Better Than Ready (AUS)
One of Queensland’s most successful studs – and operated by the Kruger family since 1956 – Lyndhurst Stud is located south west of Brisbane at Warwick. Offering all professional thoroughbred services – from agistment and foaling to yearling sale preparation and high quality stallions, Lyndhurst Stud has Condamine River frontage with extensive irrigation throughout.
PO Box 348 , Warwick, QLD, 4370jeff@lyndhurststud.com
www.lyndhurststud.com
+61 (07) 4661 1588
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Better Than Ready and Barbaric Earn Champion Sire Titles for Queensland
Lyndhurst Stud in Queensland is home to just two stallions and they have both made their mark in the past 12 months with Better Than Ready finishing as Champion Queensland Sire for the fourth year in a row, while young gun Barbaric is the Champion First Season Sire.
Six Winners in Six Days – Better Than Ready
Lyndhurst Stud based Better Than Ready is at full throttle coming to the end of the season with six winners in the past six days to bring his tally to 123 seasonal winners and one of those winners put Siena Grima within striking distance of winning the Sydney apprentice jockeys title for 2025/2026.
Bargain Better Than Ready 3YO Delivers the Dream
A yearling bought by his trainer Jack Bruce for just $7,000 at the 2024 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale became a stakes-winner at Eagle Farm on Saturday and cracked half a million dollars in prizemoney!
If your goal this spring is to choose a stallion that can breed you a nice winner with upside it might not be as expensive as you think.
Chidiac Getting Better and Better
A homebred for Gerry Harvey’s Baramul Stud, Better Than Ready mare Chidiac got the cash last start when winning the $1million ATC Country Championship Final at Randwick and today she got the Black Type winning the $250,000 Group III Hawkesbury Crown (1300m).
$130,000 Better Than Ready Filly Tops MM Gold Coast March Day 1
Champion local trainer Tony Gollan made his presence felt on Day One of the 2026 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale securing a number of classy youngsters including the top seller of the day.
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| Sire of Dam | Winners | Best Horse |
|---|---|---|
| Freeze | 18 wnrs (3 sw) | Alpine Edge |
| Fastnet Rock | 18 wnrs (2 sw) | Lim's Bighorn |
| Exceed And Excel | 21 wnrs (1 sw) | Skirt The Law |
| Commands | 14 wnrs (1 sw) | Epic Proportions |
| Redoute's Choice | 14 wnrs (1 sw) | Metalart |
| Choisir | 13 wnrs (1 sw) | Chrysaor |
| Bradbury's Luck | 11 wnrs (1 sw) | Hidden Wealth |
| Encosta De Lago | 11 wnrs (1 sw) | Chidiac |
| Denman | 10 wnrs (1 sw) | Steady Ready |
| Snitzel | 10 wnrs (1 sw) | The Odyssey |
Multiple Group 1 producing sire with 69% winners to runners! ... Champion Australian First Season Sire by winners and a leading Queensland sire … over $65 million n progeny earnings and 29 stakes horses ... outstanding near black racehorse with 8 wins inc. 4 stakes victories at 3 & 4 … broke Northern Meteor’s Randwick 1200m track record … bred similarly to brilliant sire Sebring … stakes winners include Apache Chase (G1 Kingsford-Smith), Port Lockroy (G1 Railway S.), multiple stakes winners, Hidden Wealth, Epic Proportions, Chrysaor, Alpine Edge, The Odyssey, Tiger Legend, The Vowels, Skirt The Law etc. plus 2025 $1 million MM National 2YO Classic winner Isti Star. 2026 fee: $27,500 (payment live foal).