By Peter Wharton Changeover, New Zealand’s 2007 3YO Colt of the Year and 2009 Aged Horse of the Year, six-time Group 1 winner and $2.4million earner, is one of the all-time great racehorses to grace the trotting turf in Australasia. Now he is matching his greatness as a racehorse in the siring field. Changeover, who…
👐 It’s nearly Saleo Saleo Sale as we draw nearer the 2023 Nutrien Equine Yearling Month of Sales. All 4️⃣ catalogues are able to be filtered by Sire, Dam, Consigner or Preparer online. 📽📸Photos and videos are going up online everyday for all catalogues but especially Sydney Sale as we are less than one month…
The win of Our Uncle Nev at Parkes on Wednesday night for trainer Chris Frisby gave his sire Sportswriter his 598th Southern Hemisphere winner. More importantly the win provided his New Zealand bred dam Magical Mocca p,1:59.3 with her first winner. Our Uncle Nev is Magical Mocca’s second foal and her third is an Art…
Captaintreacherous was Australia’s Leading Sire of 2yos (Prizemoney) last season with 62 starters which produced 36 winners of 84 races and $1,659,129 with average earnings per starter of $26,760. His 3yo crop produced 52 starters for 38 winners of 130 races and 3yo stakes of $1,695,700 with average earnings of $33,249 per starter. In terms…
Muscle Mass colt The Locomotive capped a remarkable debut season on the race-track when he was named Australian 2yo Trotting Colt/Gelding of the Year by Harness Racing Australia. Bought at the inaugural Nutrien Melbourne Yearling Sale in 2021 for $60,000 by Wayne Potter from vendors Yabby Dam Farms Pty Ltd, The Locomotive won nine of…
Breeder John Dumesny breeds from one or two mares every year and sells the foals as yearlings at one of a couple of New South Wales sales. This year he is offering one yearling at the Nutrien Sydney Yearling Sale and one at Nutrien’s Bathurst Yearling Sale. Believe it or not both yearlings are Lot…
SUNSHINE STARS YEARLING SALE 12th March 2023 • MAGIC MILLIONS • GOLD COAST 2023 is going to be full of firsts for Nutrien Equine. We are very excited to have our first sale in Queensland coinciding with the new Sunshine Stars Race Series. By purchasing at the 2023 Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale you not only have the…
Our Money Rocks resumed at Menangle on January 7th after a couple of month’s break and a week later made it two from two for trainer David Thorn last Saturday night when he beat Jimartee and Alta Billy covering the mile in 1:52.7. The win was Our Money Rocks’ 13th and took his earnings to…
Mark caught up with Craig Judd at Benstud Standardbreds to chat all things breeding at Yearling Sales at their NSW property, Lake Birubi near Crookwell. They discuss the upcoming sales, how Benstud has faired through the extreme weather events of 2022 and the rising costs of production.
If there is one thing owners and trainers need it is patience and a good dose of persistence to go with it. Astute Berkshire Park trainer Brian Portelli paid $48,000 when he purchased a colt by Bettors Delight from the imported Artsplace mare Gentle Audrey as a yearling in 2019. The colt was named Tasty…
