Stud News
Champion stallion Written Tycoon’s fee remains unchanged as Yulong announces five-strong roster
Reigning Australian champion stallion Written Tycoon (Iglesia) will remain at an unchanged fee of $165,000 (all fees inc GST) in 2022, his 16th year at stud and his second at Yulong in Victoria. The Yuesheng Zhang-owned Yulong operation, based in the state’s breeding heartland of Nagambie, last night confirmed a five-stallion line-up for this year’s... Read More
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Coolmore’s world champion St Mark’s Basilica to shuttle
World champion three-year-old St Mark’s Basilica, a five-time Group 1 winner by exceptional European sire Siyouni (Pivotal), will shuttle to Coolmore Australia in 2022, the latest top-flight stallion prospect to be brought Down Under by the global giant. The Magnier family’s international operation, which is also set to retire the dual Group 1-winning, Royal Ascot-bound... Read More
The Odyssey to stand at Telemon
Queensland Champion 2YO The Odyssey (Better Than Ready) will enter stud for the beginning of the 2022 breeding season at leading Queensland farm Telemon Thoroughbreds and will be introduced at a fee of $5,500 (inc GST). The son of Better Than Ready (More Than Ready) won ten times, headlined by successes in the Phelan Ready... Read More
First mares in foal for St Mark’s Basilica as Coolmore reveals outstanding book
Last season’s dual French Classic winner and outstanding three-year-old St Mark’s Basilica has his first mares in foal, including the dam of 2019 Derby hero Anthony Van Dyck, Coolmore announced on Tuesday. The operation said in a press release: “St Mark’s Basilica has attracted probably the best first book of mares by any stallion at Coolmore.”... Read More
Capitalist Australia’s most popular stallion in 2021
Australia’s leading first season sire (by winners) last season, Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Capitalist (Written Tycoon), was the nation’s most popular stallion with breeders in 2021. Figures released by the Australian Stud Book reveal that Capitalist, the sire of seven stakes winners and 18 stakes-performed horses in his first two crops,... Read More
Historic day for Waikato as Noverre joins Savabeel
The retirement of New Zealand 2000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Noverre to Waikato Stud had been announced his owner David Ellis of Te Akau months ago and yesterday Mark Chittack expressed his delight about the Group 1 winner taking his place at stud beside his seven-time champion New Zealand sire Savabeel (Zabeel). It was... Read More