Stud News
Element Hill properties on the market
Queensland’s renowned Element Hill Stud properties where Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) and Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (Red Ransom) were raised are officially on the market. The 64-hectare Element Hill Stud property and neighbouring Hutchins family owned 186-hectare Allawah farm at Innisplain in the booming growth corridor near Beaudesert in... Read More
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Twin Hills fees remain unchanged
There is no change on the Twin Hills roster, with all five of the farm’s stallions remaining steady at unchanged fees for the 2024 breeding season. The roster is spearheaded once again by Blue Diamond (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Daumier (Epaulette) and Peltzer (So You Think), who will both be priced at $16,500 (inc GST).... Read More
Chaldean popular as ‘smart play’ Almanzor has fee cut by Cambridge
The book full sign is up on Chaldean, the first Group 1-winning son of champion European sire Frankel (Galileo) to shuttle to New Zealand with Cambridge Stud now evaluating which mare applications to accept for the exciting Juddmonte sire. The news comes as Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s Cambridge Stud on Tuesday revealed that fellow European... Read More
Top colts join Newgate roster as fee rationalisation takes place
Newgate Farm will launch three new stallions in 2024 – Group 1 winners Ozzmosis (Zoustar) and Militarize (Dundeel) and Group 2 winner King’s Gambit (I Am Invincible) – as the Henry Field-led stud reacts to the changing market dynamics by rationalising the service fees of its large roster. In confirming Newgate’s “strongest, biggest and best... Read More
Snitzel’s Golden son Shinzo joins Coolmore roster
Slipper winner to stand for $55,000 in his first season standing in the Hunter Valley Shinzo (Snitzel), arguably the best-bred Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)-winning colt ever to retire to stud, who was also crowned last season’s champion two-year-old, has officially joined Coolmore’s Hunter Valley roster ahead of the 2024 season. The Chris Waller-trained Shinzo,... Read More
Godolphin announce death of champion Lonhro
Godolphin have announced the death of their champion racehorse and stallion Lonhro (Octagonal) at the age of 25. Having been pensioned at Darley’s Kelvinside in the Hunter Valley just last year, Godolphin confirmed on Friday afternoon that the son of Octagonal (Zabeel) had died on that property. “Lonhro had a huge and well-earned following, and... Read More