Despite basking in the glorious return of Autumn Glow, it has been an anxious few weeks for Arrowfield principal John Messara, with Japanese star Maurice stuck in quarantine and Vandeek suffering a season-ending injury.
Tim Rowe gives his impressions from the Hunter Valley after the annual stallion parades. He chatted to Andy Makiv about American sires and the festival impact on the region, plus Tim reveals unusual musical and political influences on the parades and adds a Queensland flavour to round it off.
Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe review the 2026 Hunter Valley stallion parades, which included Australia's best established and emerging stallions, including I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Home Affairs, Super Seth, Ole Kirk, The Autumn Sun, Anamoe, Tentyris and many, many more.
The catalogue for October’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale was released on Sunday, featuring a record 321 lots.
A year after the dam of Sheza Alibi sold for $1250, the broodmare now sits at the centre of a breeding conversation involving two of Australia’s elite sires and the powerful operations behind them.
Shuttle stallion Vandeek, a half-brother to Gstaad, is recuperating from an untimely tendon problem that will prevent him from undertaking what would have been his second year at Arrowfield Stud.
Owner and breeder Tony Santic is leasing his property near Geelong, which is named in honour of his three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, through Donovan & Co Property Specialists.
Both General Nediym and Snitzel were champion sprinters who became highly influential stallions. As this week’s Run The Numbers finds out, the combination of their bloodlines is now becoming one of Australia’s most successful on the track.
Some of Australia's biggest training operations have secured early access to Anamoe's first crop, with the Darley resident dominating the list of named juveniles ahead of the 2026/27 season.
The battle between Coolmore and Godolphin for premium yearling stock swung back in the Irish-owned outfit’s favour at the Arqana August Yearling Sale on Monday as a son of Wootton Bassett was purchased by MV Magnier for €4.6 million (AU$7.5 million).
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