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Written Tycoon crowned champion Australian sire
Yulong Stud’s recruit ends Snitzel’s four-year dominance at top of stallion premiership Written Tycoon (Iglesia), in a stud career traversing three states and 14 years, has won his maiden Australian general sires championship, ending the four-year reign of prolific rival Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), and the first “Victorian” stallion to do so in more than 40... Read More
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Darley’s homebred stallion Bernardini euthanised
Godolphin America’s former Australian shuttle stallion Bernardini (A.P. Indy) has died at the age of 18 at Jonabell Farm due to complications from laminitis. The homebred son of A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew) won six of his eight starts for Thomas Albertrani on the racetrack, including the Preakness Stakes (Gr 1, 9.5f) and Travers Stakes (7.5f)... Read More
Vieira backing his ‘heir apparent’ Trapeze Artist to make his mark
Owner has no regrets in retaining his Widden Stud-based stallion who enters a third covering season at $66,000 Bert Vieira rejected a $36 million offer for Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) as a stallion prospect but, two years into the sire’s stud career, he has no regrets about retaining ownership rather than cashing in on the champion... Read More
Galileo, one of the greatest sires of all time, dies at 23
Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), the sire of 338 individual stakes winners, including 91 at Group 1 level as he became one of the most decorated sires of all time with his offspring including the likes of Frankel and Australia, has died aged 23. Coolmore Stud, where the 12-time champion sire stood throughout his record-breaking career, announced... Read More
Couch-bound Hayes left prancing after Cornerstone Stud stallion gets off the mark
Cornerstone Stud’s Sam Hayes was midway through a mandatory two weeks of isolation on his South Australian property when Belle Of Yorkes rattled down the Murray Bridge straight to score a breakthrough win on Saturday. The neck-margin maiden victory by the Jon O’Connor-trained Belle Of Yorkes, who is by Cornerstone Stud’s first crop shuttler Sir... Read More
Yeomanstown Stud answer call to stand Dark Angel on southern hemisphere time
Fresh from siring a hat-trick of winners at Royal Ascot last week, Yeomanstown Stud stallion Dark Angel (Acclamation) will be offered to serve a limited number of mares on southern hemisphere time this year. The ever-improving grey, who has risen from an opening fee of €10,000 to his current mark of €60,000 (approx. AU$95,100), has... Read More