News - KOBAYASHI (AUS)
Having taken Midnight In Tokyo until her 31st start to secure her first black type victory, the 7yo daughter of Kobayashi has now recorded four black type wins in her proceeding eight starts, highlighted by Saturday’s fighting effort in the $250,000 G3 ATC Show County Quality (1200m).
Sometimes a stallion can sneak up on you and for Queensland breeders one of those is Kobayashi, who spent his first three seasons standing at fees of $4,400 and then $3,300 and somehow managed to sire a stakes-winner in each of those crops – not easy to do.
Really coming into her own during the Brisbane summer carnival last year with two Listed victories, 6yo Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo was having just her third start for new trainer Todd Pollard on Saturday, rewarding connections with victory in the $160,000 Listed BRC Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Aquis Stallions is pleased to announce its 2026 stallion roster and service fees, offering breeders proven two-year-old speed, elite international and colonial sire lines, and strong value for the upcoming breeding season.
While it may have taken Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo 30 starts to record her first stakes victory, it only took until her very next start to record her second, winning the $160,000 Listed BRC Just Now (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Annabel and Rob Archibald.
Having previously recorded eight black type placed efforts, the Annabel and Rob Archibald trained Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo started favourite in Saturday’s $160,000 Listed BRC Eureka Stud Tattersall's Classic (1200m), pulling clear in impressive fashion to record a thoroughly deserving first stakes victory.
November breeding reminders, here’s the truth… some of the best are born late.
The withdrawal of the top weight in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed VRC Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington saw the field down to just six, with Marble Nine continuing his outstanding recent form to secure his first black type victory.
Aquis Stallions is proud to announce Prost - the explosive, Group 2 and 3 winning son of Snitzel – as the latest addition to our stallion roster for 2025.
There were a couple of trials for juveniles on the all weather track at the Gold Coast on Tuesday with winners for Kobayashi and Gold Standard.
Breeding horses is not that complicated – you take a son of the champion sire and a daughter of the champion broodmare sire and voila!
As stallions progress through their stud careers we learn more and more about them and a close look at the third season sires table is well worth consideration given the top 10 sires are all standing in either Australia or New Zealand this spring, albeit some not at the farms where they started.
Queensland’s leading stallion operation, Aquis Stallions, has revealed its roster for the 2024 season.
You can’t underestimate a tough, fit filly in good form and the Les Ross trained Mishani Lily is just that and she proved too good for the colts when taking out the Listed BRC Dalrello Stakes (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday to credit her sire Kobayashi with his first stakes-winner.
No stallion has a better strike rate with his 2-year-olds this season than Kobayashi, whose third crop of 32 live foals is doing him proud.
Trainer Less Ross and owner Mike Cooks' Mishani Enterprises had six of the nine staters for the first 2-year-old race of the season, Saturday's Pat O'Shea 2yo Plate (1000m) at Toowoomba, and duly supplied the trifecta.
Aquis Stallions in Queensland opened the gates last weekend for a series of parades that will continue into this week with the stallions set to be shown again at 10am and 2pm on Wednesday and you can still register to attend here
Two heats for juveniles at Deagon on Tuesday morning were filled with the latest batch of Mishani bred babies trained by Les Ross with heat winners sired by Kobayashi and Telemon Thoroughbreds first season sire Sun City.
Due to popular demand, Aquis have added more sessions to their 2023 Stallion Parades featuring seven stallions including new addition Stronger, a Group I winning son of Not a Single Doubt, and all are Premium stallions so test your mare with a Hypothetical mating.
Many broodmare owners have already planned and booked their matings for the season ahead, but there’s always room for change and once you decide on a sireline there can be a myriad of options to consider, so this series looks at stallions standing in Australia this spring grouped by sireline - who tickles your fancy?