Breeding and Bloodstock

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

Shooting To Win moves to Yarradale

Shooting To Win, the Group 1-producing son of Northern Meteor, will relocate for 2025, having been purchased by Yarradale Stud.

Final 2024/25 Australian Sires Tables

The full list of Top 10 sires in each of the major categories.

Ozzmosis' first foal welcomed at Alma Vale

The turn of the racing season has also seen the arrival of the first foal by Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Ozzmosis.

From a Meteor to a shooting Star - Widden gets its champion sire

While Northern Meteor’s journey to champion sire status was cut short by a fatal bout of colic, 12 years later, almost to the day, Widden will feel some degree of atonement when his first-crop son Zoustar is crowned Australia's champion sire of 2024/25.

Velocious sells for $1.625 million

Group 1 winner Velocious will join the star-studded Yulong broodmare band after being purchased for $1.625 million under the buyer name Walnut Farm.

Zoustar chosen as Bella Nipotina’s beau

Zoustar has been selected as the first mating for four-time Group 1 winner Bella Nipotina.

Coolmore quartet lands in Australia

A quartet of Coolmore stallions, including Wootton Bassett, the highest priced stallion to stand in Australian history, have arrived ahead of the 2025 breeding season.
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