Stud News

Lovatsville to stand Group-winning juvenile Espionage in 2026

Lovatsville Stud has added the multiple Group-race winner Espionage to its roster for the 2026 breeding season and the son of Zoustar (Northern Meteor) will stand for an introductory fee of $11,000 (inc GST). A boom early season juvenile, Espionage won the Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) on debut before returning in the autumn to... Read More

Coolmore swoop for Golden Slipper winner Guest House

Coolmore Australia have purchased last weekend’s Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Guest House (Home Affairs) in a big money deal rumoured to be worth around $30 million.  A son of the operation’s resident first-season sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible), the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt will now race in a... Read More

Yulong announce Vinrock as latest addition to ever-growing stallion roster

Group 1-winning colt Vinrock (I Am Invincible) will join the Yulong roster for 2026, entering the stallion market at an introductory fee of $22,000 (inc GST). The classy son of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) was unbeaten as a juvenile and became the first Australian two-year-old Group 1 winner for his champion sire when landing... Read More

Jackson joins Longwood as Chayan heads Slipper charge

Longwood Thoroughbreds has appointed internationally experienced horseman Kelly Jackson as farm manager.  The news comes ahead of a major weekend for the farm with Chayan (I Am Invincible), who was bred by Longwood, set to be sent off one of the most fancied runners in the Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Rosehill.  Jackson... Read More

Elite nursery Daandine Stud celebrates a century of success

From its base in Queensland’s picturesque Goomburra Valley, Daandine Stud is celebrating a century in the thoroughbred industry, a milestone that reflects generations of family involvement and a breeding philosophy that has consistently produced elite racehorses from a modest broodmare band. Run by Jan Clark alongside fellow director John Robbins and stud manager Gerard Jones,... Read More

Group 1 winner Savaglee to stand at Mapperley Stud

Champion three-year-old Savaglee (Savabeel) will stand at Mapperley Stud this season after being secured by a syndicate headed by Windsor Park Stud, Mapperley Stud and Lion Rock Bloodstock. He will be introduced as a fee of $17,500 (plus GST).  Trained by Pam Gerard, the colt won seven races and over $1.2 million in prize money,... Read More