Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2022 i Turf Monthly

Noholme II has an enduring legacy throughout the world. Unlike many stallions, it was his influence through his sons and grandsons that was perhaps most important. We will look at some of the best of these, and because of the number, it can be done alphabetically. ADIRONDACK HOLME This horse won eight of his sixteen starts and over $300,000 in stakes money. He was crowned the Champion New York bred 2yo and 3yo in 1980 and 1981 respectively. The stallion actually came to Australia in the mid 1980’s but had relatively little success. His daughter La Maison though produced the 1997 Magic Night Stakes winner Regal Chamber who was to go on to produce Regal Cheer who won three stakes races including the G1 Coolmore Classic in 2006 along with…

Pinatubo is another of the outstanding horses that Darley continually bring to Australia. He was an unbeaten 2yo, being crowned Champion of that age in Europe before going on to win at Group 1 level as a 3yo and being placed in the time honoured 2000 Guineas at that age. A champion son of the champion stallion, Shamardal, Pinatubo would not be out of place in any of the great studs of the world. It is truly amazing the quality of bloodstock we now see coming to Australia, yet oddly we still do not see these overseas lines dominating our breeding industry. It would be no surprise to see one of these new Darley stallions though becoming the new Danehill. This colt started his racing career by comfortably winning a…

The thoroughbred is unique in that the breed was established fundamentally for one purpose, and that is to race. Almost any individual horse can be traced back to its original foundations of a handful of ancestors that were specifically brought to Britain in order to introduce characteristics that were considered important to racing ability. The first edition of the General Stud Book which is the means by which all thoroughbreds are registered, was established in England in 1793. Though in 1791 Mr James Weatherby did publish a book titled Introduction to a General Stud Book which was the forerunner to the Stud Book. In the United Kingdom, the General Stud Book remains the property of Weatherby’s, a company retaining the name of its original founder. Separate Stud Books have been…

Home Affairs is the most expensive of the new stallions standing in Australia this season. Coolmore no doubt is hoping that he will create a new dynasty for the world-wide behemoth of the racing industry. Bred by Torryburn Stud, it is no coincidence that Coolmore purchased the colt from the Inglis Easter sale for the hefty price tag of $875,000. Apart from Home Affairs being closely related to Russian Revolution, both stallions are from the family of the blue hen mare, Fanfreluche whose descendants include not only Golden Slipper winner, Flying Spur, but also the long time Coolmore stallion, Encosta De Lago. No doubt this will play a role in his future, but before we get to that let us look at Home Affairs on the track. He started his…

The Irish bred son of Wootton Bassett in Wooded is one of Victoria’s new stallions for 2022. Standing at Swettenham Stud, he becomes the first son of that stallion to stand in the State. Wootton Bassett himself is now shuttling to Coolmore in NSW, while his son Almanzor stands in New Zealand. We have featured both of these stallions in the past, and we wonder whether Victoria might be the place where this line established itself in the Southern Hemisphere. Wooded started his career in July of his NH 2yo season, running second by a short neck to a colt called Derbyism at Dieppe. The seven furlong (1400m) event was to be that colt’s only win. At his next start, Wooded won over the same distance at Deauville before again…

Noholme was the second live foal of the Colombo mare, Oceana. The mare had been purchased by the famed breeder Stanley Wootton for his new stallion, Star Kingdom. It was to be a master stroke as the first foal from the mating was the flying colt, Todman who was to win the inaugural Golden Slipper when trained by Maurice McCarten and ridden by Neville Sellwood. The second was to be Noholme who was two years younger than Todman, and destined to live his life in Australia under the shadow of his famous brother. The colt stepped out in the Juvenile Handicap at Randwick, a race that had also been the launching pad for Todman. While Todman set a record in an eight length romp, Noholme was to win by three…

Extreme Warrior represents an exciting new prospect for the emerging stallion powerhouse of Rosemont Stud. He is one of three sons of his sire, Extreme Choice, to go to stud this season along with Tiger Of Malay and Golden Slipper winner, Stay Inside. Oddly, the three look to be quite different prospects, although all largely are early sprinting types, their dams have varied pedigrees. But whatever the others do, they do not impact this stallion who offers Victorian breeders their first look at a son of Extreme Choice, one of Australia’s hottest stallions. Extreme Warrior was not the best performed racehorse to go to stud this year. He had his first start in the Debutante Stakes at Caulfield in October 2020, running an impressive second behind Fake Love, a filly…

Captivant is a son of Capitalist, making him one of the first from that sire to go to stud. The stakes-placed Profiteer is another who will be standing his first season this year at Newgate in NSW. Captivant will stand at the rejuvenated Kia Ora Stud whose name features regularly in the pages of our magazine as one of the great thoroughbred nurseries in history. On the track, Captivant started his career on 17 October 2020 over 1000m at Randwick, winning the Victory Vein Stakes beating Akihiro. Next up was a fourth in the million-dollar Golden Gift behind Sneaky Five over 1100m at Rosehill after again getting back in the run and finishing strongly to be beaten less than two lengths. A break saw him return for a third in…