With the Easter yearling sale bringing a conclusion to the ‘main’ yearling sale season in Aus/NZ, and the first of the weanling sales' commencing in early May, I have crunched the numbers (every which way) from 300 actualised weanling-yearlings pinhooks from this last yearly cycle.

Connections hopeful there is plenty more to come from talented four-year-old after his third consecutive success

Dave Mee of Pinhook Bloodstock International (FBAA) made a handy purchase on day 1 of the Inglis Great Southern Sale, acquiring a well-related colt from the second-crop of Rosemont Stud’s Hanseatic.

Australian Group Two winner and multiple Group One performer Hilal will commence stud duties at Mark and Jane Corcoran’s Grangewilliam Stud at Waitotora this spring.

The Pinhook Files - (Dec 2023)

Pinhooking has become an essential part of the global bloodstock industry, with traders adding liquidity to an already bullish market. Bren O’Brien talks to two noted pinhookers about the ins and outs of the game and the art of selection and sale.

Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou believe Preferment filly Prefer To Smile has a bright future instore after her two length maiden victory over 2000m at Canberra

'The Pinhook Files' PBI Newsletter August 2022