Caballus
We’ve all been struck by it, at various points in our lives: that sight that barges into the mind’s landscape, arresting the eye, setting the pulse thrumming a little faster. Sometimes it’s a person. For many, it’s a horse. Breeder Verna Metcalfe has been around thoroughbreds for probably more decades than she’d care to remember.... Read More
Exceed And Excel’s Signore Fox to stand at Alma Vale Thoroughbreds
Start-up Hunter Valley farm Alma Vale Thoroughbreds will stand its foundation stallion in 2023, taking on the stud duties of the well-bred Group-winning, Group 1-placed sprinter Signore Fox (Exceed And Excel). The new home for the former Peter and Paul Snowden-trained stallion is the 47-acre property formerly known as Riversdale North, located five minutes from... Read More
Syndicator Viva Racing ready for highs and lows of breeding venture
Lowe and Jenkinson hoping for a Magic start after teaming up with Widden Stud Mitch Lowe’s first public foray into being a commercial breeder as a way of growing his Viva Racing syndication business is still more than five months out from its maiden selling experience. But the development of an eye-catching Spirit Of Boom... Read More
International influence dominant among top freshmen
The influence of international bloodlines among Australia’s top stallions has grown significantly in the past 30 years and was especially strong at the top end of the 2022-23 first-season sires tables. When Justify (Scat Daddy) stood his first season at Coolmore Australia’s Jerrys Plains in 2019, he was part of the smallest cohort of shuttle... Read More
‘We just want to focus on the grand final’
Star juveniles make early season reappearance at Sydney barrier trial session An imposing array of three-year-old talent from Coolmore was on show at Canterbury’s barrier trials yesterday, as a quartet headed by Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Shinzo (Snitzel) and $3 million stablemate Kandinsky Abstract (Zoustar) returned for their spring campaigns on the first... Read More
Vale Queenslander Show A Heart
Glenlogan Park is mourning the loss of one of Queensland’s truly great racehorses and stallions in Show A Heart (Brave Warrior) after he was humanely euthanised late last week at the age of 25. After a stellar career both on the racetrack and in the breeding barn, four-time Group 1 winner Show A Heart, who... Read More