Twin Hills Stud

Twin Hills Stud

Twin Hills is owned and managed by Olly and Amber Tait. The Tait family has been synonymous with racing and breeding success in Australia since the 1920s. Olly has unparalleled international experience in the management of bloodstock. Boasting state of the art facilities on an immaculate property based at Cootamundra in NSW, Twin Hills Stud offers quality stallions, bloodstock management, broodmare & youngstock agistment, racehorse spelling, sales preparation & consignment.

400 Dirnaseer Road , Cootamundra, NSW, 2590
olly@twinhillsstud.com
www.twinhillsstud.com
+61 2 6942 2268
Chris Kent - Stud Manager
ckent@twinhillsstud.com
0417 439 887
Jess Brien - Office Manager
jbrien@twinhillsstud.com
02 6942 2268

Stallions standing at Twin Hills Stud

Daumier

Daumier service fee for 2025 is $16,500

3rd season at stud

Hallowed Crown

Hallowed Crown service fee for 2025 is $8,800

Latest winner: Twisted Queen

Peltzer

Peltzer service fee for 2025 is $11,000

Latest winner: Tom Vegas

Smart Missile

Smart Missile service fee for 2025 is $13,200

Latest winner: Missile Seeker

Latest News

The economy of Turkey has been struggling in recent years, but there will be something to celebrate tonight, with the Epaulette colt Daumier providing a third Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in four years for Anthony and Sam Freedman.
Despite just five runners contesting the Listed Blue Diamond Preview (C&G) at Caulfield on Wednesday the race looked ripe for an upset, which was supplied by the Godolphin debutant Daumier.
While Godolphin did not see an immediate return on the $1,125,000 shelled out for the Group 1 winner Star Shiraz the 2007 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, it is reaping the rewards from her daughter Retsina.
Before today only three horses by So You Think had made a winning debut over 1000m, including Group One winner La Diosa, so the future looks bright for Kembla Grange winner Peltzer which is now the fourth.
When Missile Launch reeled off six wins in seven starts as a 4-year-old few would have thought it would take him over a year and 15 starts to earn his first black-type.
On a day when six of our second crop sires all posted winners, only one of them managed a winning double and that was Darley’s Hallowed Crown, who had two short priced favourites salute at Bendigo for Godolphin.
The VRC Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) at Flemington on Oaks Day did not carry Black type, but with a $500,000 pot of prizemoney was a hotly contested race with talented Smart Missile gelding Star Missile powering home to down the hot favourite Harbour Views (Fr).
The amazing last to first win by Jericho Missile in the Listed D'Orsogna-Belgravia Stakes (1200m) at Ascot rounded out another successful Saturday Twin Hills Stud’s resident stallion Smart Missile.
Group III placed twice previously, progressive Smart Missile mare Smart Coupe finally scored a well-deserved first Black Type success when resuming from a spell to win the $140,000 Listed The Breeze Retirement Stakes at Geelong on Wednesday.
Winner of both the Group I Queensland Derby and Oaks in 1999, blue-blooded Danehill (USA) mare Camarena died in 2017 and her last foal became a winner at Newcastle on Tuesday for Darley’s promising young sire Hallowed Crown.
Sent off a short-priced favourite off the back of a luckless second at Cranbourne when on debut, the Wendy Kelly-trained Lord Markel got the job done with a minimum of fuss in a 1435m maiden at Geelong on Monday.
Entered for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas and Group I ATC Golden Rose, promising Smart Missile three year-old Yao Dash took another step forward when beating highly rated filly Funstar at Randwick on Saturday.
The Group I ATC Golden Rose winner of 2014, Hallowed Crown retired to Darley at the end of his career and produced a smart debut winner at Warrnambool on Thursday.
Entered for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas and Group I ATC Golden Rose , promising Smart Missile three year-old Yao Dash scored an eye-catching debut win at Canterbury on Wednesday to become the 600th winner for Dynamic Syndications.
While she was no match for the odd-on favourite Skillet (I Am Invincible) in a 1350m maiden at Wyong on Tuesday, Godolphin’s Hallowed Crown filly Tisane did enough at her career debut to suggest she will write a fitting epitaph for her wonderful dam Camarena.
Bred and retained to race by Gooree Stud, dual Group I winner and promising young sire Hallowed Crown provided Gooree with an exciting two year-old winner at Randwick on Saturday when Rule the World made it two wins in as many starts.
Gooree Stud would be well pleased to see their blue-blood Front Sight cast off maiden status as a short-priced favourite at Wyong on Thursday.
Bred and retained to race by Gooree Stud, dual Group I winner and promising young sire Hallowed Crown provided Gooree with a promising debut two year-old winner at Canterbury on Wednesday in Rule the World.
Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse had never won the race named in her honour, but she and co-trainer Adrian Bott claimed the spoils in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich today with talented Smart Missile filly Ready to Prophet.
Darley’s dual Group I winner Hallowed Crown shuttled to the UK for two seasons and posted his first Northern Hemisphere winner overnight with a tenacious win at Beverley for two year-old filly Allhallowtide.

Recent Sales For Twin Hills Stud

2025 Adelaide Yearling Sale - Top price: $60,000
2025 Australian Broodmare Sale - Top price: $100,000
2025 Australian Weanling Sale - Top price: $30,000
2025 Chairman's Sale - Top price: $400,000
2025 Classic Yearling Sale - Top price: $140,000
2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Top price: $260,000
2025 HTBA Yearling Sale - Top price: $35,000
2025 Premier Yearling Sale - Top price: $230,000
2024 Adelaide Yearling Sale - Top price: $110,000
2024 Australian Weanling Sale - Top price: $100,000
2024 Chairman's Sale - Top price: $2,200,000
2024 Classic Yearling Sale - Top price: $200,000
2024 Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Top price: $450,000
2024 Great Southern Weanling Sale - Top price: $105,000
2024 HTBA Yearling Sale - Top price: $65,000
2024 National Broodmare Sale - Top price: $450,000
2024 Premier Yearling Sale - Top price: $460,000
2024 Virtual Sale August - Top price: $0