Corduff Stud

We've been waiting so long for the proper Flat to start that it seems almost criminal to veer straight off to the other side of the world, but there was plenty of interest for breeders from this side at Rosehill in Sydney on Saturday morning.  One person who managed to stay awake past 2am to watch the highly impressive last-to-first romp of Post Impressionist (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the G3 N E Manion Cup was his breeder Henrietta Egan, who is based at Corduff Stud with her husband David.  Now...

Hong Kong Cup winner Romantic Warrior (Ire) has truly earned his stripes on the international stage after slamming an up-to-scratch field at Sha Tin, according to his co-breeder David Egan of Corduff Stud. David and his wife Henrietta are no strangers to offering big-ticket horses and enjoyed another Book 1 to remember at Tattersalls this year when selling a colt by Too Darn Hot (GB) and a Sea The Stars (Ire) filly for a combined 1.4 million gns.  Romantic Warrior was knocked down to Mick Kinane on behalf of the...

A son of Kingman (GB) brought 1.1 million gns from MV Magnier and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm to become the second millionaire during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday. Consigned by Corduff Stud, lot 321 is out of G2 May Hill S. victress Turret Rocks (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who also was first past the post in the G3 Blue Wind S. and G3 Meld S. A half-sister to Australian Group 3 winner Beyond Thankful (Ire) (Whipper), Turret Rocks also ran second in the G1...