By Kristen Manning, TTR 19 September, 2023 “The beginning of every racing story can be told from a slightly different angle,” Alastair Forres said and that is certainly the case when it comes to the mare he brought to Australia in the early 1980s – the mighty Eight Carat (GB) (Pieces Of Eight {Ire}). Just […]
By Andrew Eddy – Racing.com 13 September 2023 Papillon Club can revive great memories of Pinker Pinker for her trainer Greg Eurell if she can win Saturday’s Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington. Earlier this month, Papillon Club mirrored the fifth placing in the G3 Cockram Stakes that Pinker Pinker achieved first-up in 2011 […]
By ANZ Bloodstock, 10th September, 2023. Danny Shum will plot a path towards the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) on December 10 with Victor The Winner (Toronado) after the lightly raced gelding toppled Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse), the world’s highest-rated sprinter, in the Class 1 the HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin […]
Wooded scored a huge pedigree update over the weekend with his 2yo full brother Bucanero Fuerte winning the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes by 4 lengths! “I think Bucanero Fuerte is a serious horse. That’s three runs and three wins here, he’s the horse of a lifetime.” – Adrian Murray, Trainer “He’s an exceptionally nice horse, […]
By Breednet, July 3 2023 The Group II Railway Stakes (6f) at The Curragh on Sunday for juvenile colts produced a quinella for Wootton Bassett with Bucanero Fuerte edging out the race favourite Unquestionable. The Adrian Murray trained Bucanero Fuerte won on debut at The Curragh back in March and then finished third at Royal […]
2023 has been a tremendous year for Swettenham Stud and our stallions so far! Adam Sangster and the team would like to thank everyone for their ongoing support. These outstanding results such as Toronado’s Shesallshenanigans dominating the $1m VOBIS Showdown are not possible without you, the breeder. In just 5 starts, Shesallshenanigans has accumulated $783,250 in […]
15 April, 2023 by Mark Smith, breednet After siring the inaugural winner of the $1,000,000 The Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria Showdown, Swettenham Stud’s high-flying Toronado (IRE) struck again with Shesallshenanigans in the valuable feature at Sandown-Lakeside on Saturday. Given a positive ride by Linda Meech, the Simon Zahra-trained filly was strong to the line in defeating […]