T he Godolphin homebred, BROADSIDING may have just earned himself the two-year-old Champion honours when landing the Group 1 J J Atkins at Eagle Farm in devasting style. The son of Too Darn Hot made all when cruising to the front at the 300m pole with very little encouragement from James McDonald. “He keeps [...]
T he unbeaten two-year-old filly HOT DARLING set the record for the highest priced lot ever sold on the Tattersalls Online platform, when selling on Wednesday (12th June). Nurlan Bizakov’s Sumbe went to 460,000 Guineas to secure the filly, seeing off strong international rivalry. HOT DARLING comes from a precious family, her dam BOATER [...]
T he annual Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association (HTBA) awards were held earlier this month, where Too Darn Hot was recognised for his outstanding achievements in the Southern Hemisphere, topping the Champion First Season Sire category. Too Darn Hot sired nine winners of twelve races, spear-headed by Broadsiding who landed the G1 Champagne Stakes at [...]
T he conclusion of Tattersalls October yearling sales saw a total of forty-five yearlings by Too Darn Hot offered at Park Paddocks. 13 of those were catalogued in Book 1 of the sale and realised an average price of 191,308 guineas. Hazelwood Bloodstock consigned two notable Too Darn Hot colts at the sale. The [...]
T he 2023 renewal of the Tattersalls October yearling sales saw Watership Down consign a total of eighteen yearlings during Book 1. We were thrilled to welcome lots of familiar faces as well as many international buyers to inspect our draft throughout the week. We were delighted to offer outstanding two lots by our [...]
W e’re approaching the end of the 2022 foaling season now at both Kiltinan and Watership Down. We were delighted to welcome the safe arrival of Dar Re Mi’s colt foal by leading sire Lope De Vega on 26th April. He is a strong foal and typical of the sire, Simon Marsh added ‘we’re [...]
T he foaling season is well underway at both Kiltinan and Watership Down with a total of eighteen foals on the ground to date and a sizeable number of exciting maiden mares to note. Two homebred mares foaled in January, Shimmering (Lope De Vega) herself a winning miler at two, had a wonderful filly [...]
A n exciting draft of mares head to the Goffs November Breeding stock sale, consigned by our Irish stud; Kiltinan Castle. The five mares, catalogued as lot 1252 through 1256, all sell on Friday 19th November and can be viewed in Barn P from Wednesday 17th at lunch time onwards. The first lot selling [...]
T he end of October always marks the end of busy sales period, and none more so than this year. We were delighted to wrap up Tattersalls October Book 1 sale as second leading consigner, with nine fewer horses than the top consigner, as well as the highest priced colt to sell at the [...]
