Playing God a Western Australian revelation – fee set at $49,500 for Darling View’s exceptional sire
Playing God (Blackfriars) is already on the throne as Western Australia’s leading stallion, the sire sensation’s ascension as a legitimate national sire of record is also well on the way to coming to fruition. The Darling View Thoroughbreds-based stallion set a new state service fee record in 2023, but his progeny’s continued racetrack achievements has... Read More
Symbolic fee increase for Dundeel
Snitzel and The Autumn Sun hold firm as Maurice takes cut in Arrowfield roster rollout The rise and rise of Dundeel (High Chaparral) has continued with Arrowfield electing to marginally increase his service fee for 2024 but they have resisted the temptation to lift the fee of his emerging barnmate The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice).... Read More
Mr Mozart to stand at Highview
Highview Stud has added another touch of Australian flavour to its stallion roster with the recruitment of Mr Mozart, a Group 2-winning son of the champion sire Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice). The impeccably-bred entire was prepared by Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes to win five of his 16 starts, placing in another three and earning AU$796,900.... Read More
Eight supplementaries added to Chairman’s Sale
Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) runner-up So Dazzling (So You Think) and the Group 3-winning Pierro (Lonhro) mare Pierossa feature among the final supplementary entries announced on Tuesday for next week’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale. The pair will join the previously confirmed three-time Group 1-placed filly Tutta La Vita (The Autumn Sun), along with the stakes... Read More
Stars aligning
Cambridge Stud’s colours and stallions cannot be denied. Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) is on fire. In Adelaide, associate sire Embellish (Savabeel) received his biggest boost yet while the stud’s owners, Brendan and Jo Lindsay, saw their gold and black colours twice first past the post at Saturday’s Te Rapa meeting including in the Easter Handicap (Gr... Read More
Toronado’s on the rise, but his fee’s not
Swettenham Stud’s Sam Matthews has revealed the Victorian farm contemplated increasing the service fee of one of the state’s premier stallions, but elected not to as a strategy of long-term gain won out. The Adam Sangster-owned Swettenham Stud has instead kept the $88,000 (all fees inc GST) fee of the farm’s headline act Toronado (High... Read More