ANZ Bloodstock News
‘I feel we’re on the verge of a new dawn for our sport’
In a four-part series in conjunction with the Racing Post, we look at how the racing world has coped with the prevailing impacts of the Covid-19. In today’s edition, Racing Post bloodstock editor Andrew Scutts delves into how the US racing roadshow has stayed the trip despite the pandemic. It was a very good Good... Read More
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Unwala’s Avesta Bloodstock making quiet investment as portfolio quickly soars
Darley Flying Start graduate creates big impression with broodmare-focused trading partnership Avesta Bloodstock is a name the Australian thoroughbred industry is about to hear a lot more about, but the man behind the business has not suddenly appeared on the scene and he has been quietly acquiring a significant bloodstock portfolio heavily leveraged towards broodmares.... Read More
Time To Reign ‘a coup’ for Kingstar Farm
Talented Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) winner Time To Reign (Time For War) has been acquired by Kingstar Farm to spearhead their stallion roster from 2021, as the Matthew Sandblom-owned operation announced their fees for their four-strong line up for this upcoming breeding season. Time To Reign will stand for $9,900 in his first... Read More
‘It’s a little bit like a university where the best ones get in first’
Toronado’s fee increased as Swettenham caps shuttler’s numbers Swettenham Stud shuttler Toronado (High Chaparral), the sire of last month’s William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Masked Crusader, will have his southern hemisphere season in the breeding shed carefully managed. The Victorian farm, owned by Adam Sangster, yesterday confirmed the Al Shaqab-owned Toronado would stand... Read More
Zac Purton logs 100th winner of the season as David Hayes takes Happy Valley training honours
On a night of milestones, Zac Purton registered a century of winners in a Hong Kong season for the sixth time to maintain hopes of overtaking Joao Moreira in the race for the 2020/21 jockeys’ championship with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday (28 April). The Australian brought up his 100th winner of the... Read More
Deep Impact’s Satono Aladdin to make return to Rich Hill Stud
Japanese shuttler Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact) will return to Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand this year after Covid interrupted his southern hemisphere stint last year. Rich Hill managing director John Thompson yesterday confirmed that the Grade 1 winner, whose yearlings sold up to NZ$360,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale in January,... Read More