Unraced at two, stars at three
Today’s By The Numbers takes a look into what history tells us about the prospects of unraced two-year-olds becoming Group 1 winners at three. The approach of spring brings expectation in many walks of life, none more so than in the thoroughbred industry. This period of optimism in the calendar corresponds with a surge in... Read More
Keeping an open mind to avoid shadows of doubt
Stakes races to shape breeders’ mating decisions on eve of 2023 season The stakes race results in the coming weeks can heavily influence breeders’ perceptions of stallions and the emergence of a good horse can have the phones of stud nomination teams ringing off the hook. If the entries for Saturday’s three-year-old stakes races in... Read More
25 for Blue Point
New winners Blue Point – Darley Stud shuttler Blue Point (Shamardal) continued his extraordinary start in the breeding barn, chalking up his 25th northern hemisphere-bred winner on Thursday when the Owen Burrows-trained Raqiya (2 f ex Rihaam by Dansili) led home a quinella for the stallion when she broke her maiden at the second time... Read More
What took so long?
In a first, the Danehill (Danzig) sire line has finally succeeded in providing a New Zealand Sire Championship winner, in this case Champion New Zealand Sire of 2022-23, Proisir (Choisir). Rich Hill Stud’s Proisir qualifies via Danehill’s son Danehill Dancer and grandson Choisir, breaking an eight-year stranglehold on the premiership by living legend, Savabeel (Zabeel).... Read More
Building of Rosemont takes another step forward in 2023-24
Future of Victorian farm positive as stallion roster’s progeny prepare for racecourse glory Rosemont Stud is by no means the new kid on the block of the Victorian breeding industry. Yulong has in the past decade, and five years particularly, become a colossal international giant and petroleum magnate Eddie Hirsch has taken over Woodside Park... Read More
Top billing at Raheen for Epsom winner Top Ranked
Dark Angel’s outcross stallion to stand at Nolan family’s Queensland stud Epsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Top Ranked (Dark Angel), whose career was cut short due to injury before last year’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m), will stand at Raheen in Queensland, making him the second freshman sire to go to stud in the... Read More