Stallions
Inglis graduates were to the fore on the international stage over the weekend with big-race winners in both Singapore and Hong Kong. Both by Twin Hills stallions! The aptly named Big Hearted (Hallowed Crown x Secret Selection) showed a tremendously willing attitude to outpoint more seasoned rivals in the SGP$1m (A$1m) Singapore Gold Cup over […]
[ Read More ]Hot King Prawn will carry high hopes into the Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint in three weeks’ time after shrugging off a wide passage and nine rivals to win the Gr2 Jockey Club Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday. Hot King Prawn does it again! (Pic – HKJC) The eye-catching grey was three quarters of […]
[ Read More ]Twin Hills Stud-based stallion Denman (Lonhro) was provided with his 16th stakes winner yesterday courtesy of Deprive’s (4 g ex Defrock by Canny Lad) victory in the June Stakes (Listed, 1100m) at Randwick. The progressive gelding secured his fourth victory on the bounce with a half-length success over Bon Amis (Bon Hoffa), with the same […]
[ Read More ]It’s rare that James Cummings lets his guard down when talking about the future of one of his horses, but the word Deprive achieved a different outcome. Cummings spoke to Racenet on Wednesday about Saturday’s runners and when it came to Deprive, which runs in the Listed June Stakes at Randwick, his poker face gave […]
[ Read More ]Two years ago Olly Tait returned back to Australia to purchase a farm very familiar to him, in the Cootamundra region where he grew up. TDN AusNZ’s Jo McKinnon headed to southern NSW to spend a morning at Twin Hills Stud. Hurriedly zipping up his jacket to block the Autumn chill, hair windswept and a […]
[ Read More ]A rush of three new stakes winners in the space of two days for Smart Missile couldn’t have come at a better time for Twin Hills Stud, who are planning the stallion’s second season at its Cootamundra-based farm. Smart Missile enjoyed a fantastic weekend with front-running 5-year-old Special Missile winning Friday’s Listed Scone Cup before […]
[ Read More ]As is the nature of things, the progeny of two stallions relocating to new homes in 2019 fought out of the finish of Saturday’s Group III Hong Kong Jockey Club J H B Carr Stakes at Randwick. It was won by Godolphin’s Denman filly Laburnum who given a positive ride by Kathy O’Hara to nose […]
[ Read More ]Denman (Lonhro – Peach (Vain)) will stand at Twin Hills Stud, Cootamundra for the 2019 season. His fee has been set at $8,800 (inc GST). With 79 winners already this season, Denman ranks in the top 20 stallions in Australia. His percentage of winners to runners is superior to that of fellow proven sires, Fastnet […]
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