Tuesday 2nd March 2010

We had our fourth foal of the season when American Rouge had a strong and correct filly by Sleeping Indian last night.

Our first mare has been scanned in foal. Ada River, a winning and multiple stakes placed Maiden Mare by Dansili, has been scanned in foal to Cape Cross, sire of the incomparable Sea The Stars.

The photographs of the Kempton Breeze Up horses are now available to be viewed on the Forthcoming Sales Page. The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up catalogue is online at www.tattersalls.com and our consignment will be on the Forthcoming Sales page shortly.

Friday 19th February 2010

We have had two new colt foals this week, both belonging to Hillwood Thoroughbred Breeding Ltd.

Jardin foaled a rangy, good limbed son of Manduro on monday and Flora Burn had a well grown colt by Sleeping Indian this morning. Jardin is due to be covered by Danehill Dancer and Flora Burn returns to Sleeping Indian.

The Goffs at Kempton Breeze Up Sale is now only three weeks away. We have a consignment of three for this sale and two for the Doncaster Breeze Up. These pedigrees can now be viewed on the Forthcoming Sales page and their photographs will be available two weeks prior to the Sale. We are also consigning at the two Tattersalls Breeze Up Sales with six due to go to the Craven Sale and another six entered in the Guineas Sale.

Thursday 28th January 2010

We welcomed our first foal of 2010 when Barry and Janet Marsden's SPUNGER had an attractive and correct bay filly by DUTCH ART last thursday. SPUNGER is due to be covered by BAHAMIAN BOUNTY.

We have fourteen mares to foal this year and a further five Maiden or Barren mares to cover. Along with fifteen two year olds to prepare for the Breeze Up Sales it promises to be a busy spring.

Our website will be undergoing several updates and new features over the coming months so we hope that you will appreciate the improvements but please bear with us while the changes are being made.

Saturday 6th June 2009

Two stakes winners in the last seven days have continued the impressive run of our current crop of three year olds.

Danehill Destiny was an easy winner of the Listed Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock last weekend. Having been bought as a foal for 62,000 Guineas she was reared and consigned by Hillwood and made 120,000 Guineas at the Tattersalls October Sale Book 1. Ocean's Minstrel followed up his earlier Listed success and creditable performance in the 2,000 Guineas with a good front running victory in the Listed Surrey Stakes at Epsom on Oaks day. Another graduate of the Tattersalls October Sale he is now being aimed at the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Our final foal of the year was a colt by Exceed and Excel out of Barry Taylor's mare Kalindi. Born on 11 May he is an attractive, racy individual who is a half brother to the Group winning Abigail Pett. Kalindi is being rested this year.

The Sales companies have all inspected this year's yearlings and we are in the process of determining which sale they are offered at. We expect to consign around forty yearlings in total this autumn.

Monday 20th April 2009

It has been a busy few months with the Breeding season in full swing, the Breeze Up Sales and Hillwood graduates already performing with distinction on the track.

Stuart McPhee's Aptina foaled a bay colt by Aussie Rules on 2 March and is back in foal to Sleeping Indian. We then had a lull before welcoming three arrivals in the space of a few days. Hillwood Thoroughbred Breeding's Fascination Street had a racy bay filly by Pivotal on 6 April. She is a three parts sister to the Champion race mare Golden Apples. Fascination Street visits Pivotal's son Kyllachy. On 8 April Chris and Debbie Buckley's Exultate Jubilate foaled a bay filly by Excellent Art and Geoff Russell's Miss Meltemi had a bay colt by Nayef. Exultate Jubilate is being rested this year while Miss Meltemi will be covered by Exceed and Excel.

The Breeze Up sales have gone well for Hillwood with the highlights being the sales of the Street Cry ex Clever Dorothy filly and Danehill Dancer ex Kimbajar colt at last week's Tattersalls Craven Sale. The filly made 100,000 Guineas having been bought in Keeneland for the equivalent of £40,000 and the colt made 120,000 Guineas having been bought in as a yearling for £70,000. We are consigning at the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale and the draft can be viewed on the Forthcoming Sales Page.

Our current crop of three year olds have produced three stakes winners already this year. April Pride, a graduate of the Kempton Breeze Up, won a Listed race at Santa Anita in California while both Nashmiah and Minstrel's Dance, both Tattersalls October yearlings, are the winners of Listed races at Lingfield. They are being aimed at the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas respectively.

Wednesday 18th February 2009

The Breeding Season is now in full swing and we have had another three foals in the first two weeks of February as well as our first couple of mares covered.

On 3 February Christina Dunlop's American Rouge had a fine, big strong colt by Avonbridge. The Group 1 winning sprinter Avonbridge has his first two year old runners this year and the reports on their progress so far have been promising. On 9 February Hillwood Thoroughbred Breeding's Jardin produced a very correct and striking Colt by Medicean. This is Jardin's second foal, she has a yearling filly by Selkirk, and the half sister to Sleeping Indian is due to visit Manduro. The last of the three colts born so far this month was Chris and Debbie Buckley's son of Sir Percy out of Windmill who foaled on Valentine's Night, 14 February. He is a well grown, correct individual and the mare is due to visit Teofilo.

Flora Burn has been covered by Sleeping Indian and Spunger has visited Dutch Art. With several more covers due in the forthcoming week it is an anxious wait to see whether the mares are in foal when scanned at 16 days.

Friday 23rd January 2009

We had our first foal of the season when Spunger had a bay filly by Kyllachy yesterday morning.

Barry and Janet Marden's mare was a three time winner for Ralph Beckett and subsequently Harry Dunlop. She is a half sister to the highly promising Mafaaz. Mafaaz, a son of Medicean, won his maiden first time out before finishing a close fifth to subsequent Breeder's Cup Juvenile winner Donatavium in the Tattersalls Timeform Million on his only other start last year. Spunger visits Dutch Art, a son of Medicean, this year.