Happy New Year

2009 got off to a flying start for the Overbury stallions when Bertolini recorded his first Group winner on New Year’s Day at Ellerslie in New Zealand. Three-year-old filly Puttanesca won the G2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes over 2000m following up on a good third in the G3 Eulogy Stakes in December.

A Bertolini half-brother to Racing Post Trophy runner-up Winged Cupid fetched the equivalent of €155,340 (£139,400) when selling at the Honk Kong International breeze-up sale over the weekend. The British-bred gelding is out of Hiwaayati, who has bred four winners to date and has a yearling colt by Zafeen and a filly foal by Proclamation.

Tot on top 10/11/08

Tot Of The Knar justified her odds-on favouritism when running out the 18-length winner of a 2m 5.5f novices’ hurdle at Sedgefield on Tuesday, 9 December.

Saturday double for Kayf Tara 08/12/08

Duke Of Miskin and Clan Tara, both former winning point-to-pointers, posted an Anglo/Irish double under rules for their sire Kayf Tara on Saturday, 6 December when winning at Chepstow and Navan respectively.

Mad Max makes winning hurdles debut 24/11/08

He’s already one of the most talked about horses so far this jumps season and Mad Max gave his growing number of fans not one moment of concern throughout a very promising first run over hurdles at Ascot under Barry Geraghty on Friday, 21 November.

Proclamation’s first foals to sell at Newmarket 18/11/08

A number of Proclamation’s first crop are set to go under the hammer next week, with 23 weanlings catalogued to sell at Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which starts on Tuesday, 25th November and runs until Saturday (29th).

Kayf Tara to parade at Cheltenham 13/11/08

The three-day Open Meeting at Cheltenham kicks off on Friday with the annual TBA National Hunt stallion parade before racing at 11am.

Classic runner-up for Bertolini in NZ 10/11/08

Juice, already a Group winner in New Zealand this season, ran a decent second in the G1 NZ Bloodstock 1,000 Guineas, when beaten just a length by Daffodil at Riccarton on Saturday, 8 November

BERTOLINI RETURNS TO OVERBURY STUD FOR 2009 5/11/08

Bertolini, the sire of a Group One-winning juvenile from his first crop, will return to Overbury Stud, where he started his stud career in 2002. The son of Danzig will stand at a fee of £4,000 (October 1, Special Live Foal) for the 2009 breeding season.

Welcoming back an old friend 3/11/08

Bertolini’s story began here at Overbury Stud and we’re delighted that he has returned for the 2009 breeding season.

Flipping good 27/10/08

Michael Flips, a winning point-to-pointer who was bought for 200,000gns at Brightwells’ Cheltenham sale in April, made a winning debut under rules when scoring by six lengths in a maiden hurdle at Stratford on Saturday, 25 October.

Zafeen colts sell profitably in Book 2 17/10/08

After an extraordinarily buoyant Book 1 at Tattersalls October Sale, trade was patchy during the three days of Book 2 (13-15 October) but Zafeen, whose first crop yearlings are selling this year, fared extremely well in the circumstances, returning an average of 35,000gns.

‘A seriously good performance’ 17/10/08

Give It Time notched her third victory and second at Listed level when scoring by nine lengths in the Mares’ Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday, 16 October.

Two is the magic number 13/10/08

Five year-old Kayf Tara mare Tara Two Hills made it two wins from two starts with an eight-length victory at Bangor-on-Dee on Saturday, 11 October.

Super six for Katies Tuitor 01/10/08

Katies Tuitor landed another valuable hurdling prize on 27 September when winning the feature race on Market Rasen’s card and earning himself another £25,000 in prize-money.

Three out of three ain’t bad! 19/09/08

Not many breeders can claim a clean sweep of winners to runners but Jeremy Hinds currently finds himself in that enviable position.

Under the hammer 06/09/08

As the yearling sales season progresses, another 17 yearlings from the first crop of Zafeen are set to pass through the ring in September and October.

Ragdollianna triumphs at Bath 04/08/08

It’s no secret that Kayf Tara can produce decent flat horses: his first-crop daughter Ruby Wine showed us that when winning a Listed race at Newbury as a three-year-old.

Speed and precocity the watch-words as Zafeen’s yearlings hit Doncaster 04/08/08

The St Leger Yearling Sale, which takes place from 26 to 28 August, is the first of its kind in the calendar on British soil and has become a notable source of precocious juveniles.

Katies Tuitor becomes Kayf Tara’s fifth NH Stakes winner 28/07/08

Whether winter or summer, Kayf Tara just keeps siring winners and the latest is Listed victor Katies Tuitor, who won the Summer Hurdle Handicap by four lengths on Market Rasen’s biggest day.

Dancing to success 03/07/08

Legendary dancer and film star Cyd Charisse died last month but her name lives on through a six-year-old Kayf Tara mare who has now notched three wins over hurdles.

Kayf Tara tops first day of Derby Sale 30/06/08

A three-year-old Kayf Tara gelding fetched €160,000 when sharing top billing after the first day’s trade at Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale.

Hats off to our Royal Ascot winners 12/06/08

For some people it’s about the fashion, for others it’s the swanky picnics but for those serious about top-class flat racing, no meeting typifies the British flat scene at its very best more perfectly than Royal Ascot.

Kayf Tara: Britain’s ‘great white hope’ 02/06/08

The 2007/08 jumps season will be remembered by us here at Overbury Stud as the year that Kayf Tara truly made his mark as a stallion to follow on the National Hunt scene. He finished the season as sire of 28 individual winners of 48 races, who amassed £350,462 in prize-money between them and put Kayf Tara in second position in the British jumps sires’ table. Not bad considering his eldest runners are still only six.

Zafeen’s first crop full of juvenile promise 17/05/08

There’s never a quiet time for sales companies – the spring breeze-ups may have concluded but inspection of prospective yearlings for this autumn’s sales is now underway and among those currently under consideration are members of Zafeen’s first crop.

Measuring up to success 07/05/08

Mad Max’s eight-length G2 bumper win at Newbury in February marked him out as a horse with a big future. And we mean big.

Inghwung upholds great jumping family record - 25/04/08

Six-year-old Kayf Tara mare Inghwung has been in wonderful form all season and recorded her third win of the year at Fontwell on 24 April.

Black Type for Touch Of Irish 08/04/08

Touch Of Irish came close to being Kayf Tara’s fifth stakes winner of the season when finishing runner-up in Aintree’s G2 Champion Bumper on Grand National day.

Late foaling no barrier to success 31/03/08

Breeders with mares due to foal in April or later still have time to book in to any of the stallions we have standing here at Overbury Stud.

‘He’s as good as any horse I’ve brought to Cheltenham’ 17/03/08

That was the opinion of trainer Mouse Morris directly after Venalmar’s agonisingly narrow defeat in the G1 Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last Friday.

Proclamation fillies are sisters in more ways than one 12/03/08

Two Proclamation fillies born within hours of each other at Ashbrittle Stud are both nursing from the same mare after one lost her dam within minutes of her birth on 18 February.

Proclamation a fitting legacy for Ryan

The late Cathal Ryan, who died last December, tasted success as an owner and breeder at the highest level both on the flat and over jumps. Cork All Star, who won the 2007 Champion Bumper, returns to Cheltenham in just under two weeks for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle but it is though Proclamation that Ryan’s name is guaranteed to remain linked with thoroughbred breeding for years to come.

Super six primed for Cheltenham

With entries now complete for the novice and handicap hurdle contests at the Cheltenham Festival, Kayf Tara has six runners heading to Prestbury Park with great chances.

Stravara, Mad Max and Carruthers star in another good weekend for Kayf Tara

Stravara, who first visited the winner’s enclosure as a two-year-old when winning on only his third start, added a hurdles victory to his resumé with success at Warwick on Saturday, 9 February.

Proclamation and Zafeen on parade at Tattersalls

For those breeders who have not yet had a chance to visit Overbury Stud to see the stallions, Proclamation and Zafeen will be on show in the ring at Tattersalls on Thursday, 7 February at 10am, prior to the February Sale. For closer inspection, they will be stabled in Further Paddocks at the sales complex.

Cryptic books Cheltenham place with third win

Kayf Tara six-year-old Cryptic made it three wins from five runs under rules with a convincing victory at Wincanton on 31 January. He will now be aimed at the Cheltenham Festival and holds entries in the Pertemps Final and three-mile novice hurdle. Earth Planet, who won a Bumper on his debut and is also by Kayf Tara, was second and has now been placed five times.