News - FARNAN (AUS)
The foaling season has started in the Hunter Valley with Willow Park reporting the arrival of their first baby, a lovely filly sired by a Golden Slipper winner from a mare by a Golden Slipper winner, so she’s born at the right time to be an early runner!
Kia Ora Stallions look forward to welcoming you to join us for a showcase of our stallions Farnan, Captivant and Prague on August 26, all Premium sires on Breednet so test your mare ahead of time with a Hypothetical mating.
Born in the very first crop of foals sired by Redoute’s Choice, Not a Single Doubt managed a couple of modest Listed wins before retiring to stand alongside his famous father at Arrowfield Stud and what an amazing success story he became with a fledgling sire dynasty set to ensure his influence for generations to come.
The Magic Millions Weanling Sale this week produced interesting results for our first season sires with eight siring weanlings that sold for $100,000 or more and Bivouac leading the way.
A quick ready reckoner comparing type for type for first season sires with progeny on offer at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale is always a popular feature of the site.
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale this week provided the first test of the market for a new generation of first season sires and seven of them sired youngsters that sold for $100,000 plus and two more had babies that sold for just under.
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale on Monday and Tuesday features a good selection of youngsters by first season sires with the most represented being – King’s Legacy, North Pacific, Ole Kirk, Anders, Farnan and Prague – so let’s take a look at the gallery pages for these sires, who were sale ring and racetrack rivals, now taking the battle into a new arena, so who will co
It’s been a busy breeding season at Kia Ora Stud with the arrival of stunning first foals by Golden Slipper winner Farnan and Redoute’s Choice lookalike Prague sparking a slew of return bookings from excited breeders delighted with their offspring.
Kia Ora Stud moved into the business of standing stallions last year with Golden Slipper winner Farnan, a high profile choice as a foundation sire and his first foal has delighted Kia Ora Bloodstock and Breeding Manager Shane Wright.
The sad passing of Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Not a Single Doubt has given us the opportunity to revisit a popular story we did on the much loved son of Redoute’s Choice in 2020 showing his rise to success book by book.
The extraordinary life of one of Australia’s most successful and best-loved stallions has ended with the death of Not A Single Doubt at Arrowfield Stud.
Our Price Point series of stories this week moves to a group of sires that includes a much loved champion sire in the twilight of his stud career, a raft of up and comers and two US Triple Crown winners.
Kia Ora Stud are leaving no stone unturned to ensure Golden Slipper winner Farnan has the very best chance of success and one of the star mares he will cover this spring is Group I ATC Coolmore Classic winner Lighthouse (USA), who was sold at Magic Millions this week for $1.7million.
In line with the growth of Kia Ora Stallions, the appointment of Belle Howard in a Nomination Sales role comes at an opportune time.
Kia Ora's stallion operation continues to gain momentum with the farm's 2022 stallion roster featuring top echelon two year old's Farnan, Captivant and Prague.
A brand new five star stallion barn and the support of leading breeders ensures these two stallions are getting every opportunity this spring.
Kia Ora Stud are turning a new page this spring in standing their first stallion with Golden Slipper winner Farnan sure to be a popular addition in the Hunter Valley.
Farnan, brilliant all-the-way winner of the 2020 Golden Slipper and rated the most dominant two-year-old Champion of the century by Timeform, has met with a setback in training and has been retired to stud.
After missing in 2017 and 2018, the Street Cry (IRE) mare Tallow welcomed a half-brother to the newly crowned Champion Two-Year-Old Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) into the world at Vinery Stud on Saturday night.
A scan through of Breednet’s industry-leading results section it’s clear that the cream rose to the top on Golden Slipper day at Rosehill Gardens.