New winners Sioux Nation – Sioux Spirit (2 f ex Scarlet Pimpernel by Sir Percy) provided Coolmore first-season sire Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) with a 27th individual winner, comfortably getting off the mark at the third time of asking in a five-furlong maiden at Navan. The Ken Condon-trained filly made good headway inside the final... Read More

For most, if not all of us, the love of the horse is what essentially drives our interest and involvement in thoroughbred racing and breeding. Right now, I can’t recall anyone who epitomises this more than Vinery Stud’s long-serving bloodstock manager, Adam White, who spoke with such raw, heartfelt emotion over the weekend after news... Read More

Zou Tiger (AUS) 3 c Zoustar – Tigress Lily by Snitzel O: Finemore Thoroughbreds, Widden Stud Pty Ltd, Boeara Holdings, Mrs C A Richards, Miss E A Bertoli, D E Shaw, Team Berg, R J Miller, G M Carr, R Chattah, Mrs L A Rushton, T St James, Mrs N M Pitt & Mrs R... Read More

Win, lose or draw with first crop three-year-old son of Widden Stud’s Supido (Sebring) in  Buenos Noches in the San Domenico tomorrow, the colt’s trainer Matt Smith is confident that the horse – and his sire – have bright futures. Warwick Farm trainer Smith produced Buenos Noches to win his first start impressively at Canterbury... Read More

Showcasing, the son of Oasis Dream who won York’s Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes, shuttled for seven seasons to Karaka’s Haunui Farm, where he stood for between $7,500 and $12,000. Right now, he commands the fifth-highest advertised service fee in Great Britain, standing at Whitsbury Manor Stud in Hampshire for £45,000, or around $85,000 in today’s... Read More