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4 days ago | theownerbreeder.com | Tom Peacock

Anthony Bromley can only shrug his shoulders at the irony. As an up-and-coming bloodstock agent he couldn’t catch a break at buying a Flat horse but instead became the undisputed powerbroker behind the biggest names of the modern jumping era. Now, through strange quirks of fate and fashion, he is managing something close to the best of both worlds, remade as an identifier of bargain two-year-old talent yet still centre stage at Cheltenham or Punchestown.
Power of Juddmonte families on display at Ascot

5 days ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

Any owner would be forgiven for thinking that deep pockets are needed to play at Royal Ascot given the number of runners who changed hands privately in the weeks leading up to the meeting, culminating in the very public £2 million acquisition of Ghostwriter by Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing at the Goffs London Sale.
Australia back in spotlight as Lambourn dominates in Derby victory

2 weeks ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

I can’t have been the only one who did a double take at Australia’s 2025 fee of €10,000. The cut from €17,500 came despite a respectable run on the track highlighted in 2024 by the win of Port Fairy in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot not to mention a Listed win at Craon for a promising two-year-old colt named Lambourn.
A Classic Nursery

3 weeks ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

Some 4,000 miles away from Newmarket on the first Saturday in May, the 2,000 Guineas was being played out in a quiet corner of a Kentucky barn. There was a moment of pride and satisfaction for the Mayer family who brought Ruling Court into the world, then it was back to work with the mares, the day continuing in its usual rhythm at Nursery Place. If nothing else was ever said about the Lexington farm, 2,000 Guineas day would be enough to encapsulate the farm and its ethos.
Sexton Files: Unique Classic sweep decades in the making

3 weeks ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

Godolphin’s remarkable early May weekend, during which Sheikh Mohammed’s operation won the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas alongside the Kentucky Oaks and Derby, has set a bar for excellence that will be hard to rival for years to come. The Coolmore team has pulled off the Guineas double on three occasions over the past decade, but you have to go back 1952 to find the last owner, Calumet Farm who landed both the Kentucky Oaks – Derby (courtesy of Hill Gail and Real Delight) in the same year.
Breeder of the Month: Meon Valley Stud

1 month ago | theownerbreeder.com | Tom Peacock

Meon Valley Stud’s black and white spotted silks are instantly recognisable among the ranks of great British owner-breeders, seen at the highest level by the likes of Milligram, Zee Zee Top and One So Wonderful. As the Hampshire farm set out to produce middle-distance and Classic prospects from the time it was developed in 1980, it is no great surprise that once in a while a National Hunt horse will emerge instead.
Opening Test - The Owner Breeder

1 month ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

It’s that time of year where stallion masters are holding their breath. For some, it’s awaiting a stallion’s first runners. For others, and equally just as important, are the arrivals of a first crop of foals. There is nothing quite like the whispers of the bloodstock industry to fuel a notion, and for studs all over the world there will always be the pressure to receive positive chat. That starts early on as breeders look to see whether a stallion is stamping his stock.
Breeders' Digest: More headwinds with threat of tariff trade barrier

1 month ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

One welcome aspect to recent yearling sales seasons has been the growing participation of American buyers. Mike Ryan, working on behalf of Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables, really set the ball rolling at Tattersalls in 2017 when coming away with six yearlings worth 1,315,000gns.
Sexton Files: Fresh blood working to Juddmonte's advantage

1 month ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

This article first appeared in the May edition of Owner Breeder magazineIt is easy to become wrapped up in the commercial aspect of the business but it remains that owner-breeders continue to be very much the backbone when it comes to class. That is despite a seemingly dwindling number of such operators, sadly not a surprising development if the expense and length of time required to cultivate a successful stud is taken into account.
Varied avenues behind Godolphin's Classic sweep

1 month ago | theownerbreeder.com | Nancy Sexton

Godolphin’s remarkable 48 hours, which encompassed victories in the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas alongside the Kentucky Oaks and Derby, has set a bar for excellence that will be hard to rival for years to come. The Coolmore team is no stranger to securing the Guineas double, having won both on three occasions over the past decade, but you have to go back 1952 to find the last owner, Calumet Farm (Hill Gail and Real Delight) who landed both the Kentucky Oaks – Derby in the same year.