James Cronin
All of us at Overbury Stud were greatly saddened to learn of the death of James Cronin during the December Mare Sale at Tattersalls. James worked for us during the previous week of the foal…
A Grade 1 winner at the end of a good week
We took our biggest draft of foals to Tattersalls last week and it was also our strongest. The good results were led by foals by the French-based father and son Wootton Bassett and Almanzor. Both…
52,000 gns Ardad filly leads the way
Overbury Stud’s Ardad filly was among the top lots at Tattersalls December Foal Sale on the first day. The February foal, the second foal of Stakes-placed sprinter Lastuce, was bought by Blandford Bloodstock for 52,000gns…
Our 2020 fees: Kayf Tara leads the roster
New stallion Le Brivido starts at £7,000 and success-story Cityscape stays at £5,000. Nine-time Champion UK jumps sire Kayf Tara, who will be 26 in 2020, is the top attraction of Overbury Stud’s stallion roster, and…
Cheltenham stars for Kayf Tara and Cityscape
Thyme Hill and Urban Artist land back-type races at the November meeting. Kayf Tara’s exciting young hurdler Thyme Hill continued his winning run with victory in the Grade 2 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle as Cheltenham’s November…
Jack Hobbs makes impressive Fairyhouse debut
Four first-crop foals sell for an average of €34,500. Members of the first crop of Jack Hobbs made a pleasing debut in the sales ring in Ireland with four of the five weanlings catalogued for…
Homebred Hill rises through the ranks
Kayf Tara’s Thyme Hill lands the G2 Persian War Novices’ Hurdle. With the jumping season switching into top gear, Thyme Hill, a young son of Kayf Tara went into a lot of notebooks on Friday…
Siyouni’s Jersey Stakes winner Le Brivido to stand at Overbury Stud
Andre Fabre acclaims ‘a top-class colt and one of the quickest I’ve trained’. Le Brivido, the son of Siyouni who won the G3 Jersey Stakes in great style for Andre Fabre in 2017, will stand…
For The Notebook
Avenue De France and Escape Proof are two exciting juveniles among Cityscape’s recent batch of winners. It’s been a good spell for the offspring of the Overbury stallions on the racecourse in recent weeks. Cityscape,…