News - BETTER THAN READY (AUS)
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Lyndhurst Stud will be kept busy this week with a draft of 36 for the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale starting on Thursday with the spotlight firmly on youngsters by Better Than Ready and Barbaric.
Lyndhurst Stud Farm is home to one of Queensland’s favourite sons Better Than Ready and their Magic Millions draft of 12 features three by the reigning Champion Queensland Sire.
Weight can sometimes stop a train, but Tony Gollan’s Better Than Ready gelding carried top weight to victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Listed BRC Magic Millions Falvelon (1200m) at Eagle Farm with the win securing the gelding automatic entry to the $1m Magic Millions Snippets (1200m) on January 17.
The $175,000 Magic Millions Victorian 3YO and 4YO Classic (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday produced a dominant winner in Gin a Tonic, shining the spotlight on his half-brother by Ole Kirk to be offered at Magic Millions next month.
With victories in NSW, Victoria and Queensland since July, Ciaron Maher’s Better Than Ready gelding Epic Proportions has produced some strong efforts in his last four starts in the sunshine state, but none more so than his effort of Saturday to win the Listed BRC Keith Noud Stakes (1200m) when leading throughout.
With quality efforts behind handy horses in his first three starts, trainer Chris Waller crossed the border to Victoria with instant success for the Star Thoroughbreds raced Crossbow, with the well-marked son of Better Than Ready breaking through for an impressive win.
Improving off a third in the Listed Lightning Handicap at Eagle Farm recently, 4yo Better Than Ready gelding Metalart stepped up to 1200m to record his first black type success, winning the Group 3 W J Healy Stakes.
Racing at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday saw the Annabel and Rob Archibald trained For Better (Better Than Ready), a full sister to the stable’s Group 1 winner Port Lockroy break her maiden at just her third start for the stable.
Widden Stud were active at the top end as a vendor at the Magic Millions National Sale on Tuesday and also as a buyer securing Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Skirt the Law for $1.35million.
Better than Ready is on track to be crowned Champion Queensland Sire for the third year in a row and put the icing on the cake when his brilliant two year-old filly Isti Star scored a dazzling win in the $1million Magic Millions National 2YO Classic (1000m) at the Gold Coast on Friday evening.
Fresh from siring his second Group I winner this season in Port Lockroy, Better Than Ready remains one of the very best value sires in Australia with Lyndhurst Stud keeping his fee at an affordable $27,500.
Here is the full list of 61 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
The richest race in Australia on Friday was the $750,000 King of the Mountain (1200m) at Toowoomba with victory going to Better than Ready’s speed demon Steady Ready.