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Top two lots for Sagamix at Arqana

Tue, 14 February 2012 0:00:00 +0100

Close relations to Grade 1 chaser Nickname head the February Sale in Deauville 14 February 2012

Champion Chase honours for Tara Royal

Sat, 11 February 2012 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Tara seven-year-old triumphs at Musselburgh
11 February 2012

First foal for Schiaparelli

Fri, 10 February 2012 0:00:00 +0100

Eightdaysaweek foals a bay colt from the family of Champion Hurdler Sublimity 10 February 2012

Kayf Tara top for chasers

Wed, 1 February 2012 0:00:00 +0100

01/02/12 – Forty-two per cent winners-to-runners strike rate for the season

Another fruitful week for Kayf Tara

Sun, 22 January 2012 0:00:00 +0100

21/01/12 - Five winners in two days for Britain’s leading jumps sire

Mozoltov the latest eye-catcher by Kayf Tara

Sun, 8 January 2012 0:00:00 +0100

08/01/12 - Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old romps home in Thurles bumper by 13 lengths

Impressive maiden winner for Bertolini

Fri, 6 January 2012 0:00:00 +0100

06/01/12 – Three-year-old Appealing lives up to her name with an eye-catching victory on her second start

Four-timer for Kayf Tara on New Year’s Eve

Tue, 3 January 2012 0:00:00 +0100

02/01/12 – Britain’s leading National Hunt sire ended 2011 in style with winners at Warwick, Uttoxeter and Punchestown

Numbers add up well for Kayf Tara

Tue, 27 December 2011 0:00:00 +0100

27/12/11 – Whichever way you look at it, the statistics point to a highly promising sire of jumpers

Six more winners this week for Kayf Tara

Wed, 21 December 2011 0:00:00 +0100

21/12/11 - Festive roll continues as Overbury Stud resident continues his move up the sires’ table with a strike rate of 32 per cent

Kayf Tara increases his lead in the sires' table

Mon, 12 December 2011 0:00:00 +0100

12/12/11 - Three winners in five days for Britain’s leading NH stallion

Kayf Tara one-two in the Hennessy Gold Cup

Sat, 26 November 2011 0:00:00 +0100

26/11/11 - Carruthers and Planet of Sound storm to success at Newbury

Hat-trick for Graduation Night

Sun, 20 November 2011 0:00:00 +0100

19/11/11 - Kayf Tara five-year-old completes novice chase three-timer

Another Saturday double for Kayf Tara

Sat, 29 October 2011 0:00:00 +0100

29/10/11 – Michael Flips and No Planning salute at Ascot and Wetherby; Gallox Bridge now three wins from five runs

Group 1 win for Overbury graduate

Fri, 28 October 2011 0:00:00 +0100

24/10/11 - Quiza Quiza Quiza lands Premio Lydia Tesio in Rome

Kayf Tara flying as jumps season hots up

Sun, 23 October 2011 0:00:00 +0100

23/10/11 – The leading British NH sire with four winners this week and a strike rate of 36 per cent

Bannock burns to Listed success

Sun, 9 October 2011 0:00:00 +0100

08/10/11 – Stakes-winning Bertolini two-year-old brings up a double for his sire on York’s Saturday card

Seven winners in a week for Bertolini

Fri, 30 September 2011 0:00:00 +0100

30/9/11 - Sizzling seven days for Overbury sire

Bumper success

Sun, 25 September 2011 0:00:00 +0100

25/9/11 - Two winners in two days for Kayf Tara

Firebeam on path to black type

Wed, 14 September 2011 0:00:00 +0100

14/09/11 - Three-time winner set for further glory; yearling three-parts brother in Book 2 of Tattersalls’ October Sale

Back-to-back wins for Covert Decree

Tue, 13 September 2011 0:00:00 +0100

12/09/11 - Proclamation filly seeking hat-trick at Newbury on Friday

Proclamation colt to Richard Hannon for £31,000

Mon, 5 September 2011 0:00:00 +0100

06/09/11 - Bertolini averages £16,833 at the DBS Premier Yearling Sale

Gearing up for the yearling sales

Tue, 9 August 2011 0:00:00 +0100

09/08/11 - Seven Overbury graduates set to head for Doncaster and Newmarket

Bertolini firing in the winners

Tue, 2 August 2011 0:00:00 +0100

02/08/11 – Five winners in the last six days plus Group 2 runner-up for Overbury stalwart

Progressive Firebeam strikes again

Mon, 11 July 2011 0:00:00 +0100

10/07/11 - Overbury and Dukes Stud-bred three-year-old wins impressively at York

Kayf Tara on top again

Wed, 29 June 2011 0:00:00 +0100

28/06/11 – Overbury stallion named leading British NH sire for second successive year

Cherry Hinton next for Group-placed Bertolini filly

Sun, 19 June 2011 0:00:00 +0100

17/06/11 - Inetrobil beaten less than a length in the G2 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot

Bannock given joint-top juvenile rating

Mon, 6 June 2011 0:00:00 +0100

05/06/11 - Bertolini colt earns Timeform mark of 108

Touch of class

Mon, 23 May 2011 0:00:00 +0100

22/05/11 - Overbury-bred Common Touch is now three wins from five starts

Carole’s Legacy covered by Kayf Tara

Tue, 26 April 2011 0:00:00 +0100

26/04/11 - Paul Murphy’s tough mare the latest top-class jumper to join the Overbury resident’s book

First juvenile winner of 2011 for Bertolini

Tue, 5 April 2011 0:00:00 +0100

05/04/11 - Six winners and a Listed runner-up in a week for the Overbury resident

Street’s ahead

Sat, 2 April 2011 0:00:00 +0100

02/04/11 - Kayf Tara’s E Street Boy completes seven-day hat-trick

Saturday double for Kayf Tara

Sun, 27 March 2011 0:00:00 +0100

26/03/11 - Tarablaze and Sail And Return in winning action at Bangor and Stratford

Bertolini gelding triumphs on Hong Kong Derby card

Sun, 20 March 2011 0:00:00 +0100

20/03/11 - British-bred Lucky Follow Me another winner this year for Alan Tombs and Armada Grove

First mare scanned in foal to Schiaparelli

Mon, 7 March 2011 0:00:00 +0100

Press release, 7 March 2011

New winners for Proclamation and Kayf Tara

Thu, 3 March 2011 0:00:00 +0100

03/03/11 – Covert Decree impressive in seven-length maiden strike

Three winners in three days for Kayf Tara

Thu, 17 February 2011 0:00:00 +0100

17/02/1 – Victory for Mac Aeda, Thornton Alice and One More Dinar; Kayf Tara yearling filly makes €32,000

Mac on the right track

Tue, 15 February 2011 0:00:00 +0100

14/02/11 - Kayf Tara seven-year-old Mac Aeda wins by 18 lengths at Catterick

Tafika impresses at Leicester

Wed, 2 February 2011 0:00:00 +0100

02/02/11 – Kayf Tara gelding lands maiden chase in style

Alfie Sherrin back for more

Tue, 25 January 2011 0:00:00 +0100

25/01/11 - Kayf Tara gelding boosts impressive strike rate with his fourth win

Kayf Tara double at Newcastle

Tue, 11 January 2011 0:00:00 +0100

11/01/11 – Fentara lands mares’ novice hurdle and Zhakiera Spirit remains unbeaten after wide-margin victory

Out back to best form

Sun, 9 January 2011 0:00:00 +0100

08/01/11 - Sagamix’s son Flat Out passes steeplechasing test with flair

Double success at Leicester

Thu, 6 January 2011 0:00:00 +0100

06/01/11 – Bianco Fuji and Hidden Keel kick off the new year in style

Ollie’s World at Overbury

Thu, 6 January 2011 0:00:00 +0100

06/01/11 – Material World’s first foal by Kayf Tara is now a two-year-old and has his own website

Kayf Tara’s Mega influence

Thu, 25 November 2010 0:00:00 +0100

25/11/10 - Megalex’s visits to Kayf Tara have resulted in three winners from three runners, including Megastar and recent bumper winner Zhakiera Spirit

Mega start for Megastar

Fri, 19 November 2010 0:00:00 +0100

19/11/10 - Kayf Tara gelding highly impressive on hurdles debut; Altan Khan scores in Scotland

Kayf Tara colt tops second day of foal trade

Wed, 10 November 2010 0:00:00 +0100

10/11/10 - Mickley Stud-consigned weanling fetches €65,000 at Fairyhouse

Overbury stallions on parade at Cheltenham

Wed, 10 November 2010 0:00:00 +0100

10/11/10 – Kayf Tara, Sagamix and Schiaparelli to join the NH stallion parade before racing on Friday

Touch of class

Fri, 5 November 2010 0:00:00 +0100

05/11/10 - Kayf Tara’s Elegant Touch lands Haydock bumper in style on her debut

Nine winners for Proclamation

Tue, 28 September 2010 0:00:00 +0100

28/09/10 - Universal Law strikes in France to put his sire into fifth place on the first-season sires¹ table

Could it be Magic?

Mon, 27 September 2010 0:00:00 +0100

27/9/10 The unbeaten Proclamation juvenile Magic Casement, who earned a Timeform rating of 111p after trouncing his opponents in a Chester nursery last time out, has been entered for the G3 Somerville Tattersalls Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday – the course where his sire broke his maiden on debut back in 2004.

Magic Casement strikes again at Chester

Mon, 13 September 2010 0:00:00 +0100

12/09/10 - Proclamation gelding now rated 110p; Black Annis Bower becomes Proclamation’s eighth winner

Herald the latest victor

Wed, 25 August 2010 0:00:00 +0100

25/08/10 - Proclamation sires his seventh winner

Six winners for Proclamation

Mon, 23 August 2010 0:00:00 +0100

20/08/10 - Mary Boyle is the latest with debut victory

Alfie Sherrin tops Doncaster

Wed, 4 August 2010 0:00:00 +0100

04/08/10 - Kayf Tara gelding is the pick on day one of the DBS August Sale

Another win for Rosina Grey

Wed, 4 August 2010 0:00:00 +0100

04/08/10 - Proclamation filly lands Chepstow nursery

Schiaparelli retires to Overbury Stud

Thu, 22 July 2010 0:00:00 +0100

07/07/10 - Monsun’s five-time G1-winning son to stand along side Kayf Tara

Fourth winner for Proclamation

Sun, 4 July 2010 0:00:00 +0100

02/07/10 - Wotsthehurry dashes home to score at Warwick

Strong store market for Kayf Tara

Thu, 1 July 2010 0:00:00 +0100

30/06/10 - Seven lots sold for an average of €45,250 at Derby Sale

New winner for Proclamation

Fri, 18 June 2010 0:00:00 +0100

17/06/10 - Magic Casement scores by two and a half lengths on debut

Victory for Victoire

Mon, 14 June 2010 0:00:00 +0100

14/6/10 - Bertolini three-year-old scoops big pot at York’s Timeform day

Bertoliver dashes to glory at Epsom

Sun, 6 June 2010 0:00:00 +0100

Derby day success for speedy son of Bertolini

Bertolini’s boy lands G2 Duke Of York Stakes

Thu, 13 May 2010 0:00:00 +0100

12/05/10 - Second win in four days for ultra-tough Prime Defender

Unusual double for Overbury stallions

Sun, 9 May 2010 0:00:00 +0100

08/05/10 - Kayf Tara and Bertolini represented by winners on the same card

First winner for Proclamation

Sun, 25 April 2010 0:00:00 +0100

25/04/10 - Rosina Grey salutes at Bath on second start

Grade One winner for Kayf Tara

Thu, 22 April 2010 0:00:00 +0100

21/04/10 - Planet of Sound lifts the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup

Group One glory for Bertolini

Mon, 12 April 2010 0:00:00 +0100

Juice wins the New Zealand Bloodstock Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes

Kayf Tara has the last word at Aintree

Mon, 12 April 2010 0:00:00 +0100

G2 victory for Megastar in the Champion bumper

Mad Max victorious at Aintree

Fri, 9 April 2010 0:00:00 +0100

08/04/10 - Grade Two winner and Grade One runner-up for Kayf Tara

Full-sister to Moorhouse Lad arrives

Wed, 31 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

31/03/10 - Dam of Bertolini’s dual Group Three winner produces filly at Sanfield Stud

Trainers give thumbs-up to Proclamation’s first runners

Wed, 24 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

24/03/10 – Two-year-olds by the Overbury stallion come under orders on first weekend of Flat season

Suits Me gains Group place in Winter Derby

Tue, 23 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

22/03/10 - Bertolini’s game son finishes in the money for the 29th time; Proclamation’s first runners this weekend

Another seven up for Bertolini

Mon, 15 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

15/03/10 - The leading all-weather sire in Britain and Ireland keeps firing in winners all around the world

Kayf Tara’s Cheltenham contenders

Mon, 8 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

08/03/10 - The Overbury resident has a strong contingent set to line up for jump racing’s extravaganza, which starts next Tuesday

Not just a morning glory!

Thu, 4 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

04/03/10 – Sagamix three-year-old Tous Les Matins wins on the flat in France

Winners keep rolling in

Tue, 2 March 2010 0:00:00 +0100

02/03/10 - Another trio of victories for Kayf Tara’s offspring; two black type performers for Bertolini

Flat Out to Cheltenham

Sun, 21 February 2010 0:00:00 +0100

21/02/10 - Son of Sagamix continues winning ways at Punchestown to book Festival trip

Saturday treble for Kayf Tara

Mon, 15 February 2010 0:00:00 +0100

15/02/10 - Alfie Sherrin, Tarabaloo and Tom O’Tara successful at Newbury, Ayr and Warwick

Voramar Two has Aintree in his sights

Sat, 6 February 2010 0:00:00 +0100

6/2/10 - Overbury-bred son of Kayf Tara heads to Liverpool after hurdles win; Mrs Fawlty is faultless at Towcester

Winter warmers

Thu, 28 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

28/01/10 - Currently top of the all-weather sires’ list, Bertolini’s runners a force to be reckoned with all year round

Kayf Tara filly among top lots

Thu, 28 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

28/01/10 - The 2010 sales circuit kicks off at Doncaster where Britain’s leading jumps sire is well represented

Llama Farmer reaps first win

Mon, 25 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

24/1/10 - Son of Sagamix lands decent novice hurdle at Haydock

Michael and Max triumph as racing returns

Tue, 19 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

18/1/10 - The thaw arrived in time to allow jump racing to proceed at Kempton, where two sons of Kayf Tara stole the show.

Kayf Tara stars at London Art Fair

Wed, 13 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

13/01/10 - We know him as England’s most successful jumps stallion but the Overbury resident is now also an artist’s muse

Bertolini's babes out in front

Tue, 5 January 2010 0:00:00 +0100

4/1/10 - In a record for any British-based stallion, Bertolini has sired 117 juvenile winners from five crops

Carruthers graduates in style at Newbury

Wed, 30 December 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Tara six-year-old romps to fitting triumph in the Mandarin Chase

Zazamix scores on hurdles debut

Thu, 17 December 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Four-year-old son of Sagamix adds to his bumper success

Sagamix joins Kayf Tara at Overbury

Tue, 24 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Arc winner and rising jumps sire relocates to Britain

Bertolini tops NZ breeze-up sale

Thu, 19 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale for two-year-olds took place on 17 November with a colt by Bertolini (lot 240) fetching the top price of $400,000 (£177,000).

Kayf Tara foals in demand in Ireland

Mon, 16 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Tara once again more than held his own against the Irish-based jumps stallions when his foals went through the ring at Tattersalls Ireland’s National Hunt sale. Nineteen of his weanlings sold for an average of €27,605, a figure five and a half times his covering fee in 2009 of £4,500.

Sounding off

Thu, 5 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Planet of Sound made a stunning seasonal debut to record his first stakes victory in the G2 Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter. The seven-year-old son of Kayf Tara saw off a quality field, which included Twist Magic, Ashley Brook and Nacarat, to land the two-mile chase by three-and-a-half lengths from Cornas.

Venalmar set for debut over fences at Thurles (02/11/09)

Tue, 3 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Venalmar (from Kayf Tara's first crop), who missed all of last season due to leg trouble, will have his first run over fences at Thurles on Thursday.

Overbury Stud fees for 2010 unchanged from 2009 (03/11/09)

Tue, 3 November 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Our stud fees for the coming season have now been agreed, and remain unchanged from 2009.

Well-bred Kayf Tara youngsters at Fairyhouse (26/10/09)

Mon, 26 October 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Tattersalls Ireland’s National Hunt Sale runs from 9 to 13 November and features a host of foals by Kayf Tara emanating from some of the best jumping families in the studbook.

No Surrender as Bertolini colt makes all (19/10/09)

Mon, 19 October 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini two-year-old Beat Surrender took his earnings past the £50,000 mark on Sunday when making every yard of the running to land the six-furlong Birdcatcher Nursery at Naas. His performance led the Racing Post’s analyst to describe him as ‘a horse with speed and guts and the frame to make up into a nice three-year-old, it´s quite likely that we are yet to see the best of him’.

Proclamation’s first crop continues to win support 15/10/09

Thu, 15 October 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Another batch of Proclamation’s first yearlings were put to the commercial test at Tattersalls this week and passed with flying colours. All six in Book 2 sold for an average of 22,900gns – more than five times his covering fee in 2007.

Encouraging start for Proclamation’s yearlings 5/10/09

Mon, 5 October 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Proclamation had two yearlings catalogued at last week’s Goffs’ Orby Sale and both delivered decent returns to give their sire an average of £11,000 for eight sold since the start of the autumn sales.

Fit to win (28/09/09)

Mon, 28 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Tara mare Fit To Drive recorded her third win in fine style on 25 September when breaking the track record at Worcester in the two-mile handicap chase.

Zafeen filly heading for big Ascot payday 23/09/09

Wed, 23 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Jozafeen, just touched off as favourite in a 7f maiden last time out, drops down half-a-furlong and goes up in class for her next assignment – in Europe’s richest race for juvenile fillies, he Watership Down Stud Stakes. The homebred daughter of Zafeen, who was short-headed in her penultimate start, carries the colours of her breeder, Mrs C Steel.

Danish winner makes it six for Zafeen 17/09/09

Thu, 17 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

We’re extremely grateful to eagle-eyed Zafeen fan Jørgen Skjødt from Denmark, who contacted us to let is know that Zafeen has now sired six winners, courtesy of the three-length victory of Zafire at Klampenborg on 6 September. The Swedish-owned colt is out of Atticus and has finished placed on his two other starts to date.

Fifth winner for Zafeen 14/09/09

Mon, 14 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Secret Queen became the fifth winner for Zafeen when running out the easy winner of a six-furlong maiden at Redcar to score by seven lengths.

On the comeback trail 07/09/2009

Mon, 7 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

With many of the leading jumping yards having hosted open days in recent weeks, thoughts are already starting to turn towards the National Hunt season, which for many does not really swing into action in any meaningful way until October.

New winner for Zafeen 01/09/2009

Tue, 1 September 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Court Gown added to the list of winners by first-crop sire Zafeen with success at Redcar over seven furlongs on Saturday, 29 August.

Three wins for Zafeen colt 20/08/09

Thu, 20 August 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Zafeereli became Zafeen’s first ever winner on Easter Monday and has since taken his tally of victories to three from only six starts.

Dubai Millennium’s daughters give Bertolini a juvenile double 12/08/09

Wed, 12 August 2009 0:00:00 +0100

The Darley-bred Dahakaa became the most recent of Bertolini’s juvenile winners when scoring by a length and a quarter at Wolverhampton on 10 August. The Michael Jarvis-trained colt was the second of Bertolini’s winners out of a mare by Dubai Millennium in just three days after Tremolo made a winning debut over six furlongs in Japan.

Juvenile hat-trick for Bertolini 31/07/09

Fri, 31 July 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini sired three new two-year-old winners in two days this week with his juveniles winning over five, six and seven furlongs at Musselburgh, Leicester and Goodwood.

Zafeen’s runners show promise 31/07/09

Fri, 31 July 2009 0:00:00 +0100

First-season sire Zafeen has been represented by three winners so far this season and it will be no surprise to see that number grow significantly in the second half of the season as he has also had a number of placed horses who have given strong hints that they too will soon be off the mark.

Elms’ breeding project gains top marks 16/7/09

Thu, 16 July 2009 0:00:00 +0100

School may be out for summer but for headmaster Clive Ashby, work at The Elms School never abates. Once the pupils have left for the holidays, there is still the small matter of looking after six thoroughbred mares and their offspring and herds of Hereford cattle and Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.

Huygens upholds fine family record 07/07/09

Wed, 8 July 2009 0:00:00 +0100

The victory of Huygens at Folkestone on 26 June brought up the third winner for his first-crop sire Zafeen, who has also been successful with Zafeereli in France and first-time-out scorer Grand Zafeen.

Kayf Tara has leading average at Derby sale 3/7/09

Fri, 3 July 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Jumping may be taking a back seat to the flat at this time of the year but the sales season never ends and Kayf Tara has once again been making headlines at Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale.

Perfect ten (22/06/09)

Mon, 22 June 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini’s winning spree continued with ten winners in the week between 13 and 20 June – and once again they were spread across the globe, this time in eight different countries.

Winners the world over 02/06/09

Tue, 2 June 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini made a fine start to the week with four winners in four different countries and in two hemispheres on Monday.

Wadaat so close to Classic glory (26/05/09)

Tue, 26 May 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Two Overbury Stud graduates ran placed in the Oaks d’Italia on Sunday with Diktat three-year-old Wadaat being caught on the line after a brave effort to finish runner-up by a nose. Fellow British-born Quiza Quiza Quiza finished third.

Bertolini tops final breeze-up of the season (26/05/09)

Tue, 26 May 2009 0:00:00 +0100

A colt by Bertolini out of Astuti (Waajib) was the top lot of the Goresbridge breeze-up sale, which brought the curtain down on the two-year-old sales season at Gowran Park yesterday.

Sparkling debut for Art Jewel thrills Bailey 15/05/09

Fri, 15 May 2009 0:00:00 +0100

With four winners and a 40 per cent winners to runners ratio, Bertolini is top of the table for leading sires of two-year-olds but then that should come as no surprise. Ever since Bertolini started having runners, his juveniles have done an excellent job in advertising their sire’s considerable merits to breeders.

A horse for all seasons 15/05/09 (2)

Fri, 15 May 2009 0:00:00 +0100

The admirable Kayf Aramis posted arguably his finest victory to date when routing his rivals by 13 lengths at York to win the Ripleycollection.com Stakes for the third time.

Out with the old, in with the new 01/05/09

Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 +0100

No sooner has the brand new jumps season started than up springs another bumper winner for Kayf Tara. Five-year-old gelding Double Expresso now holds the distinction of being his sire’s first winner for the 2009/10 campaign having saluted first time out at Southwell on 29 April.

Just Grand 20/04/09

Mon, 20 April 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Zafeen recorded his second winner of the campaign when his daughter Grand Zafeen scored by half a length in the five-furlong fillies’ maiden at Pontefract on Monday in the colours formerly carried by both her sire and dam.

First winner for Zafeen (13/04/09)

Mon, 13 April 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Zafeereli became his sire’s first ever winner when scoring by two lengths in the 900m Prix Illinois II at Saint-Cloud on Easter Monday.

Flying start for Bertolini’s juveniles (06/04/09)

Mon, 6 April 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini’s two-year-olds have never hung around and this season looks to be no exception as he already has two winners on the board courtesy of This Is Real and Monalini.

Primed for victory (updated 02/04/09)

Mon, 30 March 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini’s five-year-old son Prime Defender marked the start of the official flat turf season in fine style with victory in the Listed Cammidge Trophy at Doncaster on Saturday.

Kayf Aramis marks Cheltenham firsts all round 13/3/09

Fri, 13 March 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Aramis’ bold front-running victory in the Listed Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle marked the first winner at the Cheltenham Festival for his sire Kayf Tara and also for owner/breeder Isobel Phipps Coltman and jockey Aidan Coleman.

Dams of Donna Blini and Prime Defender return to Bertolini 09/03/09

Mon, 9 March 2009 0:00:00 +0100

It was on Guineas weekend in May 2005 that Donna Blini dropped the first hint of her talents. From the first crop of Bertolini, the two-year-old filly won a five-furlong Newmarket maiden on her racecourse debut and would return to the Rowley Mile twice more that year to add the G2 Cherry Hinton Stakes and the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes to her extremely impressive résumé.

Clan gathers another G2 win for Kayf Tara 26/02/09

Thu, 26 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Kayf Tara seven-year-old Clan Tara made all when securing a brave victory in the G2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles on Thursday.

When Kayf Tara met Material World 24/02/09

Tue, 24 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Suzy Smith won last year’s Ascot Stakes at the Royal meeting with Missoula and is represented this jumps season by the admirably tough Amigayle but if there is one mare that has put the young Sussex trainer firmly on the map it has to be Material World. The 11-year-old retired last year with nearly £100,000 in career earnings accumulated through five wins and ten places – including missing out at the Cheltenham Festival by the narrowest of margins – from her 19 races. Her achievements are made all the more remarkable by the fact that Material World had only one eye, after injuring her left eye in a gallops accident as a four-year-old and eventually having to have it removed.

Three weeks and counting… (23/02/09)

Mon, 23 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

On Sunday, Alfie Sherrin romped clear of his rivals at Fontwell to maintain his unbeaten record, his three victories coming in a point-to-point, a bumper and, most recently, a novices’ hurdle. The rangey dark brown gelding, who is named after the former point-to-point commentator, looks every bit a chaser in the making and, as we have seen this season, Kayf Tara’s offspring show just as much talent over the larger obstacles as they have done in bumpers and over hurdles

Carruthers all heart on Valentine’s Day 16/02/09

Mon, 16 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Carruthers jumped his way into joint-favouritism for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival with a superlative display in the G2 Sodexho Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase at Ascot on Saturday, 14 February, as Tarablaze made it a G2 double for Kayf Tara and Tarateeno scored at Wincanton.

Regally-bred Polly Potter a bumper mare to watch 16/02/09

Mon, 16 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

An article in today’s Racing Post shows Kayf Tara to be the leading British-based sire of bumper winners. From September 2007 he has sired 21 winners and 30 place-getters of National Hunt flat races, among them the highly promising Grade Two winner Mad Max and Cheltenham Champion Bumper hopeful Jau, who is a half-brother to Sergeant Cecil.

Stakes win for Suits Me 11/02/09

Wed, 11 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini six-year-old Suits Me has carved a reputation for being thoroughly tough and durable and so he proved again on Tuesday when making all to win in the Listed Mill Wood Winter Open Stakes at Lingfield over ten furlongs.

Winning the world over 09/02/09

Mon, 9 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Whether through snow or excessive heat, a huge amount of racing has been disrupted around the world but this has not stopped the global march of Bertolini’s offspring. On 1 February he sired winners in Spain and Italy, while six days later in New Zealand, his daughter Puttanesca, who started the year in fine style with a Group Two win on New Year’s Day, again posted a valiant effort, this time finishing third in the G2 Sir Tristram Fillies’ Classic at Te Rapa.

Cheltenham entries stacking up 02/02/09

Mon, 2 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

With his first crop of runners now aged seven, Kayf Tara is being represented by more and more highly promising jumpers as evidenced by the raft of entries for his offspring at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

First Graded chase winner for Kayf Tara 02/02/09

Mon, 2 February 2009 0:00:00 +0100

A valiant never-say-die effort from Kornati Kid at Wetherby on Saturday, 31 January saw him become his sire’s first winner of a Graded steeplechase when landing the G2 Towton Novices’ Chase over three miles and a furlong.

Bertolini truly a horse for all seasons 23/01/09

Fri, 23 January 2009 0:00:00 +0100

Bertolini finished on top of the all-weather sires’ table in Britain last season and there’s every indication that he will continue in similarly dominant fashion. 2009 has started well for the Overbury resident with five individual winners in the last few weeks. He’s well on the way to beating his tally of wins for last year, which stood at 47. Currently on 46, only the late Danetime is ahead of him (49) while Bertolini’s individual winners’ tally of 32 is second only to Cape Cross on 35.

Carruthers and co back in winning form 21/01/09

Wed, 21 January 2009 0:00:00 +0100

The great form of many of Kayf Tara’s progeny continued throughout the first few weeks of the new year. Despite so much racing being lost to the cold snap, he has had six winners since the start of 2009.

Happy New Year 05/01/09

Mon, 5 January 2009 0:00:00 +0100

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.

Dual-hemisphere success for Bertolini 15/12/08

Mon, 15 December 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 10 December 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 8 December 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 24 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 18 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 13 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 10 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 5 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 3 November 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 27 October 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 17 October 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 17 October 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 13 October 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 1 October 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 19 September 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 11 September 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 4 August 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 4 August 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 28 July 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 3 July 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 30 June 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 13 June 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 2 June 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 22 May 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 8 May 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 25 April 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 8 April 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 31 March 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 17 March 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 12 March 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 29 February 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 26 February 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 12 February 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 5 February 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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

Fri, 1 February 2008 0:00:00 +0100

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.

Kayf Tara "on fire" after thrilling day at the sales and races

Thu, 31 January 2008 0:00:00 +0100

‘The sire is on fire at the moment,’ said Frannie Woods, purchaser of the session-topping 35,000gns Kayf Tara two-year-old on day two of Doncaster’s January Sale, and we couldn’t have put it better ourselves.

Carruthers a wonderful epilogue for Lord Oaksey’s tale

Fri, 25 January 2008 0:00:00 +0100

Mince Pie For Starters, Lord Oaksey’s hugely enjoyable autobiography, concluded with the former amateur rider and racing journalist hoping his future enjoyment from racing would centre on the first foal of his broodmare Plaid Maid.

Kayf Tara on a winning Mission

Fri, 25 January 2008 0:00:00 +0100

Space Mission and Mad Max became the latest success stories in what is fast becoming a boom season for his sire Kayf Tara, when both six-year-olds scored with ease this week.

Trio of winners gets new year off to a flyer

Mon, 21 January 2008 0:00:00 +0100

It has been a happy new year for Overbury Stud protégés, with three horses raised at the stud having saluted the judge within a week in early January.

Four-timer for Kayf Tara on New Year’s Eve

Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 +0100

02/01/12 – Britain’s leading National Hunt sire ended 2011 in style with winners at Warwick, Uttoxeter and Punchestown