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Group-winning son of Zoustar to stand at Telemon Thoroughbreds

Group 3-winning juvenile Sun City (Zoustar) has been retired and will stand his first season at stud at the growing Queensland enterprise Telemon Thoroughbreds, an opportunity farm principal Dan Fletcher said he could not ignore. Fletcher secured the former Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained sprinter to join Sidestep (Exceed And Excel) and Jungle Cat (Iffraaj) on... Read More

Big players step in to snap up elite Chairman’s Sale mares

In Her Time leads home virtual auction at $2 million in session of four seven-figure lots Some vendors were prepared to hold onto their elite breeding stock with a view to riding out the current worldwide economic turmoil while others were well-rewarded for meeting the market with their elite mares at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale... Read More

Robust breeding stock market put to Covid-19 test

The offering of some of Australia’s most sought after breeding stock at today’s virtual Inglis The Chairman’s Sale could provide greater clarity about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the bloodstock and racing industry. Featuring 11 Group 1-winning or producing mares and others in foal to the country’s most commercial stallions, the 90-lot sale... Read More

Sun Stud drops fees across the board

Fiorente (Monsun) will once again head the Sun Stud stallion roster in 2020, but at a significantly reduced fee of $17,600 (all fees inclusive of GST) as the operation seeks to support breeders in a coronavirus-affected economy. Sun Stud last night revealed its nine-stallion roster for 2020, with the Queensland-bound Love Conquers All (Mossman) the... Read More

I Am Invincible remains at the peak

Yarraman Park Stud yesterday announced that I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), who is in contention for his first Australian Champion Sire title this season, will remain the country’s most expensive stallion but at a reduced fee of $209,000 (all fees inclusive of GST). The tremendous rise of I Am Invincible, from $11,000 in his first... Read More

Eureka sticks solid with Spirit Of Boom at $44,000

Eureka Stud will maintain the status quo heading into the 2020 breeding season with its proven pin-up stallion Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) to remain at an unchanged service fee this year on the basis that the outcross stallion fits a rare niche for breeders. The Group 1-winning Spirit Of Boom, who is in the top... Read More