Stallions
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 ]Since relocating to Twin Hills Stud last year the stakes-winners have flowed for Fastnet Rock stallion Smart Missile, who added a double of new stakes-winners to his ever growing tally on Saturday with victories for Ready to Prophet in the Listed Denises’s Joy Stakes at Scone and for Missile Mantra in the Listed MRC Redoute’s […]
[ Read More ]Out of the winner’s circle since August 2017, Special Missile led at every call in Friday’s $180,000 Listed Scone Cup (1600m) to credit the newly formed training partnership of Michael and Richard Freedman with its first stakes-winner. Given a positive ride by Sam Clipperton, Special Missile clung to a desperate nose victory over the favourite […]
[ 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 ]Smart Missile has had his fee set for the 2019 breeding season. He will stand at Twin Hills Stud, Cootamundra at a fee of $22,000 (inc GST). The performance of the progeny of Smart Missile over the past year has placed him in the upper ranks of Australia’s proven stallions. He is currently fifth of […]
[ Read More ]Twin Hills Stud’s prolific winner getter Smart Missile has joined the century club of sires with over 100 winners this season. He passed the mark earlier this week with a Seymour victory for four year-old mare Josephine Sea and kept up the good work at Muswellbrook on Friday with lightly raced four year-old Bid’n’Bare claiming […]
[ Read More ]The Australian Studbook released covering statistics earlier this month for the 2018 breeding season revealing some 13 stallions covered books of 200 or more mares which was more than double the number from last year, so we thought we’d take a closer look at just why these guys were popular. Stallions that cover super size […]
[ Read More ]Making just his fourth trip to the races, the Mark Newnham-trained Final Award came from last to win the Listed Canberra Guineas (1400m) last weekend. With Josh Parr in the saddle the son of Smart Missile powered down the centre of the track to defeat Laburnum (Denman) by half a length with Major Wager (Exceed […]
[ Read More ]The Tony McEvoy-trained filly Beauty kept her record at a perfect three for three when coming from midfield to capture Saturday’s Listed William Crockett Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. Luke Curry put the 3yo daughter of Smart Missile into a challenging position on the home turn and she did best in the run to the […]
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