Johnny Rocker
And now for Snitzel’s next trick: siring sires. In 2016, the year which began the great son of Redoute’s Choice’s (Danehill) four straight general sires’ titles, he also debuted as a sire of a stallion in the first season table. It was a humble start, with Salade ending the 2015-16 season in 31st spot, after... Read More
Baaeed confirms world number one status with Queen Anne success
Baaeed (4 c Sea The Stars – Aghareed by Kingmambo) produced yet another scintillating performance to win yesterday’s Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Royal Ascot, taking his career tally to eight wins from as many starts and cementing himself as the world’s best racehorse. The now four-year-old burst onto the scene last season,... Read More
Spirit, a key ingredient
A long neck, the winning margin in Saturday’s JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m), may be enough to ensure that I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) claims his maiden Australian Sire Premiership. The $420,000 difference between winning and second would have seen So You Think (High Chaparral) take over the top spot again. However, Sheeza Belter... Read More
Waterhouse, Bott and McKeever team up on Derby runner-up Hoo Ya Mal
The Andrew Balding-trained Hoo Ya Mal (Territories) will do his future racing in Australia after trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and agent Johnny McKeever went to a session-high £1.2 million at the Goffs London Sale on Monday evening. Fellow three-year-old Drombeg Banner (Starspangledbanner) also enticed southern hemisphere interest at the prestigious 26-lot sale, which... Read More
Deep Field joins Hong Kong’s elite stallions with prize-money haul
Deep Field is poised to add another record to his burgeoning resume in the coming weeks – and possibly as early as this weekend – with the rising 12-year-old set to challenge for the highest earnings recorded by a stallion in a single Hong Kong season. The Newgate Farm star, whose sons have earned $51,666,620... Read More
World’s elite bloodlines put to the test
Today’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) brings together the elite of world bloodstock in one place as the best bloodlines from Europe, Japan and, in the case of the Starspangledbanner-sired State Of Rest, Australia, do battle for Royal Ascot’s most valuable prize. While it is a decade that’s passed since wonder mare... Read More