Pedigree Analysis

Caption: Frankel (GB) (Galileo (IRE)-Kind (IRE) by Danehill Never as far as I can remember has the interest shown in Britain in a racehorse’s career continued over to its stallion...

Caption: Giant’s Causeway (USA) (Storm Cat-Mariah’s Storm by Rahy). The nature of thoroughbred breeding is that trends often take time to emerge and this is particularly so with a broodmare...

Caption: Valais (GB) (Cicero-Lilly of the Valley by Martagon)  When Fred Moses, principal of the Kanangra agistment farm in the Scone district, and his horse-training wife Mary attended the annual...

Caption: Mr Prospector In 1975 Mr. Prospector retired to stud in Florida with the reputation of being a brilliantly fast, but unsound dirt sprinter. Forty years later, his influence has...

Caption: Galileo (IRE) (Sadler’s Wells-Urban Sea by Miswaki) It can be a risky practice to reduce stallion performance or stallion ability down to a single number, particularly if that measure...

Caption: Teddy (FR) (Ajax-Rondeau by Bay Ronald) In Australia, our yearling catalogues reveal the progression of specific lines that are deemed commercially popular. As we skip through those catalogue pages...

Caption: Chautauqua (Encosta de Lago-Lovely Jubly by Lion Hunter) Chautauqua’s third successive win in the T.J. Smith-Gr.1 at Randwick took his prize money past $8.36m and put the spotlight on...

Caption: So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral (IRE)-Triassic by Tights (USA) With The Championships at Randwick now concluded, there has been enough activity for it to be worthwhile having a...

Caption: Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice-Snippetsl Lass by Snippets) One of the highlights of the 2006-17 season has been the emergence of Arrowfield stallion Snitzel as a major force among stallion ranks....