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BREEDING INSIGHTS: Historic Thyestes win for Nick Rockett
Leo Powell
Sponsors Goffs sold the dam of this year's Thyestes Chase winner, writes Leo Powell
17 January 2025 Point-to-Point
EOGHÁIN WARD: Which sires did the 2024 winners point to?
Walk In The Park again claimed star billing as the top sire of four-year-olds but who else had notable success?
20 December 2024 Bloodstock news
Luxembourg fee set at €7,000
Coolmore's National Hunt division has published the 2025 covering fees for its stallion roster
Foal trade holds up in face of market polarisation
Leo Powell reports from the three-day Goffs December National Hunt Sale which saw a record price set amidst a challenging market for some
13 December 2024 Bloodstock Sales
BREEDING INSIGHTS: No Walk In The Park for Croke Park
Leo Powell has a peek into the families of Fairyhouse winners Croke Park and Anzadam
6 December 2024 Pedigree analysis
Princess Vega's first foal fetches £70,000
Leo Powell reports on the second edition of the Goffs UK Doncaster British NH Breeders Showcase Sale
1 November 2024 Bloodstock Sales
Thoroughbreds can find their niche in another discipline
Horse Racing Ireland equine welfare and bloodstock director John Osborne celebrates the happy detours in thoroughbred breeding
16 September 2024 Miscellaneous
The most profitable sires at the store sales
French sires dominated the top of the market at both the Arkle and Derby Sales, but the averages posted by Irish stallions gave breeders some cheer
5 July 2024 Bloodstock Sales
EOGHÁIN WARD: Which store horse stallions are in demand?
Soldier Of Fortune looks set to become champion point-to-point sire where no fewer than 50 individual stallions have already sired a four-year-old point-to-point winner in this spring
17 May 2024 Point-to-Point
CHELTENHAM 2024: Walking the Walk
Leo Powell looks at the impact Walk In The Park has had on racing and breeding in Ireland and Britain, and what is likely to come. He also lists 10 young horses by Walk In The Park to watch.
26 February 2024 Racing features
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Back the outsiders for Cheltenham sires
Breeding a Cheltenham Grade 1 winner is a more random business than you might expect
23 February 2024 Racing columns
NEWS: Walk In The Park nomination to be won
Coolmore Stud's National Hunt division is repeating a popular promotion from last year
23 February 2024 Bloodstock news