Stud News
The Belles of Trentham continue to flourish
Haunui Farm as the venue to present the 2020 Eight Carat New Zealand Broodmare of the Year Award (sponsored by Arion Pedigrees) was highly appropriate. This year’s winner, Meleka Belle (Iffraaj), dam of Champion racemare Melody Belle (Commands), calls Haunui Farm home, at least when she is not tripping back and forth to Australia to... Read More
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‘Coolmore’s Wootton Bassett coup an endorsement of Cambridge Stud sire’
Cambridge Stud yesterday welcomed news that international giant Coolmore had purchased Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), France’s rising star stallion, in a high-priced deal that Henry Plumptre believes underlines the value of the sire line. Wootton Bassett, who has made a big impact at Haras d’Etreham despite starting from humble beginnings, is the sire of 2016 European... Read More
Coolmore pull off big coup as they buy rising stallion sensation Wootton Bassett
Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), sire of 2016 European champion three-year-old Almanzor from his first crop, has been purchased by Coolmore from Haras d’Etreham. The news stacks up as a big deal in more ways than one – certainly, buying one of France’s top-tier stallions just as he is reaching his prime would not come cheap. “From... Read More
Godolphin to send mares to I Am Invincible
Godolphin will make the most of its champion stallions Lonhro (Octagonal) and Exceed And Excel (Danehill) by supporting the pair with as many of its high-class broodmares as possible while the aging sires are still capable of covering. Lonhro and Exceed And Excel, aged 22 and 20 respectively, continue to produce high-class racehorses and are... Read More
Cornerstone’s Sir Prancealot has chance to build on stateside success
Tonight’s Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr 2, 8.5f) at Del Mar presents another sizeable opportunity to Sir Prancealot, the Cornerstone stallion who has become something of a hit in the United States. Having raced in Britain for a one-season campaign with the Richard Hannon stable which concluded by clinching the Flying Childers Stakes(Gr 2, 5f) at... Read More
Aquis confirms NSW stallions will stand at Lincoln Farm
Aquis Farm’s NSW stallion roster, headed by first season banner horse Pierata (Pierro), will relocate to Lincoln Farm just weeks after announcing that the operation would vacate Emirates Park and move their bloodstock to Gooree Park Stud. Divine Prophet (Choisir), Spieth (Thorn Park), Invader (Snitzel), Jukebox (Snitzel), Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom), Bellevue Hill (Pierro), Santos... Read More