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Swettenham Dispersal Headlines Record Easter Broodmares Session
May 4, 2008 at 7:33 pm

The William Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale got off to a flying start at Newmarket today, with turnover topping $32.7million. A highlight of the opening session was the Swettenham Stud Unreserved Dispersal Sale, where 52 mares sold for a total of $11,232,500 at an average of $216,000. These included $1.5million for the G3 winner Living learn more ...

Introducing Group 1 Winner Soldier’s Date
May 2, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud has breathed real life into the 2008 Royal Ascot racing for everyone down under with the astute purchase of the talented sprinter Soldier’s Tale. His acquisition brokered by UK Agent Dermot Farrington adds a new dimension to the week at Royal Ascot with news that he will commence stud duties at learn more ...

Sangster Mare Provides More of Denise’s Joy
April 29, 2008 at 7:32 pm

Joie More, one of the 54 mares from the Australian arm of late Robert Sangster’s world wide superior breeding operation Swettenham Stud to be offered for unreserved sale the William Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare sale at Newmarket, next Sunday, May 4, appears one of the best prospects to come on the market in recent years. learn more ...

Kapchat Proves Her Worth Again
April 26, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Formerly trained by Lee Freedman, Kaphero has taken on a new lease of life since being taken over by Leon Corstens. By Danzero, Kaphero is out of evergreen mare Kapchat, a Group 1 winner of the Winfield Classic while racing. From the famous Hunza family which produced Courtza, O’Reilly and Our Pompeii, Kapchat has also learn more ...

Last Opportunity To Acquire Robert Sangster Yearlings
April 8, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Robert Sangster, now deceased, ranks among the most successful breeders and owners in the world in the modern history. Using wealth that flowed from ownership of the English Soccer Pools, remarkable astuteness and utilising of experts in the field, he revolutionised yearling buying and was a spark that uplifted American breeding and marketing and that learn more ...

Swettenham Weanling Dispersal at MM National Sale
February 21, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Australia’s premier breeding stock auction – the Magic Millions National Sale – has received a significant boost with confirmation that 41 weanlings from Swettenham Stud will go under the hammer. The unreserved dispersal will feature youngsters by many of Australia’s and the world’s hottest sires. Sires represented in the Swettenham draft are Anabaa, Commands, Danehill learn more ...

Melbourne Sale Unearths Some Top Liners
February 21, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Swettenham Melbourne sale Hussonet classic prospect   Classic tilts could be the forte of a Hussonet filly in the star studded draft of 34 lots booked by Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud into the William Inglis Victorian Premier Yearling sale to be conducted over four sessions, March 2,3, 4 and 6. In the catalogue as lot learn more ...

Hold That Tiger Colt Sells for $400,000
February 14, 2008 at 8:48 pm

A colt by Hold That Tiger set a new sales record for the Swettenham Stud stallion when he sold for US$400,000 at the Ocala Breeders Sales Company Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale yesterday. Consigned by WD North Thoroughbreds as agent for Bowling, Dodd and North, the colt had the fastest breezeup for the sale. He learn more ...

Bow Mistress Plays Host To Victorian Raiders
February 10, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Top Victorian trainer Peter Moody added to his imposing record in Tasmanian feature races when talented mare Diamond Cove outclassed her rivals in today’s $80,000 Swettenham Stud Bow Mistress Stakes at Elwick. Moody, a regular visitor to the Tasmanian summer carnival, added the Bow Mistress to his previous wins in the Hobart and Launceston Cups learn more ...

Second Aussie Stakes Performer For Hold That Tiger
February 2, 2008 at 8:49 pm

Swettenham Stud’s hot young first season sire Hold That Tiger has a second Australian stakes performer. Recent runaway Mornington winner Apprehend today ran an eye catching third in the listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington. He follows in the footsteps of Detroit Tiger who ran a slashing second on debut in the recent Blue Diamond learn more ...