Sword of State delivered the defining moment at the 100th New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) National Yearling Sale, taking center stage in Book 1 when a colt (Lot 513) by the fast-growing young sire of Cambridge Stud sold for NZ$1.1 million (US$658,389, NZ$1=US$0.60) on January 26. The sales ace will join Ciaron Maher’s mighty stable after […]
Wootton Bassett, one of the world’s most popular Sires, died unexpectedly at the age of 17. His premature death while he was announced at Shuttle in Australia on Coolmore’s social media channels on 23 September in a position that stated that the horse was suffering from “acute pneumonia that quickly deteriorated.” The post continued: “Despite […]