FARNAN KIA ORA STUD C. ex Insta Erma (Pioneerof The Nile) Kia Ora Stud stallion Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) has welcomed his first foal, a colt by the 2020 Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m). Kia Ora returned to stand stallions last year with Farnan spearheading the roster alongside Group 3 winner Prague (Redoute’s Choice).... Read More

New winners Harry Angel (pictured above) – Harry Angel (Dark Angel) sired his seventh individual northern hemisphere-bred winner when Al Dasim (2 c ex Dance Hall Girl by Dansili) produced a convincing win at short odds at Windsor on Monday evening. The colt won by four lengths defeating River Of Riches (No Nay Never), with... Read More

The thoroughbred marketplace – the breeders, owners, agents and trainers – can often make brutal judgement calls on horses, particularly the merits of a stallion, based on a small sample size and in the absence of compelling evidence pointing to either their success or otherwise.  We see it at the weanling sales and, more so,... Read More

Pretes (AUS) 3 f Zoustar – Bryony by Fastnet Rock O: Orbis Bloodstock B: Qatar Bloodstock T: Chris Waller S: 2020 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Widden Stud B: Commendable Bloodstock P: $180,000 W: XXXX Dry Maiden Plate (1650m) The Chris Waller-trained Pretes (Zoustar) got off the mark at the fifth attempt on Wednesday... Read More

  A shipment of Australian horses into Hong Kong yesterday involved Group 1 winners, expensive purchases and bluebloods but perhaps the most fascinating of all was a horse whose origin could not have been further away from the land down under. Grid (Siyouni) – conceived in France, foaled in England, initially trained in Ireland and... Read More