Stud News
‘Results like last Saturday in the Australian Derby keeps you in the business’
Henry Plumptre believes the exodus of New Zealand-bred yearlings to Australian sales, a trend hastened this year by the prolonged international travel ban caused by the pandemic, will be reversed in the coming years. Fresh from buying five fillies for a total of $1.75 million on behalf of Brendan and Jo Lindsay at last week’s... Read More
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Darley announces service fees for shuttle sires
Darley yesterday announced the fees for their 2021 first-season shuttlers Pinatubo (Shamardal), Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) and Earthlight (Shamardal), who will join Saturday’s leading TJ Smith Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) contender Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) on the Darley roster. Pinatubo, undefeated in his six-start season at two, including wins in the Dewhurst Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) and... Read More
Coolmore to shuttle Europe’s unlikely wonder stallion Wootton Bassett
Remarkable sire son of Iffraaj, whose first crop included Champion Almanzor, to make Jerrys Plains home in 2021 Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), who defied his minnow start at stud in France to become one of Europe’s most sought after proven stallions, will shuttle to Australia later this year, less than 12 months after coming under the... Read More
Group 1 win caps Toronado’s discreet rise to the top
The potential of Swettenham’s young shuttle stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) has been one of the worst kept secrets among the Australian stallion ranks. In fact you could hardly call it a secret at all. Yet entering the start of this Australian racing season, with his first crop about to turn four years of age, Toronado... Read More
U S Navy Flag and Ten Sovereigns will not return as Valachi change focus
Multiple Group 1-winning sprinters U S Navy Flag (War Front) and Ten Sovereigns (No Nay Never) will not be returning to Valachi Downs for this year’s breeding season, with the Kevin and Jo Hickman-owned operation announcing a change of direction to focus on their ambitions in becoming a boutique thoroughbred nursery. Coolmore, who raced and... Read More
Yulong to stand Lucky Vega in Australia
Yulong Investments will look to stand their Irish Group 1-winning two-year-old Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) on the roster at their Nagambie farm in Victoria this year. Trained by Jessica Harrington in Ireland, Lucky Vega was an impressive winner of the stallion-making Phoenix Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at the Curragh in 2020, winning by a... Read More