Breeding and Bloodstock
Total 281 Posts
The latest news, features and analysis on the thoroughbred breeding and bloodstock industry.
Run The Numbers – Hot’s Summer adds to scorching start for first-season sires
It has been a record-breaking start to the Australian season for the current crop of first-season sires.
Why the buyer matters - How the I Am Unstoppable deal was done
When stallion offers for promising colt I Am Unstoppable started flowing in August, exactly whose name came up on the phone of bloodstock agent and part-owner Mathew Becker mattered.
Widden secures I Am Unstoppable's stud future
I Am Unstoppable has become the latest three-year-old stallion prospect to be secured by a major stud, with Widden Stud buying into the I Am Invincible colt.
Run The Numbers in Review – Exceed And Excel extends extraordinary record
Saturday's stakes racing added another chapter to the amazing record that Exceed And Excel has with his two year-olds.
Lindsay Park lessons still ring true for Tony Ottobre
Years of hard work were rewarded with two Flemington Group 1 wins in the space of seven days for owner Tony Ottobre, and he owes his patient approach to the legendary Colin Hayes.
Yulong rising - How an emerging global behemoth is shaking-up Australia's thoroughbred industry
Helen Thomas explores the spectacular rise of Yulong and the questions it raises for the broader thoroughbred industry.
Run The Numbers: How the New Zealand market bucked the two-year-old trend at Karaka
In the first Run The Numbers column, Bren O'Brien looks at the surprising results at the NZB Ready To Run Sale, and how it defied what had recently happened in the breeze-up market in Australia.