Mapperley Stud announced yesterday an across-the-board reduction in service fees with one eye to the future, as they attempt to assist breeders ahead of the upcoming season. “We feel reducing our service fees in this climate is the right thing to do,” Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison told NZ Racing Desk. “We firmly believe it... Read More

Tasmania’s leading stallion Needs Further (Encosta De Lago), the sire of Group 1-winning mare Mystic Journey and five other stakes horses from limited numbers, will relocate to Victoria this year in a joint arrangement between Aquis Farm and Armidale Stud. The deal, initially on a year-to-year basis, was signed late yesterday after a number of... Read More

Blue hen Scandinavia dies at 25 One of Australia’s most prolific broodmares, Scandinavia (Snippets), has died at the age of 25, it was announced yesterday. Scandinavia’s owner, breeder Rob Crabtree, announced her death through Aushorse, with the matriarch leaving behind a family that has come to sit at the forefront of the Australian racing and... Read More

Hunter Valley farm Golden Grove Stud is in the process of embarking on a plan to become a full-scale commercial entity after being hard-hit by drought in recent years. The 259-acre property, near Denman, is owned by Melbourne businessman Sean Buckley and large-scale Northern Territory pastoralist Viv Oldfield with the latter taking charge of Golden... Read More

Three of Rich Hill Stud’s stallions will have their service fees unchanged while young sire Proisir (Choisir) has earned an increase for 2020 after the New Zealand farm yesterday confirmed its line-up for this year. Vadamos (Monsun), whose first crop yearlings sold up to NZ$330,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Sale this year, will... Read More