News - LIBERTAD (AUS)
The early stages of a stallion's career are a mixture of excitement and tension for the stud owner... they have shown great faith in a young horse's ability, conformation, temperament and pedigree to stand him so all those boxes are already ticked.
A new era has begun at renowned Victorian thoroughbred nursery Blue Gum Farm, which was acquired by Jason and Melanie Stenning in 2022. Since then, the couple have been laying the foundations for a successful future, and this season sees several key staffing appointments alongside the addition of two exciting first-season stallions to the roster.
Victorian breeders will have access to no fewer than nine new stallions in 2026.
Last Saturday provided Australian racing fans with a bewildering array of 15 Black Type events spread across four states, so with a newly minted Group I winner and a couple of other horses we see as having G1 potential, a closer look at the pedigrees got me thinking.
It was a race that lived up to all the hype - the $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes of 2025 provided the two horse war we were all hoping to see!
It had been a while between drinks but Russian Revolution stallion Libertad found his way back to winning form in the Group II Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Unbeaten 3YO colt Libertad (Russian Revolution) surged into G1 Golden Rose contention with a comfortable win in the G3 San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill .
The quality Russian Revolution colt Libertad stretched his unbeaten sequence to three when downing a high-class field of three-year-olds in Saturday’s Group III Smithfield RSL San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens.
An impressive debut winner at a recent midweek metro meeting, talented Russian Revolution colt Libertad took the quantum leap straight into stakes company producing a tenacious effort to outpoint quality filly Saltaire to win the $200,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).
A competitive juvenile colts and geldings race over 1100m at Randwick on Wednesday produced a quinella for Russian Revolution with first starters Libertad and The King fighting out the finish.