Andy Makiv

By Renee Geelen/TTRAusNZ Darley Australia have held the fees steady for their big guns in 2026, with Too Darn Hot again shuttling from Europe to headline the star-studded roster at A$275,000 (inc. GST). Across their two properties, Kelvinside in New South Wales and Northwood Park in Victoria, Darley Australia will stand 16 stallions. "This is an amazing line-up of stallions. It's hard to imagine a better roster," said Andy Makiv, managing director of Godolphin Australia. "Stallions that have won the right races, with the right pedigrees and producing the right...

A nomination to Darley's Too Darn Hot topped Wednesday's Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale when selling to Taisen Maddern for A$255,000. The sale of the Too Darn Hot nomination was a collaboration between Godolphin, Watership Down Stud and CatWalk, with all proceeds going directly towards funding critical research to help those living with spinal cord injuries. Maddern has earmarked his Street Boss mare Sliders to be the beneficiary of the Too Darn Hot nomination purchase. "I actually had Sliders booked into Too Darn Hot last year, but when he...

Godolphin Australia announced on Wednesday that it will move to a public training model when James Cummings's current contract comes to an end on Thursday, July 31. In a joint statement with Cummings, Godolphin Australia managing director Andy Makiv said the change would provide greater flexibility for the business, while maintaining Godolphin's strong presence in the Australian Thoroughbred industry. "The private training model that we first adopted after the purchase of Woodlands in 2007 with successive trainers, Peter Snowden, John O'Shea and now James Cummings for the past eight years,...

By Kit Gow/TTR AusNZ One of the world's hottest young sires Too Darn Hot (GB) will return to Darley Australia for the 2025 breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of A$275,000 (inc GST). The sire of champion two-year-old colt Broadsiding (Aus), electric juvenile Rivellino (Aus) and a total of 23 stakes winners worldwide was sorely missed last year after a brief illness during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season prompted connections to cancel his travel down under. A stallion who exploded on to the Australasian racing scene with...

Andy Makiv has been appointed as Godolphin Australia's new managing director, it was announced on Thursday. Makiv joined Godolphin Australia in 2008 and was based in Victoria, first as nominations manager and then as general manager which saw him oversee the Carbine Lodge racing stable and Northwood Park. In 2021, he was appointed head of sales. The managing director role was vacated by Vin Cox, who moved over to run Yulong Stud at the end of last year. "I'm honoured to be part of such a dynamic organisation," said Makiv....