Extreme Choice to stand for private fee in 2021
Newgate Farm announced yesterday that this season’s leading first season and Golden Slipper- (Gr 1, 1200m) winning sire Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) will stand for a private fee in 2021. Extreme Choice, who has five winners to his name and leads both the first season and two-year-old sire standings this term, stood for... Read More
Tony Fung severs ties with Phoenix Thoroughbreds
A partnership between two big-hitting players of Australia’s thoroughbred industry appears to have come to an abrupt end after Aquis Farm principal Tony Fung vowed not to race horses with Phoenix Thoroughbreds, in the wake of the latter’s prize-money being frozen by Racing NSW and Racing Victoria on Friday last week, as the saga into... Read More
Victoria’s Leneva Park Seymour launches Fierce Impact at fee of $16,500
Champion miler son of Deep Impact to be joined by Invincible Spirit’s Royal Meeting Australia’s newest stud farm, Victoria’s Leneva Park, has announced the service fees for its inaugural line-up, high-class miler Fierce Impact, the only three-time Group 1 winner by Japan’s late breedshaper Deep Impact (Sunday Silence), and fellow internationally-bred topflight winner Royal Meeting... Read More
Champions Day representation enhances Deep Field’s growing reputation
Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) should shrug aside all-too-familiar rivals in the Champions Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, when a handful of raiders from Japan are expected to be too strong for the home defences in the other two Champions Day features: Daring Tact (Epiphaneia), Loves Only You (Deep Impact), Kiseki (Rulership)... Read More
Dubois weighing up Champagne option for talented Astern colt Arnaqueur
Promising two-year-old Arnaqueur (Astern) is no guarantee to back up in Saturday’s ATC Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Randwick as trainer Jean Dubois ponders the ramifications of raising the bar with the well-bred colt in his first racing campaign. Bred and owned by the David Chaikin-owned Woodpark Stud, a Southern Highland property managed by... Read More
Golden Rose and Caulfield Guineas winner Ole Kirk has service fee set
Vinery Stud to stand son of Written Tycoon for $55,000 in maiden season Vinery Stud is confident the Hunter Valley breeding operation’s future is bright as it prepares to launch top-class three-year-old colt and dual Group 1-winning Australian outcross stallion prospect Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) for the 2021 covering season. Sitting at the top of... Read More