Minister Praises Karaka Success New Zealand Racing Minister John Carter has praised the success of the 2010 Karaka yearling sale series as a huge boost for the NZ economy.
A Window On Genetic Excellence The breeding of recent Canterbury winner Sutton Princess, a daughter of Danehill stallion Olympus, is a show window for genetic excellence.
Beneteau Rated In Elite Company The Paul Messara trained Redoute's Choice colt Beneteau has been paid a high compliment by Timeform Australia that places him in elite company.
Karaka Graduate Wins Hobart Cup Karaka graduate Growl returned to his best when he ran away with the Group 3 Hobart Cup in Tasmania.
Zarzuela Next Big Thing For Zabeel Zabeel filly Zarzuela put the colts on notice that she may be the horse to beat in the New Zealand Derby after her impressive win in the G3 Waikato Guineas over 2000 metres at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Hold It Harvey Wins Otago Feature Top Australian bred galloper Hold it Harvey made it stakes win number six with a stirring victory in the Group 3 White Robe Lodge Stakes at Otago on Saturday.
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.
Royal Academy Sets HIgh Standard Very few sires can lay claim to having sired over 150 stakes-winners, but one of them is Royal Academy.
Danehill Dancer Mare Tops February Sale The Danehill Dancer four-year-old Rhythm Queen topped a solid Tattersalls February Sale at 55,000 guineas on a day where 147 lots were sold for 991,500 guineas.
Redoute's Choice Colt Shines In Dubai Musir, an Australian bred 3YO son of Redoute's Choice from an Encosta De Lago mare, made his mark in Dubai on T^Hiursday night with an impresisve win in the Guineas Trial at the new Meydan course.
Giant's Causeway Popular In Argentina Breeders in Argentina, the fourth-leading producer of thoroughbreds in the world, embraced Giant's Causeway during his second shuttle season in South America.
Urban Sea Honoured At Irish Awards Champion mare Urban Sea took centre stage at the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association awards held in Killenard on January 30.
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Minister Praises Karaka Success
AJC Derby winner Nom Du Jeu has been retired and will begin his stud career next spring.
Karaka graduate Growl returned to his best when he ran away with the Group 3 Hobart Cup in Tasmania.
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 parade of Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale Living Legend Fields of Oma...
Arrowfield's Redoute's Choice finished atop the Racing & Sports Timeform charts ...
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Champion mare Urban Sea took centre stage at the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association awards held in Killenard on January 30.
