Breeding and Bloodstock
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The latest news, features and analysis on the thoroughbred breeding and bloodstock industry.
Fillies first – Gold Coast market inverts as investors cool on colts
For the first time in Magic Millions history, the average price of a yearling filly on the Gold Coast was higher than that of a colt.
Run The Numbers – Australia’s busiest sires – Alabama Express on top
The data from the 2024 breeding season is filtering through with stallions from Yulong, Coolmore, Newgate and Widden featuring among the most popular. Run The Numbers takes a detailed look at the service statistics.
Rowe on Monday: Tumbarumba to Tokyo, Coolmore-Falcon partnership, mare sales outlook and Magic for Payne
In this week's Rowe on Monday column, Tim Rowe speaks to the breeders of a Peltzer colt destined for Japan, goes behind the scenes to reveal a Coolmore-Falcon Racing alliance, provides an insight into the 2025 market for broodmares and recaps a profitable and busy weekend for the Payne family.
‘I think as the year goes on it’ll be seen as a great outcome for the breeders’ - Turnover down nine per cent as Magic Millions comes to an end
The Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast concluded on Monday, with $217 million changing hands but the circumspect nature of the middle to lower end of the market was on full display during Book 2.
Yeppoon breeders’ family affair - $170,000 Spirit Of Boom filly tops opening Magic Millions session
Seven horses sold for $100,000 or more during a shortened Sunday afternoon selling session as the challenging Magic Millions market was amplified in Book 2.
Sunlight in the twilight - Champion mare’s $3.2 million daughter right at home in Japan
Prominent Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida launched a daring raid at the Gold Coast on Friday, securing the Home Affairs-Sunlight filly for a record $3.2 million in a marquee conclusion to Book 1 of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
‘It’ll be a really thorough process’ - global search for Thoroughbred Breeders Australia’s next CEO
u&u has been appointed by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia to manage the recruitment of a new CEO for the powerful lobby group and its marketing arm, Aushorse.