Balf’s Choice won another race on Saturday. That was his fourth in a row at Morphettville too. The 5YO son of Written Tycoon had raced on 16 occasions prior to this campaign for just the two wins and a bunch of placings, but appears to have found another gear this time around, much to the delight of trainer, Ryan Balfour and breeder/part owner, Grant Kinter. Such has been the rise [...]
Champion mare Tycoon Tara won the 2017 NSW Champion Sprinter Award at the NSW Racehorse Association event held at Randwick on Thursday, 17 August. The star mare who scored her final career win with a dashing front-running display in the $500,000 Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara (1350m) last season, finished her racing career with 10 wins (including the Group 2 Golden Pendant, Group 2 Missile Stakes, Group 3 Show County Quality [...]
Woodside Park Stud has welcomed Rich Enuff’s first foal, a healthy filly from the beautifully bred Redoute’s Choice mare, Balsamico. An example of the quality mares Woodside Park Stud has supported the young son of Written Tycoon with, Balsamico is the dam of well-performed galloper Masthead, making the new bundle of joy on the ground a three-quarter sister. Masthead can proudly lay claim to be Written Tycoon’s first Group 1 [...]
Written Tycoon resembles a fine wine as he continues to improve year after year. Held in the highest regards amongst the most astute thoroughbred judges, by the finest sommeliers, he would be comparable to a grange. Having taken out Champion First Season Sire of Australia in 2010/11 when he was just starting his incredible career in the breeding shed, he is now recognised for the second season in a row [...]
