Breeding and Bloodstock

Yulong has bought a 175-hectare property in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley as its Australian operation continues to grow at a furious pace.

In tough times for the small-scale breeder, Adrian Whittingham‘s ambitions for his recently established Cross Park operation are firmly rooted in reality.

Verry Elleegant, the 2021 Melbourne Cup winner, has died in Ireland due to complications while having her first foal.

With two juvenile stakes winners in as many weeks, Capitalist’s two-year-old statistics exceed those of Australia’s top two sires of the past decade at the same point in their careers.

While the Inglis Classic Sale featured its lowest clearance rate in 11 years, the resilience of the middle market was there for all to see in Sydney.

The crew behind the success of star two-year-old Storm Boy, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Cunningham Thoroughbreds, have come together to pay $360,000 for the half-brother to another of the stable’s unbeaten juveniles, Shangri La Express.

Yulong has doubled down on the family of Group 1 winner It’s Her Time, purchasing her half-sister by Too Darn Hot for $600,000 to top the second day of the Inglis Classic Sale.