Le Brivido

There are few nine-year-old winners of claiming races who make the headlines but in the case of Zarica (Fr) it is fully justified. The daughter of Rio De La Plata entered the French racing history books on Friday when equalling the record number of wins in a season, striking at Compiegne for the 11th time in 2023.  In her 15 starts this year stretching back to January, Zarica has never finished out of the first four and has appeared at tracks all over France, from Le Touquet down to Marseille...

The catalogue for the Arqana Online January Sale, featuring a 1/50th share in rising stallion star Zarak (Fr) (lot 1), is now online. Featuring nine lots split between breeding rights and stallion shares, the sale will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Standing under the Aga Khan Studs' banner at Haras de Bonneval for €60,000, the son of Dubawi (Ire) and the Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) already has 15 black-type winners to his credit, including the Group 1-placed Times Square (Fr), Purplepay (Fr), and La Parisienne...

DEAUVILLE, France--He could certainly be considered one who got away. The prowess of Adlerflug (Ger) was only really fully appreciated in the last few years of his life, which was sadly all too short. The son of In The Wings (GB) was of course responsible for last year's Arc winner Torquator Tasso (Ger) but that major triumph came six months after his death at Gestut Schlenderhan at the age of just 17. With two yearlings catalogued this week at Arqana, the only one of those in Part II of the...

Not since Elon Musk became infatuated with space has there been so many rockets assembled in the one place at any given time than at Doncaster ahead of the Premier Yearling Sale.  These particular starships have been bred to fly and, lurking among the 411 yearlings getting ready for takeoff at Goffs UK over the next few days could be the next Acclamation (GB), Dark Angel (Ire), Wootton Bassett (GB) or Tasleet (GB), all of whom are graduates of this sale.  Joe Foley knows a thing or two about rockets....

Overbury Stud's new stallion Le Brivido (Fr) has had his first mare tested in foal. Espionne (Fr) (George Vancouver), a winner over a mile at Chantilly as a 3-year-old for her breeder, Thierry de La Heronniere, was the first mare to be covered by the young son of Siyouni (Fr). She is one of a number of French-based mares to be visiting Le Brivido in Gloucestershire. "I am a big fan of Siyouni—he really is one of the very best stallions—and Le Brivido is all Siyouni," said de La Heronniere...

Nestled in idyllic Gloucestershire countryside, Overbury Stud has long been established as one of the most professional dual-purpose organisations in the industry. Run by Simon Sweeting, the stud has at the head of its diverse roster the nine-time British champion National Hunt sire Kayf Tara (GB) (Sadler's Wells). The team is made up of seven stallions in total and has recently welcomed the French-bred Le Brivido (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). "We've got some proven sires and we've got plenty of young sires coming on, so there's excitement for the future," said...