Tara Talks Racing on Breednet

We’re joined by Adam Cook, stud manager at Kingstar Farm who bred Blue Diamond winner Devil Night and sold him for $1.4million. But they also bred another Extreme Choice star in Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside. How do they work with a fertility challenged stallion? What mares suit him? What’s in the future? Adam took some time out from a surfing holiday for a great chat.
We also delve into last week’s huge racing. Beiwacht, was that his best? and Bivouac his sire is proving the market doubters wrong. Broadsiding and his chasers, the hits and the misses in the Melbourne Group One's.

Tara’s in New Zealand fresh off a visit to the iconic Cambridge Stud. We chat about our memories of the farm in Sir Patrick Hogan’s day and Tara talks about it now under Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s vision, both respectful and ambitious. We also have a crack at some Group One winners! Group 2 even!

What a great week of racing we’ve had, and a better week coming up. We dive into it all. What did we learn from the 2YO’s after the weekend? Thoughts on the resuming big race candidates, how are the budding stallions placed after Group 1 racing, gun colts resuming, stunning trials, bubbles popped, sales talk, and who’s on who’s team – Team Via, Team Ceolwulf or Team FannyG!

We cover a lot of territory in a great chat with our guest James Moss from Tricolours Racing – he's building a great record of turning bargains into stakes winners and enjoying seeing his horses do the talking. We look through the 2YO results and peruse the autumn carnival trials – who are our picks for a big carnival. It’s such an interesting time of year. We also have a crack at finding some winners this weekend. Always a little fraught but we do try.

A great chat with Grahame Begg about the latest instalment of his family's remarkable mare. Has Tara's highlight of 2025 already happened? In January! The Karaka sales and racing. 2YO's - Blue Diamond, Inglis Millennium prospects. Schwarz - is this his time to shine? And a bit more.

A fantastic chat with guest Kelly Skillecorn from Gilgai Farm with tales of O’ Ole, Ole Kirk, a broodmare that was tipped never to carry a foal, a tiny yearling spirited from the sales after being laughed at but with the last laugh, wacky matings, an Easter bonanza for vendors, a couple of top colts and the hunt for 40 Black Caviar relations.
We also cover some more Magic Millions, a very good day for Blue Point, sire table movements, Wodeton’s amazing figures on debut, Inglis Easter with a bit of history, and the debut of our new favourite show jumper.

The sale topping bred for speed filly is heading to Japan where more than sprinting is required. The state of the market - we look at how the top, middle and lower tiers are faring. Sire profitability. A resurgent Snitzel. What's ahead for the big selling mares. The Digital sale effect. And we're 99% sure we've found the winners of the Magic Millions on Friday. And a bit more in amongst it.

We look through the lead ups in search of the Magic Millions winners. Dissect some historical factors. Did we see the strongest 2YO race of the year so far at Randwick on Dec 28? Our 2024 highlights and what we're most looking forward to in 2025.

We talk to Scott Darby from Darby Racing. The syndicator who’s bought a Golden Slipper winner for $20k, turned $250k yearling Ozzmosis into a multimillion dollar stallion and was at it again this week, winning the $2mil Ingham with a $160k online buy and the $500k Inglis Nursery with a $30k yearling. And nailed the quinella! He’s doing success his way so let's listen. 

Mel Copelin joins us from Torryburn Stud, breeders of Voyage Bubble & Home Affairs. Mel tells us the story of her gentle giant Voyage Bubble and the far from textbook career of his dam. Also is Ka Ying Rising the best in the world? well bought stakes winning mares and the 2YO's are hotting up in to the Magic Millions.