MIDWAY through the northern hemisphere season, the leading contenders for Europe’s premier middle-distance event the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-Gr.1 are already beginning to shape... Read More
IT is now more than 33 years since the great racehorse Shergar (IRE) (Great Nephew-Sharmeen by Val de Loir) was stolen by masked gunmen from... Read More
WIDDEN Stud, in the Widden Valley has a rich history of colonial settlement encompassing more than 140 years. These days Antony Thompson is a seventh... Read More
DARREN Gauci first encountered horses when his apprentice brother Mick asked him to help out at the stables of trainer Don Shannon after school. That... Read More
IT’S a long way from selling racing papers outside Harold Park to becoming a significant shareholder in a leading Hunter Valley Stud and a major... Read More
“Speed, speed and more speed,” famous American breeder A.B. “Bull” Hancock’s oft-quoted maxim of what is takes to make a stallion, is certainly apt in... Read More
CRITERION (NZ), who retires to Newgate Farm in 2016 on $35,750, is an exception in an era when young stallion prospects become so valuable they... Read More