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Stable Tours: Red hot Melbourne carnival awaits Anthony and Sam Freedman's rising stars
Matings Mix: Stay Inside gets the nod for Riversdale Farm
Riversdale Farm are spreading the love across the Hunter Valley this season, sending mares to a wide variety of stallions both proven and new. Nick Hodges spoke to TTR about where their favourite mares are headed in 2026.
August 28th 2026
Devcich handed reins as Rider builds next chapter at The Oaks
Tony Rider’s acquisition of The Oaks Stud is set to create a significantly expanded New Zealand breeding operation, with Marc Devcich appointed to combine it with Milan Park, oversee its rebranding and help secure another commercial stallion for 2027.
August 28th 2026
Wednesday Racing: Tenenbaum resumes in style
A pair of bluebloods won stylishly at Canterbury with stakes targets now being planned for them. Hong Kong Derby winner Cap Ferrat's full brother Tenenbaum was joined in the winner's circle by Godolphin's Piedmont, whose first three dams are all Group 1 winners.
August 27th 2026
Matings Mix: Young guns for Beiwacht's sister and I Am Excited's daughter
Bell River Thoroughbreds will be throwing the weight of their broodmare band behind some of the country's hottest young sires this spring. Andrew Ferguson talks about who's foaling down to Too Darn Hot, where the eldest daughter of I Am Excited will go, and which stallion looks like his father reincarnated.
August 27th 2026
Can an $11,000 stallion become Australia’s next Champion Sire?
There are only three active stallions to have won Australia’s Champion Sire title: Zoustar, Written Tycoon and I Am Invincible. TTR examines how they began and identifies the affordable young stallions whose racing profiles bear some resemblance.
August 27th 2026
Inglis Digital: Group 1-placed Profoundly makes $360,000
Boomer Bloodstock splashed $360,000 for G1 Australian Oaks-placed mare Profoundly to top the Inglis Digital August Late Sale. No decision has been made on a stallion for her, while the second top lot Snitzel mare Eyes Of Blue heads to Ole Kirk after her $235,000 sale.
August 27th 2026
‘One hand clapping’: Why the Cooks prefer to share their success
What does it take to build an ownership portfolio containing 25 Group 1 winners? Francis and Christine Cook take TTR inside ‘the Cooks tour’, explaining how they select yearlings, choose trainers and why they would rather share a good horse than race one alone.
August 26th 2026
Matings Mix: The stallions who just make sense for Blue Gum's mares
Blue Gum Farm's mares are the subject of today's Matings Mix and the overarching theme for the matings is choosing the pairings that just makes sense. Director of Bloodstock Suman Hedge shares a selection of the top producers and home-owned stakes winners, replicating the crosses that have already proven fruitful.
August 26th 2026
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