In this week's Rowe On Monday, a breeder's bold Gun Runner gamble pays off, Asfoora's stud future takes shape, and Splash Back delivers another success story for agent John Foote and owner Sandy McGregor.
The $70 million acquisition of Super Seth shook the Australasian stallion market. But as Tom Moore explained on the Straight Talk podcast, the decision was driven not only by the horse's remarkable early success at stud, but by Coolmore's need for a proven elite stallion to unlock the full potential of its blue-chip broodmare band.
Demand for the progeny of first-season shuttle sires Chaldean and Paddington drove a buoyant NZB Karaka Weanling Sale, with the auction’s top two lots, sold for $250,000 and $190,000, bound for Australia.
Group 1 winner Libertad and elite juvenile Coleman will stand at Blue Gum Farm in 2026, bolstering the Victorian stud's growing stallion roster.
Milan Park’s Tony Rider has jumped at the chance to acquire The Oaks Stud after recovering from health issues over the past 12 months and pondering a series of 'what if' scenarios.
For most Rich Listers, racing and bloodstock are sideline interests, distractions from the businesses that have made them wealthy, but that’s not to say their day jobs aren’t at times as volatile as the ups and downs of the thoroughbred industry.
A true Australasian success story on the track and in the breeding shed, the influence of Savabeel, who died last week aged 24, will be felt for years to come on both sides of the Tasman. His phenomenal record is the focus of this week’s Run The Numbers.
One-time Darley Australia shuttler Night Of Thunder took giant strides in the defence of his British champion sire title with an extraordinary week at Royal Ascot.
In this week’s Rowe On Monday, Tim Rowe talks to Mark Chittick about the incredible legacy left by Savabeel, tributes flow for John Singleton’s accidental Slipper winner and Aussies get their fill at Ascot despite the narrow defeats of our sprinters.
Waikato Stud has confirmed the sudden death of champion sire and Cox Plate winner Savabeel at age 24.
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