires championship, ending the four-year reign of prolific rival Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), and the first “Victorian” stallion to do so in more than 40... Read More

Darley’s homebred stallion Bernardini euthanised

Godolphin America’s former Australian shuttle stallion Bernardini (A.P. Indy) has died at the age of 18 at Jonabell Farm due to complications from laminitis. The homebred son of A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew) won six of his eight starts for Thomas Albertrani on the racetrack, including the Preakness Stakes (Gr 1, 9.5f) and Travers Stakes (7.5f)... Read More

Vieira backing his ‘heir apparent’ Trapeze Artist to make his mark

Owner has no regrets in retaining his Widden Stud-based stallion who enters a third covering season at $66,000 Bert Vieira rejected a $36 million offer for Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) as a stallion prospect but, two years into the sire’s stud career, he has no regrets about retaining ownership rather than cashing in on the champion... Read More

Galileo, one of the greatest sires of all time, dies at 23

Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), the sire of 338 individual stakes winners, including 91 at Group 1 level as he became one of the most decorated sires of all time with his offspring including the likes of Frankel and Australia, has died aged 23. Coolmore Stud, where the 12-time champion sire stood throughout his record-breaking career, announced... Read More