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May 11, 2017 by Melanie
Scone Select Yearlings May 2017
On Sunday 14th May 2017 Abbey Thoroughbreds will offer two quality Casino Prince colts in the Select Session of the Scone Yearling sale. We may be biased because we are offering the only two Casino’s in the select session but we consider Casino Prince one of the most underrated sires in Australia having already produced […]
June 3, 2016 by Melanie
2016 National Magic Millions Yearling Sale
With the odds of drawing the 6 winning numbers plus the Powerball sitting at 76,767,600 to 1, you can significantly reduce your odds of landing a huge payday by purchasing a yearling at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale on the 7th and 8th of June 2016. This will make you eligible to pay up […]
May 29, 2015 by Melanie
2015 National Magic Millions Yearling Sale
In January 2016, the world’s richest sales based incentive raceday will be run on the Gold Coast, offering an unprecedented $10million in prizemoney over a nine race card. To be eligible you need to purchase a horse at a Magic Millions Yearling Sale. To give yourself a chance of snaffling some of the rich money […]
May 13, 2014 by Melanie
Buy a Beneteau Colt – Scone Yearling Sale 2014
Yearling buyers have a range of different criteria they use to select their purchases but most buyers put a high emphasis on breeding and type. Other buyers look for bonus scheme eligibility like BOBS, or an early 2yo that will hit the ground running. If you want a good mix of all of the above, […]
May 13, 2014 by Melanie
Abbey Update – Scone Select Sale 2014
Many of the foals born on the Abbey Thoroughbreds property are retained by their owners for racing rather than put through a sale, but we do provide a full sale preparation service for our clients. One of our yearlings who went through the Scone Select Sale in 2013 has had a fantastic start to his […]
November 30, 2013 by Melanie
Spring Update 2013
For Abbey Thoroughbreds the breeding season is the busiest time of the year. We deliberately have a small book of broodmares but despite the small numbers, we keep very busy over the breeding season. All of our mares foaled down successfully this season with the usual unpredictability of foaling dates. This is particularly the case for maiden […]
September 4, 2013 by Melanie
September News
An unusually warm winter and low rainfall has been the backdrop to a hive of activity at Abbey Thoroughbreds over the past few months. In May Abbey Thoroughbreds consigned two colts at the Scone Select Yearling sale. The first was Lot 44, a colt by Beautiful Crown out of the Invincible Spirit mare La Petite […]
August 31, 2013 by Melanie
Winter Update 2013
Following the end of the sales season many stud farms enjoy a slightly more relaxed pace before the start of the next breeding season. This year Abbey Thoroughbreds used this time to upgrade some of our key infrastructure. The major project was completion of new shade shelters in each of our large spelling paddocks. As with […]
April 16, 2013 by Melanie
April News – Educating Future Champions
February and March have been particularly busy months at Abbey Thoroughbreds. Healthy rainfalls in January and February have produced lush paddocks and the horses are revelling in an abundance of quality grass to supplement their feeding programs. Jim has been busy educating Abbey Thoroughbreds’ horses, helping to educate our foals and yearlings, and attacking any […]
November 18, 2012 by Melanie