From Breednet: Astute trainer Les Ross provided all of the runners in two heats for two year-olds at the Sunshine Coast trials on Tuesday morning and produced another trial winner for Aquis Farm’s young sire Performer.
From ANZ Bloodstock: A bumper four-session stallion parade at Aquis Farm’s Gold Coast hinterland stallion operation at the weekend has prompted the Fung family owned stud to hold an encore over the next two Sundays.
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From TDN: During the stallion parades this year, we will be asking some well-known industry participants to give their thoughts on the day. After a series of parades at Aquis Farm, three attendees shared their insights.
With good weather and such an impressive lineup, Aquis made Sunday a great day for us at their stallion parade.
From ANZ Bloodstock: A filly by first-season sire Performer (Exceed and Excel) took out the first official two-year-old trial held in Australia for the new season, when she moved clear of her rivals at Deagon yesterday.
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From Breednet: The first official two year-old trials in Australia for the new season were held at Deagon in Queensland on Tuesday morning with astute trainer Les Ross providing all the runners which included a filly from the first crop of Aquis based sire Performer.
From Breednet: Retiring talented colts to stud early at the end of their 3YO season is common practice for high profile candidates given the finances at stake, but for colts that race on and test their mettle further on the battleground of the track a successful stud career can still unfold with 10 of the Top 20 sires in Australia this season racing as older horses.
From TDN: Group 1-producing sire Aclaim (Ire) will shuttle to Aquis Farm in 2022 and he will stand his first season for a fee of $24,200 (inc GST).
Trained by Martyn Meade on behalf of Dermot Farrington and Queensland-based farm Canning Downs, Aclaim won seven of his 15 starts, making a successful debut in a 1000-metre contest in a Kempton maiden in the December of his 2-year-old season.
From Racing.com: One of Britain’s most exciting young stallions will shuttle to Australia in 2022, with Aquis announcing Aclaim as the latest addition to its stallion roster on Thursday.
From ANZ Bloodstock: Group 1-winning European sprinter and exciting northern hemisphere sire Aclaim (Acclamation) will shuttle to Aquis Farm in Queensland this year, three years after he was initially slated to do so.
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From Breednet: Aquis Farm has announced it will stand exciting Group I winning sprinter and 2021 Champion British Based First Season Sire, Aclaim, this spring.
Winning the Group 1 Prix de la Foret in France in his final start at 4, Aclaim retired to the National Stud in England having been unbeaten as a 2YO, a multiple stakes winner at 3 and, a Group 1 and Group 2 winner at his last two outings.