Yulong has won the race to secure Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa, who is by Japan’s hottest young sire Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha), for stud duties just a week after the two-year-old’s breakthrough juvenile stakes victory. It was the second major stallion coup for the Yuesheng Zhang-owned breeding and racing empire after... Read More

Group 1-placegetter Graff (Star Witness) has been acquired by Aquis Farm and Australian Bloodstock as a racing and breeding prospect and will stand at Aquis when his career on the track concludes.  Replicating the partnership that combined to race dual Group 1 winner and Aquis’ current Hunter Valley resident Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom), Graff will... Read More

I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) only dual stakes-winning juvenile I Am Immortal will stand at Swettenham Stud later this year, but not before the Anthony Freedman-trained colt embarks on a Group 1 autumn mission aimed at enhancing his record. The three-year-old returned from a spell with a first-up second in last week’s W J Adams... Read More

Cambridge Stud has announced the death of influential stallion Tavistock (Montjeu), who suffered complications to an earlier injury sustained in a field. Bred by Bloomsbury Stud in New Zealand, the 14-year-old stems from the outstanding family developed by the Duchess Of Bedford from blue hen Mrs Moss (Reform), whose progeny include the 1986 Japan Cup... Read More

The three-year-old was a dominant winner of last month’s stallion–making race and will continue to be trained by Anthony Freedman, aiming for more Group 1 success on the track while existing managing owner Jonathan Munz will retain a 20 per cent share. The remaining shareholders in the syndicate are some of New Zealand’s leading breeders... Read More