Stud News
White Robe Lodge Celebrates Twice
White Robe Lodge, near Dunedin in the deep south of New Zealand, and the Anderton family had much to celebrate on Easter Saturday when their resident stallion, Raise the Flag (Sadler’s Wells) [pictured above], sired his first Group 1 winner, with Etah James taking out the Sydney Cup (Gr.1, 3200m). Etah James’ stamina was tested... Read More
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Australia unlikely to see Lope de Vega again but Ballylinch Stud welcome our mares to visit him in Ireland
Ballylinch Stud’s former shuttler Lope de Vega (Shamardal) may have only spent four seasons standing in Australia be he has undoubtedly left some remarkable progeny behind. From his four crops Down Under, he produced Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) winner Gytrash, dual Group 1 scorer Vega Magic and last year’s Champion Sprinter in... Read More
Brutal retired to Newgate Farm after abandonment of Queensland carnival
The coronavirus outbreak has forced Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Brutal (O’Reilly) into immediate retirement rather than enjoying a Queensland winter campaign before heading to stud later this year. The Group 1 winner, a striking juvenile-winning four-year-old entire by champion New Zealand sire O’Reilly (Last Tycoon), will form part of the Newgate Farm stallion... Read More
Queensland homecoming for Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All (Mossman) will return to Queensland for the upcoming breeding season, relocating from Sun Stud in Victoria to Clear Mountain Fairview on the Darling Downs in a coup for the sunshine state’s breeding industry. When first retired to stud in 2012, Love Conquers All was based in Queensland, standing at Eliza Park’s... Read More
Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa to stand at Yulong
Yulong has won the race to secure Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa, who is by Japan’s hottest young sire Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha), for stud duties just a week after the two-year-old’s breakthrough juvenile stakes victory. It was the second major stallion coup for the Yuesheng Zhang-owned breeding and racing empire after... Read More
Aquis and Australian Bloodstock combine to secure high-class sprinter Graff
Group 1-placegetter Graff (Star Witness) has been acquired by Aquis Farm and Australian Bloodstock as a racing and breeding prospect and will stand at Aquis when his career on the track concludes. Replicating the partnership that combined to race dual Group 1 winner and Aquis’ current Hunter Valley resident Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom), Graff will... Read More