Star Tasmanian gelding The Inevitable (Dundeel-Gift Bouquet, by King's High) has won the 2023 Tasmanian Ladbrokes Horse of the Year award, reports tasracing.com.au. The prestigious prize was announced at the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Awards dinner at the Tailrace Centre in Riverside in front of more than 180 guests. Sold through Cornerstone Stud's Magic Millions Adelaide yearling
Del Mar, California—Lord Prancealot, a 2-year-old colt by the prominent international stallion Sir Prancealot (Ire), etched a spot in history on July 29 as the first North American-bred winner for his sire with a dominant debut in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at Del Mar. Guided by Racing Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux,
Prizemoney increases can help stimulate South Australia's shrinking thoroughbred breeding industry, but don't expect an immediate influx of commercial stallions into the state. That's the view of Cornerstone Stud's Sam Pritchard-Gordon, who welcomed the recent announcement by Racing SA that prizemoney across all levels of the sport will be lifted off the back of a
The standout Frankel colt is the first foal from the unraced Muhaarar (GB) mare Upside (Ire), a half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Europa Point (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) and unbeaten 2-year-old turned sire Harbour Watch (Ire) - whose arthritic issues enforced retirement after just five seasons at Tweenhills Stud in the UK. Aptly
Last start H C Nitschke Stakes winner Caste continued on an upward curve with an impressive performance in Saturday’s Group II Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m) at Morphetttville. Ridden by Michael Dee for Ben and JD Hayes, the 3yo daughter of Sir Prancealot handed Foxy Frida (Foxwedge) a second runner-up finish by a long
Racing and breeding sparkles with stories of twists of fate and happenstance that turn people’s lives. In the late 19th century, a young man named Robert Clyde “RC” Packer, enduring a rotten day at the track in his native Tasmania, found ten shillings on the ground, stuck it on something’s nose at 12-1 – and
Lightly raced filly Caste became the first Australian stakes-winner for Cornerstone Stud shuttler Sir Prancelot (IRE) and his fourteenth worldwide when capturing the Listed H C Nitschke Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Ridden by Jake Toeroek for Ben and JD Hayes, Caste defeated the fast-finishing favourite Royal Merchant (Merchant Navy) by a short-head with
For the third consecutive year, Cornerstone Stud was the leading vendor by aggregate. The Angaston-based farm finished the two-day sale grossing $1,136,000, after selling 25 yearlings at an average of $45,460. Cornerstone Stud’s General Manager, Sam Pritchard-Gordon, told TDN AusNZ: “Satisfied is probably the right description. We were on or around where we needed to
The bar has risen again and a quality line up of yearlings from across Australasia will converge on Morphettville in March for the 2023 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale. To be held on March 14 and 15 the auction has attracted a catalogue of 468 yearlings from five states as well as New Zealand and
It was a return to glory of sorts for the 7-year-old pocket rocket The Inevitable (Dundeel {NZ}) this week with a resounding win in the Listed Newmarket H. at Launceston. With rumours of Dubai now in tow, we revisit the old South Australian blood in this story with Cornerstone Stud’s Sam Hayes and the horse’s
