Savabeel (Aus)
In Australasian stallion news, Swettenham Stud and Waikato Stud revealed their 2025 rosters and fees on Wednesday, while Group 1 winner Schwarz (Aus) will stand at Rosemont Stud after his run in the upcoming G1 Doomben 10,000. Leading Swettenham's roster is former shuttle stallion and now permanent Southern Hemisphere resident Toronado (Ire), who will stand for an unchanged fee of A$88,000 this season. The leading active sire based in Victoria, the son of High Chaparral (Ire) was one of only two Australian stallions ranked among the world's top five sires...
by Renee Geelen/Kit Gow/TTR AusNZ Buyers remained hungry for top quality fillies on Day 3 of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale, with Rich Hill Stud's Proisir (Aus) delivering the two top priced lots on the day. Curraghmore continued their super sale, providing two of the most sought after yearlings in the session on behalf of Nearco Stud. Lot 564 - Proisir (Aus) x Donna Marie (NZ) (Don Eduardo {NZ}), filly, NZ$1,100,000 The full-sister to champion middle-distance horse Prowess (NZ) (Proisir {Aus}) was always going to command attention...
by Renee Geelen/Tom Baddock/TTR AusNZ The spotlight on Day 2 at Karaka 2025 was firmly on lot 345, a magnificent filly by champion sire Savabeel (Aus). As a full-sister to star mare Orchestral (NZ), she captured the attention of all the big hitters and ultimately fetched a jaw-dropping NZ$2.4 million, breaking the record for the highest-priced filly in the history of the sale. Lot 345 - Savabeel (Aus) x Symphonic (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}), filly, NZ$2,400,000 After an intense bidding war, Guy Mulcaster and Chris Waller were compelled to stretch their...
by Renee Geelen/Tom Baddock/TTR AusNZ Wootton Bassett (GB) continued his meteoric rise through the stallion ranks, supplying two of the top five highest priced lots on Day 1 of Karaka 2025, while the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Tom Magnier and Michael Freedman featured prominently on the buyers' list. Lot 6 - Wootton Bassett (GB) x Il Affare (NZ) (Dundeel {NZ}), colt, NZ$725,000 The progeny of Wootton Bassett (GB) continued to be hot property on Day 1 of Karaka 2025, starting out where they left off at the Magic Millions Gold...
The five-year-old broodmare Sedaka (NZ), offered in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) on a Southern Hemisphere cover, has been sold for a record 210,000gns to Bruce Slade of Kestrel Thoroughbreds, on behalf of Nocab Racing. The top-priced lot in the Tattersalls Online December Sale, she also becomes the highest-priced broodmare ever sold on the platform. The daughter of Savabeel (Aus), who was twice Group-placed as a three-year-old, was consigned by Watership Down Stud and is set to stay in Britain in the short term, with a return visit to...