Conversations

Bloodstock agent Barry Lynch provided an peak behind the curtain about what life as a bloodstock agent is really like in the latest installment of the TDN Conversations podcast. 

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations Podcast sponsored by Saracen Horse Feeds, we are taking a step back in time to the 20th century to reflect on the careers of three extraordinary two-year-olds: Spindrifter, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, and Provideo and Timeless Times, both of whom were trained by Bill O'Gorman.

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations podcast we took a trip to Oghill House Stud in County Kildare. There, Johnny Hyland represents the fifth generation of his family to be running what has become a notably successful nursery for Thoroughbreds. In recent years the likes of Group 1 winner Marcel, Royal Ascot winners Washington DC and Quick Suzy, and French group winners Romantic Style and Caius Chorister are among some of the top horses to have been bred or raised at Oghill House. The stud will offer a...

For the latest instalment of the TDN Conversations podcast, sponsored by Saracen Horse Feeds, Emma Berry took a trip to Oghill House Stud in County Kildare. There, Johnny Hyland represents the fifth generation of his family to be running what has become a notably successful nursery for Thoroughbreds.

It was another memorable year on the breeze-up circuit for Willie Browne and 79-year-old joined this month's TDN Conversations podcast with Brian Sheerin to discuss his latest success and his storied background in the business.

In the latest edition of the TDN's Conversations podcast, Emma Berry takes a tour around New England Stud with Peter Stanley. As well as lending their name to the NHL's Stanley Cup, the Stanley family has a centuries-long association with the turf, with various members of the dynasty having made immensely significant contributions to British Thoroughbred breeding and racing. In 1780, Stanley's forebear, the 12th Earl of Derby, gave his name to the race that many believe to be the greatest test of a Thoroughbred. The fillies' equivalent of the...

In the latest edition of the TDN's Conversations podcast, Emma Berry takes a tour around New England Stud with Peter Stanley. As well as lending their name to the NHL's Stanley Cup, the Stanley family has a centuries-long association with the turf, with various members of the dynasty having made immensely significant contributions to British Thoroughbred breeding and racing.

The breeze-up season kicks off next week and Brian Sheerin has spoken to three leading protagonists within the sphere to get their thoughts on what the next few weeks and months might bring. Eddie O'Leary, who through his hugely successful Lynn Lodge Stud, has sold horses like The Wow Signal and Gronkowski at the breeze-up sales while Amy Marnane, along with her father Con, has unearthed many a Bansha House Stables bullet with Sands Of Mali and Rio de la Plata just a couple of names that roll off the...

The breeze-up sales are just around the corner and in this latest edition of the TDN's Conversations podcast, Brian Sheerin catches up with Oliver St Lawrence, Amy Marnane and Eddie O'Leary to discuss their outlook on the market for 2025.

The Burns family have been producing top-class racehorses from Lodge Park Stud in County Kilkenny since the early 1970s. Derby winner New Approach (Ire) and Oaks heroine Was (Ire) feature among the farm's long roll of honour and another milestone was achieved last autumn when Lodge Park Stud achieved a world record price for a yearling colt when selling their son of Wootton Bassett (GB) to Amo Racing at 4.3 million gns. That colt hailed from Galileo (Ire) mare Park Bloom (Ire), whose sister Al Naamah (Ire) at the time...

Damian Burns joins Brian Sheerin to discuss the breeding philosophies that have made Lodge Park Stud so successful at the sales and the races. Plus, Burns points out some of the stallions that he will be sending mares to for the 2025 breeding season.

Mick Appleby will bid to begin the new year with a bang when stable star Raasel lines out in the Dubai Dash at Meydan. Appleby will run four horses in total at Meydan over the coming weeks and months, all of whom cost just over £60,000 combined, which illustrates the Northern England-based trainer's ability to sniff out a bargain at the sales.    In this week's Starfield Stud-sponsored Conversations Q&A, Appleby discusses his approach to sourcing talent, speaks out on the poor prize-money in Britain and how difficult it is...