News - BETTER THAN READY (AUS)
Natalie McCall looks to have secured a rare bargain in the long-striding Better Than Ready gelding Already A Star, who impressed on debut in the XXXX Dry Maiden Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
One of the most successful shuttle sires to ever come to Australia, More Than Ready (USA) was a much loved favourite at Vinery Stud.
Lyndhurst Stud stallion Better Than Ready remains on track to defend his leading sire of 2yo winners title. Epic Proportions took Better Than Ready’s tally to sixteen when making a winning debut in the Palace Pier @ Darley 2yo and 3yo Maiden Plate (1100m) at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Lyndhurst Stud’s Better than Ready is the leading sire in the country by two year-old winners and has a top chance in the $1million Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes today in Chrysaor as well as two Group I runners and on Friday he did something very rare and unusual in siring the trifecta in a juvenile race.
The two year-old action is hotting up in Queensland with the carnival in full swing and two impressive maiden winners at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday might have more to offer and are by gun Queensland sires Spirit of Boom and Better Than Ready.
The strapping Better Than Ready colt Chrysaor added his name to the rapidly growing battalion of Chris Waller-trained horses heading to Queensland for the winter following a hugely impressive win in the Thymely Food Co Hcp (1200m) at Gosford on Saturday.
Ben Thompson found the fast lane hard against the fence on Alpine Edge to deny Emerald Kingdom back-to-back successes in the $775,000 Bentleys 2023 The Archer (1300m) at Rockhampton on Sunday.
Leading Queensland nursery Lyndhurst Stud will stand three stallions this spring with Better Than Ready topping the roster at a fee of $27,500 inc. GST.
Arguably the most progressive three year-old in Queensland, talented Better Thean Ready gelding The Vowels made it five wins on the trot when stepping up to Black Type company to down stakes-winning filly Wolverine in the $160,000 Listed BRC Daybreak Lover Stakes (1400m).
Lyndhurst Stud’s Better Than Ready posted his 100th winner of the season in the juvenile maiden at Townsville on Thursday when This Girl’s Ready became his ninth 2YO winner of the season and he’s poised to make a big impact at the Gold Coast next week with some 40 yearlings to be offered at Magic Millions March.
The Lindsay Park two year-olds are shooting the lights out at the moment and they unleashed another debut winner at Ballarat on Sunday that carries the Emirates Park colours.
Undefeated Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Skirt the Law was given a sound out at the Doomben barrier trials on Tuesday morning.
The sale with a proud history of producing star juveniles, Group One sprinters and future sire champions will be out to do it again with the online release of the catalogue for the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.
If there was one thing we learned from the recent Magic Millions Yearling Sale and subsequent race day it was that this stallion is ready for better.
Exceed and Excel is going to be a big mover on the Australian Broodmare Sire List after Thursday having sired the dams of three individual winners on the lucrative Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast.
Queenslanders ruled again as the Tony Gollan-trained Skirt The Law dominated in the $2,000,000 Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) in what is shaping as a memorable day for Lyndhurst Stud Farm’s Better Than Ready.
After an abrupt finish to the richest day’s racing in Queensland on Saturday, Magic Millions Day is underway at the Gold Coast, with the running of the first of six $1,000,000 races, which back up the two features, the $2,000,000 Magic Millions 2yo Classic and $2,000,000 Magic Millions 3yo Guineas.
Lyndhurst Stud’s Better than Ready has done some great things in his stud career to date and particularly in terms of his uncanny knack for producing an endless stream of fast precocious juveniles, but it was his three year-olds that gave him a unique achievement last Sunday.
The five-year-old Better Than Ready mare Better Get Set launched down the centre of the track to open her stakes account in the Listed Ladbrokes Just Now Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Better Than Ready filly Skirt The Law advanced her record to two for two when barely breaking a sweat in the Zousain First Yearlings 2yo Hcp (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday.