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Bluebloods - Issue 5 - 2026
It was somewhat of an homecoming for Diego Velazquez when he wore the Sangster family silks to victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois-Gr1, 1600m at Deauville last year, the same colours so famously donned by his breed-shaping great grandsire Sadler’s Wells.
Issue 6, 2026
Named after a corrupt, rotten borough, Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj- Balladonia, by Primo Dominie) comes to Australia as a proven stallion with his first locally bred crop selling as yearlings in 2024. Corruption ran rife through Wootton Bassett between 1447 to 1831 at which point the borough was abolished by the
Issue 6, 2026
The Gr1 Golden Slipper’s reputation as a sire making race is well established and with only five colts winning it in the last ten years, the 2021 winner Stay Inside (Extreme Choice-Nothin Leica Storm, by Anabaa) belongs to a select group of horses.
Issue 6, 2026
Australia loves speed. The racing is set up for it with the majority of races being at 1400 metres or less, and the commercial market wants to buy a horse who will get up running quickly, not just with precocity but also with pure speed. Australia’s major export market,