Breeding and Bloodstock
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The latest news, features and analysis on the thoroughbred breeding and bloodstock industry.
Skipping the Q - Magic Millions’ March Yearling Sale could be opened up to interstate-bred horses
The exclusivity of Queensland-bred and sired horses for the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale is set to end under plans tabled between the state’s breeders’ association and the Gold Coast-based sales company.
‘Sole and absolute discretion' - one in six foals could be banned from racing under RA crackdown
Racing Australia’s hardline compliance with foal registration deadlines presents a major welfare concern and could leave a significant number of the 2025 foal crop being banned from racing, according to Thoroughbred Breeders Australia president Basil Nolan.
Call answered - Frankel mare joins Yulong in $2.1 million Magic Millions deal
More than $88 million worth of breeding stock was traded at the Gold Coast this week, with international buyers creating diversity ensuring competition for some of Australasia’s best-credentialled mares to go to market this year.
Zou got ya - Magnier gets his mare with a $5.25 million price tag
Three-time Group 1 winner Zougotcha will be served by Wootton Bassett, as Coolmore goes all-in on their top-class shuttle stallion after paying the second highest price ever for a mare sold in Australasia.
Run The Numbers - The wisdom of buying weanlings
The historical statistics tell us that you have a better chance of sourcing a stakes winner from one of Australia’s two highest-grossing yearling sales than you do from the two biggest weanling sales. But as Run The Numbers reveals, that is not the case with the current crop of two-year-olds.
Rowe On Monday - Tax relief for US owners and breeders, Cornerstone taps into Wootton Bassett popularity, Grenville adds to weanling stocks, big results for Newington Farm
In today's Rowe On Monday column, Tim Rowe reports on an interesting bloodstock industry development in the US, checks out the latest weanling market moves on the Gold Coast and reveals an impressive statistic for Newington Farm.
Malone takes contrasting paths in deep weanling market
North Bloodstock’s Mick Malone bought two weanlings at the Gold Coast on Sunday and their respective prices sum up the spectrum of the foal market.