Stunning Frankel Stallion Diego Velazquez to Swettenham Stud in 2026

Swettenham Stud are thrilled to announce that Frankel’s exceptional Group 1 winner DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (IRE)  will shuttle to their Nagambie operation, commencing in 2026. Winner of the 1600m G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, just like sensational…

BREED NOW, BENEFIT LATER! Breeding mares in November and December has been a huge success, on the track as well as in the sales ring. If it wasn’t for astute breeder’s sending their mares to stud later in the year, we wouldn’t have Legends such as LOHNRO and VERRY ELLEEGANT. Other recent stars that were […]

by Tara Madgwick, Breednet – Thursday October 13   A third of the runners in this year’s $15million The Everest are by Swettenham Stud based sires past and present, but it’s their new recruit Wooded (IRE), who holds the promise of producing sprinting stars for the future. A brilliantly fast speedster by Wootton Bassett that scored […]

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, TBV For Jacquinot’s breeder and part-owner Lindsay Maxsted, it was a case of two of his great sporting loves clashing head-on during a hectic Saturday afternoon. The corporate high-flyer, who is also chairman of Coolmore Stud Australia, is Geelong born and bred and a passionate Cat supporter. And as a horse breeder, […]