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Blue Point Retired to Stud After Royal Ascot Double

Trainer Charlie Appleby has paid tribute to brilliant sprinter Blue Point , who he says has been retired "at the pinnacle of his career" and with nothing left to prove. The 5YO, who will stand at She...

Winx to Visit I Am Invincible for First Mating

Part-owner Debbie Kepitis, said a consensus had been reached between the owners (Peter and Patty Tighe and Richard Treweeke and herself) that Winx should not be sent overseas to be mated this year. I...

Korea's Top Stallion Dead At 23

Dual Group winning and dual classic-placed Menifee, who was a prominent sire for the growing Korean breeding industry, has passed away, from a reported heart attack at the KRA Stud Farm on Jeju Islan...

Ballylinch - 200 Years Of Breeding Successes

Ballylinch Stud has indeed left an indelible mark on global thoroughbred breeding industry. Its stallions were champion makers and the tradition has continued till this day. Ballylinch's greatest sta...

Lady Eli, A Transformed Mother

Group One winning Lady Eli, was known for her inner fire and her will power has taken to motherhood like a duck to water. After she was retired to the breeding stalls at Hill n Dale Stud, she was sti...

Group One Winning Gene Pool Narrows YoY

An interesting study by Bloodhorse showed that tail-male descendants of Mr Prospector , Northern Dancer and A.P. Indy continue to win the overwhelming majority of Group One dirt races in the U.S whil...

Australian Sire Brazen Beau Has First European Stakes Winner in Italy

Brazen Beau claimed his first European stakes winner and second overall as his daughter Avengers Queen toughed out the listed Premio Mario E Vittorio Crespi at San Siro. The juvenile has already reco...

Shamrock Rose Named Pennsylvania-Bred Horse of 2018

Shamrock Rose is quite the filly! Bred by Best A Luck Farm, capped off her year with a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (2018), her fourth consecutive stakes win, a s...

New Zealanders At Royal Ascot

New Zealanders headlined by Chris Waller and Sir Peter Vela were part of the Queen's Royal (horse drawn) procession on Day 4. On Saturday, the former Foxton horseman landed the Gr.1 Tattersall's Tiar...

Shamardal Eulogised When Blue Point Completed Historic Double

Shamardal 's popularity just sky rocketed when his son Blue Point became just the third horse to complete the King's Stand and Diamond Jubilee Stakes and the first since Choisir in 2003. Shamardal (U...