Widden fees down across the board in show of support for breeders Widden Stud, whose roster is led by Zoustar (Northern Meteor) at a fee of $121,000 (all fees inclusive GST) and will be joined by his first season sire son Zousain ($19,800), last night also made public its 12-strong line-up.   A softer market outlook... Read More

International operation’s racing division also set for big day on the track in three states Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson has not ruled out the operation acquiring interests in more young stallions in Australia, three years after the stud wound back its involvement in the hands-on management of its Hunter Valley stud farm. Owned by His... Read More

Super Seth (Dundeel) has been retired to begin stallion duties at Waikato Stud later this year, and will be the first Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner to stand at stud in New Zealand for 30 years. Waikato Stud’s Mark Chittick, in unveiling the farm’s 2020 stallion roster, confirmed that the Anthony Freedman-trained three-year-old colt... Read More

Swettenham Stud’s emerging stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) will remain at an unchanged service fee in 2020, despite the shuttler siring a number of exciting southern hemisphere-bred first crop three-year-olds this season. The Al Shaqab-owned Toronado heads the six-stallion Swettenham roster at $27,500 (all fees inclusive of GST) while the Adam Sangster-led farm’s newcomer I Am... Read More

Zousain, the first ever foal from Widden Stud’s leading young stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor), will join his sire on the farm’s roster after the four-year-old’s retirement was announced yesterday. A Group 2-winning juvenile, taking the Champagne Classic (Gr 2, 1200m) at Doomben before finishing second to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) in the J J... Read More