Toronado - New Winner

Terribly sad news from Arrowfield Stud today with the passing of their much loved champion sire Snitzel.

A four time Champion Australian Sire in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Snitzel was an extremely fertile sire that covered 3043 mares in 19 seasons at stud in Australia and attracted 100 plus books in every year since 2010, so his passing will cast shockwaves through the breeding industry.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Waterhouse Bott stable is known for it’s fast front running juveniles, but a Written Tycoon colt that didn’t get the memo found a different way to win on debut at Randwick on Wednesday.

The Group I BRC Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) to be run at Eagle Farm on Saturday has attracted a full field, plus emergencies and with $3million in prizemoney is a race that can have a bearing on the Australian sire tables late in the season.

Former jockey Herbie Rauhihi, who was revered by many young hoops in the Central Districts, has passed away, aged 86.

Entries are being loaded for the National Online Breeding Stock Sale?on?Gavelhouse Plus?with these due for the popular stand-alone breeding stock sale by 17th June. 

With his star colt Cool Archie set to run as favourite in this weekend’s Group I BRC JJ Atkins (1600m), Newhaven Park’s Cool Aza Beel kept the momentum going with a new winner at Doomben on Wednesday in Kahlua Girl.

The popularity of Coolmore shuttle stallion Wootton Bassett (GB) continues to intensify with a sale-topping result in today’s Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale.

Trial watchers have had a good eye on this two year-old Toronado (IRE) filly for a while now and punters jumped out of trees to back her at Canterbury on Wednesday and she didn’t let them down.