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11-time Champion Kayf Tara retires from stud duties

After 20 seasons at stud, declining fertility has led to the retirement of Kayf Tara from stallion duties. The 26-year-old, who remains in fine fettle and good health, will live out his years at Overbury…

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Three Overbury-raised G1 runners set for Cheltenham

As always, the team at Overbury Stud is looking forward to a terrific week of action at our local track, Cheltenham. Extra excitement this week comes in the fact that three Grade 1 runners at…

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Grade 1 honours for Thyme Hill

The Overbury Stud-bred Thyme Hill became the tenth individual Grade 1 winner for his sire Kayf Tara with a determined victory in the Betway Challow Novices’ Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday. Trained by Philip Hobbs…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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More accolades for Kayf Tara at TBA NH Awards

Britain’s leading jumps sire wins the Horse & Hound Cup and Whitbread Silver Salver. Overbury Stud was fully involved in the TBA National Hunt Awards at Doncaster on Monday evening, both as sponsor of the…

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