Dorrington Farm’s Crabtree on Point with colt who has striking similarities to Ole Kirk
This week Robert Crabtree couldn’t help but notice the distinct similarities between a colt by Darley’s champion sprinter Blue Point (Shamardal) and a son of Written Tycoon (Iglesia) born on a nearby Nagambie farm almost four years earlier. On Tuesday, the renowned Victorian breeder, who runs a private property in the state’s heartland named Dorrington... Read More
TBA: farms must remain vigilant to keep industry going through pandemic
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) has urged stud farms and industry participants to be vigilant and have strict Covid-safe protocols in place to ensure the sector is allowed to operate without government intervention as the pandemic encroaches on a second breeding season in a row. Yesterday, the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian ordered eight local government areas... Read More
Sunrise Ruby
“Then she rolls it, and folds it, and rolls it again – layer upon layer upon layer.” How fitting that Melbourne lawyer Susan Zeitz likes to compare her approach to breeding, her fascination with pedigrees, to that line from a 1980s ad for a famous brand of apple Danish. For after some 14 years developing... Read More
Calaway Gal winner Better Reflection sells for $350,000
Written Tycoon or Farnan on the cards for star country Queensland mare John Wigginton, a laidback trainer from the beef capital of Rockhampton, has been down the breeding route before. Those experiences rendered any thoughts of holding onto Better Reflection (Better Than Ready) obsolete. So, when he made the sudden decision late last month to... Read More
Leneva Park backs Deep Field’s son Aysar and Lindsay Park’s next generation
Group 1 spring goals for former Shadwell-owned four-year-old entire with Hayes siblings at the helm Group 1-placed entire Aysar (Deep Field) will retire to Leneva Park next year, but not before the Lindsay Park-trained four-year-old with a deep pedigree is given his chance to win a race at the highest level during the Melbourne spring... Read More
12 for Caravaggio
New first season sire winners Caravaggio Aswan (2 c ex Spring Garden by Fastnet Rock) found plenty late in the day to take the Goodwood Racecourse Patrons Nursery Handicap (7f) on Thursday. The Simon and Ed Crisford-trained first foal by Fastnet Rock (Danehill) mare Spring Garden travelled well into the race on the outside of... Read More