Breeding and Bloodstock
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The latest news, features and analysis on the thoroughbred breeding and bloodstock industry.
Pinhook Tables - NZB Ready To Run Sale
The previous sales results of the horses being sold at the 2024 NZB Ready To Run Sale.
‘Very, very, very rare’ - Castelvecchio recovering after having 2.2-kilogram stone-like mass removed
Castelvecchio’s 2024 breeding season is over but the Arrowfield resident is expected to make full recovery after life-saving bowel surgery.
Run The Numbers – Smashing success – Brave Smash breaks new ground for Japanese horses
Brave Smash now holds a special place in racing history as the only Japanese-bred horse to have both won an Australian Group 1 and sired a Group 1 winner in Australia. Run The Numbers breaks down his influence in Australia and the ongoing legacy of Japanese bloodlines.
Rowe On Monday - An Antino intuition, the Ka Ying Rising backstory and a huge offer for Savaglee
This week’s column from Tim Rowe looks into how Antino went from impulse buy to Group 1 winner, reflects on another Group 1 success for Written Tycoon, rumours of a monster offer for Savaglee and the breeding back story of Ka Ying Rising.
An oasis of success - Classic sale 2025 catalogue released
Gobi Desert’s Max Lees win was a timely result for Inglis with the well-bred 2024 Classic sales-topper’s victory coming a day before the auction house released an 805-lot catalogue for next year’s edition.
A true Blue pedigree puts Benagil in Thousand Guineas spotlight
Thousand Guineas contender Benagil will provide a reminder of Philip and Patti Campbell’s influence on the Victorian thoroughbred industry when she contests the Group 1 race.
Divine glory - the rise of WA’s most sought-after sire Playing God
Ahead of The Pinnacles, where the best in Western Australia try to repel the eastern seaboard raiders, Jesse Dart examines the influence of the state’s leading sire Playing God.