News - SANDBAR (AUS)

02 Oct 2026
TBNSW - Stallion of the Month - Sandbar

A stakes-winning two-year-old and three-year-old by champion sire Snitzel, Sandbar stands at Kooringal Stud.

16 Jul 2026
Sandbar Timely Reminder

Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan unleashed a pretty smart 2YO winner on Wednesday in Castillo King and on the same program his three-quarter brother Sandbar gave breeders a reminder of his talents when classy 3YO Dusty Bay saluted in the Benchmark 72 event.

28 Dec 2025
Sandbar 2YO Wins $50,000 Clan O’Sullivan

A three-quarter brother to Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan, Kooringal Stud’s Sandbar is a bargain priced alternative for the breed to race owners and he produced a brilliant debut two year-old winner at Canberra on Sunday when Bar Jester landed the $50,000 Clan O’Sullivan (1000m).

24 Feb 2025
One to Watch – Grafton

Kooringal Stud’s bargain blueblood sire Sandbar has been the most searched stallion on Breednet this year through hypothetical matings and that’s thanks to his unbeaten super exciting 2YO Shaggy and at Grafton on Monday he produced another scintillating debut winner.

15 Feb 2025
Sandbar's Shaggy Dreaming Of Slippers

A horse named for his amorous childhood habits, a trainer threatening a nude run, and a live Golden Slipper dream for them both smack of a rising cult following for the unbeaten Shaggy, winner of the Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday.

12 Jan 2025
First Runner A Brilliant Winner For Sandbar

Kooringal Stud’s beautifully bred first season sire Sandbar couldn’t have kicked his career off any more impressively after his first runner produced a near six length romp at Coffs Harbour on Sunday.

28 Jul 2023
Kooringal Stud Stallion Parade and Open Day

Join us at Kooringal for our Stallion Parade and Open Day on Sunday August 27, 2023 and test your mare ahead of time with a Hypothetical mating as all five sires are Premium stallions.

18 Jun 2021
Two New Sires for Kooringal Stud

Impeccably bred stakes-winner Sandbar will add further quality to Kooringal Stud’s stallion roster in 2021.

15 Mar 2021
Sandbar Retired And On The Market

BK Racing’s Manager Ben Vassallo today announced Farnan's three-quarter brother Sandbar had run his last race and is being put on the market as a stallion prospect.

11 Aug 2018
Sandbar Kick Starts Snitzel's Season

Sandbar may sport a toff’s pedigree but he has a streetfighter’s attitude, which came in handy in the closing stages in Saturday’s Listed The Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens.

10 Feb 2018
Snitzel's 78th Stakes Winner

Snitzel colt Sandbar opened both his own stakes account, as well as that of his trainer, with a fighting win in Saturday’s Thoroughbred Breeders Lonhro Plate (1100m) at Warwick Farm.