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Welcome to Breeder's Corner, the section of the village in which I post news and information, mostly relating to the breeding side of the thoroughbred industry. Each day, I trowel through the press releases received at the office and bring you what I consider the most important. That way, you stay right in the picture without wasting valuable time searching through masses of information. Whether you're an enthusiast, small hobby breeder or head up a major thoroughbred breeding operation, I'm sure you will find this corner of the village most enlightening and informative.
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TBA supports ban on reinforcement
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia Ltd supports the current banning of reinforcement of stallion natural service...
Ethereal's colt brings NZ$1.3 million
The first day of the 81st National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka has kicked off the week of selling in scorching style with record-breaking results...
Record sale on Gold Coast
Records for the 2007 Magic Millions Yearling Sale aggregate, average price and top prices for both colts and fillies were set during a hectic four day sale that made headlines around the world...
Moon Rocket off with a blast
Moon Rocket, with just one foal to race anywhere in the world, now has the only 2yo in Australia to have won 2 stakes races...
Ups and downs of modern pedigrees
In recent weeks, the breeding forum have been discussing the pros and cons of putting a sprinter to a stayer or the reverse. Yet todays pedigrees are never black and white. Wendy Thompson feels in most instances the mix is already there...
Miss Finland's performance outstanding
Miss Finland is the fourth Golden Slipper winner in the last decade to win at her first race back as a Spring 3YO...
"Greatest Ever" yearling sale draws to a close
The record-breaking 2006 Australian Easter Yearling Sale concluded at Newmarket this evening posting across the board gains in all categories to become the most successful yearling sale ever held in Australia...
Redoute's colt shatters Australian record
AUD$3million was paid tonight for Yarraman Park’s Redoute’s Choice colt from Deja Slew (USA), bettering the previous Australian record of $2.5 million set at this sale last year...
Sensational opening day at Easter Sale
The 2006 Australian Easter Yearling Sale opened in spectacular fashion at Newmarket today with seven million dollar lots helping push figures through the roof...
"Speed Gene" combinations identified
Geneticists have published ground-breaking research which could have enormous implications for the way in which thoroughbred racehorses are bred, trained and raced...
Aussie racehorses lead the world
"This has been a red letter week for Australian racing,” says John Messara, Aushorse Chairman...
In a league of his own
The remarkable exploits to date of Arrowfield Stud stallion Redoute's Choice have placed him in a league of his own...
Sunline revisits the Rock
In a coup for Coolmore Australia, New Zealand mare Sunline has been booked to revisit Rock of Gibraltar in 2005...
Montjeu and High Chaparral – two of a kind
What accolades can you give to a stallion who, from his first crop, has become just the second sire in modern history to quinella the English Derby?
Anabaa's sixth Group One winner
Anabaa recorded his sixth individual Group One winner when Virage de Fortune scored in the $252,000 Group One QTC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm...
Iglesia colt tops Malaysian sale
A colt by Iglesia was the star of the Magic Millions National Stud Farm Sale in Malaysia...
First season success for McFlirt
Impressive debut winner Geil rounded out a huge few days for exciting first season sire McFlirt with a win in The Amelia Park Agistment 2YO event at Belmont in Perth today...
Redoute's Choice registers 8th 2YO SW
Former outstanding racehorse Redoute's Choice registered his eighth individual two-year-old stakes winner as a sire when Gai Waterhouse's speedy filly Fashions Afield extended her unbeaten run to three in the Group Two Reisling Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday...
Group-race double for Giant's Causeway
On Sautrday's Champion Stakes day card at Newmarket, European sire sensation Giant's Causeway added a Group-race double to his remarkable first-season sire accomplishments...
Dash For Cash's first foals
As the saying goes - "breeders are speaking with their feet." This is certainly the case with promising young Collingrove Stud based stallion Dash for Cash...
Champagne filly at Cambridge
High-class racemare Champagne (NZ) (Zabeel) has produced her latest foal - an attractive bay filly by Giant's Causeway - at Cambridge Stud...
Sydney 2YO trials herald new order
Randwick's Kensington (inner) track was the scene of today's Sydney juvenile heats - the first major juvenile trials held in Sydney for the newest crop of two-year-olds...
Favorite Trick's stakes success
Former Collingrove Stud stallion Favorite Trick recorded his initial Australian stakes winner last Thursday when promising three-year-old Rutherford Eagle scored a runaway win in the listed Gosford 3YO Classic in New South Wales...
Unborn foal auction goes online
For the first time ever in Australia, an unborn foal auction will be broadcast over the internet with live bidding, allowing users situated anywhere in the world to compete with floor bidders in Brisbane on equal terms...
Record $2.2 million for Danehill colt
An Australian-record $2.2 million for a Danehill colt set the scene for the best-ever first session at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney yesterday, while Woodlands Stud, led by Bob Ingham, made a comeback to the sale ring...
Astute Perth buy led to Melbourne sale topper
Perth investor John Chaplin experienced the thrill of a lifetime on Monday when he topped the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale as the result of an $8,000 bargain buy a Perth Mixed Thoroughbred Sale...
Mayfield-Smith affinity with Volksraad
Leading Flemington-based trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith continued his amazing strike rate with the progeny of champion New Zealand sire Volksraad at the weekend, scoring a Melbourne metropolitan double...
Offers for Falkirk unsuccessful
Although several substantial international offers have been made for unbeaten New Zealand three-year-old Falkirk, none have yet been successful...
Lunaspur, a shining example of the power of line-breeding.
Recent stakes winner Lunaspur is a good example of the power of line-breeding to significant females. She is line-bred to one of the greatest foundation mares of the 20th century, Imperatrice...
Spinning World filly on song
Special Harmony now clearly heads her division after a rousing two and a quarter lengths success in the first recognised 3-year-old fillies classic of each new season, the Group One MRC The Thousand Guineas (1600m)...
Natural Blitz – Dehere’s Latest Top-Liner
Arrowfield Stud’s Dehere, Australia’s Leading Active Sire last season, has another top-liner in 4yo Natural Blitz who looks set to play a major role in Melbourne this spring following a slashing victory in the G2 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley...
Sunday Joy Stakes Claim on Cups
Gai Waterhouse’s AJC Australian Oaks winner Sunday Joy signaled she was on track for Melbourne’s “big three” spring races when she scored an outstanding first-up win in the G3 Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley...
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