Written Tycoon reaches new heights with $165,000 fee, Tagaloa to stand for $33,000
Written Tycoon (Iglesia), on the verge of a possible maiden Australian general sires title, will stand for a career-high $165,000 (all fees inc GST) as the star stallion prepares for his return to Victoria and first season at Yulong Stud. The Yuesheng Zhang-owned operation also last night revealed that Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)... Read More
First for Almanzor
New first season sire winners Almanzor (pictured) First season sire Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) got off the mark with his first runner as Faro de San Juan (2 c ex Fixette by Kodiac) landed the Prix du Soleil de Bretagne (1100m) on debut at Chantilly last Monday. The Francis-Henri Graffard-trained colt defeated Perfect Colour (Ultra) by... Read More
Exciting Snitzel colt Sword Of State secured by Cambridge Stud
Group 1-winning colt Sword Of State (Snitzel), arguably New Zealand’s best two-year-old this season, has had his future as a stallion assured after Cambridge Stud struck a deal to take on the exciting juvenile at the end of his racing career. The Jamie Richards-trained Sword Of State, a last-start winner of the Sistema Diamond Stakes... Read More
Standout $145,000 Russian Revolution colt bound for Singapore
Kingstar lands big pinhook result as HTBA May Yearling Sale draws to a close Leading Singapore trainer Michael Clements will take charge of a $145,000 colt by first crop sire Russian Revolution (Snitzel), the highest-priced yearling sold and one of two lots to make six figures at Inglis’ HTBA May Sale. Kiwi bloodstock agent Bevan... Read More
A weekend to remember for Waikato Stud
Waikato Stud’s Mark Chittick had many reasons to smile over the weekend, especially after the running of two Group 2s on both sides of the Tasman. The Travis Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday saw Pierina (Savabeel) ring up her sire’s 114th stakes winner when the six-year-old bolted clear at the 300... Read More
Hong Kong reject stars in Macau
Allen Tam’s Arriba Arriba (Denman) continued on his upward curve with a dominant win in Friday nights’ Class 3 over 1050 metres (sand), to make it five wins from only six starts in Macau. Ridden for the first time by Eric Cheung, the good-looking son of Denman bounded away from his opposition to score untouched... Read More