Breeding and Bloodstock

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The latest news, features and analysis on the thoroughbred breeding and bloodstock industry.

A Brazen opportunity - stakes winner Bold Bastille to go under the Digital hammer

Lindsay Park’s sprinting three-year-old stakes-winning filly Bold Bastille will be offered for sale via Inglis Digital next week.

Home Affairs to make a Magic impression as Gold Coast catalogue is released

Coolmore’s marquee young Australian stallion Home Affairs is set to make a major mark at Magic Millions, which has released its 1401-lot catalogue for its iconic January sale.

'People just want to stick them online' - How digital sales are killing the private mares market

Private mare sales, like the one which delivered multiple Group 1 winner Magic Time to Yulong recently, are becoming rarer and rarer. Tim Rowe looks at the changing nature of the market and speaks to the agents at the heart of those deals.

Rowe On Monday - The Oaks for sale, Sheikh Fahad’s Tycoon play and Grays united

Iconic Kiwi stud The Oaks has hit the market as owner Dick Karreman celebrates another Group 1 win, while Qatar Racing’s David Redvers talks up with another stallion investment and a former Singapore trainer embarks on a new era.

Farnan made to wait for black-type stamp despite North England's Gift success

Farnan may lead the first-season sires table in Australia, but the win of his colt North England at Rosehill on Saturday is unlikely to get black-type recognition.

Time is right - Muir seals Magic deal with Yulong to sell dual Group 1 winner

Yulong has struck a private deal to buy two-time Group 1-winning Hellbent mare Magic Time on the eve of the Hot Danish Stakes.

Million dollar result at Keeneland for former Griffiths-de Kock-trained Let’sbefrankbaby

Group 3 winner Let’sbefrankbaby, a mare by Frankel conceived in the United Kingdom, foaled in Australia and owned in South Africa, has sold for more than A$1 million in the United States.
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