Report Shows Breeders Underwrite Racing Industry A report released by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia has revealed that breeders have committed in excess of $500 million in the past two years in training fees.
Group One Title Up For Grabs With the autumn racing carnival in full swing, five Group One races were conducted in Australasia last weekend, producing great results for some young stallions.
Three Up For High Chaparral High Chaparral, the 2002 Epsom and Irish Derby winner, registered his third Australian G1 winner on Saturday when Shoot Out won the Randwick Guineas.
South Island Sale Date Change New Zealand Bloodstock has brought forward the 2010 South Island Sale of 2YOs by a week to Friday August 6 to coincide it with the All Blacks-Wallabies rugby test in Christchurch on the same weekend.
Volksraad Enjoying Another Big Season Brilliant Volksraad filly Mexican Rose became her sire's seventh individual stakes winner for the season in the G3 Merlion Trophy in Singapore on March 12.
Chaparella First For High Chaparral Wingatui-based filly Chaparella came from the clouds to land the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes at her home track on Saturday, a win which sees make her a current joint leader of the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series.
Redoute's Choice's progeny finished with a median Timeform figure of 85, making him the top stallion in 2008-09 (for stallions with progeny 4 years and older).
Filling second place was the legendary Danehill, whose progeny are slowly setting off into retirement, but still showed enough for the great sire to figure in this list.
Elusive Quality, who is now an absentee on the Darley Australia shuttle, is an interesting inclusion on the list, drawing level with Danehill with a figure of 84 fr...
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Almost 19% of Redoute's Choice's progeny attained a triple figure Timeform rating in Australia or New Zealand last year.
Encosta De Lago notched the same figure, but with more runners. He did however top Redoute's Choice in terms of his top 10 runners last season, which averaged 120, as opposed to Redoute's Choice's 116.
Third on the list was Comma...
Harry Perks - Shamoline Warrior Breeder - Audio Interview Dehere mare Picholine will attempt to emulate Champion US producer Better Than Honour (dam of consecutive Belmont Stakes winners Jazil and Rags To Riches) this Saturday when Shamoline Warrior aims to give her-back-to-back Victoria Derby wins, following Rebel Raider last year. Nathan Exelby spoke to Harry Perks of Toorak Park Stud, breeder of both horses.
Positive Start To Ocala Sale Florida's OBS March select sale of 2-year-olds in training got off to a promising start as the average and median prices rose from a year ago and the buy-back rate declined significantly.
Happy Time In Hong Kong Happy Zero franked his rating as one of Hong Kong's best gallopers to land the $HK 4.5 million Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Derby Winner For Danehill Dancer High priced Australian yearling Super Satin confirmed his status as the champion four-year-old of Hong Kong with a stunning win in Sunday's HK$16 million Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin.
Ocala Sale Will Test US Market A catalogue of 339 lots will be offered at the Ocala Breeders' March select sale of 2YOs in training on March 16 and 17.
Emirates Horses In Training Sale The 2010 Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) Horses in Training Sale at Meydan Racecourse on March 10 has received in excess of 80 entries with several Dubai International Racing Carnival performers among them.
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March Sale Attracts More Class Entries
A report released by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia has revealed that breeders have committed in excess of $500 million in the past two years in training fees.
Brilliant Volksraad filly Mexican Rose became her sire's seventh individual stakes winner for the season in the G3 Merlion Trophy in Singapore on March 12.
Harry Perks - Shamoline Warrior Breeder - Audio Interview
Dehere mare Picholine will attempt to emulate Champion US producer Better Than Honour (dam of consecutive Belmont Stakes winners Jazil and Rags To Riches) this Saturday when Shamoline Warrior aims to give her-back-to-back Victoria Derby wins, following Rebel Raider last year. Nathan Exelby spoke to Harry Perks of Toorak Park Stud, breeder of both horses.
The progeny of Coolmore owned stallions enjoyed an almost incomprehensible level...
Arrowfield's Redoute's Choice finished atop the Racing & Sports Timeform charts ...
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Happy Zero franked his rating as one of Hong Kong's best gallopers to land the $HK 4.5 million Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.
