Stud News
Frankel equals Danehill in becoming fastest sire to 100 stakes winners
It was a case of calculators and calendars at the ready yesterday but no there was no mistaking one particular achievement as the valuable Emotion became her sire Frankel’s (Galileo) 100th individual stakes winner in the Chalice Stakes (Listed, 1m 4f) at Newmarket. Statistical double-checking revealed that the reigning champion sire has equalled the record... Read More
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Vieira backs his star Trapeze Artist with owners in running for share of $2 million bonus
Exuberant owner and breeder Bert Vieira will put up $2 million of his own money, such is his unwavering belief in his four-time Group 1-winning stallion Trapeze Artist (Snitzel), as a lucrative bonus with the sire’s first crop of rising two-year-olds closing in on their racetrack debuts in the new racing season. The Sydney businessman,... Read More
Home Affairs lands at Coolmore Australia
Home Affairs (I Am Invincible), the two-time Group 1-winning sprinter, yesterday arrived at his new home, the pristine Coolmore Australia farm at Jerrys Plains, in preparation for his first season at stud. The racing career of three-year-old Home Affairs was brought to a close after his trip to Royal Ascot in the UK, where he... Read More
Per Incanto’s Hong Kong roll continues
Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto (Street Cry) has again staved off global competition to end another Hong Kong racing season as the most prolific source of individual winners and delivering the highest tally of wins. The Wairarapa-based stallion took that honour in 2021 with 17 winners of 30 races and successfully defended his title when... Read More
Breeders show hand with first season sires
Louis Mihalyka believes first season sires are not the breeder safety net that they once were, but the Laurel Oak Bloodstock principal and many of his fellow commercial breeders will be backing the freshman stallions in quality and numbers when the 2022 season gets underway on the first day of spring. Coolmore has dual Group... Read More
Frankel lights up trip to UK for Aussie travellers
“How many stallions do you think would draw a crowd like that?” asked Juddmonte’s nominations manager Shane Horan as we left the picturesque Banstead Manor at Cheveley, a quaint thoroughbred ‘village’ that hosts not only Juddmonte’s near 100-year-old stud, but also Darley’s Dalham Hall Stud and the red and white of Cheveley Park. Identifying the... Read More