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Snitzel, Australia’s four time champion stallion, sire of 23 Group 1 winners and 160 stakes winners to date, was eu...

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Arrowfield announces the death of leading sire Snitzel

“He’s a very big loss for us, and in fact for the industry as a whole,” Arrowfield owner John Messara told ANZ Bloods...

BLOODSTOCK,Our Team Charmein Phelan Director of Bloodstock Racing Post & ANZ Bloodstock charmein.phelan@racingpost.co...

could sprint, run a mile, some could some stay; they could handle the wet and the dry, they were two year olds and th...

To have stood all three sires, it makes you very proud John Messar

“He was just a prolific getter of exceptional horses. We worked out he had a stakes win every 19 days of his career. ...

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The colt would become the best of three stakes winners from just six runners for Snippets’ Lass, also including the G...

He was very much loved around the farm the kindest animal you’d have anything to do with John Messar

When I was signing for him, Damion wrote on my catalogue: ‘Snitzel’ Gerald Rya

After a third in the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) he won the Skyline Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at C...

He was right up there with the best I’ve trained a very fast horse but also very sound, same with his progeny Gerald Rya

A statue by Tanya Bartlett of Snitzel with Arrowfield stallion manager Joe Hickey Joan Fara

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Arrowfield Stud @ArrowfieldStud This morning, Snitzel was humanely euthanised at Arrowfield Stud, his home for near...

New Zealand Bloodstock @KarakaChat G1 New Zealand Derby ✅ G1 Australian Derby ✅ G1 Queensland Derby ✅ Maison Louis ...

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This morning, Snitzel was humanely euthanised at Arrowfield Stud, his home for nearly two decades and the base for one of the most exceptional stallion careers in Australian thoroughbred breeding history. Read: https://t.co/Uh7v3ayrpX pic.twitter.com/RuXN8RSlut
— Arrowfield Stud (@ArrowfieldStud) June 11, 2025

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G1 New Zealand Derby ✅
G1 Australian Derby✅
G1 Queensland Derby ✅

Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth) became the third Karaka 2023 graduate to win a Derby in 2025, joining Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) in the New Zealand Derby (2400m) and Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) in the Australian… pic.twitter.com/SECQ5jf8MO
— New Zealand Bloodstock (@KarakaChat) June 11, 2025

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GET EXCITED! 😏@JamesCummings88 will commence training in Hong Kong at the beginning of the 2026/27 season... 🤝#LoveRacing | #HKracing pic.twitter.com/WygokpwgDA
— HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) June 11, 2025

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