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Tait’s American dream pays dividends
A canny investment in an American speed mare with a formline familiar to Australians returned a handsome dividend for Twin Hills Stud and partners at Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale yesterday when her Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt sold for $700,000. Madame Cactus (Cactus Ridge) was a dual stakes winner in the US who won […]
[ Read More ]Sweet win for Cherry Tortoni
The Patrick Payne-trained Cherry Tortoni (4g Night Of Thunder – Tortoni by Strategic) bounced back to winning ways when he landed the Golden Mile (Listed, 1600m) at Bendigo yesterday. Having not tasted victory since his win in the Adelaide Guineas (Listed, 1600m)last May, the son of Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) beat Hi Stranger (Zoffany)by three-quarters […]
[ Read More ]Charles secures Finals berth at Scone
The Matthew Dale trained Cavalier Charles (Denman) secured his place in the Country Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick on April 2 with victory in yesterday’s Wildcard (1400m) race at Scone. The 5YO defeated autumn carnival star Shelby Sixtysix at the Sapphire Coast back in January, and is now the winner of three of his four […]
[ Read More ]Juddmonte to offer mares in foal to Frankel, Kingman at Chairman’s Sale
Fresh from siring yet another Australian Group I winner at Randwick last Saturday with Converge taking out the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas, exceptional sire Frankel is poised to play a major role at the 2022 Inglis Chairman’s Sale with Juddmonte Farm to offer two mares in foal to the champion son of Galileo and […]
[ Read More ]Twin Hills reaping rewards from Fast Track approach
Twin Hills Stud’s Olly Tait is a firm believer that good people make great businesses and the Cootamundra-based farm’s ongoing participation in the Fast Track Program has played a big role in helping him fulfill that philosophy. Twin Hills has brought three Fast Track trainees through the farm in recent years, with two of them […]
[ Read More ]Consolation for filly from a unique coupling
Encryption and Consolation (Medaglia D’Oro {USA}) were in training at Godolphin together when tragedy struck in a truck accident. Several years later, on the Saturday night session of the Magic Millions Sale, their filly was offered through the ring. The former Godolphin pair were stablemates heading for a spell in May 2018, and on the […]
[ Read More ]Plenty of interest shining through for Twin Hills
The draft of Twin Hills Stud had drawn plenty of interest by the eve of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Monday, with a colt and a filly from the first crop by Encryption, one of a handful of Southern Hemisphere-bred Kingman (GB) yearlings in the Sale and a filly by Hellbent raising […]
[ Read More ]Prime Candidate a New Stakes-Winner for Denman
Twin Hills Stud’s Denman added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Friday evening when spritely seven year-old gelding Prime Candidate scored a popular win in the Listed ATC Christmas Classic (1200m). Prepared by Bjorn Baker and ridden by Jason Collett, Prime Candidate led all the way and scored by a length and a quarter […]
[ Read More ]17th stakes winner for Denman
Always travelling well in the lead, Prime Candidate (Denman) was game easily holding off a late challenge from Special Reward (Demerit), making it a grandsons of Lonhro (Octagonal {NZ}) quinella. It was a deserved first stakes win for the tough gelding who had just been too keen in front at his previous outing. An eight-time […]
[ Read More ]Odyssey Moon 2YO fetches $200,000 at NZ Breeze Up Sale
Astute judges Hong Kong Bloodstock went to $200,000 to secure a son of Odyssey Moon at this week’s NZB Ready To Race Sale. The half-brother to G2 winner and recent G1 Turnbull Stakes placegetterChapada, the gelding out of Diamantina Dior breezed up impressively in a time of 11.27.
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