Longer Reads Archive - Overbury Stud

Racing Post: ‘Ardad’s future looks big, bold and bright’

Modern stallion economics is dictated by numbers, with large crops the order of the day, making it more challenging for a stallion lacking in that area to make an impact in the sales ring and…

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How the Flying Childers has become a significant stallion-making race

The Flying Childers Stakes, the championship race for two-year-olds over the minimum trip, held each September during Doncaster’s St Leger meeting, has a rich and vibrant history.

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A personal appreciation of an old favourite

One of the hardest parts of being an animal owner is knowing that our beloved companions are likely to die before us.

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‘Pretty amazing’: Golden Horn as a jump sire, from Good Morning Bloodstock

Success really should be measured by strike rates in the bloodstock industry, rather than by bare numbers of winners or lumps of prize money that don’t take into account opportunity.

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