Foals by Australian-bred mares sell for combined ¥558,000,000
Meanwhile, four Northern Farm-consigned lots out of Australian-bred mares sold for a total of ¥558,000,000 (approx. AU$5.47 million) during Tuesday’s foal session, with a colt out of Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Fireburn (Rebel Dane) the highest of the quartet when selling to Tetsuhide Kunimoto for ¥320,000,000 (approx. AU$3.29 million). By Shadai Stallion Station’s... Read More
Equinox’s first foals deliver extraordinary results at foal session of JRHA Select Sale
The JRHA Select Sale birthed a dancing star on Tuesday as the first foals by Equinox sold for a combined Y3,565,000,000 (A$36,780,105) during a record smashing renewal of the sale. The 23 foals sold by Shadai’s six-time Group/Grade 1 winner made up a remarkable 20 per cent of the record-breaking turnover of Y17,154,000,000 (£86,198,850 /... Read More
Kiwi breeders to be honoured at National Breeding Awards
The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding community will come together on Saturday, July 26 to celebrate another year of excellence at the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at the Sir Don Rowlands Centre in Cambridge. The evening will acknowledge 24 individual winners of 37 Group 1 races as breeders can again take pride in the global... Read More
Besanko bears no ill will towards her flying filly
A Jekyll and Hyde character she may be, but Illyivy’s (Flying Artie) breeder – and soon to be trainer – Kasey Besanko is willing to forgive the progressive filly almost anything given the inseparable bond the pair have formed. Besanko will officially become the fourth generation of her storied family to enter the training ranks... Read More
Far from finished
The older brigade knows that time is unstoppable and not just for we humans. Thoroughbreds are not immune and Waikato Stud’s Ocean Park (Thorn Park) will soon turn 17. That doesn’t mean he’s finished, far from it, but it does mean that he is finding that the competition is getting ahead of him. The stallion... Read More
Mosheen’s Kitasan Black colt tops yearling session of JRHA Select Sale
A Kitasan Black (Black Tide) colt out of the four-time Australian Group 1 winner Mosheen (Fastnet Rock) proved the most popular during the yearling section of the JRHA Select Sale on Monday when he was purchased by Nebraska Racing for a session-topping ¥420,000,000 (approx. AU$4,344,842). The daughter of Fastnet Rock (Danehill), whose top-flight wins included... Read More