The Odyssey to stand at Telemon
Queensland Champion 2YO The Odyssey (Better Than Ready) will enter stud for the beginning of the 2022 breeding season at leading Queensland farm Telemon Thoroughbreds and will be introduced at a fee of $5,500 (inc GST). The son of Better Than Ready (More Than Ready) won ten times, headlined by successes in the Phelan Ready... Read More
Roch ’N’ Horse
There are some extraordinary figures behind Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Roch ’N’ Horse (Per Incanto), and we don’t just mean her breeders, Little Avondale Stud’s Sam and Catriona Williams. For a starting point there’s the starting price – the classic hundred-to-one in the old school, making the five-year-old daughter of Per Incanto (Street... Read More
Kambula fillies star on day two of record-breaking Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale
Daughter of Dundeel bought by agent Hedge for $375,000, Capitalist filly makes $325,000 Kambula Stud’s David Toole has been rewarded for supporting his local Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale, selling the two highest-priced lots at this year’s auction, leading him to declare that the South Australian thoroughbred industry was on the up. A pair of... Read More
Golden Slipper fits for I Am Invincible filly Queen Of The Ball
Black Opal Stakes victory gives owner-breeder Sir Owen Glenn a second runner in $5 million juvenile showpiece Trainers Michael and Richard Freedman intend to back up yesterday’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Queen Of The Ball in Saturday’s $5 million Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), giving her sire I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit)... Read More
Ten for Mizzen Mast
New Group / Grade 1 winners Mizzen Mast – Ciaron Maher and David Eustace bagged yet another top-flight winner when Lighthouse (5 m ex More Hoping by North Light) won the Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Providing jockey Jason Collett with the second leg of a feature-race double, the five-year-old mare... Read More
Finally, the big stage
“It’s going to be a big day tomorrow.” Those were the words of Little Avondale Stud’s Sam Williams last Friday afternoon, winding down with a lemonade after day five of the Karaka sale. The previous Friday, March 4, Roch ‘N’ Horse (Per Incanto) headed Lost And Running (Per Incanto) in an 800–metre jump–out, at Flemington.... Read More