sires less than 7k
Cheltenham 2009 by numbers
Monday, March 16th, 2009review of the breeding of the Cheltenham 2009 winners
Eurosavers- Best Bargain Basement sires in Ireland
Sunday, June 15th, 2008With so many stallions in Ireland, I thought it would be easy to compile a list of five or six of the best value sires in Ireland standing for less than €7000. I was wrong and I’m not sure why. Maybe it is just my methodology that is suspect, as I define bargain basement sires as those standing [...]
Bargain Basement British Sires- Best of the Rest
Saturday, June 14th, 2008There is a difference between price and worth. Bargains can be found by recognising that difference. Browsing through a list of stallions in Britain at fees of under £5000 there were a few surprising names. Some of these are older stallions who have fallen out of fashion, some are stallions facing into difficult second, or third seasons and [...]
Hebridean- a Ballydoyle blueblood?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Aidan O’ Brien totally dominated the Guineas weekend at the Curragh. He won three Group 1’s, two Group 3’s and a Listed race. Many racing people would argue that such success is only to be expected given the quality of the horses stabled at Ballydoyle. The argument goes that good horses make good trainers and [...]
