Pedigree Analysis

Caption: American Pharoah (USA) (Pioneerof the Nile-Littleprincessemma by Yankee Gentleman) During the course of analysing stallion pedigrees for studs and broodmares for breeders, there has occasionally be one sire or...

Published: April 2017. There was very little time between the announcement that American Pharoah (USA) would be shuttling to Australia for the 2017 breeding season, and the news that he...

by Les Young Published: April 2017 WE BEGAN began this predictive series in Bluebloods in 2009 and each year since we have suggested 12 stallions whose daughters, subject to other...

THE line of Nureyev has struggled to get a real purchase in Australia, at least as far as establishing a male line is concerned. In that light, it’s pleasing to...

Each year the battle for Champion First Season Sire honours is closely watched by many in the industry – breeders, agents, trainers, owners and even more intensely by studs and...

IT SEEMS in recent years all around the world racing fans have been treated to the finest fillies and mares. Black Caviar and now Winx in Australia, Rachael Alexandra and...

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 up. A quick pen-portrait, in...