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August 2 2009

Guitar the Star again

Quiet American colt lands fifth Stakes win; Perfect Bull wins Minnesota Derby for Holy Bull

Star Guitar won at Stakes level for the fifth time on Saturday, recording his second in a row with victory in the Louisiana Cup
July 27 2009

Second straight Stakes win for Elusive Horizon

Daughter of Elusive Quality add the Boeing Handicap to notch her fourth Stakes victory; Offlee Wild sires his sixth winner

Elusive Horizon, a four-year-old daughter of Darley stallion Elusive Quality, recorded her fourth career Stakes win and her second inside a month when dead-heating
July 22 2009

High five

Freshman sire Consolidator notches his fifth individual winner and sires his first Black type performer

Darley first-season sire Consolidator recorded his fifth individual winner in convincing style on 22 July, when Dubai Miracle put up an impressive performance to
July 21 2009

Select Sale success

Darley's young stallions prove popular on day one of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale

The opening session of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale, whilst understandably down on last year’s figures, was nonetheless successful for the Darley stallions
July 16 2009

For the Notebook

Holy Bull juvenile Bulls and Bears scores on debut at Belmont
July 5 2009

Listed triumph for Heavenville on Independence Day

Offlee Wild records first Stakes winner; Listed winners for Quiet American and Elusive Quality

The Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s homebred Heavenville was Offlee Wild's first winner and he is now also his sire’s first Stakes winner having recorded a
June 29 2009

Spot on, Bruce

"Everything that I think is good, that is what I saw in him," was the assessment of trainer Bruce Headley on selecting Street Boss at the yearling sales. The chestnut son of Street Cry went on to smash track records and win seven races, including two Grade One sprints and now he's coming to Australia

Sitting atop the three-year-old Timeform ratings for the current season is Whobegotyou, with a mark of 126. The Caulfield Guineas winner is one of
June 27 2009

No sting in her tail

Dame Ellen becomes the latest Stakes winner for Elusive Quality when taking the Perfect Sting Stakes at Belmont Park

Dame Ellen, a three-year-old daughter of Elusive Quality, became the ninth Black type winner for her sire this year when landing the Perfect Sting
June 26 2009

Mare in foal to Bernardini sells for $1.2million

Polar Success, carrying a foal by Darley's World Champion, tops the Inglis Australian Weanling & Breeding Stock Sale

The Inglis Australian Weanling & Breeding Stock Sale concluded on 26 June after two strong sessions that recorded a clearance rate of 84 per
June 14 2009

Smooth progression

Daughter of Quiet American lands fifth consecutive Stakes win in the G1 Ogden Phipps Handicap to spark Darley-sired 1-2 as Seventh Street finishes second; news Stakes winners for Street Cry and Cherokee Run

Seattle Smooth and Seventh Street, daughters of Quiet American and Street Cry respectively, landed the quinella in the G1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont