It’s been a very long time between drinks but a foal she had when she was 19 has brought the dam of Headway a second Group winner, 13 years after her first. A punt by the owners of Chatelaine on a little known Japanese sireline, mixed with an educated gamble by Arrowfield Stud that the... Read More

Trapeze Artist, Written By and Zousain also have fees adjusted for 2022 breeding season Zoustar (Northern Meteor) will stand for an increased service fee of $198,000 (all fees inc GST) on the back of sustained racetrack and sales ring success and he is the headline act of Widden Stud’s two-state, 17-strong stallion roster in 2022. ... Read More

Savabeel’s (Zabeel) son and heir apparent Noverre will stand for an introductory fee of $10,000 (all fees plus GST) when the New Zealand 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner joins his sire on the Waikato Stud roster after the farm yesterday announced details of the stallion fees for the 2022 season.  The line up is... Read More

Rose Grange Pastoral to take Champagne chance with talented juvenile by Dundeel Rosemont Stud’s red and white gate crasher colours have quickly become synonymous with Australian racing, such is the number of horses principals Nigel Austin and Anthony Mithen own, but on Saturday another set of unique silks from down Geelong way will be sported... Read More

As a number of high-class horses round out their autumn campaigns in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Yulong’s high-class Group 1-winning mare Hungry Heart (Frankel) will be using the race as a springboard to the Queensland Winter Carnival. The Chris Waller-trained mare – a winner of the Vinery Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m)... Read More

The Hong Kong Jockey Club ended the southern hemisphere yearling buying season with a resounding statement after going to $1 million for a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt at last week’s Inglis Easter sale in Sydney.  The colt was one of five purchases for the HKJC at Inglis’s flagship sale, held on Tuesday and Wednesday last... Read More