Schiaparelli honoured at TBA Awards
It has been an exciting week for Overbury Stud on location in Doncaster, where we picked up two TBA Awards and sold all five of our National Hunt yearlings at the Goffs UK August Sale.…
Schiaparelli’s Baloo sisters at the double
It has been a big week for breeder Rod Metcalfe and his Kayf Tara broodmare Tarabaloo, whose two daughters by Schiaparelli have each posted their first victories within three days of each other. On Saturday,…
Our stud fees: reductions for 2021
Simon Sweeting, manager of Overbury Stud, has reined in the stud fees for several of his stallions ahead of the 2021 season. Ardad (who has stood three seasons at £6,500) and Cityscape (previously at £5,000) will…
Kayf Tara filly fetches £130,000 at Goffs UK
Though Kayf Tara has now been officially retired from covering duties, we still have plenty of his young stock to look forward to on the racecourse in the years to come and his current crop…
Jack Hobbs makes impressive Fairyhouse debut
Four first-crop foals sell for an average of €34,500. Members of the first crop of Jack Hobbs made a pleasing debut in the sales ring in Ireland with four of the five weanlings catalogued for…
Ninth British Championship for Kayf Tara
Irish Gold Cup winner Edwulf is his sire’s top performer of the season. For the ninth time, Kayf Tara has finished the season as the leading National Hunt sire in Britain, with 87 winners of…
Ardad and Jack Hobbs have first mares in foal
Overbury Stud’s two new stallions – top-class two-year-old Ardad and Irish Derby hero Jack Hobbs – are away to a flying start in their stud careers with both having their very first mares scanned in…
Strong day for Kayf Tara at Goffs UK
TBA Foal Show Champion sells for £52,000. Kayf Tara made his presence felt during the January Sale at Goffs UK, where 24 of his offspring of varying ages sold for an average of £23,028 and…
Don’t miss Jack Hobbs and Dunaden on tour
Overbury sires join National Hunt Stallion Showcase in Doncaster. The Goffs UK January Sale will once again feature some exciting young British-based National Hunt sires and this year we are pleased to be able to…