sea the stars

The Tattersalls December Sale got underway in Newmarket with a day of yearlings to kick off proceedings. The Dubawi colt from Hazelwood Stud was the top price of the day with three lots selling for 100,000 guineas (US$135,465) or more. David O’Callaghan of Sun Bloodstock secured the Dubawi colt out of Voleuse de Coeure for […]

Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale came to a close with three lots selling for 1 million guineas (US$1,306,070) or more, taking the number of seven-figure yearlings to ten. Heading the way was the Galileo filly from Barronstown Stud who realized 2,100,000 guineas ($2,742,934), the top-priced filly at the sale. It was early […]

It was a record-breaking day on the third day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale with the highest priced filly foal in the world this year, nine lots selling for 500,000 guineas (US$669,722) or more and a record-breaking turnover for a session at this fixture. A total of 172 lots sold for 21,136,500 guineas ($28,311,656) […]

Cloth Of Stars, Timeform’s Champion older horse of 2017 who was a close-up third in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe earlier this month, has been retired and will stand with Darley’s French stallions at Haras du Logis in Normandy. The well-bred son of Sea The Stars, who was the first colt home in the […]

Too often, mares do not receive the credit they deserve. On the breeding and bloodstock side of the fence in particular, mares are typically overlooked by the public and even by professionals due to the vast output from stallions compared to the puny production a mare can add to the Thoroughbred population annually. One. A […]

James Graham shot up the hedge with 13-1 shot Beauly, holding off favored Linda for a victory in the $100,000 Indiana General Assembly Distaff at Indiana Grand. It was the first stakes victory for Rebecca and Stephen Hillen’s 4-year-old filly, who was making her third start in the United States after racing last year in […]

Godolphin and Darley are paying tribute to Cape Cross, a foundation sire of the global breeding operation, who has been euthanized due to complications associated with old age. He was 23. Cape Cross (Green Desert x Park Appeal, by Ahonoora), a G1 winner in the Godolphin colors, was a phenomenal success at stud, siring champions such as […]

The Aga Khan Studs are delighted to announce that Harzand will be another exciting new addition to the roster of Gilltown Stud for the 2017 breeding season. The handsome son of Sea The Stars achieved an exceptional feat when winning both the Epsom and Irish Derbies, making him the leading colt of his generation in Europe […]

  The social nexus of Thoroughbred breeding is one of the most important facets in our game and one of the least appreciated. The interconnections of people and their social institutions touch and intertwine on many levels, and adding in their Thoroughbreds makes the mix truly cosmopolitan. Taking a general overview of this deep and […]

Just three weeks after delivering a victory in the Epsom Derby for trainer Dermot Weld, his star sophomore Harzand came back to win the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday, according to The Guardian. A son of Sea the Stars owned by the Aga Khan, Harzand and Pat Smullen […]