Stud News
Champion sire Proisir completes Rich Hill Stud’s unfinished business
After a series of near-misses for foundation stallion Pentire (Be My Guest), Rich Hill Stud has finally broken through and taken top honours with New Zealand’s new champion sire Proisir (Choisir). The 2022-23 season saw Savabeel’s (Zabeel) eight-year reign as champion Kiwi sire broken in spectacular style. Proisir sired 47 winners from 89 runners on... Read More
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Record-priced Anamoe full as breeders flock to leading stallions
As he did on the racetrack, Anamoe (Street Boss) is already setting the scene alight in the breeding world as his first season at stud approaches. The superstar four-year-old, who won nine Group 1s in becoming Godolphin’s highest-earner in Australia, has gone to stud on an appropriately hefty fee of $121,000 (all fees inc GST),... Read More
Darley Europe septet available for covers to southern hemisphere time
Darley has announced fees for seven of its stallions who will not shuttle to Australia but will instead be available to cover on southern hemisphere time. The group is led by Kildangan Stud’s Night Of Thunder (Dubawi), who is available at €50,000 (approx. AU$82,108) at Kildangan Stud. The stallion’s first top-level winner, Kukeracha, is from... Read More
‘He’s the sort of horse with which we can breed a Royal Ascot two-year-old winner’
Newgate make ‘freak’ stallion Extreme Choice available to breeders on northern hemisphere time Henry Field has his eyes set on juvenile success at Royal Ascot following the announcement yesterday that Newgate Farm’s ‘special’ stallion Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) will be made available to breeders to have mares covered to northern hemisphere time next... Read More
Sunlight’s Coolmore Affair to remember
Sunlight, winner of the 2018 Coolmore Stud Stakes and $4.2 million buy, has foaled a colt by Wootton Bassett and has now been covered by last year’s winner of the Group 1 sprint, Home Affairs Sunlight (Zoustar) won the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) in 2018, and on the eve of the 2022 edition... Read More
‘It just shows you how much people love these animals’
Two foals drown as region rallies to save stricken horses at Yulong Stud Dan Nevill has described the harrowing scenes of a flood-ravaged Yulong Stud, the hardest-hit by Victoria’s rain deluge and swollen rivers, as he and countless others raced to the aid of the stricken horses stranded in head-high water at the Nagambie farm... Read More